The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1895-06-13
mission 10 man kind

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day The talent which he had, has
been buried and be is not free. TO
the casual observer it would seem that
AN the great missions to mankind
have been performed But such is
not the case. 1T is possible for our
people TO do that which will bring
more renown to our nation and more
happiness to humanity than all the
physical and intellectual conquests of
the past. That nation which bridges
the chasm between the rich and roor,
the naughty and humble, viii drop q
pebble in the ocean Of human freedom
which shall be felt to the bounds Of
the universe.
Never before has man been as free,
government as pure, law as just, lib
orty as sweet humanity as philan-
thropic as III the present age: The
scepter has been changed to the ballot,
the inquisition has given place to the
altar. The epoch of war has been
transformed to d period Of peace, and
from every land there comes the song
ef hope and life and love and peace
and good Willto men. But to-day in
our own country there is opportunity.
for reform. Through all the repslen-
dent dazzle of present prosperity there
comes a sigh. In every part of our
country--the queen of nations linen
are wailing in despair. We may boast
of our exalted liberty and fondly i'm
agine it will be eternal, but as long
as the tear of poverty, misery and
want continues to trickle down the
cheek of manly men, loving women
and tender children there is work for
us to do. s-.s =.
1.-THE poor We have always with
you" is a message from divineR lips.
Butthe rich man who Jared sumptu-
ousIy every day, met a sadder fate
than he who was clothed in. rags,
That lesson was true when first spoken
it is true now, and will be true for
ever. The needy of our country are
so from circumstance land not from
choice. : To-day while people in our
richest spread feasts which far out
shines those of Babylon'ss richest
king, there are persons in sight of
those >palatial residences who cry
for bread. This alone is. sufficient to
bring down upon us the frown of Him
who said sin as much as We did it not
to the least of these We did it not to
me-" ~ -. :. .
The reform of our time is to do
that which will lessen ''man'S inhu-
mainly to man. ~ J. ;
This cam be accomplished only
through the avenue of government.
But, says one, the day is here when
the fountain of government has be-
come polluted and hope has withered
in despair. The proud boast of our
people is that while every nation *of
the old world is constantly expecting
war, our land has long since become
stranger to the warriors step, and
white-winged peace reigns supreme.
i In the eastern part Of our country
there stands beautiful city. As one
beholds THE handsome buildings, the
greatness of the powers and RESPONSE
bilities centereds there seems to sur
pass all bounds, It's president, its
congress, its courts, its gathered
treasure, its navy, its army, its co.
900, 900 of citizens. It appears the
grandest sight the sun sees in all his
course-the capitol of this nation
which has given the world its truest
lessons of liberty. 7 -.
:. But there is a fountain of govern
ment which excels any the world has
ever known. There is a fountain
where the brook is ever clear, the sky
ever blue, the sun ever bright, the
trees ever fruited and the stream ever
miro Tho ,hTmh1a mother in q Vir-
ginia home sweetly singing lullaby
to her sleeping babe little dreamed
that the tiny hand she then held in
hers would some day shake an empires
throne. .e.4*-.
is1 There is a fountain with no recess
.es dim and dark, no treacherous sands
and dangerous shores, no. seeming
Sirens tempt and fade, no streams
which rise in foreign lands from hid
den springs, no harmful seas with ebb
and flow of tides, no profound an aw-
full depths concealed by mist Of
dreams, no obsure and phantom realms
where vague and fearful things are
half revealed, no skies overhead where
fancies fly with painted wings that
dazzle and mislead. ).
There is ii place where the dema-
gogue never reigns, where faction new
er comes, where right lis ALWAYS right,