The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31
Chapel Services.

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ture lesson was taken from the second
chapter of Matthew. Following prayer
and the congregation singing the hymn
"The Light of The World is Jesus" the
chaplain discoursed on MANS Devel-
opment," taking his text from the 9Th
Psalm 40 verse. He said in part:
The nineteenth century has seen
more improvements, more moral and
material advancement and more hu-
man brotherhood than all the centuries
that have gone before. 1t is an age of
progress in which all the elements OF
activity work in harmony for the ad-
vancement of mankind. One discov-
ery is followed by another, the search
for new methods is incessaDt and every
new idea is seized upon as the opening
wedge for unravelling some vexed
and long unsettled question. This gen.
Grafton is the child of the past and the
mother of the future. 1t passes the
worlds achievements from one to the
other. guarding its treasures, adding
to and improving them and laying the
foundation upon which the coming
generation may build. Every man
woman and child that now lives are
links that connect the dim past with
the remote future; the thoughts that
live with the men of today are but the
reflection of the past and the guides it
has bequeathed to point out the way
of safety.
knowledge has advanced and with
it better understanding of the laws
of nature. OF the mineral, vegetable
and animal Kingdoms, it is hard to de-
termine where one ends and the other
begins. Man himself has the same life
as vegetation, with the soul thrown in.
But through all, there is recognized
universal law to which all other laws
are subordinate and are but offshoots
. with minor functions. This law re-
| fuses to permit anything in nature to
: exist without being of value to every
, thing else. 1t makes all things serve
purpose and this purpose in turn
serves what creates it. To build To-
l connective, requires the labor OF the
: miner to dig the ore, the blast-furnace
!, to smelt it. the various trades and
!, mechanisms to bring the metal to the
e high state of perfection necessary to
Y prepare it for use and thousand 9TH
y er diverse spheres of action that must
J, contribute its quota of labor before the
n engine can be placed upon the tracks
f ready to draw human beings or human
t, products. SO it is with all things in
nature, from the highest to the lowest
C and from the lowest to the highest are
d evolved everything useful. everything
e beautiful and everything that rebounds
to the advancement of man and the
e glory of his Creator.
e Back in the myriads of ages that sep
d arate us from the time when human
e. beings existed as savages, when the!
o lived as trogodytes with wants littl'
IS if any superior to those OF animals
l. man began his development. Whel
e someone took sharp stone and uset
e it as knife. he was the Edison of hi
lie time. inasmuch as he invented a too
rs and a weapon in one. Someone ha
said that the institution of slavery wa
n the greatest advance ever made by tn
IN human race. Before that time, it wa
e the custom to kill prisoners of war. bn
IN when it was discovered that they coul
u, be made useful in working for thei
We captors this barbarous practice ceased
I'd Slavery itself is now dead in all civil
IN lied nations, but the same spirit o
strife still lives in the strikes OF toda!
Or. wherein employe and employer striv
IT, for the mastery. All this has bee
&C. brought about by an evolutionar
I'd process, developing what is good j
IS man and raising him to a higher an
nobler plane. AS the religion of Chris
he widens, embracing in it's folds tn
lie great family of mankind and teachin
ed the love and mercy of God and iEtil
gh encing men for better things, this d'
velopment continues upward unit
les Gods purpose is accomplished.
es The chaplain, in closing, made ILL
ais sion to the necessity of self-develol
nd ment. Man develops best when he el
in lists his own energies in the battle {
He life. Circumstances aid but the wi
by must be applied if development is
tx be had. Services closed by the col
I'D gregation singing the gospel hymn
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