The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-04-13

there Is Of value In the world is the
product Of labor. The la9oring nan ~
pays MI the expenses. No matter
whether taxes are laid on Injuries OF on
the necessaries OF life. labor pays every
cent. So we must remember that, day
by day, labor Is becoming Intelligent 50
/ believe the employer is gradually Pc
coming civilized. gradually becoming
kinder and many men who nave niA9s
large fortunes from the labor OF tholr
fellows have given OF their u1iliions 70
what they rega rded as objects Of CHAR
ity or for the interests OF education.
All our sympati1ies should've with the
men who work, who toll, for tine women
who labor for themselves and Children,
because We know that labor 10 Tue
foundation OF all and that those VINO
labor are the caryatldes that support
the structure and glittering dome Oh
civilization and progress.
Educate the children.
Every child should be taught to pc
self supporting and every one should be
taught to avoid being burden on oth-
ers as 1t would ahun death.
Every child should be taught that the
useful are the honorable and that tnsy
who live on the labor Of others are me
enemies Of society. Every child snouio
be taught that useful work Is ,Torsnlp
and that intelligent labor ID the high-
est FORM OF prayer
Nothing should be taught In any
school that the teacher does not KNOW ";
Beliefs, superstitions, theories, should
not be treated like demonstrated facts
| The child should be taught to inYesti-
gate, not to believe. Too much don6t
| Is better than too much ereduHty. 80
children should be taught that II Is
their duty to think for themselves, 10
understand and, II possible. to know.
Real education il the hope Of the tu-
ture. The development Of the brain, the
civilization OF the heart, viii drive want
md crime from the world. The school
house Is the real cathedral and science
the only possible savior Of the human
race. Education. real education. ts the
friend Of honesty, Of morality, OF tenn
perance.
50 ali should be taught that the high.
est ambition Is to be happy and to ADD
] to the well being Of others; that place
and power are not necessary to success;
that the desire to acquire great wealth
b a kind Of insanity. They should be
taught that 1t Is a waste OF energy,
a waste of thought, waste OF lie, 10
acquire what you do not need and what
you do not really use for the beneht OF
yourself or others.
Man will be civilized when the pas
sons are dominated by the intellectual.
whom reason occupies the throne ana
when the hot blood OF passion no longer
rises in successful revolt.
To ciVlllze the world, to hasten the
coming of the golden dawn of the per
feet day, we must educate the chill
dren: we must commence at the cradle,
at the lap Of the loving mother.
We Must Work and Wait.
The refoNns that l have mentioned
cannot be accomplished in day, pos
slbly not for many centuries, and in the
meantime there is much crime, much
poverty, much want and consequently
something must be done now.
Let each human being within the linn
Its OF the possible be self supporting;
let every one take Intelligent thought
for the morrow. and II human being
supports himself and acquires surplus
let him use a part OF that surplus for
the unfortunate, and let each one to the
extent Of his ability help his fellow
men. Let him do what he can IN the
circle of his own acquaintance to rescue
the fallen, to help those who are try
ing to help themselves, to give work TO
the idle. Let him distribute kind words,
words OF wisdom, of cheerfulnoss and
hope. In other words let every human
being do all the good he can and let
him bind UP the wounds Of his fellow
creatures and at the same time put
forth every effort to hasten the coming
OF better day.
This, 10 my judgment, is real relig-
ion. To do all the good you can Is to
be a saint In the highest and In the
noblest sense. TO do all the good you
can-thls is to be really and truly spirit
uat. To relieve suffering, TO put the
star of hope In the midnight OF despair
this is true holiness. This Is the re-
ligion OF science. The old creeds are
too narrow; they are not for the world
In which We live. The old dogmas lack
breadth and tenderness; they are too
cruel too merciless, too savage. we
are growing grander and nobler.
The armament inlald with suns is the
dome OF the real cathedral. The inter
prefers Of nature are the true and only
priests. In the great creed are all the
truths that lips have uttered and In the
real litany VIII be found all the &C.
stacIes and aspirations OF the soul, all
dreams Of Joy, all hopes for nobler. full
er life. The real church, the real edt-
fee, Is adorned and glorlhed with all
that art has done. In the reni choir is
all the thrilling music of the world and
in the starlIt aisles have been, and are,
the grandest souls OF every land and
cline.