The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-13

Their Peculiar Ways and IndefatIgabie
Fortitude-He Also Quotes From Eu-
gene Ware and Says That He is Not
Destitute of GalI-Talks About the In
terstate Oratorical Contest Mt Topeka
and What it Indicated.
Denver, Col, May 12.-Rev. Myron
Reed Sunday took for his text:
Twelfth chapter of Daniel, 4th verse
Many shall run to and fro, and know
ledge shall be increased" He said:
''One of the results of our civil war
was better understanding among the
people, one Of the other. Many a man
would have lived and died within the
limits Of EiS native country, but the
war came along and he made the ac-
quaintance of the people OF several
states. The recruit was narrow and
provincial. He was mustered out
wider man. He was a citizen OF a
town., he had grown to be citizen of
the United States. 1t was a. good thing
for Maine end Texas TO become acquain
ted. My Michigan soldier left his lit
tie farm and Framped over seven or
er had. the only chance 10 see the coun-
so and then went back TO the little
farm. 1t was the only vacation he ev
eigh: different states for three years or
try he lived in. II Was an education.
He used 10 take a country paper. 1t
was as wide as his thoughts; now he
takes or borrow a daily paper and when
he sees fine name Nashville or Mont
gomery he is interested-he has been
there. He has a mental picture of
cane and cotton fields and mountains
and views. He is in sympathy with
his country and in degree with the
world.
THE prophecy that there shall be no
more sea- that Is impossible barrier
between ration and nation. Is almost
fulfilled. We read the principle news
of the world twice a day. 1t is having
an effect. The world is becoming a
neighborhood. 1t is thinking about the
same thing the same day. Men run To
and fro and knowledge is increased
with sympathy.
The Straog gers one meets in a railroad
car or on a boat are at first glance un-
interesting, but when they are settled
and conversation begins it Is discover
ed that they are human, the most of
them, and worth knowing. never go
Il
would like TO see again.
"a man at home has TO be five or six
men in one day. He Is doing chores,
attending to domestic affairs, and then
for a while he is a business man, and
then for an hour or so he is a politician
perhaps Re reads more or less. Posi-
'bly he thinks, meditates, awhile. Il
is well for him if he amuses himself
in some good way some hour Of the
twenty-four.
Il read that there were several Ma
cauleys. There was Macauley the Lord
Macauley, the writer Of the essay on
John Milton; Macaulcy, the historian;
Macaulay, the member of parliament.
and then there was Tom MacauIay, the
man his friend knew.
perhaps man Is more himself when
he is a passenger. Several response
bilities have been unloaded when he
takes his place on boat or train. He
is being taken care OF. There Is oppor-
tunfty for thought and conversati ton.
A great education is going on behind
locomotives and on ships. Opinions
are taken cut and aired. 1 listened the
other night to men talking about ores
and Mckinley and Tillman, and one
told us Of his visit to Bill Nye, and Of
his funeral. And one told us ofthe
proceedings of the Theosophical coufer-
ence lately held in New York He had
journeyed from the Pacific to the At
lantfc to attend this meeting of people
who believe that this universe is alive,
that there is no dead atom anywhere
They do rot believe in death. We have
a memory OF the things that have hap
pened TO us since we were born this
lTO0A rTf L.
the mind that dates back beyond mem
DRY.
There are some reasons for believing
that We have been somewhere always
and hereafter. remember reading a
book by Edward Beecher, brother of
Henry Ward, on PERSISTENCE The
doctor seems to explain the many inc
qualities of mind. and heart that we
see. Jesus said to Peter: Follow Me-
and at oroe Peter follows. Jesus says
to the multitude: Come unto Me- and
a Few come. There IS a great refusal.
How do you explain the readiness of one
the unreadiness of the many?
This life IS not long enough TO make
such difference in our power OF rec
ognizing the truth and follow X in a
painful path. Mary knows the Master:
her gift is of the costly kind, given only
to king. 1t would seem that Simon
Peter had a long practice of the power
of seeing excellence. He had thought
long time on the things that are love
ly:' and he had a fixed habit of swift
obedience There is hardly time in the
years of his life as Simon Peter to ac-
count for him, The people ask Jesus
who did sin. this man, or his parents.
that he was born blind? Is he suffering
Tor some former sin of his own? 1t Is
implied that he has lived before.
Il was interested TO know that the
theosophists of San Francisco visit the
states prison Of san Quentin on Sun
days, and that while from 40 10 so out of
more than l 200 convicts viii listen 10 an
orthodox sermon, between 500 and 600
are interested in the doctrine Of reincar-
nation. They desire another chance.
This doctrine sets before the lowest
and meanest another chance, and de-
spairs OF no living. You may fall and
founder around and waste one or many
mortal lifetimes. You will finally find
the path and you VIII walk il.
What the criminal needs Is a change
Of thought The ape and tiger must die
in him. While the gentleman was Talk
ing ] noticed that there was good lis
tening. he was sowing seed on good
ground, prepared minds. l find this doc
frine flourishes in unexpected places. Il
passenger talks silver awhile. politics
awhile. ard have defined him as min
ct and a politician and then all OF a
sudden he was turned into a socialist
and theosaphiSt, and / have 10 enlarge
my definition.
There sat across from me IN the car
a business man from Connecticut re-
turning nome from visit OF months in
Mexico The silver oo.ect lesson had
converted him \ New England bust
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