The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-12-11
THE YEAR OF WANDERING.
In Peace and Repose Only Truth He-
veals Its Deeper Aspects.

In Peace and nepose Only Truth He
veais Its Deeper Aspects.
The widefelt need of calmness OF
nerves and mind is expressed in many
ways in these days. Some OF these
ways are sane and wise; some OF them
are unwholesome and misleading; but
whether wise or foolish, they are alike
significant of the consciousness OF the
lack OF something which is necessary
for the truest growth and fruitfulness.
The world Is full OF restless men and
women, who are yainly seeking in some
place or philosophy or person that
repose which can come only from inr
ward peace. The ends OF the earth are
searched for that which lies close at
hand, and distant and alien religions
are invoked to bestow that which the
seeker can find only In his own spirit.
This restlessness is often confused by
It's victims with intellectual and spirit
ual energy, and the mere agitation OF
a wasted nervous force is mistaken for
n genuine activity OF the soul An i'm
mense amount of vitality Is expended
in simply changing localities without
changing the spirit. The multitude OF
invalids and semi-invalids who are seek
ing health In remote climates is
matched by another multitude who are
seeking peace and repose by getting
into the atmosphere of other faiths and
traditions.
AS there are world-travelers hurry
ing across every sea and rushing from
point 30 point on every continent, 30
there are soul-trnvelers who are never
at rest, but are constantly hurrying
from philosophy 10 religion and from
religion back TO philosophy. And so
there has grown up n kind OF polyglot
knowledge which Is not and cannot be-
come culture; and a polyglot religion
In which there is neither the power OF
personal experience nor the pence
which flows from individual conviction.
II IL not by searching the earth with
tireless feet that men come 10 know
their own natures, nor by worshiping
at many shrines that they enter into
that peace which passes knowledge
| Restlessness IL always the sign OF a life
! unfulflled and soul unsatisfied; 10 IL
conclusive evidence that one has not
come into that harmonious relation
with himself and the world, which IL
the first step towards real growth. Agi
tatlon often accompanies n deep ex
perience, but when the lesson OF the
experience has been learned, the agita
tion gives place TO peace. The first con
tact with n new field OF work or OF
knowledge often moves the spirit pro
foundry; but when one has taken pos
session of the field, or puts his hant
resolutely TO the work, calmness comes
For IL is only In peace and repose thai
truth reveals its deepest aspect, tbs
spirit comes 10 self-knowledge. anC
real growth begins. We do not begin e
grow In power and wisdom until W.
strike deep roots into the soil; and III
who is always travelling gets no root
nge. In the old German student liz
the year OF wandering had it's recog
nized place MS an Invaluable part OF ed
ucation; but Il was an experience o
preparation, not OF continuing habit
IL was the path by which the lcarne
cnme at last 10 his home; for II Is onl.
I'm n true home that the soul lives II
normal life.-N. Y. Outlook.