The Monte Vista journal., 1898-01-15
!. Myror Reeds Sermon.

| OeuSer, jan. lO.-Nev. MyrOn W..
Reed preached on "The Adaptation OF
Man" at the Broadway Temple yester-
day morning.
His text was: And he said, Lord, l
am ready TO go with thee, both into
prison and to DEATH" Luke 22:33.
Mr.. Reed said: Man In adjustable.
He conforms to all the things about
him. II you will only give him time.
I used to Know a stage driver on the
old road between St. Paul and Superior
City. July and January both agreed
with him. He would drive when 1t was
ninety degrees in the shade and he
would drive when 1t was thirty degrees
below. He was finely made ma
chine.
| In northern Michigan men are now
chopping bare-handed. They begin as
soon rs 1t Is light enough for them to
distinguish pine from hemlock, and
they work while the day lasts until
the night comes on. when no man can
work. Then the chopper drinks about
n gallon of hot tea, eats u few pounds
OF pork and beans and molasses and
doughnuts and pie. smokes. whites
on an axe helve little while, and then
falls into his bunk and into sleep at the
same time. Ee does not need any
bromides. In July and August the
same man follows the harvest. No
frost or heat can take the temper out
OF him.
In all climates we find the English
| man and the American, and we find
him fiourishing. He is comfortable in
British Columbia and in India and in
any island Of any sea. No corner Of
the world is forbidden to him. He is
| equal 10 any climate. fights in the Sou
dan as well as at Waterloo. He does
not faint away anywhere Man mas
tiers nature by conforming TO nature.
! buhalo skin makes Il competent win
ter robe here. when IL will not do In the
Artic.
There the skins of Arctic reindeer
are the things. Wear what the Arctic
wears. In the olden days suppose
that few buffalo perishcd on these
plains of hunger. or thirst. or cold.
Man had not interfercd with nature.
These thousands OF cattle now frozen
stif In Wyoming and Montana are
mostly assisted immigrants. They are
from Texas and they are not intro
duced to the North by easy stages. They
are hurried into new conditions by rail.
and do not have time to adjust them
selves. They have not only new kind
Va SIoN NiH'l W SN''l'llN Iute,
but death has called to his assistance
barbed wire fence. On their way to
shelter and water these victims OF n
high civilization pile up against the
ugly barrier and die. Except when
man has mcddled with them, Gods
creatures get along very well.
We read of suffering In the Cherokee
Strip. That is not at all n providence
of God. lie is responsible for the bliz.
zard. but no; for the condition of the
people in Its path. Wisdom and love
would not have opened that territory.
There was no just need Of people 10 go
Into that country nj any time Of year.
There is plenty of better land unused
and unoccupied nearer home.
There is small farm unoccupied
and unused near my home. Years ago
l wandered along the narrow streets
OF Edinburgh. From n window OF II
modern hotel on Prince street on u
moonlight nigh, old Edinburgh Is love-
ly-distnnce lends cnchnntmcnt. and
when you are with the wind You do not
smell anything. But In old Edinburgh
1t Is different. Here people are cramped
and starved, body and mind and soul.
There nre acres Of misery.
The nigh. WINS In them all wretch
taken the street. did not wonder pco-
pie We're drunk. They We're adjusting
themselves To the situation by the help
Of gin. The next morning I walked out
TO the Duke OF Bucclcugh's park. do
not remember how many thousand
ncrcs that ccn,alns. bu, there are deer In
II. But these deer are not crowded.
They have room nnd air and light. and
they are fat. They We're ns tame ms
kittens. Walking home l wondered
why these crowded people did not mi
grnie over To the park. The reasons
are policemen and soldiers, and there
are no other reasons.
The land Of n nation belongs to u
people Of that nation. There liz not
lust need for the suffering Of people
on the Cherokee Strip. Under just con.
iitions they would not have been there.
\ whole family was found In this vio-
lently settled country dead with their
thronts cut. The father did Il. They
were out OF food ana fuel. He thought
his knife was quicker and more ncrci-
ful than frost and hunger
am thankful that we have n general
Of this department that understands
the Indian question. lie has n mind
and a heart In him. The Indian Qucs.
Wisconsin and Michigan. Some seven
thousand Of them have been absorbed
into the community. They ARE fine
choppers. They can sink the bit Of mn
nN Into "A frozen pine tree most skill
fully. They can run logs On the river.
They are swift In harvest. They will
not shovel nor sprout pointocs. neither
will !. We are not built to shovel ana
sprout potatoes. Without noise aud
without observation they have grown
into citizenship In Wisconsin and Mich.
ignn.
or n dozen men ! would like best to
see. three ARE Indians. and when we
meet there II n camp fire. Let people
grow ms you let baby grow. Norman
Mcleod. returning from n visit to mis-.
sions In India. said Ia The people Of
t;lasgow. I'VE can make Christians Of
the people of lnhin. hut not Scotch
Presbyterian :" ''Thou ,hnlt love thy
nclghl,or' Is as practical IN on" plac"
ms another. The gentle. scholarly Hin
doc. who lately visited this city. did
not hurt my thoughts nor my feelings.
NC ought to lr patient with other
rnccs. Some hundreds of ycnrs ago ""
were cave dw"llcrs ourselves. Az Judge
Bcifonl says. we got up In the morn.
Ing and crnwied out with n club nnd
killed snake for breakfast. Abraham
wns no farther advanced In mrmin.
than n Navajo. Give him time nnd
man tits into his situation. lie mny go