The record-union., 1898-05-08
PRESENT-DAY THOUGHTS.
BY Memo"
Copyrighted by Dave & Tabor.)

(COpyr1ShteQ Dy DdWe & 1aDOT.J
We all pass through successive ex-
periences and cannot possibly go back
to the time when those experiences
were unmet; the thing that happens
cannot be rendered non-existent. The
whole life of a child and afterwards of
the adult is one of sweeping onward +;
away from innocence to knowledge;
away from peacefulness to trouble;
away again, perchance, from trouble
onward to quiet of heart-each varied
experience, however, leaving its i'm
press. There is only one certain and
sure rule to follow-make the best of
the evil that befalls; from mistakes
learn wisdom; from righteous deeds
gain strength for further doing.
Like man. like nation The war is;
and that is an end to all controversy
Many thousands, like discontented chill
dren would gladly travel backward on
the pathway of Time to the days when
Peace rested in the hamlets of our in
dustrious nation. There may even be
some who regard the show of force as
uncalled for. But there is no way back
to previous conditions. The only way
is onward. Neither is there time nor
place for saying, Il would have pre-
terred this or that" The war being
waged by the nation--that includes all
of US, fighters or friends OF fighters,
men of peace, or peace at any price
men-all are part of the nation; SO
that anything short of absolute unity
of purpose is seriously wrong. Party
feelings suppressed, party lines more
invisible than ever; individual preju-
dices subordnated, individual desires
nodded into one great purpose-this is
where we stand to-day. One great
duty is before us; to so vigorously en-
courage our Government with our
hands and our hearts; to so cheertully
support it with our taxes direct and
indirect that q war undertaken without
frenzy for glory, without lust for con-
quest, shall be sharp and disastrous TO
the enemies of feeble women and chill
dren. That DONE we shall again show
the world how a nation that believes
in peace can by the devious path OF
war bring peace-lasting and glorious
to pass. Our sons will then take up
their home work again, and move on
to the next duty. But the war will not
have passed without leaving an impress
on our national life
Let us consider one remarkable direc-
ton in which this war has served to
show the progress the world is MAX
ing During the days and months and
years that we have bitterly felt the
wrong that was being done to our poor
neighbors, there has never been any
serious intrusion of the religious aspect
of the case, save for one or two sets
of resolutions by small bodies of men.
No question has been asked as TO the
belief of the poor creatures whose cruel
sufferings have forced us into the
worlds arena as champions of the de-
fenseless. 1t seems as thouh we had
reached the common sense attitude OF
mind when we believe that a wrong
is wrong, and a wound is pang even
though inflicted on man that has no
belief at all. It seems easy to say,
What you believe, dear suffering one,
is nothing to me: what you need is my
summons to your side Yet, easy
though this is for us to say, it is not
so many years ago since the purse
strings of those who now subscribe to
Cuban relief funds, or who surrender
the darlings of their fireside for right
eousness' sake would have felt the
kindly effort misplaced, perhaps wasted