The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-05

tives OF lightning strokes. II Is only
when two surcharged electrical bodies
approach each other that there is the
spark Of the LeyGen jar or the crash
Of thunder.
One Of the best lightning rods for So
ciety Is what we call free speech. Give
the cranks a chance To say all that is
within them and they cease to be dan
gerous. We sometimes quarrel with
the garrulousness of the newspapers.
They publish everything. They advo-
cate every kind Of wild and harmful
theory. But did you ever reflect that
1t is simply the fact that these theories
are given such wide publicity that robs
them Of their danger? You listen to the
anarchist haranguing the crowd by the
lake shore and you say that man ought
to be suppressed. Well, they suppress
him in Russia and there he is q menace:
we let him howl in America and here he
is only ridiculous. There was a time
when the church endeavored to pre-
serve her body of truth intact by inn
prlsoning and exterminating heretics;
the consequence OF which course of ac-
ton was that heretics multiplied If
anything is an obstinate heresy, get
some of it's advocates to hire hall or
start a newspaper and trumpet it
| abroad. If it is false, the more light
| that is let in on it the more it will show
| its falsity. Men are beginning to learn
/ that truth needs no nursing or protect
! ing. Truth is hardy creature and is
: abundantly able to take care of itself.
1t has more lives than a cat, and,
as Mr.. Bryant says, it has way Of ris-
| ing again after it has been crushed to
! earth. The best protection for truth is
| to give ii free field and no favor The
| moment you begin to defend 1t you
| have made a mistake. AS well defend
/ God or the universe. i have noticed
there have been many silly and HARM
! less enthusiasts that have literally been
given fame and power by the endeavor
: of well-meaning people to suppress
them. If man is a fool, if a sect is
absurd. If a reformer is a fraud, give
them rope enough and they will hang
themselves. They only dangerous opin-
ion in the world is the suppressed one.
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This explosiveness Of humanity should
teach us to pay great deal of atten-
ton to the matter of amusements.
| Doubtless in some ideal state of the
world work and play will be the same
thing-that is, all work will be Of such
character that we can pour our whole
ebullience into it. But that is far from
the case now. Work today is usually
irksome, combining. We must screw
ourselves down to 1t and hold ourselves
to faithful performance by the iron
clamps of sense Of duty or desire or
gain. This being the case, 1t is abso-
lutely necessary that we should make
provision for the pent-up spirits &C.
casionally to escape. You know what
made Jack a dull boy. l think great
question that this age should ask OF the
Master, after that old one, Teach us
to pray" should be, Teach us ttfplay.
The kindergarten is an appreciation OF
this fact. Teachers are learning to go
into the playground with their pupils.
More is effected in the child's character
by those hours of frolic, when the imag-
ination is kindled and the forces OF life
are freely flowing, than in the hours
of study and self control. What man
does for fun molds his character more
than what he does for business.
But there is another side to all this
in fact, several other sides. IL must
be remembered that there Is such a
thing as too much expansion. 1t is pos
sible to fritter away all OF our powers
The difficult line must be drawn by
everyone between recreation ana dissi-
nation. We must become so acqualnt-
ed with our own spiritual geography as
to know just where the boundary is De-
; tween enough and too much.
Another side is that we Americans
: are in danger of skyrocket ideals. The
how wants to be a stagedriver, clowr
in the circus or a tight-rope perform
er. The girl is anxious to scintiilate II
: society. 1t is an American disease &c
seek notoriety at any price. Now, mere
notoriety is the cheapest thing In the
world IL is easier to be quack thar
> % nhvsjcian. a glittering infidel than 6
sober churchman. 1t takes long years
. of work and careful training to &C
I ouire real success; 1t will take only
moment of folly or of crime to become
notorious.
There is another reflection that Il
yermane TO this subject, and that II
that ANYTHING that is alive is bound u
oole some commotion. 1t pertains Il
. life that 1t shall assert itself. Els
u necially is this truth needful to be re
membered in religion. we are IN th
: habit of talking dispairingly of dispia!
. and noise. We say: still waters rui
= deem" they make no noise, but SO q
no waters. Our deepest emotions ar
:. o1,iet. but so is the graveyard. w
! are fond of abiding to the trees ina
!. bore nothing but leaves put some =
y our trees have not even leaves. II
= absolutely impossible for one VINO
$ full of the Spirit to keep Christ out
e his conversation. No one can love 20
with all his heart and never speak Q
', IT. There is, of couse, such thihs
9 going to extremes. And there is sue
a thing as suiting our method Oh eN
'e preston to our own particular tastes
l. but that does not mean that we ar
: 70 have no expression. Because Tn
salvation army rattle their tampou
rines and beat their drums is no rea
n son wbv your lips should be foreve
's sao,ed True religion, that fills the sol