Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-23
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"ARNOLD TOYNBEE
AND 1UMANITARIANISM."

AND HUMANITARlANlSM."
Last evening at the High School Pres
ident Raymond, of the State University,
delivered the sixth and last lecture of his
series, "A Group of Social Philosophers.
His subject was ARNOLD Toynbee and HUI
manitarianism." The speaker began with
the following pathetic little story which
he said he had found in the funny col
umn" of newspaper.
'4The crowds were hurrying to the dog
show. Move on there, you'll! shouted
policeman to a ragged, dirty-faced boy,
with newspapers under his arm, who had
got in the way of a party who had just
aighted from carriage at the entrance.
The boy moved Or. I wish / was a dog
he said, wiping his eyes with the sleeve of
his ragged Jacket
1.-THE very fact that this anecdote was
inserted in the funny column for the pur-
pose of provoking daughter, is tragic
commentary on the inhumanity, which,
under the gllise of sentimentalism, is a
part of our modern life. 1t was this same
inhumanity which Carlyle condemned
when he asked that the laborer might
fare at least as we'll as the draught horses
even though he be not accorded the right
of a man to the decencies Of life. When
rational human being, born to birth
right of hope and aspiration, .ongs for the
lot of lone of the lower animals that he
may have comfort and consideration un-
known to him now, one cannot help Won
dering whether the whole conception of
our sacredness of human life has not
tod fol II
and work in abstraction The phrase
love of humanity is constantly on mems
lips, and yet, somehow, we have not made
our love of humanity concrete. We
have, it IS true, grown tired of theoretical
Christianity, and demand practical Cos
pei of love. We have regulated the work.
ings of bur charitable organizations to
clock work precision, and have collected
data enough to write a whole library on
poverty and distress. Yet in some man.
ner there is still a great gulf fixed be-.
tween the intelligent and well-to-do society
and those whose lives are blighted by ig
norance, by poverty, by suffering. We
need more defiiniteness in our social SER
vice. What the world needs, what It is
suffering for, IS actual, loving service
from enlightened men and women who see
in the world around them their fed of
labor, and who believe that there can be
no higher duty than that OF making the
lives of those around them happy and
useful"
DR.. Raymond then proceeded to discuss
the life and work of Arnold Toynbee. who
devoted all the powers of his intellect and
soul to touching mems lives, to awakening
men to an appreciation of their needs and
their possibilities. He said: 'In the brief
life of Arnold Toynbee, he has left US an
enduring monument of self sacrificing de-
votion to the interests of humanity-a
monument which has became an inspira-
ton to many an earnest thinker, trying
to discover the best way out of the mael-
strom of human sin and misery.
Few lives are more attractive to the
student of social conditions than that of
Toynbee, and yet all its hopes. its aspi-
rationS and it's burdens for humanity
were crowded into thirty-one short years.
His father spoke of Arnold as his child
of promise and aided in a great degree
in the moulding of his character. As a lad
Toynbee was manly fearless, high-strung,
yet possessing a beautiful sense of DELI
cacy, and hearty kindness which made
him a natural leader among boys. Grown
to manhood, he went through period of
terrible uncertainty of mind, not knowing
what in the world was to be his work.
AT the age Of twenty-one he went to OK
ford, where he worked the remaining ten
years of his life, the first five years as an
undergraduate, the second five as a lee
turer and tutor at Balliol college He
drew around him a circle of young men
over whom he exercised a marvellous in
huence. His sweet purity of life, his win
ming personality, his generous apprecia-
ton of others made him loved and rever-
enced. Those who knew him well, looked
upon him as almost inspired; and indeed
he was inspired, inspired with burning
desire to be of use to men, to bring them
if he might, some new blessing of intellect
or soul. 1t has been said of Toynbee that
''he touched nothing that he did not ele-
vate.' The very discussions in which he
engaged took a higher tone. The Apostle
Arnold he was called ny those who
watched the young man WELD his almost
magic influence over his friends.
zone of the most striking marks of
Toynbee's influence over all who were in
any way associated with him, was that
they all became eager to know their duty
in life and do it. They aimed at practical
work in social reform. Especially did they
desire to bring into closer relation the
educated and the wage-earning classes.
One who belonged to this 'Toynbee Group.
as it was known at oxford, says that
Toynbee's beautiful life and clear cut,
lofty ideals had the effect of impressing
them all deeply with their individual duty
as citizens.
While tutor at Balliol college, Toynbee
supervised the studies of young men pre-
pairing for the civil service of India To
no better hands could such a task be en-
trusted, for no one could feel more keenly
the responsibility involved in the training
of future administrators of the Indian
government. With his mind filled with an
desire for social reform in England and
English possessions, Toynbee gladly ac-
cepted the work of lecturlng 10 his pupils
on political economy. With his clear in
sight into economic conditions he saw un-
mistakable signs of great social changes
approaching. His sympathy with the
working classes led him to hope that these
changes would materially improve their
condition. AT the same time he saw that
they needed guidance. and he realized that
their guides must be well versed in econ
omic science. The steps leading to Toyn-
bees becoming a student and teacher of
political economy was plain. For the