The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-06

been accomplished In the one now clos
Ing and what may be hoped for IN the
| way OF progress In the one dnwnlng.
Life IS worth living, and I think we
are fortunate to have lived at all, at
least am, and rejoice that I have an
! Individuality that must endure forever
! II from all the past could have &C.
lected my fine OF living, would have
! chosen the last half OF this last dying
1 century. =
The nineteenth century is the greatest
OF all the centuries that have come and
gone. In all branches OF progress It
has been epoch-maklng. and Its closing
year an epoch-making year. Measured
by all standards. by the good done the
worlu and mankind. making the indI-
vidual better. lifting him up to higher
| levels. subduing selfishness, increasing
charity, the spread OF light and religion
more has been accomplished in this
century than In any ten centuries in
| the past. The world was never better,
mankind never pOrer. human character
never more elevated, education never
more general. charity and benevolence
never so Astounding.
Dnty of Rich Men.
In all good things and in moral pro-
gress the world is constantly advanc-
Ing. II Is said the great Roman En-
pire, when it controlled the world had
| not hospital within It's wide borders,
while hospitals. asylums ana charitable
institutions are one every side and
constantly increasing In all civilized
states. While 1t has been The era Of
accumulation of vast wealth In lnd.-
vldual hands yet rich men. with gaining
riches. have learned wise lessons. They
| are learning that they should largely
hold their wealth In trust for the com
mon good. TINT the best use 10 make OF
1t Is to help their fcllowmaa, the weak
and the unfortunate, this has come
| about in obedience TO the teachings of
| Christianity. the general diffusion OF
knowledge and an, educated self-lnter-
est. 1t Is fast coming Into the minds OF
the Rich that not only the best thing to
| 90 with wealth Is 10 make use OF ii to
benefit mankind. but the best time TO
do this IS In the full tide OF life when
the appropriation OF 1t to such pur-
poses can be made under the sunerv!s-
| Ion OF the owners and bring them the
| pleasure that follows giving and good
| deeds.
Listen TO the words Of Lord Roseberry
| one OF the ablest. richest and p-oudest
Lords OF England, who emphasized and
Increased his wealth by marrying a
| Rothschiid. IN his latest speech on the
exaggerated advantages OF wealth. he
| pointed on: that even millionaires could
n"t eat more than one dinner a day.
wear one suit OF clothes or ride more
than one horse At the same time. add
| Ing that the only superiority they pos
sessed over the poor was being able to
IN 4 no
change OF climate. declaring tina: hos
pitfalls for the poor had lessened even
| this superiority.
The Rlntte3nta century revealed toman
| force that during all past ages had
slept undiscovered in matter. so fine. so
| delicate, and so little understood tina:
| come doubt whether It Is matter. This
| force has been made subscrv!ent to
| Suan's Will, been summoned TO his aid
to relieve him OF his burdens. minister
10 his comfort. transport him from
| place TO place and give him lIgh, In
dark places. By the use Of this force.
In q way that man cann5t quite find
| out, he speaks to his fellow man around
| the globe.
Greatest Of NIL Centuries.
Steam came with this century. cleo.
trIcity followed and may largely super
| sede steam in contributing to the needs
| OF man. Wireless biography seems to
be In sight. We wonder what will be
the next step In the onward march OF
| progress.. These are among the
| triumphs Of the closing century. While
the nineteenth century stands the
| greatest OF all centuries In the progress
| OF sclcacc and art and the conQucsts OF
| man over material things, the twentieth
century promises 10 be the century OF
| opportunities for triumphs in spiritual
! things, the cultivation of the spirit. 1t
opers up all over the world with SPLEEN
! did promise In the direction OF Gentlcr
and higher ideals and the things that
| make for peace. The nineteenth century
through the press AMI other agencies
| has assembled from MI parts Of the
| earth the preparation OF ages for some
higher advance, and furnishes the ma
| tcriul base upon which the twentieth
century, 1t Is hoped. Will rear a spirit
| ual superstructire.
Ian MGcLaren. author OF Beside the
| the Bonnie Brlar Bush" and other
| good books with many modern thinkers
and writer's, believe ,telepalhy is at
hand, and through II! soul VIII COM
| Man Is II magazine OF unknown forces
and undeyelopcd powers that can only
! be found out and summoned into activ-
! ity By subdu!ns the flesh aud cultivat-
| INK the spirit. w
iIalzaz. born one hundred years ago.
now better understood than when he
wrote. In Seaphita, the work TO which
he gave hts deepest thought, his h!gh-
est effort, and about which he de-
clarcd "J'y NETS ma VIE" says: 1.-THE
/ most real OF Nil aplcndors are not In
outward things, they are within us.
| The universe belongs to him who Wills,
who knows. who prays; but he must
/ will, he must know. he must pray" In
| another place he ndds: when you DOS
scss the faculty OF praying without
weariGess, with love, With force, with
certainty, with intelligence your spirit
unllzpd nature will presently be In
vested with power" May not Balzac
| have meant In this; "rhr faith that re-
moves mountains"
Browning says: Truth IL within our
| selves"
The words: Behold the Kingdom OF
God In within you" are being better un-
derstood than over before. and we are