Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-16
FOR SUNDAY READING.
AN sorts Of OPINION.

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Observation-Disclosures
WEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE.
[Rev. Frederic E. Dewhurst.]
When viewed in the light of its origin,
wealth is seen to be step by step the
product of human desires and ideas,
and therefore must maintain a direct
and constant relation to the moral de-
velopment. the social welfare of man
kind. Wealth is the embodiment of
ideas; is that from the beginning; 1t is
that in all its forms. Its accumulation
and distribution may be carried on in
ways that are selfish and even brutal,
but wealth itself has its origin in ideas
and desires; it marks an advance in the
evolution of species; it is itself one of
the symbols OF progress.
The function Of wealth, therefore, is
the development of human life in high
;er and higher directions: its purpose is
the development of the highest type Of
individual life and that will be life in
sympathetic contact with the social Or
Eganism asa whole.
If men can be made really and per-
manently hungry for something besides
bread, if they can be made hungry for
knowledge and for beauty, and can be
made to desire them deeply and per-
manently enough. it will insure the Gre.
alton of the forms of wealth CORE
spending to those needs and desires.
The elevation of the individual so
that thru elevated desire finer and
more permanent forms of wealth may
be created Is the key to the relation of
wealth to social welfare.
NEED OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
[Rev. R. w. Rogers.l
AS the conditions of the church as
we'll as the nation are today character
lied by a seeking for larger liberty, is it
most pertinent to ask, What Is religious
freedom and why do the churches de-
\ sire it?
If the term religious freedom has
been misunderstood it has been due to
an erroneous definition, for Its meaning
| is neither that of loose rationalism.
which derives conclusions from false
premises, nor is 1t liberation from evil
1 into negative goodness. But rather
evolution beautifully suggests that re-
lligious freedom is the removal of the
4 hindrances that prevent further growth
toward character, purity of life ana
breadth of thought Altho an emanci-
| patton proclamation was signed. yet the
NEGRO will never be free until the IN
/ nate difficulty that prevents his ad-
vancement has been removed. And so
religiously man can not gain the best
| progress until the obstacIes that block
his growth in righteousness have been
1 .overcome-be that hinderance animal
passion within man or an outgrown
doctrine lettering his mind from with
out.
What men need today is more inspi-
ration TO free them from the draw of
4 animalism and the harshness of the
LETTER. and hence gradual religious
freedom into 1.-The spirit of worship
/ becomes a security for the preservation
|{of the church.
PRESIDENT MAGICIAN AT IOWA
CITY.
Il The baccalaureate sermon to the stu
4 dents of the State University Of Iowa
Il was delivered by President MacLean
a his subject being, Christian Educai
4 ton He saidin part:
I'm the nineteenth century we hays
i become realsts. The educational die,
tum is. study things before words.
When NE study words with the spirit
sI3of the reals, we trace them to theil
origin. All unconscious. we bring thu
Icycle round to the truth of nominalisn
i ard realism combined. Christianity i:
Essentially educational. The Christian
4 lis more than man of creed or cult o.
tiehurch, or conduct. He is the man q
life.
4 Essential Christianity has been ane
d ever must be a friend of education. TIL,
A new education is largely the result o
Ichild study Education is not primari
d ly the impartirg of knowledge. but thu
development of the mysterious soul o
1.-The child. 1t is a growth that tn
q teacher watches like a gardener H
tends il viii, the truth as fertilizer; h
I waters the unfolding soul with hi
4 sympathies: he detects the law of it
individual growth with the sunshine o
his personality. and with the radlaGc
Of his love he brings TO fun bloom tn
character Of the child.
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