The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-29
A CENTURY
OF FREEDOM
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branch of study during the last fifty
years witness the development of in
ternational law. the proof OF he ma
tlonal consciousness Of a necessary re-
latonship toward other nations. va.
ness also the fact that. entirely asid !.
ron the teachings OF the Christian
church. ethical schools are universally
teaching today that no man is a free
ana true spirit who does not realize full
/ ~ MS relation and obligation to the.s -
icinl whole. Freedom OF the Soul? High
est development OF a mani Ii is the
realization Of the attitude of service
" ~ because this Is recognized as trls
today that To live and work in thes
Zines IL indeed the most glorious thing
N the world,
! know that II is very dificuit to see
how this Characterization OF the spirit
lot the times can be true. when we ana
iyxe local conditions and single critical
events. Hut look more deeply. take il
wider sweep Of observation, and p.
VIII be found literally true that IN
world today is actually demanding tn
every man shan be free with that fire..
dom which IL the attitude Of service
ana aware that " Is difficult 20 see how
this spirit can underIiS present ia :
politics. II does not control altOgethe-.
aud I am aware that there are some
very grave political problems confront :
ing the world today. But the tendency
/ " In the right direction and IL Is uni
versal Gould one. by any stretch OK
the Imagination conceive IL possibl
that Bryan and Roosevelt should fight
"a duet over their political differences ?
In the beginning this century two OF
the political leaders OF our nation
fought 20 the death. They had the idea
OF personal rights simply. To be free
was 10 have the liberty OF fulfilling
ones personal ambitions. Today great
men know that to be free IL 10 have the
attitude OF service. TO be mindful Of
ones obligation. not 90 self. but to the
social whole. Hence. while there was
never greater earuestness or more
strenuous endeavor in politics. Bryan
and Roosevelt. the leaders Of the op-
posing political forces. met on the same
platform. shook hands and addressed
the same meeting as American citizens.
not as individuals.
N u difficult. again. to see how the
great business enterprises OF the day
can BE- controlled by the attitude OF
service. But as n matter OF fact, the
IoCtud1 life eof any corporation whatsO-
lever. ~ dependent wholly upon It's will
lingness 90 put itself In the position OF
n public servant The logical basis for
the existence of any trust or corpora
tion II. In a nutshell. supply the de-
nsand by the cheapest and most con-
lVenient method" The demand for this
Kind Of business methods has been
abused. as every good thing will be
abused more OF less. and the abuse has
| frightened US But we are correcting
the abuse and getting over our fright
In the recent campaign the Trust
has been made great scarecrow.
Meantime Senator Jones is promoting
a new Trust the round cotton-bale
trust. capital $1,000 600. The new IN
vcntion will save labor and millions Of
IA Al
lar trust 10 set ~ going. Is there any
possible question Of the benefit OF such
q corporation? At the cotton -baling
p,,int society demands help. The cor
pcration puts itself in the attitude Of
service. and u is just that IL should
make n reasonable profit. for service
must b. mutual. else one party to the
transaction is In the position Of slave.
There was never before a time In his
tory when men Of large means respond
ed generously to public needs. Mil
lions OF dollars are given every year to
help on educational and philanthropic
institutions. because the business world
is catching the spirit of freedom. the
latitude of service.
What n the spirit Of the great for
ward movement Of education today7 II
lis the spirit OF freedom. Free the child
In other words. give the child the Keen
lest possible appreciation of the actual
conditions about him and bring the
child 20 the attitude Of service. This
attitude OF service demands Initiative
the free exercise Of original thought
and power the use of all one can pos
sess Of strength and wisdom and ma,
lterial resources. This idea rs more and
more controlling every educational IL
stitution Of America. Free the soul
Teach Independence Of thought. free
dom ~ Investigation. loyalty to facts
but all for the purpose of filling IN.
world with free spirits. that Is. viii
souls whose purpose in life Is To max
the world happier. better. truer. This
method by which alone freedom may
come 90 the soul is the method Of th'
KINDERGARTEN. the grammar school. th'
secondary school. the college. the grad
uate department Schools that do no
come into touch and sympathy witt
this idea perish. because the spirit q
the times calls for freedom. and thi
lls the only pathway 90 freedom.
The spirit of freedom has found "a
way into the church-nay. u has ~
ways been the spirit of the Gospel. 10
the GOSPEL IL message 81 freedom
rom sin. and of use--free energetic US
Of the saved powers I'm willing service
which II the very essence Of freedom
lft is the glory of the Christian Gospe
that a mas conserved this spirit an
brought a 20 the present-day world
AT the very time when the outlook 10
, the Christian church Is fun 81 discour
lagsment and gloom. thu spirit of tn
Gospel IL corning back to- fun recogni
tion and FUN proprictorship In IN
church and the church. casting asid
etrrvthing that hinders this free Cos
hpel il bound 90 win glorious triumph
In thc twentieth century. The churc
Iof the middle ages gathered together
vast c0ngiomerate Of dogmas and spir
Iltlal machinery. and 50 destroyed tn
efficiency % the direct message ~ IN
Gospel We have thought that Marti
Luther changed all this and that IN
Protestant Church has been free. W
have forgotten that Luther still clun
TO old Catholic elements that ensiave
the soul though he was trying TO I'M
his way 90 soul-freedom. The mint
article ~ the Augsburg COnfesSio
teaches that baptism u necessary {
\ salvation. the e>venth article main
, taina. private confession. Luther
smaller catechism recommends To b.
levers the sign of the cross befor
!. morning prayer. and Luther advocate
, an extensive and complicated theory @