The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-21
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society and in the nature of material with
which we have to deal; but it is not Of
Rather let me emphasize the thought that
the difficulty lies in part, at least, with
ourselves. and that 1t may be due to the
dlsproporuonate Importance which we at
tach to methods of work, in contradistinc-
ton to the altru@tic spirit which alone
imparts to all benevolent work its vitality
and It's power.
Every man needs-may I not say that
every man has--an ideal, which hapes his
ties. It may be predominantly selfish or
unselhsh, noble or base, practical or Wis
1onary: but those who know him best can
diNlne MS Ideals by studying his career
You viii observe that in the healing Of
the leper the putting forth of the Savior's
nand was merely a symbolic action. To
suppose that the healing power lay in the
touch savors of superstition, and is as
absurd as it would be to think that the
power that produces the electric light re-
sides not in the dynamo, but in a rubber
button. The deep significance of the ges-
ture may nevertheless be inferred from
the frequency Of its repetition in the min
istration of Our Lord. Jesus took Peters
Wife's mother by the hand, and her fever
leEt her. lie touched the eyed OF two
blind men sitting by the wayside, and i'm
mediateiy they received their sight He
Iouched the tongue OF the deaf-mute of
DecapOlis, and ~straightway his ears were
opened. the string of his tongue was lOos-
ed, and he spake plainly. On his way to
the judgment seat OF Caiaphas he touched
the ear of the high priests servant, when
it had been smftten off by the sword of
ar over-zealOus disciple. and the wound
was healed. In each instance a word
would have suffieed, but to the word the
touch was added. Why was this? The
answer to the question is the lesson of
Science can not supply the answer.
Science is the noblest of Gods handmade
ems save two. She is the servant of truth;
obedient to truth not because of purchase
or inquest but by her own free grit;
loyal to truth in the spirit not of a slave,
but of a child. Science seeks for truth as
Tor hid treasure, in the depths OF the
earth and sea, in the sky with its trailing
splendOrs, in the distant stars; she would
fearlessly enter hell itself and bring truth
hence, could she but find the way. Science
has torn the veil from Natures face. She
has annihilated distance, has girdled the
earth with light and sound as with a gar
ment, has filled it with -conveniences and
comforts, has made it habitable. She has
tants, has multiplied human wealth q
hundred fold. and prolonged the average
duration of life. Without the discoveries
and inventions of science, modern civil
ization could not have merged from the
womb of time. Great as these achieve
ments are, they pale into insignihcancS
in comparison with the service that she
has rendered to mankind in promoting tht
emancipation of the human intellect from
chains of superstition, from the tyranny
of priestcraft and kingscraft.
"But Science is not Art, neither is sht
RELIGION. L mean no disparagement to thu
intellectual acumen and moral integrity
OF her devotees, when L say that. DESPITE
her rank and power. Science has her lin
f~tations. She beholds the universe will
the natural eye. not with the eye of faith
e1nG HIS A0l AlG CHAA AAh7A6AA III III
poet, nor the profound mental grasp o
the philosopher. She turns her back upol
the unseen. in order that she may con
centrate her gaze upon the visible and tn
tangible. She touches life on its material
not on its immaterial side She is NOR
masculine than feminine, more earthl.
than heavenly, more human than divine.
"D~egeneracy, in the great majority o
Instances. assumes one of three leading
forms, namely. insanity, crime or pauper
ism. Take first the case of the insane
including under this general title all form
of nervous disease or defect and of menta
alienation or imbecility. Insanity is
physical disease. AS such, 1t demand
medical treatment. You may say tina
there Is no sentiment in rest and eXercis
and nutrition. nor in tOnics, %hypnOtics
and all the other drugs listed In the phaI
macopoeia. Why, no. But it is low
which prompts their administration, to tn
sufferer Had the physician or the pa
TENTS friends no sympathy for his agony
they would abandon him to his Wretche
fate. It is a common fellow feeling fo
suffering humanity which created on
magnificent public hospitals and asylum
FOR the insane and the epleptic, our II
situations for the care of the idiotic al