The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-14
Monday, January IA, 1901,

! ana their own skill tney naQ smut gu
God from the vast dome Of their mighty
temple; and they knew not that to built
their temple at all they needed thai
God should give power to their brains
and their hands.
And they reared that temple of stu
pendous height, and stretching its
boundaries over more than a square
league of territory, great and splendid
and proud. And everywhere outside it's
walls and above it's dome God was; but
within it's walls and beneath It's dome
God was not.
And the temple was filled by the
chemists and engineers with an artifi-
cial air strangely stimulating to mus
Gle and to brain. And 1t was filled with
an artificial light, white and dazzling,
and such that nothing cast any shad-
ow. And 1t was warmed with an arti-
fetal heat that rose and fell by day and
night.
On the opening day hundreds of thou
sands fiocked to the ceremonial of in
tluguration. Addresses were delivered
full of exultation, and there was the
blare of magnificent music; but the mu-
sic had in it no undertone, no dream or
suggestion beyond its own triumphant
clash and clang. And the orators
praised the kingdom of man, and de-
clared that this was the beginning of
the end of the kingdom of God
In the great crush of the multitude, a,
few children were trodden down and
women tainted and fell under the feet
of the throng; but it made no disturb
ance. For there was no movement of
help or of rescue. For even such as had
been compassionate men and kindly
were emptied of the sentiment of pity 80
soon as they passed the entrance-ga
of that august and splendid temple.
Then was the temple divided out for
many uses. Here were to be rows of
dwellings, for such as desired to be free
in daily life from the interference Of
God. Here were gardens for the pleas
ure Of the people. Here were galleries
Of pictures and of sculpture Here was
a great exchange for trade. Here were
furnaces and engines for every kind of
maunfa cture. Here were laboratories
for mechanical and chemical and biolog-
ical investigation. And to all these,
science brought the very best that she
could bring,-the very best that she
could bring without God And the
young man of science VINO had planned
1t all was crowned with every humor
by universities, by populace, by govern |
nent. And the vast folds Of the flag of |
he kingdom of man rolled out upon the |
breeze from the highest pinnacle of the |
temple
Man families moved into the sumptu-
JUS houses offered for their dwelling. !
Some, indeed, of the poor and needy
sought homesteads there; but they
we're hustled out or speedily reduced to
for somehow so soon as men
uttered that huge Enclosure the spirit
# brotherhood and kindness seemed to
lie down in them, and greed and self
ssertion We're unclaimed and ruled the
Whole realm of the heart. But the rich
or short space found great luxury
nd plea sure there; yet presently the
Id habits of the heart which had made
he happiness of home seemed to fade
way, and the love between husband
nd wife cooled down and the little
euds and jars came oftener. And
nothers were not so tender to their
hildren. And the faces of little chill
rem themselves grew defiant and hard
nd true home happiness slowly sick
ned and died. Still, no one talked Of
lese things; and outside each particu-
lr home things looked bright and
,lendid and each supposed that, If
lere was a gloom at his heart, it was
trough the tempers of those about
i'm, and none doubted the magnifi-
snce or the success of the institution .
whole.
And men and women hocked to the !,
ardens gorgeous with dazzling flowers.
here were none of the humber :
ooms there, only orchids and tropic :,
ossoms, artificially wrought to every
agnifcence of color and of form
1ere were running waters there, but /.
mellow there was no murmur of the \
aters such as we love. But they fell
It'll thud that had in it neither music
II song. And the great trees had II
rangely lost their charm. For they Z
ere all one glare of brilliant green, .
d they cast no shade for the heated q
d the weary. And presently men be- !,
n to desert these gardens and to long q
r a Whit of a Devonshre lane in an >
lglish spring or the exuberant life and d
auty of a Swiss meadow teefing with d
thousand blooms. u
As for the great galleries of art, at
st they were daily thronged with adj is
ring guests for pictures and statues ii
d been brought there from the out to