The age-herald., 1901-01-01
FAY
 Fl A AWNING

Nples weN Nlled civilized and the peoples we call unA lized. to credit to the goodness of God all iings held to be good; but many who dweflin Christendom would deny Christianity something of its unspeakable blessings to nan.
 Yet all wht are truly enlightened in the worldly sense alike those who are follow CTS of Jesus ad those who deny His God ship, humbly nd gratefully acknowledge the iameasurole good of the Christian spirit. tTo mosrof us the Nazarene is the Christ, Is God, nd with us there can be no degrees in ou adoration but the teach ing of Him Whowas born of the Blessed Virgin Mary mpnsses with nameless rev erence thts learnes Jew and the common unbeliever\of the ulgar horde alike. The rabbi and the plest walk shoulder to shoulder to the foe. of the cross. There and only there the bbi turns aside, whilst the priest lpes on preaching the Christ crucified.
 Above all things, bloved, the 2eth cen tury will be Gflrists entury and the be- nign sway of His Godl. love will more than ever bless the World. he hour is about to strike when nb consferable number of professed ChristVans il America will be ashamed or reluAtant tcsnow their faith, as Christians do Nh oldei'ands, where the sweet call of the\ Angeis is reverenty
 
 and hodcarriers. grAat one of society, and all who are reputable, wlrever they be when strikes the beN Of oising at even- tide
 In this day, as for pearly inoteen hun dred years pase, ii. S-Aegy Gle of culture in every land attendance al places or pub lie worship is obligatory.
 Christianity apart, it is not easy for even the most learned and the closest students to estimate specifically with any degree of general satisfaction the greatest dnflu- ences upon the worlds affairs which came into being in the century that ended last midnight. But to most minds will occur Trafalgar, Waterloo, and Sedan in battles the development of steam and electricity in mechanic arts these two embracing almost every material development for the comfort and general well-being of mankind; \the in- veption of the telegraph, the sewing-ma- chine the grain-reaper, the cylindrical printing press: thread machines and the power-oom; the lucifer match and explo- sives generally; the locomotive and the steamship; sanitary methods, surgical ap- pliances, medical discoveries, and means of lighting and heating-all these being very nearly the bases for all our material ad- vancement.
 The greatest three battles, together witt a few other conflicts of arms have made for human liberty and progress; but mos, wars were avoidable, and useless for any good purpose. Mere numbers in the bat ties of wars and the battles of peace arr not to be considered always, in reckonin, general influence. I once heard com patriot of my own scornfully declare to all Englishman on the battlefield of Waterloo that Chicago had greater number of DO licemen than there were men in the Imper iai Guard when it made the world-resound ing chargei
 But apart from all that, and all con tention of whatever character, we are up on the threshold of an immeasurably bette and happier period of the worlds exist ence. We are come to the dawn of the day when men shall brothers be, and all tha and all that; when the spirit of universa love shall go far toward creating the uni versai family, bound by ties of lovin. kindness. of helpfulness, of hope, of good heartedness, of prayer of joy, joy, joyi