The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-26

In the course Of the evidence which
Il was my privilege to give before the
royal commission two or three years
ago. prepared a series Of maps, and |
presented one which gave nine-tenths
of square mile in London, With an
estimated number Of 4sO0 inhabited
houses. in which there we're 259 public
houses-one public house to every six
teen inhabited houses. or one to every
ninety-three OF the people. There Is
no menace today so great to the vel
fare Of our land. and yet there Is no
evil to which men and women are so
persistently blind. I can truthfully say
that, during the ifteen years IN which
I have watched the progress OF tenn
perance reform, have seen it move
from the insignificant position that Il
occupied in the public aind, from
question which was considered only nt
for the declamations Of faadists or tie
interest of the uneducated. TO be today
the great social reform which occupies
the thoughts Of the very best minds
Of our country. But II | were asked,
What has accomplished this Change? |
should say that the feet that have trod-
den long and weary ways. the hearts
that have ached and toiled In trying
10 combat the evil, the souls that have
been discouraged and disheartened
often. and yet who have held on their
way. have lifted with strong hands
and trustful hearts the heavy load
which has weighted this reform, until
today it stands in the vanguard OF the
great movements Of our time. And,
therefore. In spite Of all that may yet
discourage. we dare not lose heart.
And when we stand in the rush and
roar OF our great metropolis, before
the greatest mari Of the world, We re-
alize that on that stately building is
written the inscription that dominates
London. and speaks continually to the
throbbing heart Of that vast city. The
earth is the Lords and the fulness
thereof" Sometimes it seems to US,
when our eyes are dim with tears and
our hearts weighed down with sorrow,
as though God were SO far on, and sin
SO near. that we fail to realize thai the
human race is a very part Of the divine
heart Of the All-Father and We need
to tell ourselves aga.n and again that
the earth is the Lords From the snow
capped Himalayas, lntroddsa by the
human foot. that rear their white
heads in the far Orient; from the fields
OF ice in the mysterious darkness Of
the North, to the trcpic forests whose
murmur no human ear hath heard
from the festoons Of glowing orchids to
the Alp valleys where wave the tiny
gem-like flowers that no human eye
hath seen; in the faith )mless silence Of
the deep ocean and tae rushing roar OF
mighty cataracts-it made up the great
Go0-possession which belongs alone 70
him. and every sordid soul weighed
down by carking care that elbows its
way through the traffic Of the stony
streets. and every tender soul per-
picked by the sin and sorrow Of the
world. and every suffering child. and
feeble. fickering life, is Gods, and
Gods alone: and he hath seen the
other side. Of which we know Yet moth
lne. and holds the riddle In his mighty
hand. ready to unfold it when the time
Is ripe So in this time OF waiting We
have but to stand firm . that which
we know Is right. to look ont and on
even when the darkness seems TO close
around US. and. above all, % hold out
hands to those whose steps ere fee5ler
than our own. whose eyes are DINNER.
and who have not seen the llght.-Iady
Henry Someraek in sunday School
Times.