The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-21

for us. What they did we need not do;
what they gained is ours for all time.
The memory Of great life does not die,
but lives in other minds. The martyr
may perish at the stake. but the truth
for which he dies gathers new luster
from his sacrifice: the patriot may lay
his head upon the block and hasten the
triumph of the cause for which he
suffers. The nation or church that
keeps green the memory OF its heroes
or saints, and properly reverences its
origin and founders, can never be con-
quered.
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Ethelyn Claire Winslow In her essay
on Truth Our Light, Conscience Our
Guide" said man is a master piece in
the creation of God. God has taught
man to walk in the light of truth and
to let his light so shine that others may
see his good works and glorify the
Father which is in heaven. Man at
tains his greatness by having truth as
his light to guide him through the rug
ged paths of life and also by having
with him a perfect guide, who is our
Creator In many ways our journey
through life, with its numerous wind
ings in and out, here into new and
unknown path, there blocked by OBJ
stacles which seems unsurmountable, is
not unlike the passage through the
catacombs which underlie many Eu-
ropean cities. At times adventurers
have been daring enough to attempt a
passage through these curious old
tombs, but have rarely been known to
return to upper earth. We say the
risks of these people who carelessly
enter these catacombs without their
guides are not unlike the risks which
we encounter in our walk through
life. II we 60 trough life's journey
without truth as our light and con-
science as our guide we shall be led
into the depths of dissipation, but there
is no doubt that If we have these as our
guide we shall be led by that Divine
power and our lives shall be an exam.
pie to those following us.
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Christianity and Civilization" was
the subject of the essay by Grace Lenore
Meek. The two great factors in lifting
the humane race from barbarous or
semi-barbarous state into the highest
culture are christianity and civilization,
and these must go hand In hand. There
can be no high state of civilization in
dependent OF christianity, neither can
there be high grade Of christianity
without civilization as sequence.
The human race as it exists to-day may
be classed as barbarous, rni-barbarous
and civilized. 1t is believed that no
nation or people exist upon the face of
the earth to-day who do not have re-
ligion and believe in future state.
Even bloodthirsty cannibals have their
crude ideas OF Supreme Being, but
these ideas do not lift them upon the
plane OF culture and intelligent
justice. Civilization, broadly speak
ing, consists OF culture. The superior
ity OF our nation over China and Japan
is due to our culture and recognition OF
the individual rights. The two great
est nations In the world to-day,
England and America, owe their high
position and rank to the two mighty
and uplifting agencies, christianity
and civilization.
Lanes that have no Turns" was dis
cussed by Catherine Madaline Kerr in
an essay that she read. A lane that
has been trodden time after time has
no turns for no way is so easy as the
path already tread. To turn either to
the right or left would mean to encount-
er difficulties: the travel would be
wearisome on account OF the long grass
and unevenness Of the soil, but The next
time we pass that lane we would fol-
low the broken path to avoid the un-
pleasantness. Thus it is with life. Our
habits are lanes. AS we form our
habits so is our life, and when once tho
habit is formed and 1t becomes an ease
and pleasure, then it is lane that has
no turn. We see a young man who has
so fer through life devoted himself to
pleasure, passion and vice, he would not
sacrifice one moment OF pleasure for his
real good. Thus he has trained his
mind, and his actions so conform to his
thoughts that unconsciously he seeks
all qualifications to his senses. He