Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-03

| thlS SndpSu poNeUO OIneT
Spionkop, San Juan or Manila
Bay. Speak of heroes and it will
not be Paul, Luther, S4vonarola or
Wendell Philips that will Hit
across ones mental vision. but
Alexander, the Great, Frederick
the Great. Napoleon, Grant or
Dewey. While we wosld not de-
tract one 1ota from the glory &C.
corded these military heroes, we
deplore the fact that The education
given the youth of our land blinds
them TO the heroism displayed in
civil lite, aud In times of piping
peace" that they cannot perceive
the courage of men and women
who under the sharp fire of ridt
cule aud criticism stand bravely
and Loyalty by principle for con
science sake and win a victory
ov self and selfshness The in
spin ed writer tells US that "he that
ruleth his own spirit Is better than
he that taketh a city," yet much OF
the teaching given boys today Is 10
the effect that to resent an injury
Is manly and to fight the boy that
ofends you Is heroic.
The poet Byron tells US:
sTneIe Is more virtue Ia the dry
ing up Of single tear than OF shed.
ding seas of GORE" and all the
teachings of the Prince Of Peace are
opposed to strife and bloodshed.
His reign was ushered In by the
sublime ANNOUNCEMENT, "Peace'on
earth, good will to men," Good
will 10 our neighbor across the sea.
Good will to our little brown
brother In his island home. Good
will to all the world! Let US teach
the children that a life devoted to a
noble purpose like that of John G.
Patton, the veteran missionary;
Frances Willard, Neal Dow, John
IG. Woolly represents to the world
the highest type of heroism, and IS
distinguished by the most exalted
courage.
The unrest in the social and eco
nomic world as shown by the agita-
ton of the Trust problem and by
the great anthracite coal strike IS
not an assuring aspect of our Amer
can life and betokens something
radically wrong in our present eco
nomic system "a system under
which few men acquire millions
while a vast population live just
above the starving point can neither
be right nor expedient. Labor
seeks protection in Trades Unions
aud Boards of Arbitration are sug-
gested as means OF securing justice
| to all, but neither the one nor the
other can reach the root of the mat.
tier. An increasing number of
people are coming TO believe that
the only real remedy Is the applica-
ton OF Christ's gospel to our COM
munal lie and we believe that only
the Goldea Rule of Christ can
bring the Golden Age TO man. Hon
Carroll D. Wright In an address
before our Safe University recently
voices This opinion when he says:
The Decalogue Is as good labor
platform as any. In religion we
fiud the highest form of solution
yet offered. We are to have a new
law of wages, grown out of reltg-
lous thought. The old struggle was
for existence. The new struggle 1.
for a wider spiritual margin. Mans
average of conduct IS not better
than hi- character. His treatment
of his fellows Is consistent with his
sense of Justice :"
We believe the greatest present
need of the world Is the spirit of
brotherhood-the law Of love as
embodied In the Golden Rule; and
If the Golden Rule were applied In
our social and political life 1t would
solve not only the labor problem
but the liquor problem as well, aud
would speedily dissolve TIL trusts.
And yet 1t seems to me that condl'
tons srch as obtain in the anthra
cite coal region call for speedy relief
and until such time as the Goldeu
Rule becomes the UNMARRIED priuci
pie OF action, so long as there are
those who will not voluntarily con.
form to the law of brotherhood, the
civil law should impose such re-