Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-12-23
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caution, and will only say, we have
many Doctors Of Divinity, devoting
their lives TO earnest study of spiritual
truth-we have a multitude of religious
scots. each believing that the truth
Is with them alone, and there Is n de-
Cidcd disagreement among them all in
regard to the origin-thc duties and
the destiny of man, The hcrcslcs Of
one age are sometimes the accepted
truth Of the next. Who shall he the
instructors here?
I'VE have doctors Of physC also, who
prescribe for the Ills Of the body. We
have them Of all schools, from the Allo-
pathic TO the Osteopathic, ana they
have dOctored sick mortals ever since
the fall Of man. And yet with them
disagreement is the rule, and what was
deemed correct practice ~ years ago
would he malpractice now. Where is
tho truth in the science Of medicine?
"In agriculture, too, the questions
which we're discussed go years ago are
the unsettled questions today. You are
farmers. You have sOwn wheat and
oats. and planted corn aud potatoes all
your lives. Are there two Of you here
who would agree in regard to the time
of sowing and plnnting-in tho selec-
tlon Of sRed-in the kind and manner OF
fertiliZatiOn-Shn We plant in hills or
drills? Shall we practice level culture
or hllling up? Shall we plant whole pO-
tatoes or cut them? In setting trees
shall we leave on all the roots or cut
| them all Off? (hOth methods are prac-
ticed). Shall we plant fruit trees I'm the
| fall or In the spring? These are only
the beginning Of questions upon which
farmers differ. In housekeeping. also
tho women disagree In regard to the
proper manner Of preparing food, and
IN other things pertaining to their
sphere, Well, II truth Is so illusOry,
and no one can certainly say 4 know
| | hnyc It, what comfort can we get In
this uncertain world in believing any
thing much every way?
"TIuth is the opposite of error. The
fruit Of error Is failure. when uniform
efforts Of ten repeated produce uniform
good results. practical truth Is evolved.
I'VE probably need the search after
truth, and there Is enough known to
make Of life grand success. In mat.
tcrs pertaining to mans highest wei,
fare there Is more argument than ever
before, and II II voluntary ana not SO,
cured by the sword. There Is more Of
practical Christianity ir not entire uni.
TO- q L..
basic Statements which mon generally
acknowledge and accept MS truth-and
nc there Is less fear of death and what
shah como after the present acceptance
Iof truth makes this world brighter and
the hope OF Heaven not less.
Tho value Of healthy body was
uevcr so highly priced and the laws to
bc oheyCd in securing it so we'll I'M
dcrstood as now. People are learning
that drugs do not euro there Is no spc,
Cinc remedy for any dlscHse-that Ma,
turc Is the great restorcr, and the wise
physician now simply supplements OF
aids these Godglvcn powers Of heal
Ing.
"ln agriculture the present diffusion
ot knowledge, through the Institutes
the Oranges, the Bulletins and the farm
papers, together with improved agr
cultural machinery, and with the tClc
phone, the street car and free mail de
livery, have liftcd farm life from lone
some drudgcry to comparative intell
gent happiness. We have discovered
q great deal OF valuable truth In these
latter days, and the truth IL making us
free" y LUClUS V, BIERCE,