Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-09-12

Wcsterner goes away
from his visit to the "Hub" with a
feeling that Eastern people are not 80
cold and reserved or so 'eifcte" as he
had thought, and the Boston girl finds
her sister from Nebraska or Kansas
to he very like herself In heart and
purpose. only a little more alert, per.
haps. and less conservative. 40 East
and West and North and South come
nearer together and think better of
each other for these lntervisitings. The
benefit II never onc.sidcd. II il not
alone the stranger within the gates
who gets something out of 1.-THE host
Is u gamer also.
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Much profit can be derived from an
occasional reading OF Carlyle's "Sar.
tor Resartus." as the average man IL
prone to forget that the body Is more
than raiment. When the Presbyterian
Church realized that those who sought
to revise the creed did not strive to
make Il new body. but only asked that
more modern garment be put on the
old one. objection to changes In for
mula disappeared, and the new creed
was adopted unanimously at the re.
cent General Assembly. Because the
church was jealous of the faith Of Its
fathers II took fifteen years to secure
approval Of the new form Of doctrine.
oss Nu sNn nf vrl,ts,1.
same rs the old. Jealousy for the
truth. rs It II given to one to see the
truth. tends toward a fuller cOmpre.
henslOn of the wuth itself. 1t IL be.
cause of the conservatism Of the VA.
riOus churches that. although much
has been said about the great changes
In the belief of men. the change In n
thousand years has not been radical.
The form of words In which beliefs
have been expressed has been revised
and the conduct which was thought
fitting for Christians has been mOdi.
fled. but the motive of Christian life
remains the same. Each generation
serves God rs best It may. This gen.
/ Grafton Is wont to fiatter itself with
| the notion that 1t IL more broadly toll.
Grant than some of Its predecessors,
and that It holds less repcllent view
| Of the nature of God. 1t remains for
the people who come after us to de.
eide whether this pride Is justified.
The new generations will have their
creed revisions and their contrOver.
sizes. but unless the religious nature
changes there will be no material
change in the body Of their belief,
whatever may be the garments OF
creed in which 1t Is clothed.
The acting superintendent OF chill
dren's home asked some boys on tn,
street what they were good for. Ont
little fellow, from the depths OF hi,
wisdom, answered: I'VE are the stuff
they make men of. Give us II show.
There Is the text for a fine sermon
In this world we reap us We SOW. Th'
crop that goes into the ground Is thu
crop that will come out OF the ground
Whether you deal with wheat or boys
you will get pretty nearly what yO'
plant. Most of us have II hazy ide,
about the future of the boy. He Is
young animal. with an abnormal M
petite and Il thousand faults. His faith
or tells him to avoid bad company
hands ont Il moral lesson or two, whe
he happens to think about 1t ut al
and turns over the rest of the tralnin
to a mother. who. God bless her, weep
and prays and loves, and knows prat
tically nothing Of the pitfalls that ar
an open book to her boys father. Ho,
can she warn him and explain things
when In her blessed innocence sh
doesn't know tenth part of tn
cussedness that exists In the world
II you want the boy to be successfl
minister, doctor, lawyer or toiler q
any of hundred trades, you must b'
gin to plan nOw-tO think about mex
year, and the time when he III
stretched out Of his clothes and pay
an occasional visit to the barber. 70
can teach him industry, even II h
task is no more than cutting the gra'
in the front yard. You can teach hi
to scorn lie and love the truth; to
kind and thorough and careful. 70
can make him learn to save withO,
J being misery, and spend without b
ing prodigal. You can help him
! build strong body, and that viii
better than money in the bank wht
; he reaches the fOrties. You can e
courage his natural goodness al
, check his inherited mischievousnes
You can make good man of hi
, and the burden Of that duty Is 4
more with the parent than with Il
child. 1t takes time and trouble al
effort. But 1t pays. There Is nothiI
finer in this world than square, u
right, thinking, human belng--tl