The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-11

that confronted him. We read many
books and know none.
TO ALL PHASES OF LIFE
This experience is not confined To read =
ing alone II extends 10 every phase Of
life. Ii * well Illustrated In "A man :
associations with his fellow men. A typ
ical Illustration is found I'm the children
reared i'm the denser portions Of our cit
ies
II is a striking fact that small children
taken out OF the city into the country are
much more content than those who are
older The older they are the more dis
contented they are. Grant that this is
due To the fact that the older ones have
more ties In the city than the younger
ones and consequently feel the loss OF
their old associations. Yet this is exact
ly the point These associations are such
that instead OF developing their re-
sources hinder that development, When
left alone they arc absolutely helpless
They have nothing TO fall back on.
The small children really have more
resources I'm themselves than the larger
ones. There Is an abundance of young
men and women in this city who are
entirely dependent on outside affairs for
their entertainment and amusement
Nothing else satisfies. They have not
all been raised in the slum Some of
the mlive in homes much more pretentious
them live I'm homes much more pretentous
perhaps no class of people SO absolutely
dependent on outside things. on things
remote from their lives, as the idle. friv-
olous class of wealthy people in our cities.
ARNoLDs DESCRIPTION.
Matthew Arnold has described this
class
And many. many are the souls
LIES movement fascinates. controls
IL draws them on. they cannot save
Their feet from its alluring wave:
They cannot leave #. they must go,
With It's unconquerable flow"
II has not been 40 with the strong
I'm quiet and i'm solitude they have found
their strength. When there Is peace and
rest alone the memories of tho past troop
In up long and dignificd train. The hopes
or the future stretch out into eternity.
These are the men who i'm solitude have
read the lesson OF the stars and heard
the voice Of the sea. The glory of the
forest has been theirs and nature TO
them has unveiled herself Dante wan
dering In exile an outcast alone. shaped
Paradise Lost In his small room Ma
poleon won his victories by skillful plot
ting before the order 10 march had been
given.
THE WORLDS BEST WORK
Behind bolted doors and grated windows
some OF the worlds best work has been
done. Done without Libraries. without
the inspiration OF friendship. without the
encouragement OF the worlds applause
st. Paul before he goes 10 the Gentle
world to preach Jesus Christ and Him
crucified. goes 10 the desert for three
years. Jesus withdraws himself into the
wilderness for forty days although there
is but few months in which to preach
redemption 10 "A sin stained world.
Such men are not dependent upon the
world for their thought. their happiness
their solace or their cheer They have
resources unlimited within themselves
The aim of education is TO increase the
stock from which they are to draw. IL
matters not whether the education be
intellectual. moral or religious the aim
Is the same.
The contrast may be brought out more
clearly by an illustration. ine first class
may be represented by one who has en-
tered into an inheritance. He divides
II into FIVE equal parts and zach year.
for FIVE years. spends the amount allot-
ted. At the end OF the time he is bank
rupt.
THE OTHER CLASS.
The other class h represented by one
who takes his Inheritance, invests IT, II
furnishes an income.
BY additions TO the principal the in
come Is increased year 10y year and he
has sufficient for life. Life is considered
by some as a thing To be spent by others. !
a thing TO be tended. enlarged and grad
ually increased and as result you have
two kinds Of characters as unlike as the
woman of Samaria. and Jesus. the Son of
Man.
As We sec two persons and come to
know them we appreciate the difference
them although we may not be
exactly able 10 define Just what that diff
ference Is We express our regret for the
one. our esteem and appreciation OF the
other.
Tho difference. however. between these
two persons Is not the difference we
commonly suppose Wc say that one is
seeking one thing I'm life and the other
something entirely different.
SEEKING THE SAME COAL.
The truth is however different the
ways they are travelling. they are both
seeking the same goal They are both
Interested in the same thing We may
be conscious that the life spent upon
he things OF this world. things .that
bring brief entertainment and temporary
pleasure and excitement will end In stag
lation and discomfort
That the immoral life will end In pain
md misery. that for those who filter
way their lives upon the worlds pass
ng show are doomed IN the end To- dis
appointment and defeat.
Those who 1--we such a life may be
ialf conscious at times how vain and |
'mpty IL is. But certainly no one delib- |
'rateiy chooses pain and sorrow and dis |
appointment az thing 10 be preferred !
o happiness and Joy without ANYTHING TO /
W gained either for The world or them
elves because ~ their tears
The ruth IL that the best of men are /