The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-28
RANDOM THOUGHTS.
Glove And Law.)

of perpetuity. Laws that are
unreasonable multiply crime-the
Fish and Game law of Idaho, for
instance-for crime is not neces-
sarily sin, it is only breach of
law. If common sense prevailed
in all law making, then crime
would decrease.
We saw in connection with the
suicide of a New York anarchist
that this group of men who des-
pise all law have given up the
use of the word, Anarchist and
call themselves ''Idealists. "
That is what they are-the phil
osophical ones; for anarchy look
ed at philosophically, and as to
its origin as word, means such
a perfect condition of Society
that all law is unnecessary, each
man living in amity with his
neighbor, altogether independ-
ent of any obligation of law to
live. Anarchy, however,. in
practice seems never to have had
a successful trial, for those in
the ranks of anarchists who are
most opposed to law are fire.
quently those who have the least
idealism and who look to anar
chy for the settlement of all
wrongs, redistribution of
things owned, and the anarchist
greatly benefited thereby. The
unreasonableness of anarchy at
present is that not all persons
are equally perfect The re-
moval of the restraint of law
would release upon Society those
who are least perfect and least
deferred by conscience. If all
men felt alike regarding each
others rights, then anarchy
would do no harm; it would be
the very flower of localized hum
anity.
The scriptures say that Glove
worketh no i'll to his neighbor,
therefore, Love is the fulfilling
of the law" Those who love
til cir neighbors and do nothing
to hinder their progress need nc
law to restrict them or to guide
them. They are superior to the
law; for law, patiently built ur
through the ages upon growing
ideas of the relations of human
beings to each other, is fulfilled
when those human beings at
tempt no harm towards each 9th
er. The truly law abiding are
those who have learned the gold
en- rule and live to it.
I, The anarchist looks forward
to a time when there shall be ne
law and is obliged to defer the
blessed day when all shall dwell
together in brotherly love be
cause all are not yet ready for it
The man with broad heart has
a better way. For himself he
makes his own little kingdom Of
idealism and lives within it un
disturbed by law and law max
} ers. Their anxiety to proven
evil by law reaches his ear only
as the faintest murmur, because
he is already remote from such
, anxieties, living on a broad see
ing mountain.top of good will
towards men and peace within.
The broad hearted ones are il
all walks of life; in the church
and very truly out of it. They
} are not peculiar to any groups o
people. In fact among the very
} poor we often see the truest Of
Love for the neighbor." II
can be said of the rich that if the
rich gave as much of persona
help in proportion to their means
as the poor, Love would NOV,
far forward to the fulfilling o
: all law.
A view of the churches show;
much room yet for the law o.
! love to prevail; for a church in
} depreciation of ''neighbor" has
0 often been, and still is in many
communities, translated int,
? fellow MEMBER" the law of Low,
. being too little grown to peel
) over into the other denomina
tions to see the good, the tru'
: and the beautiful flourishin;
there.
Who is the "neighbor ?" TIL
. next at hand who needs encour
agement, advice, aid:-regardles
of race, nation, belief or unbeliei
o All hearts can suffer whethe
voices speak alike or minds thin
o alike. The agony of bereave
70 ment by death is common to all
o the distress of perplexity whe
y y losses come and property disaI
y pears is the same to all; on
% cropping sense of search for tn
70 reason of life and it's end i
: everywhere existent.
If this all be true then no one
possessed of vision that see