Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-25
From "The Power Of TRUTH" Published by B,.n.>o>.

He must not expect the tortoise to
sympathize with the fight Of the eagle.
A great purpose is ever an isolation
Should soldier leading the forlorn
hope complain that the army is not
abreast Of him? The glorious oppor-
tunity before him should SO inspire
him, so absorb him.. that he will care
naught for the army except to know
that If he lead as he should and do that
which the crisis demands, the army
must follow. ..-,
The reformer must realize without q
trace Of bitterness that the busy world
cares little for his struggles; it cares
only to joy In his final triumph; 1t will
share his feasts, but not his fasts.
Chlist was alone in Gethsemane, but
at the sermon in the wilderness, where
food was provided, the attendance was
1000.
The world is honest enough in its at
ttude. It takes time for the world to
realize. to accept and to assimilate a
large truth. Since the dawn of history
the great conservative spirit Of every
age, that ballast that keeps the world
In poise, makes the slow acceptance Of
great truths an essential for its safety.
It wisely requires proof, clear, abso-
lutte, undeniable attestation, before it
FULLY accepts. Sometimes the perfect
eBASsetenment takes years, -sometimes
generations. 1t is but the safeguard
Of truth. Time IS the supreme test, the
final court Of appeals that winnows out
the chaff Of false claims, pretend I'd
revelation, empty boast and idle
dreams. Time is the touchstone that
finally reveals all true gold. The proc
ess is slow, and the fate of the worlds
geniuses and reformers in the balance
Of contemporary criticism should have
sweetness Of consolation rather than
the bitterness Of cynicism.
If the greatest leaders of the world
have had to wait for recognition,
should we, whose best work may be
but triding in comparison with theirs,
expect instant sympathy, appreciation
and cooperation where we are merely
growing toward our own attainment?
The world ever says to it's leaders,
by its attitude If not in words, IF you
would lead us to higher realms of
thought, to purer ideals Of life, and
fash before us like the handwriting on
the wall all the possible glories of de-
velopment, you must pay the price for
it, not We" The world says in prac-
t1ce II not in words: "Give US a new
fad, and we will PROSTATE ourselves in
the dust; give us a new philosophy, a
marvellous revelation, higher concep-
ton Of life and morality, and we may
pass you by, but posterity will pay for
it Send your messages C. o. D., and
posterity will settle for them. You ask
for bread; posterity will give you a
stone-called a monument"
The world is impartial in it's meth
DDS. 1t says ever, "You may suffer
now, but we will give you later fame. "
Posthumous fame means that the in
dividual may shiver with cold, but his
grandchih hren will get fur lined ul-
sters; the individual plants acorns. his
posterity sells the oaks Posthumous
fame or recognition Is a check made
out to the individual, but payable only
to his heirs.
The world says with a large airy
sweep Of the hand, 1.-THE opposition to
progress Is all in the past; the great re-
former or the great genius is recog-
nized today" No, In the past they
tried to kill great truth by opposition.
Now we gently seek to smother it by
making II fad.
So it is written in the book Of human
nature: The saviors of the world must
ever be martyrs. The death of Christ
on the crd SIS for the people he had come
to save tpifies the temporary cruel
hxion of public opinion that comes to
all who bring to the people the mes
sage Of q me great truth, some clearer
revelation of the divine. Truth, right
and justice must triumph.
No mater how slight seem results,
how dark the outlook, the glorious con-
summation of the past, the revelation
Of the future, must come. And Christ
lived thirty years; and he had twelve
disciples. One denied him, one doubt.
ed him, ole betrayed him, and the 9th
er nine wkre very human. And In the
supreme crisis of his life ''they all for.
sock him and fed" but today-his fol.
lowers ar{ millions. :.