The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-01-08
TILE PRINCETON UNION: ITHuRsDAY, JANUARY s, 1903.

man has the same organs, the same
passions, the same functions as all the.
others, so it is with all the centuries.
Shut you know men not by their
Ilikenesses, which, are many, but by.
their differences, which are few and
subtle, but all-important in determine
ing our likes and dislikes, our friend.
ships, loves and hates. So with the
centuries; we rem ember those which
are past, not by the mass of common
traits in history and development, but
by the few. events or thoughts, unno-
ticed at the time, but which stand out
like mountain peaks raised above OBJ
ivion's sea- when the times are all
gathered in and the century begins to
blend with the infinite azure of the
past Nor wars and conquests mark a
century. The hosts grow small in the
vanishing perspective, but the thoughts
of men, their attitude toward their en-
vironment, their struggles toward duty,
these are the things which endure.
compared with the centuries that
are past, the twentieth century, in it's
broad outlines; will be like the rest. 1t
will be selfish, generous, careless, de-
voted, fatuous, efficient. But these
traits, it seems to me, must stand out
above all others, and in a higher de-
gree than any other century has known.
The twentieth century will be strenu-
Gus, complex and democratic.
GAS we have to do with wise men and
clean men, statesmen, instead of vote
manipulators, we shall feel more and
more the need for them. We shall de-
mand not only men who can lead in ac-
tion, but men who can prevent unwise
action.
I'VE need men who can face popular
opinion, and, if need be, to face it down.
The best citizen is not afraid to cast
his vote away by voting with the mi
nority.
''The need of the teacher will not
grow less as the century goes on. The
history of the future is written in the
schools of today, and the reform which
gives us better schools is the greatest
OF reforms. It is said that the teachers
noblest work is to lead the child to his
inheritance. This is the inheritance
he would win; the truth that men have
tested in the past and the means by
which they were led to know that it
was truth. Free should the scholar
be-free and brave, and to such as
these the twentieth century will bring
the reward of the scholar.
''The twentieth century will mark an
epoch in the history of religion. Some
say, idly, that religion is losing her
hold in these strenuous days. But she
is not. She is simply changing her
grip. The religion of this century will
be more practical, more real. It will
deal with the days of the week as we'll
as with the Sabbath. 1T will be as pat.
ent in the marts of trade as in the wallis
of cathedral, for mans religion is his
working hypothesis Of life, not of life in
some future world, but of life right
here today, the only day we have in
which to build life.
''The man of the twentieth century
will be a hopeful man. He will love the
world and the world will love him.
The effective man takes his reward as
he goes along. Nowhere is the sky so
blue, the grass so green, the opportun-
tiles SO choice, as now, here, today, the
time, the place where his work must be
done. =
1.-THE men who control the twentieth
century will be religious men. They
will not be religious in the fashion of
monks, ascetics, mystic dreamers or
emotional enthusiasts. Their religion
will be their working hypothesis of
life. And in the wise and helpful life
it will find ample justification. It will
deal with the world as it is in the serv-
ice of the God of things as they are.'
1t will find Gods world not vale of
tears, a sink of iniquity, but world in
which the rewards of right living are
instant and constant. It will find that
indeed his service is perfect freedom,
for the great things of the world are
done: in His way and His way only.
I'm medicine the field of action is
growing infinitely broader, now that
it's training is securely based on science,
and the divining-rod no longer classed
among it's implements of precision.
Not long ago, it is said, a young medi-
cal student in New York committed
suicide, leaving behind this touching
phrase: II die because there is room
for no more doctors.'' And this just
now, when, for the first time, it is
worth while to be doctor. Room for
no more doctors, no doubt, of the kind