The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22


For happiness that crowns dreams,
For hopes that pass nor come again.
For good that is and i'll that seems
For all we thank Thee. God of light,
Our sight is dim, strength is small;
We thank Thee that Thou leadst Alright.
That following Thee, We cannot fall.
If rough the way. Thy hand hath led;
If and weary yet we stand
Protected. helped and comforted.
Kept in the hollow OF Thy hand.
DR.. Benjamin Andrews is a man of high
character and great ability and brilliant
writer, but, like the New Orleans Plea
yune's women, he
Is Our CiviIiza- lacks common sense.
tion Doomedf A certain want of
balance and judg-
ment was shown years ago by the social
istic and free-silverish trend of his ideas.
Now he has issued an alarmist warning
that our civilization is in danger of being
obscured and lost, as that of Athens was,
and as the Roman civilization persisted in
the long night of the dark ages. He gives
us this bit of hope, however that culture
did come to life again, and that it's seeds
will be preserved more certainly now than
books and schools. DR.. CULVER, of Andover
Seminary, had one pet aversion-''people
who can't see the difference between things
that differ" DR.. Andrews certainly is one
of those people. The ancient civilizations
went down, 1t is true. Assyria and Egypt
had highly developed civilizations six thou
sand years ago, and these persisted, after
enduring for thousands of years.
Athens, in the age of Pericles, achieved
triumphs in sculpture, architecture and
drama that have never been surpassed.
But this was one little spot in the midst
of comparative barbarism. 1t perished but
1t persisted because it was murdered, be-
cause war and pestilence wore out it's life.
Considering population and size of terri
tory, 1t was much as If indianapolis and
Marion county contained at this moment
the culture Of the world (some people seem
to have an impression that this is about the
way of it, If the city should have to fight
an enemy too strong for her for thirty
years, her culture would doubtless perish.
Rome was overwhelmed by hundreds of
years of barbarian incursions-successive
attacks by a virile race, the strongest the
world has known, our own Teutonic and
barbarian race Of any power or virility left
in the world; that our civilization could be
overwhelmed by any attacks from without
is impossible. Consider also that the an
cient world was founded on slavery,
slavery of the many was an almost neces-
sary condition of high civilization, before
steam had been taught to do the drudgery
of the world. Culture and books were the
prerogative of the few, when books were
only known in manuscript. And Christian
ity, the great principle of growth and en-
lightenment and aspiration, was as yet
unknown.
No rule can be drawn from the experience
of a civilization without freedom and
equality before the law for all men, without
books and newspapers and free public
schools, or without Christianity, that can
apply to one that has all these blessings
And, after all, the ancient civilizations
were overwhelmed by the brute force of
war, calamity that could only befall now
by the civilized world dividing into two
nearly equal parts, engaged in DEATH
struggle with each other. an awful possi-
bility that grows less possible every year.
There are greed and selfshness and dis
honesty in the world, and the world must
| fight them. This Is the thing that hath
been and the thing that shall be until the
| final triumph of good, but DR.. Andrews
has read history to little purpose if he
thinks this is any worse now than in the
past.
The thrilling story Of how the man was
saved who had received current of $500
| volts, points out something that should be
more widely known than
Calling it is-that persons ap-
Life Back. parently dead from an
electric shock may be re-
vived by artificial respiration, just as
drowned persons are. Doubtless many
precious lives have been given up without
an effort, after a lightning stroke or con-
tact with live wire, that might have been
saved if their friends had known there was
such a possibility.
Even the drowned are often given up too
soon, without continuing the artificial res
piration long enough, and without making
sufficient efforts to get them warm. 1t
| makes ones heart ache 10 read of fine
young man, just through college, the only
son of his parents, given up after half an
hours effort to resuscitate him, when he
ndQ only Deen ten minutes unuer water.
Persons have been revived after three or
| four hours of effort. who would certainly
| have died if they had been given up sooner.
AS for warmth, one physician says. Wrap
the person in blankets, as soon as the lungs
have been relieved of water, and the tongue
pulled into position; then pour through the
! blankets any hot liquid you can get hold
of-water, milk, soup coffee. Then heap
| up blankets and quilts to keep in the heat"
Doubtless every year there are homes
whose light and hope go out with the lay
| ing away of some youthful figure. given up
as drowned, when with heat enough and
work enough, he might have been called
back to life.
1--WE been asked TO join a Browning
club said the Botanical One. what do
| they do in a Browning club?"
She addressed t h e
A Question question to the Critical
of Browning. one who answered
| promptly, 81 d on [
| think know L never belonged to one?'
What. you never belonged to one?" ex-
| claimed the Elegant One, why, 1 should
| suppose you were the very person to Dc in
| one"
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