The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-11


life offered without stint or com
plant; so the tyranny of supersti-
ton went down in defeat. Even So,
God wills that this world In all ages.
until His great purpose shall come to
fullest fruition, shall touch the high
est levels through toll and sacrifice,
as coral reefs are made.
1t were a greyious mistake to i'm
agine that none save those who dig
in trenches, or drive the pillow, or
fling the shuttle, Or push the plane,
are laborers or workingmen. All men
everywhere, whether at the carpen-
ter's bench or in the professions, are,
if true to life's highest ideals, work
ing together with Him who launched
at the dawn of earth's fascinating
story. the law of labor and of life.
Free from the law of labor. man can
not hope to live. Do away with the
necessity of toll, and barbarism be-
gins, and reverslon to savagedom be-
comes a law of life. Naturally. man
is lazy. Some one has truly said that
eve are all as lazy as we can afford
to be- Working, [ develop by be-
ing; [ restrain my animalism; | win
self-mastery and respect; patience is
cultivated; perseverance becoms a
habit, and, in following the process
through to the farthest limit. [ be-
come fitted to associate with the
choicest spirits and the Giver Of all
life and JOY.
We are in great peril, as a Nation,
just at this point. Vast multitudes
among us are fast coming to tell that
labor is ignoble. But as a matter Of
fact, nowhere on the planet is honest
toll so honorable as in our town free
America. The spirit of gambling has
been in the air quite long enough for
the good of our sons and daughters.
1t creates feverishness, restlessness,
Impotence, contempt for slow, steady
processes and deferred results and
profits. We want to move faster, and
have no disposition to seek for the
foundations that are sure, ''tlme-
tried and e-tested.' Every new
discovery places another force at the
service of man thus educated and
trained along right lines, and increas-
es the value of human life, and puts
before every man a higher standard
NV ri To nnrtI1 W
we'll as the value of time. Horace
Mann, the peerless educator and phil
anthropist, said at the close of
very trying day, as he made up his
journal, "Lost, somewhere between
sunrise and sunset, two golden hours,
each studded with sixty diamond
minutes. No reward offered, for they
are gone forever" This ought to be
craven on the sky.
Onward, ever onward, is the impas-
stoned cry. AS with nations, so it is
with churches and individuals. 1t is
the widening Of horizon, the expan-
sion of Inheritance possessed, Or de-
cay and death. The pencilinngs of
the light point forward to a brighter,
larger day. Life is in the
nature of things progressive. AL
chemy has given place to chemistry.
Astrology has yielded to astronomy.
The oil lamp surrenders to the gas
burner, and gas in turn vacates in
favor of electricity. Messengers on
steam are slow in the presence of the
message by telegraph, and these, in
turn. will yield the field to the tele-
phone and wireless telegraphy.
AS Niagara is being utilized, and
made to contribute to the comfort
and profit of man, educated and cul-
tured in the things Of the larger,
higher life of society, so, as man
walks with God, and becomes associ-
ated with Him napplying this fund
amental principal Of life through toll
and sacrifice, will he come ultimate
ly to control all influences and agen-
cies having to do with bringing this
world, his home. back to the har-
mony and peace which existed before
the shadows came, and the race had
missed the way.