The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-12-22
"PEACE AND
GOOD WILL. +"

ing OUT on the air. Again on mems lips
are the old words: Peace on Earth and
unto man good will" Again in thought
the shining angel and all the heavenly
host are awakening the great acclaim;
we see again the wise men 10 worship
and the awed- shepherds watching the
mystic star which came aud stood over
the spot where the young child lay.
But while nineteen centuries have come
and gone since that tremendous event
transpired, the hearts Of mankind have
not greatly changed. Since then there
have been wonderful advances in scE
ence. 1t has opened door after door,
and brought forth treasures incalcula-
BILE; treasures before which thoughtful
men stand awed and wondering.
The power Of steam has taken dis
tances from the continents. and reduced
the oceans to ferries; the Perfect imita-
ton OF God's sunlight has been created
aud now lights the cities and our homes;
by the touch Of button. we can now
initiate 10 little way the work of the
Creator when he. looking out over the
infinite darkness. gave the command,
"Let there be light" and there was light.
We can now converse with friends
hundreds OF miles away as though they
were by our side. Not only do we hear
the wellknown voices, but the sense of
dist,n nee is taken away, and for day
after the talk it is still as though they
were by our side.
i The telegraph and the perfecting
press give Us each morning the worlds
previous days history-All around US
are genii ready to do our bidding
j In the old mythology, Mercury was
the messenger OF the gods. Modern men
have q dozen Mercuries that will do
their bidding. They bring to them the
voices Of loved ones hundreds OF miles
away; bring them in the old familiar
tones; they bring them messengers from
the other side Of the earth. bring them
with the swiftnees Of light, no matter
what continents intervene, no matter
what oceans or what storms roar 10 pro-
test against their coming; they provide
them with palaces which bear them
around the world 10 fifty days.
The printing press has filed the world
with books; with few dollars person
can now make 1t possible, when the
night comes down, to surround himself
with all the great masters who in the
past made an impression on the world.
and left their thoughts to be mans SOL
ace and instruction through all succeed
ing years.
And still the old law Of might rules
with men even as it did 10 the Stone
Age. On the farther shore Of the Pa
cifc two great empires are 10 death
lock, and the question between them is
simply for the possession OF certain ter.
ritory, and certain strategical points,
and neither has the slightest title to the
property In dispute. And over this
worthless title, worthless in both law
and equity, thousands OF men are dying
daily, and the peace OF all the earth is
being put 10 jeopardy. One Of these
powers is pagan power that ac-
knowledges no light divine, that has
never yet sung Christmas carol; in the
hous es Of which no Christmas tree has
ever been draped with delights; while
the other In the name OF the all compass
siona.e sends it's thousands and tens OF
thousands helpless peasants out to be
slaughtered.
The only proof that the Cross has
gained very much 10 sway Is that the
nations are drawing nearer to each other
and that the foremost OF the worlds
thinkers are crystalizing the belief that
therc Ia better way oil adjusting the
worlds differences than through the
sword, aud that around war itself some
mercies have been drawn. There are
hospitals on lard; there are hospital
ships, and the fringes Of battletields are
made bright by devoted men and women
who. under the light Of the Red Cross,
are succoring the wounded and cheering
the dying. And soon there will be an
other Peace Congress, and it will grow
In estimation until at last code Will be
formulated through which nations will
adjust their differences.
Meanwhile our flag is extending its
light. Under 1t what is untrue and cruel
is being revealed; 1t Is the worlds
X-Ray. and beneath its light the tyran-
nies that have burrowed in the worlds
darkness. like tumors in the human sys'
tenn, are withering away. Hence, there
are grounds for hope. The angel song
is growing near the earth once more; an
echo is growing nearer which when the
full strain falls once more upon mortal
ears, it will ring out as 1t did before.
"Glory to God in the highest. and un-
to man Pease and Good Will."-Good-
wins Weekly.
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