Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-22

them l find that they differ in size, in
shape, in flavor. in coloring, in every
thing. But l like them and eat them.
although l do not understand the mys-
terry of their growth. Did you ever
raise a radish? You put small black
seed into the black soil, and in a little
while you return to the garden and
find the full grown radish. The top is
green. the body white and almost trans
parent and the skin a delicate red or
pink.
| Would Die of Starvation.
What mysterious power reaches out
and gathers from the ground the par
ticles which give it form and size and
flavor? Whose is the invisible brush
| that transfers TO the root. growing in
darkness, the hues of the summer sun
set? If we were TO refuse to eat any
thing until we could understand the
my stery of it's creation we would die
of starvation-but mystery, it seems,
never bothers us in the dining room; it
is only in the church that it causes us
to hesitate
The mystery of life itself has never
been revealed TO us. Six thousand
years of human history, and yet who
understands the mystery of his own be-
ing? | speak to you from this platform;
we have our thoughts, we have our
hopes, we have our fears. and yet We
know that in a moment a change may
come over any one of us that will con-
vert a living, breathing human being
into a mass of lifeless clay. We walk
all the way beneath the shadow of
death. and yet the splendid civilization
which We see about US is the product of
men and women who do not under
stand the mystery of their own lives"
World Moved by Sacrifice.
Mr.. Bryan said sacrifice was the
foundation of progress. The world
was moved by progress. The test of a
nation was not its intellectual, but its
moral stability. Neither wealth nor
honor. nor social distinction could bring
peace. 1t could only be had through
a conscience devoid of offense towards
God and man, the Saviors recipe.
Courage was needed; not brute cOur-
age. but moral courage. to better the
condition of the world. The predomi-
nance of selfishness was the shoal on
movements launched in the interest of
the masses. He spoke of the silver is
sue. of which he had been an advocate
in his two campaigns. The pity was
that too many of those to whom appar-
emily its features appealed were
prompted by the belief that they would
be directly benefited through it's adop-
ton by the government. In the ranks
of the opposition were found those who
appreciated the justice of bimetallism,
but their pocketbook stood between
themselves and their convictions. 1t
was a case of too much individual and
not enough of country-the absence of
that real sacrifice that is essential to
progress. He did not criticise one side
more than the other. There were in
sincere advocates in both.
Labor Troubles Must End.
He saw the gradual widening of the
breach between capital and labor
There must come a halt They were
all human. They were born of the
same flesh. 1t was not natural that
they should contend with the bitter
ness that is characteristic of the strug-
giles between the two in these later
years. This condition was of modern
development. 1t should be suppressed
before it was too late. The best results
could not be attained by employer hat
ing his empiOye, and vice versa There
should be more of the spirit of the IA
therhood of God and the brotherhood
of man. He referred TO mis- years of
agitation of the tariff question. It's re-
complished through selfishness - the
few endeavoring to profit at the ex-
pense of the many.
He would not commit himself on the
Philippine question. but he said he
stood where ne had always stood on
that question. However, he deplored
the necessity for the taking of human
life for the gaining of territory. Garry
ing his audience across the seas to
where the Russian and Japanese forces
are killing by the thousands, he won
dered if ever the time would come
when such awful carnage could be
averted. He believed it would.
Pence and Big Armies.
We boosted of our desire for peace.
We were a peaceful nation, but If so.
why the massing of huge armies and
powerful navies? We did not practice
what we preached. Yet in the golden
promise of the future he could see the
dawn of peaceful existence for all ma
tons, each on terms of confidence and
equality with the other; when every
man looked upon another as a brother;
when war would be remembered as
only a blot on the history of the past
when peoples prospered, and when CON
tentment fOurished. That time would
come when the nations adopted the
commandment of their Savior and lived
up to it-'ThOu shalt love thy neigh
Dor as myself"