Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-07-05

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It is claimed all space is stored up energy that
man is fast learning that it requires machine to
utilize this power, and by the machine harnessed
the lightning and waves to drive the car Of Progress
the nimble wings Of nature, eniOIding bound
less oceans OF infinite mysterious life.
Man knows more about the lower animals than
he does Of the man animal
We know that a certain strain OF blood is marked
by certain traits Of character, whether Of good or
bad disposition, or speed or what not and breed our
animals to get the desired result. But man has ever
been slow to learn that the same principle applies to
the human family.
When by the operation of the mysterious law Of
Psychology genius in music art or oratory, comes
on the stage Of action we express our surprise by
the word Prodigy"
You will notice the musical genius has no other
faculty so well developed. So you must see that
while mind is great in direction it is quite be-
low less favored one in another direction.
Again, you must see that while man has a fine
education he may have ''DO moral sense" and a
man may have a fine moral sense and no education.
When you can see that back Of all human law
(statute law there is a higher law that CONTROLS
speaks and enforces law, and this law we call the
Moral Law.
Men are born possessing this Moral Sense as much
so as they are any other faculty.
Men are born as deficient in Moral Sense as they
are Of musical sense
How can you account for such man as TolstO
and the thousands that have blessed the world other
than BY the fact Of their large "mOral sensef"
Compare a minister that deserts wife and child
rem to Tolstoi aud measure the degrees that lie
between the two Think Of Christ in the garden OF
Gethsemeny and his Apostles asleep, and you may
catch the meaning Of the words OF Christ when he
said: GAS man thinketh in bis heart, so he is"
Yes, indeed, Mr.. Editor, there is such thing as
"moral lunatic."
How can YOU account for a millionaire teaching
Sunday school and robbing the children present on
week day, save on the grounds Of "mOral lunacyi"
Or. how can you account for parents letting him
teach their children save it be for the same cause
That man may be sound mentally and at the
same time be moral unatic is not tTaceabe to any
religion or creed in particular but is Inherent in
the man.
A fine specimen Of Art is on exhibition in a show
window, Some there are who stop and admire and
praise the artistic skill They appreciate it. Others
merely notice it and pass on. They see what it is
but have no appreciation for its beauty.
Some there are dead to music. Some there
dead to art Some there are dead to Oratory Some
there are dead to the plea Of charity. Thousands
are in the world that have moral sense to appre
cate the loyalty. In loves sweet smile they have
no heart Their blood is warmed by passion and
grerd. Through lsscivious eyes they make virtue
an object for brutal conquest Sel6shness is their
god. At its shrine they sacrifice everything but the
brute. "FromAhe abundance Of the heart the mouth
speaketh.p Gas man thinketb in his heart so is
ne I" Can the leopard change bis spots, or the
Ethiopian his skini
Surely il there is a degree Of insanity in suicides
there must be moral lunatics.