Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-05

less about the purpose to be accom-.
plished than about the methods to be
employed
Prosecutions have been carried on
avowedly for the benefit Of the perse-
cuted wars have been waged for the
alleged Improvement Of those attacked
and still more frequently philanthropy
has been adulterated with selfish inter
est.
IF the superior nations have mis-
! sion IL Is not to wound but to heal-noi
to cast down but to lift up, and the
lmeans must be example-a far more
powerful and enduring means than vio-
lence.
Example may be likened to the sun
whose genial rays constantly coax the
buried seed into life and clothe the
earth, first with verdure and afterward
with ripened grain, while violence is
the occasional tempest which can ruin
but cannot give life.
Can we doubt the efficacy of example
in the light of history?
There has been great increase in
education during the last century and
the school houses have not been opened
| by the bayonet; they owe their existence
| largely to the moral influence which
Ineghborlng nations exert upon each
other
And the spread of popular govern
ment during the same period, how
rapid
Constitution after constitution has
been adopted and limitation after limi-
tation has been placed upon arbitrary
power until Russia yielding to public
opinion, establishes a legislative body
and China sends commissions abroad
with view to inviting the people to
share the responsibilities of govern
ment.
The lndissoubIe Tie
"While i'm America and in Europe
there is much to be corrected and album
dant room for improvement there has
never been so much altruism In the
world as there is today-never so many
who acknowledge the indissoluble tie
that binds each to every other member
of the race.
81 have felt more pride i'm my own
country than ever before as l have
visited the circuit of schools. hospitals
and churches which American money
has built around the world.
THE example of the Christian ma
tions, though but feehly rejecting the
light of the master, is gradually reform
ing society.
Society has passed through a period
of aggrandizement. the nations taking
what they had strength to take and
holding what they had the power to
hold. But we are already entering a
second era-an era i'm which the nations
do not merely know what they can dc,
but what they should do, considering
justice TO be more important than ply
steal prowess.
The Hague Tribunal
"In tribunals like that of The Hague
the chosen representatives of the ma
tions weigh questions of right and
wrong and give small nations an equal
hearing with ii great decree according
to conscience.
This marks an immeasurable ad-
vance. But there is another step to be
taken.
Justice after all is cold and pulseless
a negative virtue. The world needs
something warmer, more generous.
"Harmlessness is better than harm
fulness But positive helpfulness is
vastly superior to harmlessness and we
still have before us a larger, higher
destiny of service.
Even now there are signs of the ap-
proach of this third era, but there ls
not so much in the actions of govern
ments as in the growing tendency in
men and women in many lands to con-
tribute their means, in some cases their
lives, for the intellectual, moral awak-
ening of those who stand in darkness.
Nowhere are these signs more abun-
dant than in our beloved land.
Before the sun sets on one of these
centers of civilization it arises upon an
other.
Boosting on Walls
'On the walls of the temple of Karnak
an ancient artist carved the likeness of
an Egyptian king, represented as hold
ing group of captives by the hair, and
in tbo nt hand ic nl1IIn xKrit =,
which to strike the captive. What king
would be willing to confess himself so
cruel today?
I'm some of these capitals of Europe
are monuments built and ornamented
with cannon taken in war This form
of boasting. once popular, is still toe-
rated, though it in time must give way
to some emblem of victory less sue-
gestive of slaughter.
Tribute to Queen Victoria
"As we gather tonight in England
capital permit me to conclude with a
sentiment suggested by a piece of
statuary at Windsor castle.
1T depicts Queen Victoria beside her
consort. One of her arms is about her
and the other points upward.
THE sculptor told in marble an elo-
quent story of strength coupled with
tenderness, love rewarded by trust, sor-
row frightened by hope He told the
story so plainly that it was hardly
necessary to chisel the words 'Allured
to Brighter Worlds and Led the Way
1T was a beautiful conception, more
beautiful that that which gave the
world the Greek slave. the dying gladi-
ator or the Goddess Athene.
1T embodied the idea which with the
expanding feeling of comradeship
makes applicable the association of ma
tions, as well as the relations of hus-
band and wife.
Let us indulge in the hope that our
nation may so measure up to it's great
opportunities and so bear it's share in
the white mans burden as to earn the
right to symbolic its progress by a
similar figure.
IF it should be lured by Providence
to a higher ground, may it lead the
way in winning the confidence of those
who follow it, and in eXpediting the
spirit of him who said If / be lifted
up, l will draw all men unto me-
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