The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-07-05

JaNAL! THuespAy NOR
spectable to consume what others
have produced has created an almost
impossible gulf between the leisure
classes and those who support them.
Tolstoy is right in asserting that mos.
OF the perplexing problems OF society
grow out of the lack OF sympathy
between man and man.. Because some
imagine themselves above work wnlie
others see before them nothing Dull 2
life Of drudgery there Is constant
warning and much bitterness. Wnen
men and women become ashamed o.
doing nothing and strive to give 30
qiety full compensation Cor all they
receive from society there VIII De
harmony between the classes.
While Europe and America have al
vanced beyond the Orient In plac'
ing proper estimate upon those VINO
work, even our nations have not vel
fully learned the lesson that employ
ment at some useful avocatson 10 e.
sential to the physical, intellectual de-
velopment and moral growth. II
America and England are to meet
the requirements Of their high posi-
tons they must be prepared TO pre-
sent in the. lives of their citizens ex
amples, increasing in number, OF men
and women who find delight in con
trsbating to the welfare Of their Eel
lows, and this ought not to be diff
cult, for every department OF human
activity has a fascination of its own
The agricultural colleges and indus
trial schools which have sprung up In
SO many localities are evidence thai
higher ideal is spreading among the
people.
Need Of the Orient.
And now we. come to the most i'm
portant need of the Orient--a con
ception of life which recognizes ind.
vidual responsibility to God. teaches
the brotherhood of man and meas
ures greatness by the service render
ed The first establishes rational
relation between the creature and his
Creator, the second lays the founda
ton for justice between man and his
fellows and the third furnishes ar
ambition large enough to fiji each
life with noble effort. No service
which We can render to the less IA
vored nations can compare in value
to this service, for IL we can but bring
their people TO accept such an idea
they will rival the Orient in theil
contribution to 7civilization. IL this
ideal-which must be accepted as
the true one -four religion is true
had been more perfectly illustrated
in the lives Of Christians and in the
conduct of Christian nations there
would now be less Of the 'sWhite Mans
Burden" = ~
II it is legitimate SO "seek another
profit and TO work another's gain
how can this service best be rendered?
This mas been the disputed point. III
dividuals and nations have differed
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 prosecuted, dawars have been
waged for the alleged Improvement oil
those attacked and still more frequent
ly philanthropy has beene adulterated
with selfish interest. II the superior
nations have a mission it is not 70
wound but to heal-not to cast down
but to lift up, and the means must
be example, far more powerful and
enduring means than violence. Elk
ample may be likened to the sur
whose genial rays constantly coax
the buried seed into life and clothe
the. earth, first with verdure and at
terward with ripened grain, while vic
lence is the occasional tempest which
can ruin but cannot give life.
Can We doubt the efficacy of exam
pie in the light of history? There
has been great increase in education
during the last century and the school
houses have hot been opened by the
bayonet, they owe their existence
largely to the moral influence which
neighboring nations exert upon each
other. and the spread of popular
government during the same period,
how rapid! Constitution after const.'
tuition has been adopted and limita.
ton after limitation has been placed
upon arbitrary power until Russia,
yielding to public opinion, establishes
legislative body and China sends
commissions abroad with view to
inviting the people to share the re-
sponsibilities Of government.
While in America and in Europe
there is much to be corrected and
abundant room for improvement there
has never been so much altruism In
the world as there is today-neveI
So many who acknowledge the indis
soluble tie that binds each to every
other member of the race. / have felt
more pride In my own countrymen
than ever before as have visited the
circuit Of schools, hospitals and
churches which American money has
built around the world. The example
of the Christian nations, though but
feebly rejecting the light of the
master, is gradually reforming so
ciety.
On the walls of the temple at Kar
max an ancient artist carved picture
Of an Egyptian King. He is represent
ed as holding a group of captives by