Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-04-26

endless day? It was compared to tho
Snort waiting outside some door hn
yono which was warmth. chear ona
amending bliss. So that the Mons son,
Thought OF life only in terms of xroi+
lns' watching, enduring. Piety be-
came positive only in prospect. mega
i've In the present.
40 say TO man, be patient with
wrong and oppression today and vo,,
VIII De prospered tomorrow. is 70
teach him to compound felony to
WINK at the despoiling of the earth NV
the lnlqultous for the consideration IF
tltle to the riches of heaven r. ,o
TO lose sight of the fact that unless
the lie finds itself now il nevar will,
una ltseif, that to dwarf soul TO-DAY
is to dwarf it forever.
The chief end of life will no found
III IRE Itself, now, present in this
world. The only way to make tbe most
OF the future is to make the most o4
ourselves in the present. If heaven be
the land Of unlimited happiness only
hearts that have been enlarged, that
nave learned to know things that are
nigh, to sympathize with things and
thoughts having the breadth Of e+ern,-
" ever can comprehend it's riches,
Inc menace Of the old theology was
that it postponed everything; it was
the philosophy of pracrastination
When it postponed the real purposes
OF life it put off the realization of its
possibilities it postponed the deyelop-
ment of character.
linen, says the practical man. this
means that we can ignore the future ::
we must make the most of the pros
emit; get all you can; keep all Won get :.
the whole purpose of life is to make q
good living, to enjoy yourself. This is
the swing of the pendulum away from
the old thought. The ideal of the pres
ent day Is material advantage. The
chief end of man is to make money.
If once he was the slave of an unjust
order, he now is the slave Of an I'M
worthy appetite.
Living only for wealth or for wages
is not living at all. Who knows less
of life than the slave Of modern com.
merclalism, the man who lifts his eyes
no higher than the pay roll, or the
ticker tape? It is better to be the vic
tim Of delusion that gives some hap
plness, that gives some fortitude. and
to live the simple life Of the poor than
70 hn 4h0 c1o
modern social greed and money mad
ness
Life itself is the object of living; the
chief end of man is to become glorious
as his ideal Of God is glorious, to real
ize the highest that comes to him in
the song of poet, the vision Of seer, the
hope of his own heart. The money,
the acres, the resources are the tools
for the development Of life. This
world is a workshop; it has failed ut
terly If 1t produces nothing but an
array Of machines and heap of shay
ings; it must turn out the finished
product of men.
Are you living thus for life, or are
you living to do no more than make a
living? We need to educate our chill
dren to set honor, truth, justice, a high
life, before all things, to prize noble
attachments so that they shall not be
content with the lesser prizes of pros
perity in things, so that whether we
win or lose in the markets of the
world we shall stand rich and glorious
in manhood, finding the ends of life In
the achievement of high character and
finding in commerce but the servant OF
character.