The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-02-01
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Thu it will be seen tina a great
philosopher in Russia and a French
writer of note discerled more than
a decade ago the signs OF a new era.
In another part of the letter Dumas
l shall soon leave this earth, and the
rays that are already reaching me
from below the horizon have distrub-
ed my sight, put 1 believe That our
world is about to realize the words.
Love One Another"
What these men saw with the eye
of faith is becoming more and more
evident, and nowhere is this change
more noticeable than in the United
States. That ethical questions are re
ceiving increasing attention is GER
tain. If the awakening were confined
to this country we might look for a
cause il local conditions, but these
conditions do not apply to Russia, and
Tolstoy has not been out of his ma
tive land for years. How can we TX
plain his Endorsement of Dumas state
ment? And what was there in Dumas
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coming of this brighter epoch? It
must be more than a national move
ment.
While the stirring of conscience is
m~anifesting itself within the church
es it is outside the scope of this
article to discuss the evidences of
it The Y. NJ. C. A, the Y. w C. A,
the Christian Endeavor Society, the
Epworth League N the brother
hoods and societies of the various de-
nominations and branches of the
Christian chIrch-all these are at
young women and encouraging the
application of Christ's teaching to ev.
ery-day life.
But the movement seems to hava
a broader foundation than any nation
or race. 1t extends around the globe;
it reaches Town and takes hold upon
the heart-the connecting link which
binds every man to every other a
No movement al be an universal one
unless it appeals to the heart. and
nothing that really appeals to the
heart can be less than universal in
its scope and influence.
The brotherhood of man is the slo-
gan of the new movement, and a pow
erful slogan it is.
The first effect of the moral awak-
eaing is On the individual himself
al examination of self, a scrutiny of
ideals, an analysis of motives and
ambition. For a generation the Amer
lean people have been money-mad, and
life has been measured by accumula-
tons. The Joe have initiated the
rich, and the rich nave made new
records of extravaganza. Plutocracy in
America, lacking even the insufficient
restraints imposed by pride of pedi-
gree, has run riot, n the excuses
Of the purse-proud, instead of excit-
ing contempt, have only awakened d
spirit of emulation.
But the crisis is past. From the
press, the pulpit. the college. the
Chautuaqua platform and the nome, is
coming a healthy protest against the
measuring of life by a pecuniary stan
dard. The change in the ideal means
a revolution in the life, whether the
change takes place in h individual
or in the group. An increasing num-
Der of our people realize hat there
is a higher end in life a the max
ing of money-that money is only al
that money, while a good servant, is
a heartless master. The popularity of
Charles Wagner's book, 1.-THE Simple
Life" is due to the fact that it is
a vigorous indictment of present con-
ditions, wherein man has bee made
subservient to his material posses
sions. The authors plea for a rever-
sal of the order aid for the placing
of man above matter fiAds a quick
response in a multitude of hearts. The
translation of this little volume into
many languages shows how wide
spread is the WEAKNESS with mater
ialism and how eagerly he new
thought is grasped, while the fact
that the book solo best in the United
States is evidence that here the move
-ment is already strongest. But this
new bit of evidence was not necessary
to convince any unbiased mind that
our country leads the world in disin-
terested effort
The substitution of a new ideal of
life for the OLD one Is manifesting It
self in several ways. In the individual.
it introduces Justice into b meth
DDS of accumulation and altruism into
the distribution Of money. and, of the
two, the arst is the more important
1t is better to gather honestly than
TO distribute generously. Sometimes