Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20

where the doors of many ancien
dungeons stand wide open to the sun
where sword and shackle rust unused
where the hut of the peasant and the
castle of the noble are free from rapint
and murder, and where great cities tot
in peace and the great seas of the eartf
are laden with peaceful ships. The
prisoners hear not the voice of the OPP
pressor and the servant is free from hi;
MASTER
1t is true, there are still black spots or
the map of the world but they are excep
tional. live needed proof that the world
| has grown better and that the old blood
burdened days have gone never more to
return, we may find itin the care and
help we give to the helpless and the err
ring; in the vast benefactions poured
out from public and private funds. AL
most within century we have revolu-
tionized our treatment of criminals so
that no longer do they rot in noisome
dungeons. 1t was only about two
hundred years ago that the torture of
prisoners ceased in England and hardly
hundred years ago that this practice
passed away on the continent of Europe.
A hundred years ago the criminal laws
of England prescribed hanging as the
penalty for more than hundred of
fences and men were hanged for nearly
every offense from murder to stealing a
loaf of bread. 1t was not so many years
ago that a debtor might be imprisoned
by his creditor and kept imprisoned
until the debt was paid. 1t was not so
long ago that the insane and demented
were kept chained or shut up in filthy
pens and fed and cared for like wild
beasts. 1t was not so long ago that the
aged and the helpless who became
through adversely public charge, were
starved and horded together in aim
houses where every wanton burden of
cruelty was placed upon them. We
may look not so very far back and find a
world almost barren of hospitals for the
care of the sick.
But how changed all this isl Truly, the
voice of the oppressor is stilled. Truly,
mans inhumanity to man grows less
and less, and if much remains to be
done, we may thank God that much has
been done. And because of this theme
and the thoughts that are crowding upon
me | Go feel greatly honored through
my participation in this occasion. Here
on this wooded hill, crowned with or
chard blooms, looking out over river
and meadow and splendid city, to the
purple mountain top beyond, we do
found this monument to stand forever
in testimonial of mans hun anity to
man. Here shall those suffering from
disease, or stricken down by terrible
mischance, find haven where they
may be cured. Here shall the spirit of
divine humanity find its grandest and
best expression. Here in ministering
to human suffering, will devoted sister
hood achieve the highest ideal of Chris
| tian conduct. Those who come here for
help will not be asked of what race or
religious belief they are The stranger
and the wanderer will be equal here.
Whether Christian or pagan, Catholic
or Protestant, poor or rich, they will be
made welcome and will receive the same
ministrations as the proudest and the
highest.
To the great church whose sisterhood
has made this institution possible. we
can freely give unqualified praise. II
has swept through the centuries, a vital,
living force carrying the message of the
Prince of Peace to millions of human
souls. If some of those who have ruled
it and guided its counsels have abused
| their power in times past, they have
done no more than the rulers and coun.
sellers of other denominations have
done with their power. 1t has progressed
with the centuries and stands today the
greatest organization for the better
ment of our fallen humanity that we
know of. Its single-hearted devoteec
have carried the cross into every remote
land and among barbarous peoples, anC
have there toiled and labored to quel
the elemental passions of savage heart:
and to bring them to ways of morality
and peace. 1t has placed its missions o.
mercy and healing all over the globe
| We who are not of this religious faith car
say these things proudly and gratefully
| for they are true. For the sisterhooC
who have done and will do so much fol
the success of this hospital we shoulC
accord gratitude that cannot be meas
ured by mere words. They have aban
doned worldly pride and worldly ambi
ton and hope, to consecrate their lives
| to the service of humanity. No earthly
reward other than our generation and
gratitude can come to them. But Wa
can wish them God speed and thosl
rewards of patient sacrifice that are
more priceless to true hearts than fint
gold or all the things which this worlo
can give. They are doing that loving
labor which more than nineteen hun
dred years ago received the Master
appreciation
Then shall the King say unto them
on his right hand. Come. ye blessed o
my Father. inherit the kingdom pre-
pared for You from the foundation o
the world
For / was ,ln scngered, and ye CAV,
| me meat Twas thirsty, and ye CAV,
me drink was a stranger, and y,
took me IN:
| 'Eaked, and ye clothed me wa
sick. and ye visited me: was in prison
and ye came unto me.
| Then shall the righteous answer him
saying Lord, when saw we thee al