The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-21


Brent OF the Philippine Islands, has
refused one of the most coveted po
sitions that his church can ever offer
him.
Had the bishop felt inclined t.
yield to the allursments of the second
call, he would have had difficulty in
explaining to the residents of the
Philippines his change of mind. BY
coincidence. on the very day, June
II, that the diocese of Washington
was for the second time electing
Bishop Brent as its bishop, a morning
newspaper in Manila was printing the
explanation to his people for declin-
ing the call to Washington.
"Genuine contentment is a rarely
beautiful characteristic" said Bishop
Brent. II do not mean the stag
nant contentment that succumbs to
environment, but the Progressive,
lively spirit that is busy &vailing It.
self of today's opportunities, beating
unruly conditions into soape and at
the same time anticipating better
things for tomorrow. We seem to be
! hampered by constitutional pervers-
ity which blinds us to the magnitude
OF our present opportunities and de-
nies contentment much more than a
nights lodging in our souls. 1t is
the forbidden that seems the home of
opportunity rather than that which
Is TO be had for the asking.
"Place can never make n small
man great, only ridiculous" he con-
tinued. "a big place, a place where
the atmosphere is composed of the
souls of great men who have gone,
must always have TO occupy II a
soul as big as it already is, or big
ger, else the throne will become a
mockery and the papacy Kissing
"Big things and places are where
big causes and men are. We, here,
can make these islands, a few years
ago obscure, unimportant, great for
ever-if we first make ourselves great
! by doing our small tasks greatly
and allying ourselves consciously
with great causes. Otherwise we
J shall make them worse than obscure.
! Political jugglery. selfishness, insin-
certify, and American vice Will make
them notorious We must apply the
best that we are TO our tasks. That
Is the first step"
He explained that II he did leave
the PHILIPPINES, 1t would be on ac-
count of his health.
"Our lot, yours and mine" he
concluded, rls cast in fair ground.
I'VE. are here In the Orient, you and
|, TO cling to The ideal life and to
dare the greatest task the world las
ever set itse,f--to unite East and
West in mutual understanding and
service. "
The Forest Service will shortly
turn over to various states within
those borders lie national forest re-
serves, the sum of 47,063.70, rep
resenting rs per cent OF the receipts
from those forest reserves. This
money will. according to law, be ex-
! pended upon the PUBIC rodus ana
schools by the counties within
which the reserves lie, thus compen-
sating for the reduction of taxable
area brought about by existence OF
the forests.
The amount TO go TO each state
of territory are: Alaska. $2.6S4. rs;
Arizona, $42,6lO.44; Arkansas, 1913,
6s; California, s52,4S77s; Colorado,
$5O,955.67; Idaho. $56,sO7.S4; Kan
sas, $643.55 Montana, $75,SO7.41;
Nebraska, 80 349.77; Nevada, $4,577'
95; New Mexico. $25,464.12; oklaho-
ma$554.4S; Oregon, $32,91S.52;
South Dakota, $s.456.6O; Utah, $S2,
151,O2 Washington, ;18,082.79, and
I Wyoming, SAL ,402.3