The Washington herald., 1909-11-08
HOW LITTLE WE KNOW.
In Spite OF All We Remain as Chill
dren Crying for the Light.

In Spite OF All We Remain as Chill
dren Crying for the Light.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
We do not know much. When we look
at the switchboard OF a central telephone
exchange we are very sure that man has
learned a great deal about the conductive
ity and resistivity OF wires. and we are
awestruck ct the human brain that
planned and wrought out that compll-
Gated network OF circuits and plugs and
insulated clews TO a great section of the
hemisphere But when Il is a matter OF
the twitching threads OF nerves that carry
messages from our own brains 10 the
tips OF our fingers and the bottoms OF
our feet. we find that the doctors can
prescribe rest and a glass OF milk with
a raw egg in Il. but they can tell US
very little about these astonishing tele-
graph and telephone SYSTEM ,i.at mo-
nopolize our own bodies and make our
lives either zone grand. sweet song" or
a lOng-drawn torment.
We look at a locomotive furiously run
ming, and we say again, What hath
man wrought" as we think OF the me-
chanical development since a man IN
England watched the steam lift the lid
o. a kettle Gladstone said that 10 him
the locomotive and tie violin were the
standing marvels. Even the designer Of
a "Nallett compound" must wonder at
the finished product as II charges past
him with a string Of laden freight cars
in its wake as long as a comets tail.
But when We have stood and gaZed in
wOnderment at the locomotive, and have
patted each other on the head for the
very fine fellows we are TO have thought
OF such a thing without any help from
the Creator, We do not know what makes
man get up In the morning or cause
a baby 10 crawl about the carpet and
finally 10 stand and to walk. We read
the riddle Of steam; We cannot solve the
| enigma Of human life
Or perhaps We thrust in our heads i'm
pertinently at the window OF the ship IS
cabin, where the wireless operator with
his vibrant earmuffs parties and thrusts
with the demons OF the upper air for the
sunlight or the screaming gale. And we
say, Surely nothing can be more won
derful than that" and then some know
| it-aH at our elbow turns and superclli-
| oUsly explains 20 the girl beside him just
! how Il is done, and how fOrty-nine OF
I sixty-seven other men were the real In
D
/ 20 get the credit and the patent Tor ar
/ idea which was floating about IN the air
/ subject 10 anybodys capture. And so
/ thanks 20 the supercilioUs young man
/ we know just how words can be thrown
1 5000 miles and caught on alternate,
/ aerial clotheslines as neatly as a lacrOss'
/ player traps in his racquet the ball tha
\ is flung clear across the field
] When the mystery OF the wireless is "a,
| an open book, that he who travels Bog
/ land or sea may read two people NAY
I stand the width Of the world asunde
I and one OF them knows what IS in a.,
/ mind and the heart Of the other-au.
/ how IS that done2 Prayer is the souII
J sincere desire. unutterCd or expressed
/ and the spiritual aspiration may find on
/ another human being. or II may noun
I 20 heaven, and no man has anything q.
| say about the mystery OF its itinerary
/ We are rs children crying for the lgh
4 when Il comes 20 the question Of under
} standing the mode or interCOmmunica
/ ton between a soul and a soul