Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-07

strike, proved for all time the value to
society of such man. He was edu-
Gated and he was a follower of Jeho-
yah. His was the cool head and the
warm heart. He loved men because he
loved God. u
Education the Golden Key.
TN every community there is a
group of men and women who compose
what is commonly known as society
And society, wherever we find 1t is
greatly in need of the leaven of chris
tianity. Society in America is not
composed of the educated classes. The
educated people of America work So
ciety is made up of the leisure class;
those who have money which they
earned or which was earned for them.
But the door of society is opened to
the educated when it is closed to the
uneducated. The mans education be-
comes golden key with which he I'M
locks the door of opportunity. And
what an opportunity there is in society
for the one who is committed to the
tiers the halls of wealth and luxury and
ease with the glowing torch of a
strong religious faith! There was a
game played by the ancient Greeks
known as the torch race. The confess
tants ran with lighted torches. The
victor was not the one who ran the
fastest but he who ran the fastest
without putting out his torch. He or
she is not the most worthy of honor
who receives the largest number of in
vitations to the doings of society, or is
praised most or complimented most or
most cordially welcomed. But he or
she is most worthy of honor who holds
aloft on every occasion the lighted
torch of christian faith and charac
ter Have you not learned that there
is no quest worth while but the quest
of the real? Have you not learned that
no pursuit pays but the pursuit of the
good? All life is a tragedy that is
not sincere. Ali struggle for attain
ment is but beating of the air that
does not get its incentive from re-
ligion.
Because of the absence of christian
ideals, society today is sincerity poor.
Il like to read of Oliver Cromwell be-
cause he was genuine. His well known
declaration to the artist, Paint me as
am was characteristic.
God Must Be Under All.
THE educated men and women of
today are called upon to get under the
worlds burdens; under its cares. They
must alleviate it's sorrow and Danish
its ignorance and shatter its idols and
life up the highest ideals. Said Matthew
Arnold to an American audience: You
will not expect me to say that things
are not what they are and that the con-
sequences will not be what they will
be. And l am certain that the members
of this class do not expect it of me
either. Therefore let me say to you that
if you are to get under the world;
burdens, God must first get under you
If you are to break its idols He must
first break the idols in your life. If you
are to Danish its ignorance, God must
first clarity your vision of truth. 1t has
been said that he who sets out to live
the heroic life must prepare for the
consequences. If you begin to smash
idols the keepers of the temples will
begin to gather stones. The iconoclast
must take it as part of the days work.
He must look and laugh at all thar.
He will have his reward. If the iron
enters into hi soul it will make him
strong. Let no member of this class,
like the dog in the fable, drop the sub
stance for the shadow. Education is tSe
shadow of which religion is the sub
stance. Your labor Is to make the real
the abiding, the thing worth while. at
tractive to men and women in all walks
of life. The uneducated are attracted by
the glitter of things. Be not We like
unto them. So order your life that
goodness will become epidemic. Hold
fast to that which is true. Know the
| truth and the truth will make you
free Listen to Him who said: I am
the truth Believe on him, We rulers,
and the multitudes will follow your
example and in so doing will find Joy
and knowledge and life and the peace
that passeth understanding"