Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-02-17
THE GOLDEN RULE OUT OF DATE
The International Sunday School Les
som.sor E'esruary'2e is""The Cold
on RuIe-A Temperance Les
son. Ma&thew Z: f-f2.
BY WILLIAM T.S.BLIsIS.

BY WILLIAM T.sBLIIs,
with refreshing figorsMr,, Gilbert K.
Glestsrton, In his "TTeraLicsss" pune
tures the dear deluslon that Il is the
"pvactical' man who has q right to
the front Of the procession of pro-.
gress; andS taet ideals are naught: 1T
doesn't matter what q. ngn believes,
saR, Mr.. Chesterton. 1.-THE time OF
his theories wss the time of big re-
suits. In the era ofyisenttment and
flne words, at tho end CT the e1gh-,
teenth century, men. Wee Fea1'y 70
bust and effective. The sensfme entail
lists conquered Napolean. The cynins'
csuld not catch De Wet. just
as tsis Reputation OF big words cad
big avtsions has brought forth ra.e'
Of srqa.l men In politics, SO it ems
brought fcrthQa race of small men In
the gTts."
Developing this thought ,os the lack
of moral ideas in literature. hstfurther
remarks, sarcasttcaily. OF the modern
writer's, 1--WE know that they have pro.
ducee only 6. few roundals. Milton
does not merely beat them at MS
piett. he beats them al their lr-
reverence. IN all their little books Of
verse YOU will not find finer defiance
of God than Satar's. BIAS
phesny depends upon beliefs, and is
fading with it. II anrone douhtsAt this,
let him sit down seriously and try to
think bjaspherueus thoughts OF Thor.
7 thir.k his family will find him at the
end Of the day in state of some ex-
haustion.'
Even in the twentieth century plans
of strict utflitarisnisEn cur times sore
ly need the motiEe power of sublime
ideals For we are making engines
without steam. We are practical
but our very practically is proving 1t.
self impracticable. Simply foST a
study OF contemporary life, one is
moved to cry aloud the supreme need
for more idealism. We rsust haTe
more vision, more high-sorlad pursuit
Of great goals more exalted stand
ards. In word, it cannot be too en-
phaticaIly laid down thst this oao
world needs above all else to sit, viii
that motley crowd on the slope o.
Kurn Eattin, at the feet of the sdream
ing Teacher of Gatiiee.
CosnacpoIitanier1 Vereus Wisdom.
The Sermon on the Mount, whjel
the Sunday-schools are now studying
Ia not merely, as has often bsan ssheer
ingly said, "only Gne theory 1t II
most intensely practical truth, tt
which this twentieth century. fore
spent and dissatisfied from its MAJ
chsse after things material. can Civ
It's attention Our days fundamenta
need is for more of the deeper know
ledge of life's eternal verities. 5whic
lie beneath all outward forms an
seeming.
Our real problems are human; ant
because human, they are spiritua
We do not soar to the conquest {
life's difficulties by learning how t
build airships. Because we hav
found the north pole aud have mad
paths through all deserts and jungle
does not mean that we have rnastere
the riddle of existence. The yer
sweep and breadth Of our world.cor
captions is likely to be 8 lure. Agai
to quote Chesterton, Rhodes proph
ctes about the Boer resistance arc a
admirable comment on how th
large ideas prosper when it is not
question of thinking in continents, b
of understanding few two-legge
men,
For abiding wisdom we do not go
tho thin and vapid books of the ira
eiers who boast Of their cosrnonolita
ism. but to the teachings Of an a
Gent Oriental, who. II measured
the range of his geogr aphical wande
ipgs, would be counted domicial. TT
springs of the spirit were plumbe
by this graduate of the carpentt
shop The noblest truth. still app
cable to the most modern of urbf
conditions. was enunciated benea
the soft skies Of Syria two thcusar
wears ago. Let us go back to Ies1
of Nazareth to learn how to live.
"Mind Your Eye"
A British colloquiaiism. eauivale
to the American Lock out!" is Mil
your eye!" This comes curiously ne
heing an epitome Of the philosophy
Jesus upon Judging our fellowmen. 7
said, ''Why beholdest thou the mo
that is in thy brothers eye, but &C
siderest not the beam that Is in thi
own eyer" In other words, keep 0
own garden clear of weeds and y
will be too busy to find fault wi
your neighbours gardening. If eve
man waited until he was free of fau
himself. before criticising his peis
.