The Washington herald., 1910-05-29

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Let me tell you Of n little chap whom
picked up from the floor where he was
| lying in the blood OF both his parents.
The father had killed himself and cut an
awful wound In the neck Of the mother.
The boy had blackened boots and sold
papers in the streets. / sent him 70 the
home When he was prepared 1 entered
\ him at the institute-still little and still
young. One day Mr.. Armour brought q
man 70 me from South Africa. The
stranger wanted a chemist. / said I had
not a chemist who was old enough.
but have you one vino is wise
enough and has character enough 10
work with hundreds OF thousands OF
dollars worth OF diamonds all around
him? 1 want a chemist 10 experiment
and discover a use for our diamond dust
II gave him the boy have been talk
| ing about He is young 1 said, but
/ he has character, and is the ablest stu
dent in the history OF the institute.
That friendless boy is now getting $1,000
| a year. He has built a home for his
mother and money comes regularly from
South Africa for her care and comfort.
VIII BE Nations Salvation.
Such boys. IL gathered up, and boys
from the country are the hope o: our
civilization. They know that Gods laws.
the laws OF the universe. mean something.
The boy who has seen nature. who has
breasted the storms. plowed the fields,
harvested the crops and broken colts
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man existence. He comes 10 the insti-
tute and goes straight through. making
no shifts or turns. looking for no short
cuts expecting no magic 70 lift him over
hard work and put him softly down in
easy places.
! brought 10 us in an automobile by hts
father, Papa IS the man who says. Ger
tainly. certainly. let's get up a revival
and convert Chicago. Do the thing right
send the bill 10 me. and I shall give yotI
my check lie is the type Of man who
wants the poor TO sing about their home
in heaven. so as to reconcile themselves
TO no homes on earth. Well he rolls I'D
20 us with a chug-chug and explains the
situation. Reginald is a good boy he
declares, with a note Of indulgence that
betrays his feebleness. but he is not in
the best Of health, and hasn't overworked
himself at study. He wants 10 be an
engineer 1t will come naturally 10 him.
no doubt, because I am the president OF
a big mandatory
Rich Families Are Bluffs.
so Reginald stays and dodges-and Is
Dapaed at home and mammaed, too, and
a live youth from the streets by way OF
Milton Georges farm is soon making his
expenses by tutoring him. The ordinary
| rich boy Is a bluff. mis- father is a bluR
and so Is his mother He sees a fine
house and chromos on the wall. that the
! old man thinks are pictures-anyway he
| paid for pictures-and the world. TO him.
| is a fairy land for the favored Father
/ did II and ! can do st. he says 20 him
| self. He IS the weakling who Is growing
| into manhood with the BELIEF that God
is either a watchful detective with club
or weak papa who IS all love God is
neither. He IS a Just, loving. helpful
| but commanding father. The laws are
his. and pretense IS not effective on
| earth or in heaven"
Are men growing better or worse?" J
| asked.
''As whole" DR.. Gunsaulus replied
| rather deliberately, civilization is i'm.
proving. but slowly. Just now we ar,
| tacking. Ike 4 ship under sail, and IN
observing persons think we are station.
! airy. However. We are making headway
! BY and by the trade winds will catch
our sails and we shall fairly fy through
| the water. But the church no longe,
/ holds all the Observation-Disclosures has
! filled the churches. and is running al
/ over the country This is the age Of
hospitals and not Of cathedrals.
New Faiths Numerous.
The sweep Of faith is gathering. and
the whole world will be amazed at its
rover when once # IS in full motion
Men are clutching,, some blindly and soma
| with eyes wide open. in all directions
I The impulse Of the hour takes forms tina,
are many and often astonishing. Chris,
! tan Science is one Of them. II is a lazy
way to heaven-no refugees for the old anC
weary, no doctoring Of the sick. no asy.
! lums. no work-just a hoopskirt and per.
/ feet loveliness.
"A man, breaking away confessed Il
me that he got d tired OF beinI
! happy No first-class intellect has evel
been deceived by Christian Science. NJ
! frst-class intellect has ever accepted II
But It is interesting as a manifestation
! Of the spirit that will conquer mankind
| All things are bearing that way. Sci
| ence-I am talking now OF the science OF
| Darwin, Huxley, Tyndall, and all tn,
rest-cannot gain tie world or govern It
In the laboratories Of the Armour Insti
! tute. where I can see the very edge o,
matter, where I can survey all that sci
! cnce has ever done and is doing. 1 per.
| ceive the coming victory Of faith through
out the universe"
rs there anything the matter with che
| ccuntry?"
No; we think there Is but we are mis-
taken. We are in the midst OF the great.
est evolution since creation. It is slow
and we don't see II clearly Being Ameri.
cans. we are In hurry. But our destiny
Is rot to be worked out In a quick revo-
luton. II is 70 come naturally. without
shock. and. so coming, VIII be all the
sounder. better. and stronger"
Copyright 1910. by James B. MorruW.)
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