Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-09-01

~ SN an oid wonder about
~ NN mems errors 0btruded
ESy,sS4 And the wonder got me
IN sermonizing mood
sermouizing. as conceive the words
largest meaning. being result ~ the
minds free play. soul gossip. and alb
solute fairness with ones self: above
al. surmounting all. absolute fairness
with ones self. writes the Rev. A q
Bealle. And u IL this interplay and
exchange of fact and fancy with those
superiors. equals. Interiors We know
that ultimately shapes ones creed a
life. don't you think
We must all be preachers and
listeners too--ths noblest and mean
est OF us must give ourselves up
must hear~and tell all that seems good
and fair 20 US. And We cannot stop
the growing and becoming. The new
truths OF other men that press for
trial. whether we find them fact or
fable. In so far as they concern us.
must be heard.
II was OF blindness I ssruionixe,f
with myself And some stray notes
made for you. my neighbors: some
fotsam and ietsam found at the DAYS
eud-some tallyings found true.
The condition OF physical blindness
might not be a miserable one n. back
OF the roor. unseeing eyes a thinking
brain was not sure that somewhere
other men knew the intimate com
rading with sunlight and the glisten
OF dew. fancy Il Is this knowledgs
that blanches tho faces Of blind men:
not SO much the enforced exile from
the bright day. as knowing how fair
u Is. Not the hurt Of the darkness.
but the hurt Of the light. which en-.
braces all so tendarly and lovingly.
and may not be seen.
PitifuI Object Lesson.
Oscar Wilde had vision-saw and
heard flowers and blrd-soug-yet.
withal damned himself so utterly IN
mems eyes. One Of the outcasts him
self. by his own and pasts making.
that Reading prison gave him text for
q sermon OF massive scops and IN
tensity. q. but the trial men hurt
Wilde-hurt him intensely. Were
they right do not know. for he
scared and groveled. angeIed and
deviled HIS few years away TIL Read.
ing saol got him IN IT'S clutches. For
the man had vision and was blind too.
England wreaked her vengeance on
this immoral genius: society destroyed
hfv-F ., II
science fame. And his dishonor and
shame has been subject matter for a
thousand common mems gross ob.
scenitfes since he was cast into prison
And this Is what I mean 10 be the
drift Of my preachmsnt;
Humanity Is not made up Of two
distinct types-the blind and the see
ing-the evil and the good. only.
Always there are gradattons-aL
WAYS there Is the striving and the
losing and the winning
One standard Of vsues cannot ss
true for all-uot yet
Mervifnl socioloxists are sorely
needed on judges benches.
Until the races % men ara prepared
for an ideal anarchy. such a. - out.
lined in the Golden Rule. those men
born into the world morally blind
must have guides and protectors
Not condoners-not pardoners who
win heartfuliy say. You have dons
no wrong thing II Is the pas, which
has wronged YOU Rather. men Who
know vista. physicians IN the largest
sense. 10 whom all human life shall
seem Of some utility-of some real
worth to future generations. II wisely
directed.
Physicians for the blind-these srs
they whom the blind races need, Men
who can forecast fair deeds in the
lives Of men and women that are be-
ing bounded 10 bells Of their own
blind making
Always One Whits Way.
Some days ago my comrade said:
For me there is always one white
way-one real right course 70 pursue
IN any dilemma n was truth for
her For all children OF ths light. for
all that come into the world under
gracious auspices-for these. too. her
words were truth. But for the blind
and the habitually erring her words
were not so true For them there is
one way. too-but without alternative
Israel Zangwill gave me- nv text.
and pass IL on 10 you blind and See
ing ones:
BLIND
raurhfug fha hIInr hax~