The Detroit times., 1910-11-29

ers. really failed, as compared with the
Japanese. because he was TOO reaiIstIc
He made marvellous limitations OF now
ers out Of wood. but they lacked beau
~; whereas the Japanese, working
within the limitations of their medi-
UNI. were content TO make symbolic
representations or mowers Kun u
In the development OF nations the
principle OF power through humiliation
is realized. Nations become weak
the Roman empire. or England today
struggling to hold India As Ferraro
points out. Switzerland. By reason or
it's smallress and compactness. Is a
ter OF her civilization and her political
unity.
Uiscipline Is Crying Need
But now consider how one principle
holds In education. The crying nevd
OF the day is discipline. or the april
cation OF the doctrine or limits Inc
elective system 80 long triumphant AT
Harvard has had to be modified. III
young men need limitations TO their
freedom. how much more do chlldreh
need direction and discipline Fresl-
dent Faunce, in some recent lectures at
Cambridge. strongly emphasized the
need OF cultivating the Will In children
the will to do things deprecaung the
soft creed OF those who would make
all study play. He referred IN no com
response to his question, How 90
children take hold OF hard work and
difficult tasks" aniably answered: we
teach the children that nothing In HE
is hard or dtsagreeable.
This may be called pedagogical Chris
tian Scierce Against this blind ana
fatuous optimism, against this make
believe that there are no difficulties.
may be set the word OF the Apostle.
Endure hardness as good soldier OF
Jesus Christ" This 10 the moral tonic
We need. THIS Is the education OF the
Will that brings power The Limitation
OF our desires. the discipline or our
attention. the concentration OF our ef-
fort-all these may be called the trials.
tribulations and inirmities OF nfes
school Most gladly will | glory In
my intirmities. for when | am weak.
then l am strong
Church Must Limit Itself
The church, as we'll as Institutions
political and educational. needs to know
the advantage derived from Limitations.
There are those today who would have
the church enter into every held OF
activity throw itself into every reform
Because religion Is concerned with the
whole Of life. they argue that the
church must find nothing allen to IT,
Evidently these well-Intertioned per-
sons lack wisdom They have not
organ, every Institution It's necessary.
its valuable limitations. II the church
Ii to live II must strictly limit itself
and be content TO have it's energies flow
within channels dug by the experience
OF the race. But how glorious It's call
ing within those limits. What higher
function IL there than that OF inspiring
men? Gladly will we rejoice In our In
firmities. the limits under which we
work.
Character likewise profits by the cir
cunscribed life. Character IL neces-
sarily created by struggles against bar
al II.
struggles. no strength. so our limlta-
tions become the source OF our moral
power
Consider the burden upon society OF
caring for the weak and aged. Should
we not be stronger IL the weak were
allowed 10 GO to the wall and the aged
mercifully chlorofofmed? As a matter
o: fact. our hureen has strengthened
US. disciplined as Our invalids are a
means Of grace
The individual likewise Is often aid =
ed by limitations thought to be most
erievous Darwin's invalidism, con-
tinuing throughout his long life, COLE
PEELED him TO make the best possible
use OF his hours OF strength. There
were times wheH two working hours a
day had to suffice his eager spirit. The
consequence was, he could not AFFORD to
make mistake and repeat an expert
nent. Thioug. this discipline he
achieved the habit OF observing with
the utmost accuracy. habit which
pore SClentlUC fihlt OF supreme Import
anCC and fruits OF character a. well.
He. too. might have gloricd In his In
firIpities " ever he realized that when
he waS weak then was he strong
Still' more striking. IN the realm OF
morals. take the case OF Helen Kellar.
wandering and stumbling In regions
void ~ light aud sound. She has
changed our pity into admiration. She
has shown VIZ that an inhrmity may be
source ot power. She tells us that
she has achieved because OF not IN
spite ~ hsr physical disabilities. To
subdue al enemy ts mastery. hut to
make rricnd ~ an enemy IL the su-
pteme triumph So. TO accept mlsfor-
tupe Is stoicism to glory In IL Is
Christiapitv Listen to Helen Keliar's
chant of Darkness IL IL comparable
To the passage in Job. which she was
freely paiaphrasipg
ny many shapeless terrors OF the
night anrislfted.
70 the wakeful day
: held out trseeChing arms
Then came Love. bearing In her
hand
The torch that is the light unto
my feet
And softly spoke Love: Hast thou