The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-30
The Universal.
 Creed
By Dr. Frank Crane

all good men belong, comnosaa those of all faiths who honestly us up to the best they know who.a s Christian or Pagan, Jew or GentI,a Catholic or Protestant, there ,s tain fundamental creed. This ~ greatest common divisor of all eroas' .' may be thus stated:
 1. The good man sees aek,.-, edges, and believes in. first of all ~. difference between right and wraS ' When the word ought disappears sroe. ones vocabulary he may be sura :. moral decay. The one man abom,,. ble to any decent society is the m.. who thinks nothing matters Wa o,. tolerate one. even, who doubts tbe,o |. a God; but if one believes there iv ,s line between right and wrong ,bo. as Dr. Johnson said, let us count on' spoons when he leaves"
 2. The good man believes that b., piness will come to him, permanentv and as law, only as he practices s, ing right. Joy. peace, and bliss ar. not to be cozened nor iuggled from God or nature, but are the sure no, tion of them that persistently do wbo, they think right. Doing right q, course, does not always bring money or fame or other external desired things, but 1t brings peace and boise to the soul, as surely as three times five makes fifteen. There are no moro exception to this rule than to a law af physics or of geometry The cosmic accuracy runs in spiritual as well as in material things.
 3. The good mans duty Gin which hs find happiness) is first of all to de velop his personality God made him for purpose; his joy will consist u finding and fulfilling that purpose. He is not to be some one else, not to copy; but, using all masters, to be come more and more himself.
 i. It Is his duty to be strong. He can be of use to others only as he has force in himself. He therefore shuns 1 all things that tend to weaken his arm l his brain, or his heart.
 3. His duty is to be clean. This 1 item of the creed is oldest and new | est; oldest, in that cleansings were part Of every early religion, the com mands of Moses. for instance, abound ing in many lustral rites newest in that the one lesson of modern sciencs is the power and safety Of the anti septic life. The devil name as far a bodily health and mental clearnes and spiritual vigor is concerned $ dirt Dirt is the one enemy to bs hated with all ones soul and to bs 1 fought unto ones last breath.
 s. His duty is to be brave. The basic sin of all sins Is cowardice. The high CT the realm of life in which We move the more dangerous is any kind ol fear. And the most deadly Of all fean IS the fear of the truth. or the fear ia l the truth Any man or institution thai fights to preserve himself or itseli ia l the sake of "expediency.' that IS 10 | say, for fear the truth might do harm any man or institution. in the words a Zangwill, that proposes to live and cs in "an autocasm without facts doomed.
 [. His duty is to love. Although SC cording to the foregoing points lh 'ls creed. he Is to develop sell ana clean. brave. and strong. yet lie " l find his motive for all this ana w 1 and for which he does all this. oulsias l and not inside of himself
 It is at this point that he rises H'' an aeroplane leaving the runway the ground and soaring aloft; hele :" man leaves the company and slnlr | tude of all other creatures. iu u' power to be actuated by unseilisn " | tives he becomes as a god comps'U to the beasts. .,,..
 He lives for his wife. his chhu''A his friends. his country. his race ~ in widening waves his radioo!ua sa.s flows. The good man therefore uas no living creature. He deSp'''' l human being. cs
 In him is a centrifugal power VI flowing to inundate the universe.
 8. From this love arise all .,. and virtues as naturally as peauI grow from peach trees. LoVihs ,a,o, aT cannot soil soul. nor wrong N .an being nor hurt wantonly, nor u'1 nor push for precedence nor !. kind, nor in any way driit 'H"
 low poison life of egoism' u |. p
 9. His one aim. last oi aii, ,d serve. Strong in himself, leai'.s ,.s Ola loving. he arises at length 'o '. .at c,Od form where stands he who Was s,s,sa m the first born among many p'. sd ,s He is the masters companion apa can put away all cheap suo.s Oes u luxuries of greed and domlnAA''
 repeat his masters words' r-satA
 Let him who would be S"' ts among you be servant of all. .o hut come not to be ministereu uH'
 minister"
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