The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-03-04

er of Babel; the great city of Babylon;
the Great Pyramid Of Egypt, full of
scientific accuracy and symbols of
Heavenly things. Solomon's Temple
and Herod's, the Cathedral of ST.
Peters at Rome, and other great cathe-
drals. each wonderful in its way, were
referred to as examples of mans skill
In the past. All, he declared, glorify
mans intellectual power, intelligence
and acumen, no less than do some Of
the legal statutes of the past-the Mo
sale Law, the Laws of Lycurgus, etc.
AL Of these achievements Of the past
refute the thought that our forefathers
were monkeys or only step or two
In advance of that condition.
However. In our ALPHABETICALLY
within the past half century-human
intelligence seems to have bounded for
ward In a most remarkable manner.
The telegraph. the telephone, the wire
less, steam power. electric power and
light have given talents wider scope
than ever before was known, and have
Forwarded the art of printing, which,
In turn, has stimulated the education
OF the masses Intelligence has in
creased demand, utilized inventions,
and is making the world fabulously
rich. Millions everywhere are on the
alert to associate themselves with the
new things and with the financial pros
perty which they are bringing.
The Canal ILLUSTRATES All This.
Our modern cities with their multi
piled conveniences, palatial structures,
and Office buildings more than forty
stories up into the clouds. are fresh re-
minders of our text, what is Manr'
Our tunnels. or subways, under cities,
and all the conveniences they stand for
are well calculated to amaze u.s. As
we look about us and realize that these
things have come suddenly within fif-
" years, we repeat, What is Manr
How wonderful the intelligence which
has been able to grappie with the af-
fairs Of nature. its minerals, its laws,
etc, and to master themi Is not man
Q great king in all the earth?
Nowhere Is this power of man to deal
with earthly conditions more strikingly
manifest than here on this Canal Zone.
We have here an illustration Of noun
tain-moving faith. Six tons of Trojan
powder exploded at one instant, crum-
bling an entire hill, is certainly won
derful record. These great steam
shovels moving with SO great rapidity
these enormous masses of loosened
earth are marvellous. If only a few
years ago some one had told us that a
man, by moving lever, could lift six
tons of earth, transport it an eighth Of
q mile and load 1t upon cars, all in
three minutes or less, we would have
thought him insane. Who would have
believed short time ago. that an eighty
foot gate weighing six hundred tons
would have been practicable or possible!
History tells us that the desirability
Of this canal was recorded by Galvao
in 1880 he had ambition. If he had
had our modern appliances and the
wealth Of our day to back them, no
doubt he had the intelligence necessary
for the work. But the time was not
ripe. Forty years ago our Government
realized the desira bility of this work.
but dared not undertake It. Thirty
years ago the work was started by a
courageous Frenchman, but abandoned
because Of the tremendous difficulties
encountered. Ten years ago the Unit
ed States Government undertook the
work, which is now nearing successful
completion.
Tells Of Messiah's Day.
The advance of human intelligence
In the power to overcome the obstacles
Of nature is shown thus. What was
impossible In the hands of skilful men
thirty years ago is possible at the hands
of similar men today. because. in the
interim. human intelligence in respect
to the use of steam and electricity and
the application of mechanical princi-
Piles. has made rapid progress. This
canal, therefore. not only honors Colo
mel Goethals. whose genius has had so
much to do with the wonderful accom-
plishment. but 1t honors mankind in
general: for here we ind at work ma
chinery invented and manufactured in
ell parts of the world The Scotch
suction dredge and the French ladder
dredges co-labor with American ma
Ichinery in drilling. boring. blasting.
digging, accomplishing.
Oar nrst lesson from what we see