Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

MHSi In answering his
Mn ~ own question he
- adds: For thou
hast made him a little lower than the
glory and honor.
Miracle of miracles is man. Most
helpless of all Gods creatures in in
fancy; most powerful when fully de-
veloped, and interesting always. What
unfathomed possibilities are wrapt
within the swaddling clothes that en-
fold an infant, Who can measure a
childs influence for veal or woe?
Before IL can lisp word. it has
brought to one woman the sweet con-
seriousness of motherhood, and it has
given 10 one man the added strength
that comes with sense of RESPONSE
biiity. Before its tiny hands can lift
feathers weight. they have drawn
two hearts closer together and its in
nocent prattle echoes through two
lives, Every day that child in its
growth touches and changes some
ore: not year in all it's history but
that il leaves an impress upon the
race. What incalculable space be-
tween a statue, however fiawless the
marble, however faultless the work
manship and human being "af1ame
with the passion of eternity"
II the statue cannot. like a human
being. bring the gray hairs of pa
rent lin sorrow to the grave" or dew
hand extinguish the vital spark in a
fellow being. neither can it, like a
human being. minister to suffering
mankind, nor scatter gladness "oer a
smiling land" nor yet claim the bless
ings promised in the Sermon on the
Mount. Only to man, made in the
Divine likeness. is given the awful
power 10 choose between measure
less success and Unreasonable woe.
Man shares with the animal a phys
zeal nature-he has a body, the cita-
del OF the mind. the temporary tene-
ment of the soul. 1t is necessary that
this link in the endless chain that
connects the generations past with
the generations yet to come shall be
made as strong as conditions. hered-
ity and environment will permit.
Ali of us inherit both weaknesses
and elements of strength. 1t is with
in our power to conserve and TO in
crease the strength that has come
down to us, and it is also within our
power to dissipate the physical for
tune which we have received.
IL civilization can be deflned-and 1
know of no better defnition-as the
harmonious development OF the hu-
man race, physically. mentally and
morally. then each individual, wheth-
OF his influence is perceptible or not,
raises the level of the civilization Of
his age just in proportion as he con-
tributes TO the worlds work a body,
a mind and a heart capable Of maxi
mum. effort. No one lives unto him
self or dies unto himself. The tie
other human being is one that can
not be severed
Every Kind of snort every form IF
exercise that contributes TO the de-
Nelopment of the body without men
tai deterioration or an impairment
of the moral forces can be encour-
aged. Not only does the body demand
attention in the growing years. but
il requires continuous care through
out the entire life. 4 stunted body
Is the penalty for overwork in the
child, weak body the penalty Of lack
81 exercise. but natures punishments
are not visited upon youth alone. The
overworked or underfed man or
woman cannot escape natures pen
atty, neither can those escape who.
fancyinG themselves more fortunate.
invite the evils of idleness and over
feeding.
IL any one supposes that education
should relieve him from a personal
knowledge of bread -labor-"the pri-
mary struggle with nature"-he is. in
gnevous error. Al present the
strength OF the race is materially
lessened by the decay consequent
upon the idieness of those who have