The Red Cloud chief., 1913-02-20
The New Man
and the New Afe

We read u COOL deal these days
about the New Women but not 81
murh about the new man. Now th,
new man Is also here and deserves con
sideration. This new man. like tn,
new women Is living in the new age
Neither have altogether adjusted them
selves to the new age for the new aye
has burst upon us very suddenly Mo-
that tue ideals and forces that have
produced this new age are modern fol
they have their roots far back in his
tory. But the change, which have
come over the worlds thinking and
living during the past century have
been very great. The world has made
greater progress in the past one hun
dred years in its political, social
economic aid religious thinking than
IL has probably made In any previous
thousand years Of It's history. No
matter what u mans line OF work is,
progress is being made so rapidly in
that particular business or profession
that he must be alert aud active il he
will keep abreast OF the times.
Let us look for ~ moment ut this
modern age ia which we live aud note
in a very general way some OF its chief
characteristics.
In the first place everybody will ad
init we are very much Interested In
the present world. We may still sing:
o land Of rest for thee l sigh and
talk about, This vale OF tears, but
there are few to whom this old world
does not seem more beautiful and more
satisfying than 1t did to the meu Of the
past. Our age Is optimistic. Life's
possibilities seem tremendous, and the
golden age lies not behind but before
What our age needs is the new man
aud the new vision.
Now not only are we interested In
this present life but we are interested
in the people about US. Money for
those who are really poor and needy
comes as q general rule quite easily.
Our generation is vitality interested In
social, civil and economic reform.
This is true not only in our own coun-
try but throughout the world. What
does our age need? Again say, the
new man and the new vision.
come now to An idea that will be
doubted by some. Our ageis | believe
notably religious. Probably those Of
US who are christians are not disting-
uished for piety and self-sacrifce above
the christians of former generations.
Nor are our churches better attended
in proportion to the population than
In former years. Taking all our de.
nominations as a whole during the past
ten years We have just about held our
own. Still contend that our age is
notably religious. All men are reli-
gious more or less and the men of our
time are specially interested in rel.
gion. One has but to point to the tire
mendious growth Of lodges, all of
which are based on religion, the vast
growth of sccts, the wonderful pro
gress made during the past Fifty years
in IA scientific and historical study of
the Bible and the changes in the
creeds Of the churches, to realize how
very religious Is the modern age.
There is one other thing about the
modern age that ,impresses me and
that Is that our present age Is compos-
ed OF men who have great confidence
In themselves. Men are learning and
are able to harness the forces of ma
ture. They have gone forth to con.
quer the sea, the earth and the air.
In the conquest many lives have been
lost but the sacrifices have been will.
ingly made in the interest Of the wei.
fare Of the race and the happiness Of
man.
We have spent so much time on the
new age that we shall just touch upon
the New Man. He deserves just as
much attention as does the new women
though our Magazine Editors do not
seem to think SO. have just one
thing to say about him and that is he
is seeker after life. He is no dead
head. He Is restless and active. He
works hard and he plays hard. He
rests little and sleeps little. Some.
times he doesn't appear to know what
he does want but In the Hnal analysis
1t Is always life. I have an idea that
every man will agree with me IL he
just sits down for . little while and
takes good square look ct his own
life. He Is living In the modern age.
He Is therefore more interested..in this
present life than In the life to come.
Not that he does not believe In the
future but he is SO wrapped upin this