The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-21
VOICES A MAN HEARS.
BY VIM. 4. Ellis.

"a sculpture is that OF Joan OF Arc,
listening to the voices that called to her
20 deliver France. Art has done won
derfuliy wen In portraying this spir-
NrBt qualification OF q prophet, alert
ness to her own time and its need.
prosperity brings many disadvan-
kages. but none other so serious as the
xrossness OF SOU which Is deaf to the
deeper voices Of life. Sometimes II
seems as II the price many mGn in this
new world are paying for their rapid
ind remarkable material success Is that
their souls have grown callous TO the
nner spiritual Impressions. We remen-
Der how Darwin Iamented that his en-
krossnent in science had destroyed en-
kircly his appreciation Of poetry. A
&riend tells OF the tragic agony. of Mr..
huxley as, after discussing that mans
spiritual experiences he p~assionataly
Declared that he would gladly have his
right arm cut on X he could but know
such experiences for himself. A
This man, Moses, who is at presen;
he center Of Sunday school interest,
bad his life attuned to the deeper
hotes. He was a fine fibred, sensitive
Dpirit. To him It meant more to be
rue to- God than to win high place
krnong men 6nd to command the luxur-
lee OF wealth. The lGodward windows
pf his soul were aver, open. He had
chat fundamental quality OF great lead
brship, spiritual sensitiyeness.
An Apprenticeship In Greatness.
One OF the not contradic-
lions Of history is this picture with,
which our story opens, of Moses, the
adopted prince, the university bred
man, q favorite figure In the court of
the Pharaohs, herding sheep like a de-
Bpised Semitic. From one viewpoint no
work could be more monotonous Ind
~neadening than this. Any boy can tend
sheep. On the other hand, TO the great
soul no opportunity for SELF examina-
ton, for Philosophical reflection and
this one OF living apart from people
with the gentle sheep. We recall an
other who. named himself. "Tho Good
Shepherd" @ : s. VA
Moses had been O heady personality
and At was steadying for him to be I'm
gubJection to Jethro, his fatherinlaw.
lie learned the great lesson OF disci-
pline in this school OF differentiation
and obedience. Every boy who IL
taught this sunday school lesson should
be given q clear view Of Moses with the
sheep. The collage boys who last month
loft the halls of learning to 60 under
some yoke OF, drudgery were but con-
t1nutng their essential education.
1okes are good for all who would wear
crowns. The newspapers a few days
ago reported the prince OF Wales as
a In camp with his fellow students,
undergoing hard marches and captured
In q sham battle, while on duty as d
scout. The wise British way has THUS.
established the route to the throne
through many forms OF routine service.
There Is more to 1t than mere disci-
planesg Great calls come to us while we
arog about life's common ways. Angels
appear when we are engaged in our
everyday work, even as It was with
Moses. The best trystlng place with
God IL the scene of our daily labor.
Most Of us are seeking for, happiness
afar, when happiness is a. flower that
blooms in home gardens, where men
n women toll In common ways. AS
Henry Van Dyke says, in his "Toiling
OF Felix
where the many ton together, there
am I among my own;
Where the tired workman sleepeth,
there am ! with him alone.
II, the Peace that Spasseths knowledge
dwell amid the daily strife;
I the Bread OF Heaven, am broken In
the sacrament OF life. .&
"Thou hast learned the open secret;
thou hast come to Me for rest;
With thy burden. in thy labor, thou
art Felix, doubly blest. A,
'Neyernore thou neeaest seek me; 1
IN with thee everywhere;
Raise the stone, and thou shalt find
there"
Burning, But Not Consumed. -
Alertness to the life about us is the
mark Of an acqnisitive mind. A hun
dred travellers have followed the route
OF h Exodus and seen nothing; DIR.
Franklin Il. Hoskdns goes, and a result
IS q great book, From the Nile to
Nebo," crowded with new light upon
these old problems. 1t Is not more
experiences that nos of us need, but,
better eyes. The ability to discern the
hidden Significance In the character OF
the people about us, TO write in our
minds our own romances of the every
day life amid which we live, is the
Same art that sees the miracle of the
burning bush. Says Mrs. Browning.
Faiths crammed with heaven and
every common bush afire with
But only he who sees, takes off his
A% shoes;
The rest SIT around 1t and pluck black
berries"
Forever the law runs tina they who
seek find. There is a deep meaning
4 n the sentence. when Jehovah saw
that he turned aside to see, God called
unto him out Of the midst of the
bush. God rewards the seeking. To
preserve an open mind toward life Is
70 display the first quality of culture.
Friends OF eX-Ambassador James
Bryce often remarked that despite the
fact that he has passed mans allotted
span OF life, he Is more Eestful in &C.
curing Information and new knowI-
edge than he youth just out Of COLI
lege. The great are ever learning.
When Moses saw the bush afame
and heard the voice, he was hidden to
put off his shoes, which Is the casts
mark Of respect. Keepers Of the
mosques Of Turkey, and vergers OF
Europe's ~cathedrals, could tell many
tales Of the troubles they have with
these western travellers who do not
care to put off their shoes or remove
their hats. The sense of reverence Is
not the strongest American Character
istic. We cali our father "the old
man" we have nicknames for all our
~teachers; we c~aricature our public
men, and address our even casual ac-
,Quaintances by their first or last
nnrnes There is pertinency in Kip
ling's lines to 1.-THE American"
III greets the embarrassed gods, nor
fears .
TO grasp the iron hand of fate"
The Voice Out of the Fire.