Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-26


; harvesting process designed to impress
. upon man the parallel process necessary
Ia the unfolding of his spiritual actiyi-
, ties, The invention OF labor saving ma.
, chimes one step at n time has been one
OF the methods employed by God in his
great schoolroorn TO teach his children
, the lesson necessary for their final
achievement. 1t II a far cry from the
, messenger on foot with letter scrawled
, upon leaf or bark to the lightning mes.
, sage Of the wireless marconlgrau but I,
measures the distance and the paiustalSinp
development necessary to lead men I'm
, to the minimum of physical effort and
, the maximum OF spiritual endeavor.
The assertion that we now live in q
spiritual age may be questioned. 1t is
tho frequent declaration OF the cvnic that
ours IL matcralistic age. The greed for
wealth and the multiplication of schools
A., of technology are cited to prove this
declaration. Those who look upon these
things as evidence of an age of material
ism lack the penetrating vision necessary
, to see through them and find their proper
Interpretation 1t Is true that men are
greedy for gain to-day as they have
, ever been, but he who looks long enough
and far enough TO observe the trend of
the times, will see that high minded men.
+ in places Of influence, are rising I'D To
, call halt on the Narmies Of avarlce.
r They are saying in no uncertain terms
, The limit OF human Accommodations lies
at the threshold OF your neighbors rights.
/ Thus far shall ye go and no farther. "
The spiritual conflict of this new age
b. | na IN ,f
, financial equality but It Will bring all
| men to level Of neRhborly regard.
Those who look upon schools of tech
nolosy as proofs of a materialistlc age
, are near-slghted. In the days of the old
| physical regime the few men who were
| the masters of tina humaniti.s, we're the
spiritual men ana those who toiled with
their hands were the sordid. Now we are
at the break Of Il day sun-streaked with
t the promise OF higt noon that will
see The unitarian Joined IN such vital
union with the ideal us 20 make the
enc essential to the existence of the
other. Inventive genius is yet in its
, birth-throes. Science is still in swaddling
bands. Man mas, as yet. scarce begun to
touch the borderland Of his possibilities
In the mastery OF natures forces. In the
field of mechanics men In other years
were content with the product of the UNI
skilled and unlettered workman. Now
though, they have gotten so far away
, from the purely physical that they are
demanding skill IN workmanship tina,
can be supplied only by man who thinks.
: Ours is the new age and, In order to rea-
lie the highest perfection In material
products the application OF a working
mind Is required. Reciprocally, the man
who carries with him into the field OF
mechanical endeavor the highest !ntellecc-
tnal culture finds his intellectual horizon
! widened by the efforts his hands have
made to give expression to the concep-
tOns Of his mind.
We shall never get beyond the necessity
of the study Of philosophy, lnguistics
and pure mathematics but physics. chem
istry and the engineering of the new age
will be made more effective by the sup
, plement Of these purely Intellectual mas
) teries and will return with usury their
l contribution to the realm Of the spiritual
Men learned in the law, versed In theol-
oyy and proficient in medicine are need
= ed to-day as they have ever been but
| men and women of the highest culture are
> needed in science and the mechanic arts
as they have never been before. Your
I opportunities, young ladies and gentle
men. are as limitless as the horizons OF
Your existence.
| Invention and science are each sue
| ceeding day demanding with increased
| emphasis. men and women of trained in
telect to win the mastery Of the physica
world for spiritual ends. There are good
l people who are sorey concerned because
: modern methods and conditions have re-
leased us, in large measure, from thu
hardships endured by the pioneers. They
mistake unnecessary physical labor fol
D the simple life.
4 No create. blunder is made by religious
2 people than that born Of the belief thai
t corporeal burdens are to be accounted as
means of grace, To treat conscious eX'
istence as evil, and to recommend
1 penance and bodily torture as necessary
! liz to resurrect Brahmanism and substi
9 tute it for the teaching of Christ. Jesus
taught no doctrine that warrants the at
f tempt to perpetuate the Inconvenience
OF manual labor The whole burden OF
his instruction was TO lead man up &c
spiritual excellence as the result of ply
|
OF men nineteen hundred years to learr
the greatest OF all Lessons taught by the
Nazarene. to emancipate the race OF mer
; from submission TO tho dominion of ply
steal forces was the supreme purpose OF
His ministecy, I.is miracles. His death
2 and His resurrection. The light is just
I beginning to dawn after near two thou
( sand years of struggle in the dark, ant
= Gods children are commencing to un
derstand why they were made in Hi:
image with limitless possibilities of de
velopment. Future generations will know
as we do not know. the full meaning OF
humanty's great emancipation proclaim
alton I'VE shall know the truth and III,
9 truth shall make you free"
May we not understand, then, that ever,
$ devise which results in the saving o.
physical labor represents one more steI
| n the mastery Of the world God ha.
! commended us to conquer, If We can bu
e comprehend this and come to believe tina
every now invention and every scientific
s discovery brings VIZ in nearer approach t
spiritual perfection we shall begin to ap
preciste the real purpose Of human ex
istence.
4 This spiritual age has begun. Physica
labor will continue to be a necessity bu
II will become so simplitied and easy tina
] men will no longer DO calloused and ben
I by IL and when their physical tasks tina
e now require a day are done In half {
Z day. yea more In the very m.ds
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