Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-24

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no trivial or commonplace but
through the finite seen he catches q
: glimpse of the Infinite unseen II
such a man nature is ever q revealel
OF God. To him she teaches order
beauty, power and majesty. Man
who car look up at the stars and see
beyond the stars, who can look al
the flower in the Granny of the wall
at the mud puddle at the side Of the
road and in all sees the Divine, this
man, l say, looks in the higher sense
and Is in tune with the universe. "To
him who In the love Of nature holds
communion with her visible forms
she speaks a various language"
The poet says:
Flower in the crannied wall,
I pluck thee out of the crannies
And hold the in my hand, little flower,
And if l knew what you are, root
and all,
I'd know what God and man is"
Perhaps to better appreciate the
beauties, strength and value of ad'
justment and balance, we need but
a very few minutes to consider their
opposites. The machinery which
runs so beautifully and SO smoothly
may in an instant become a disor'
organized wreck and a clamor Of dis
c0rdance through the failure of one
little wrist pin, a broken rivet or a
faulty valve. That wondrous marvel
Of machinery pulsating with energy
and vibrant with motion may in an
instant By a loose crank %perchance
become a mere mass Of wreckage fit
only for the junk pile. The passenger
coach which runs so smoothly and
silently through the night may of an
instant burst into fame through the
friction of an Overheated bearing.
The person today in rugged, happy
healthfulness tomorrow may be
stretched upon the bed of pain by the
chance entrance of bacteria whose
growth throws out of harmony all
the bodily functions. Dirt and dis.
ease are but things out Of place. The
daisy of someone's flower garden is
to us the obnoxious weed. the de-
stroyer Of fields. Often just as the
man or woman possessing potential
possibilities of power and usefulness
in some field becomes the degenerate
or the criminal when out Of place,
Ragtime becomes obnoxious, wasteful
and perhaps wicked, not because OF
anything inherent but because 1t
supplants that which is so much bet
ter. In it's piece it might be useful
and refreshing but whenever a poor
or v g q good sdpplants a better
It is out of place. In art we seem
to have reached the limit of the
inane and the idiotic in the insane
debauchery of the so-called Cubist's
art. That such insane conceptions
ahould for a moment be given place
Or recognized as any form of art is
unfortunate and travesty upon the
beautiful and inspiring things artistic
In the rea lmof art It is indeed maud:
lin Imagination running riot out OF
place.
Natures examples of poor adjust
ment aid things out Of place are rare
and Insignificant compared with the
ignoble examples presented by man,
1t sometimes seems that human ma
ture glOries in reacting opposite to
order, environment and harmonious
development. The %progenitors Of the
Jukes family that produce hundreds
of criminals in a few generations had
their ancestral homes amid the scenes
Of ideal natural beauties in the noun,
tains Of New York: All about us
we e evidences of poverty amidst
plenty. "A man possessed Of. all the
possibilities of mind and kinship with
the Infinite seems blind to the beau
ties OF nature. Panoramas Of color
and grandeur, pictures Of magnificent
beauty and spirit passes them by un.
noticed and leaves them unaffected.
Magnificent music Is condemned as
unintelligent and the tinpan tinkling
Of ragtime is enjoyed in preference.
Eyes have they but they e not,
earse have they but their hear not,
1t is not an uncommon sight,
though 1t is indeed pitiable to find
someone who is lonely for sympathy
even while surrounded by people. The
inability to join in the social inter.
course with others often times iso.
lates one as completely and far more
patheically than distance. Hermits
Who live in our midst are indeed to
be pitied. Many a a os forlorn
while surrounded BY opportunities for
sympathy and love. BY years of
careful effort to conceal his true self
by efforts to steel his heart against
all kindly impulses, he at last SO
thoroughly succeeds that he prac-
tically withdraws himself from the
reach of his fellows. | recall q man
of my acquaintance who was wealthy,
successful, cultured, educated and in.
Ete1ligelnt whose devotion to the ster.
ner standards Of strict business had
so dwarfed his personality and alien.
ated his friends that in time Of sor.
row he seemed to be alone though
surrounded by those who would
gladly have been his friend.
/ Probably the most pitiable case is
that Of the person full Of possibilities,
growth, acquaintanceship and the
realization OF kinship with the. Creator
who BY training, discipline and, habits
has pe%rsistently shut himself , away
from all influences and impulses
which would have lead him to a
sweeter, closer, happier conscious.
ness Of the kinship with the Divine.