The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-13

word OF IOu. I,a
I'VE remember" said he, that the
non-christian peoples studied the stars
but never made an astronomy, they
studied the rocks but they never made
a geology, they have written tnou-
sands of books about flowers but they
have failed to notice the slightest
structure of the flower itself. Many
books have they written upon the
human system from the non-christian
countries a science of medicine, dem
tistry or optics. Indeed every science.
that the world has today, has been
made by the man who has been de-
veloped BY the gospel Of Jesus Christ.
Not necessarily christian man, but
a man who has had the advantages
Of the christian religion"
He asks us to compare the science
Of this story Of the Chinese Of today
to that in our own christian land. A
certain relative OF the royal family
had five daughters and no sons-a
calmity in a Chinese home. This
worried the old man. he called In a
soothsayer to inquire the cause of this
misfortune. The soothsayer went all
about the premises looking wise and
uttering unintelligible formulas, but
could find nothing that would account
for the condition. AS he came out
to the front gate and looked across
to the house OF DR.. Headland, he dis
covered that the chimney had been
built foot and half above the top
OF small Chinese house. He imme-
diately exclaimed, rs Is that foreign
DEVILS chimney and you will never
have anything but girls so long rs
that chimney stands Accordingly
DR.. Headland says. in order to have
the good will of his neighbor he tore
down the chimney as the soothsayer
requested In due time two sons
were born. The science Of the sooth-
sayer happened to work. Many times
their science does not work so con-
veniently."
Providence.
Mr.. Durgee concludes that Dr. Head
lands discussion of the worlds peace
is especially interesting in view of the
present crisis in Europe. The danger
with most Of us, he says, in our in
depreciation Of Providence is that we
imagine when Providence is with us
we succeed and against us when we
fail. A man may conquer his oppo-
nent at a particular time and feel
that he has the approval Of Provi-
dence, but history testif1es to the
fact that the man who takes up the
sword will ultimately perish with the
sword, even though he may at the i'm
mediate time be the victor. This has
been the history of nations In the
past and It bids fair for the destiny
of those now in deadly combat"
Continuing on this line Mr. Durgee
said that war is more than mere
fist cutting and the world is not UP to
its individual culture. II two persons
want to settle q dispute they do it
by mutual agreement-unless they are
buns. Even twenty years ago prize
fighters were popular and could find
place almost anywhere to fight; to-
day they are practically driven out
of he civilized world The world
cared nothing for Japan until she
Knocked out China and Russia, now
we regard her as first class power"
In conclusion he said: Jesus Christ
thought In terms OF empires and he
talked, in terms of continents and
worlds, and he wants all Of His fol
lowers to do the same. His visions
are world visions. He was the sub
ject of no rules, a citizen of no coun-
try. He was citizen OF the world,
an inhabitant of the universe, sub
ject only of the King of Kings
The members of the Ministerial as
sociation before which it was read,
were highly appreciative OF the valu- I
able paper Of Mr.. Durgea who was
warmly congratulated at the conclu- |
sion of the reading. all the ministers
agreeing that it should have a. wider
reading and study than it would re- I
ceive, confined to the narrow limits |
Of their association alone.