The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-04
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little. You know, 1t Is permissible for
a commercial agent to philosopher. In
fact he is supposed to. be a philoso-
pher. My mind wondered back through
| history and recalled those incidents
as the means in thu development OF
civilization. l recalled the wars, the
strife, the bloodshed, the rise and fall
of nations, the rise and fall Of COM
mercial and industrial bodies. I re-
I, called the fact that since history be-
gan 1t has been one continual intense
effort on the part of intense men OF
substantial mental and spiritual cali
Der to promote the welfare OF man
kind. though OF thu strife which
has caused old conditions to give
away to the new order. Then I re-
called the popularity Of the new or
der. / also recalled its prosperity.
And then, in every instance, corrup-
ton crept in, the principles which
were the foundation stones on which
the new order was established went
into the hands of corrupt men. Thu
good Of the many was discarded and
became secondary to the benefit Of the
few. Then came another era, in
which those who championeG the old
principles rose again and with gigan.
tic struggle overthrow the existing
careless regime. Bloodshed, strife,
dissatisfaction, unhappiness, tears and
cath resulted, and again new order
Of things was established on the
same fundamental principles adapted
to changed conditions.
So it has been down through the
ages. a continual struggle for the fun
damental things that are worth while.
Under such conditions nations have
risen and fallen. Civilizations have
waxed wonderful and fallen into de-
cay. Spiritual life has developed and
made life beautiful. Spirituality lapsed
and life becams hard. The struggle
had to be gone through VITA again.
How VIII II End.
All down through the history OF
mankind the same condition has pre-
vailed, and as looked at the trees
and sky and the water 1 wondered at
the struggle which is going on today
in all lines of activity, in all lines OF
commercial and spiritual thought, u
wond ed what it all meant and to
what point it might all lead. Is the
same thing, is the same old struggle
to last throughout the ages? Or Is
it on the other hand, to be solved by
that spiritual development OF men
bringing about the required union OF
effort to establish and maintain the
high standard which will assure to
coming generations little or the
peace and quiet, announcement and
hope. enthusiasm and everlasting JOY
which the minds of the thinking men
tell us should be, but Of whose COM
ing they have never yet been able
accurately to prophesy!
Arousing myself from this dspress-
ing revery, my mind ran over that
new order Of things established
throughout the world in the begin
ming OF this century. Organizations
OF men. established on a different
principle from those OF years gone
by, are making themselves felt. /
of men OF particular
craft has been effected; not for any
personal mat srial benefit; not for any
struggle that would cause bloodsheo
and conflict: but to the end peace
and safety for those dependent upon !
men and upon the fruits Of their toll. /
Organizations OF men on tho basis
Of spiritual brotherhood have been
the order OF the twentieth century.
The greatest foes we have to fight IN
this day ara want and deprivation.
The protection of the loved ones
those who are dependent upon US
those who look to US for sustenance
and comfort and guidance-is the FUN
damental principle and ths final goal
Enr fhe accomplishment of this, men,