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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-30
PERSONALS

judge NJ. 81. willis. Of New aiar-
Etinsvilie. was distinguished visitor
in the city Tuesday evening.
H. B. Carroll. Of Piedmont, Is reg
istered at the Waldo hotel
M J. Heath is a visitor here from
Charleston
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-30
DRY CLEAN YOL7H
!. Miss Dee Ross
- T~o N1111r

-45-so1o. Miss Dee Ross
S:55-Reading- Mrs Lena Muzzy
e-lO-Mxed quartet
The Sinner and the Song
9:25-Reading
Mrs Mervn Barth Mitchell
e: 4o-song Mrs saurborne
9:45-Benediction
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Mr. Ieatnerman.

Mr.. Leatnerman-
The couple arrived in this city
Tuesday evening and will make their
home here.
The news came as a surprise to MI
Howe's associates on the police force
as well as his many other fr1enos' the
engagement having been kept Sc
Chief Brooks, is planning an auto
mobile party TO be given Mr. and Mrs.
Howe by the police department. In the
next day or two.
To Hold Institute
A uoman's Christian Temperance
Union institute will be held IN the
Baptist church at the New Fa1r
Grounds addition tomorrow. Mrs
Ellen NJ. Cheuvront will conduct the
institute. The following program
will be observed:
Mining Session
10-Opening service -...---s---.
Mrs. J. D. McReynolcs
1O:45-Appointme
1O:50-What Our Community Has
That It Does Not Need. what
Our Community Needs That u
Does Not Have; and How can
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-13

possls from the point of view OF the biologist
Tie sOciOioEist. the statesman.
Selective breeding is not the simple and
obvious matter which % may appear 10 be o.
those IMMERSED IN practical details u doss
not always or necessarily lead 10 the produc
lion % permanent or stable varieties 10 ends
not infrequently in the Guide sac o. steriiHy
That 4 the experience Of the stock yard What
guarantse have We that q similar result may
not ensue an the case Of mani
To this objection there can BE- no final or
definite answer. Only experience can decide
the point. and experience IN the case u such
a slow breeding creature a. man. can be only
slowly gathered With our present knowledgs
we may. however, fairly say that solectlye
breeding is better than haphazard breeding
The stock raiser may sometimes BE- disap.
pointed wifh bis present results but 20 would
never occur 90 him that he would get on botier
n he leit hege matters 30 chance
8 more subtle difficulty "a "a sod hv the
question. DO We want the acccutuatiOn ~ epa
c.al qualities Would the elIbeiug o. society
be- really promoted by the deliberate and con.
Hciols pruduction ~ The exceptional man or
The exceptional woman N 90 not "a fact that
me exceptional man and the exceptional
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-13

woman are always more or less out OF harmony
Win their surroundings. and frequently die
chlldlrss7
The list o. the great men who have either
remained unmarried or have died without issue
D. long ana formidable one Kant and Hume
Newton and 'i1ster. Beethoven and Handel
rope br. Johnson. Nietzrcho. CariyIaAaurh are
only few out OF many great names which
might DO mentioned ~ II not without reason
mar 10 some 10 has appeared az if there we're
some inverso ratio between the fruit OF the
BODY and The fruit of the brain.
f we reflect over this argument We shall
soon convince Ourselves that o. involves prp.
cisely The same fallaCy az that which suggests
mat We should not ondravDr to suppress In.
sanity lest hapiy We suppress genius The
eugehisi does not propose AZ a definite aim the
production N the exceptional man. stiu iess of
the genius He puts The case a. genius aside
atoeether. The wind blowcfh where %
uEteih
Genius may arise where and when % will
De % observed. however. fhaf BE- only very
rarely arises In the lowest strata ~ eoriafv.
is production Ia not practical atm. Hut % De-
quite otherwise with fho production OF talent
ability. practical efficiency qualities
which make q man or n w0mnn n rcrvirraHIa
sucial unit No careful student of Gallons
works and other similar literature can doubt
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-13
Church No Longer
Centre of Social Recognition.

Sunday has become a day for physical rest
for outdoor refreshment for attention 10 the
family or for the enjoyment Of music-some-
times at the church. but oftener at the club.
the park. or the concert hall. With triring
exceptions the church is longer the centre
Of social recognition, or OF SOCIAL enJoyments
for the multitude. The oranges and trades
unions, the neighborhood houses and the nu-
merous beneficial societies provide In many
communities the needed opportunities for so
oial intercourse which church meetings used
to provide.
In former times the Christian churches were
the almoners for the poor and desolate and
the chief works Of mercy were carried on by
men and women especially commissioned by
the Christian Church. Now, secular societies
administered by laymen. carry on many Of the
principal movements for the improvement OF
sOciety-such as the Civil Service Reform
Leagues. the Playground Association the
Young Mems and Young Women's Christian
Associations. and the Associations for Baby.
School. Social and Mental Hygiene: and many
OF the hospitals. dispensaries and asylums.
whether supported by taxation or by the volun.
tary contributions Of public-spirited persons.
are works OF people whose motivepower Is not
derived from the churches
To be sure, many churches have Of late,
taken up some kinds Of social work; but in
such labors the churches are as a rule less
effective than the lay societies. Even I'm it's
function OF teaching children what religion is.
what right conduct is, and what the motives
are which lead to right conduct the Church
has much TO learn. The Sunday school does
not compare favoraby In method or results
with the weekday school even as a teacher Of
elementary ethics. for Il often lacks sound
methods. adequate time and the support Of
parents.
The fundamental trouble Is that the Chris.
tian churches. as Instituted and organized.
have relied for centuries imposed beliefs.
rites, sacraments. symbols and Observances
Since the latter years Of the eighteenth cen
fury II has become more and more difficult TO
Impose beliefs on educated people. and intelli-
gent men have steadily lost faith In mysticism
and symbolism, and have come TO rely more
and more on the careful ascertainment Of facts.
the human reason and the natural sentiments
or reverence and love. They have also come
70 prefer for themselves and their families llb-
erty. independence and public order founded
on aEreed-upon law. TO obedience submission
and order founded on discipline administered
70 the many by the few With these new ten
denotes Of the human spirit the great Christian
churches are not IN full accord
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that suitable matings enhance the probability
OF such assets accrIing 90 the State In larger
measure.
The question Of subsidizlnE marriage and
motherhood raises an economic and social
problem % the utmost completely. one not 10
Do settled By mere superficial considerations
such subsidies. n not carefully safpEuarded.
might easily work untold mischief With prob.
ably some c0mponsatlnE benefits but no one
hnr yet HuaEestod ans machinery whereby
such subsidies could be directed into the best
channels. ryon whore deserved and withheld
where not deserved.
We are rapidly eniargne the nrra of State
action. and ths o. tendency which % seems
neither possible nor desirable 20 revist But 10
Involves some curtaiimcut ~ the liberty of
tho individual, and nowhere o. such curtail
mcut likely i0 be more lrksome than in the
sphere OF marriage The element OF economic
pressure cannot be allowed 10 invade the
sphere 0f sexual relationship further than pre-.
walls AZ the present time without serious in-
convenience. Mercruarv marriages are a.
ready moro than sufficiently common in some
ranks of society. and .nothlnE can Do more con.
trary to sound euEcnic doctrine than the in-
crease 81 auCh marriages
Perhaps me most practical and feasible step
toward The production ~ good stocks lies In
f1c1 adjustments Of economic doctfiru and
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-13
res Eliot on the Crying Need of Regenerated Christianity

fully resist the Lord OF the German hosts This
conception OF God Is hideous. cruel and insane:
and no Christian church which tolerates IL can
be efficient in the promotion Of human welfare
and happiness.
Not only is the God OF the great Christian
churches often a War God. but the Christian
life itself Is often represented In Christian
hymn and preachings a battle. The Christian
lights against Satan and the powers OF evil--hs
goes forth to against the evils and wrongs
OF his day: The Son OF God goes forth 10 war
a kinEly crown TO gain"-meanest Of motives
The saint wears armor. the armor OF the
medieval battlefield and the archangels and
the knights set upon the dragons and nends
and slay them with swords.
A large part OF the imagery OF Christian liter
AZURE lie drawn from the work OF soldiers and
armies. Onward Christian soldiers. marching
as TO war" Is to-day one OF the favorite hymns
OF the Protestant churches. This is the habitual
association which has gradually undermined
the capacity OF the Church to advance in modern
Europe the cause OF justice. mercy and I'D
erty, and hence OF peace and goodwill
The Christian nations have. however at.
tanned since the middle ages 10 A cIyililation
which seems to modern men In Christian lands
higher than that OF the non-Christian nations
except In the prevalence OF international war
and hghting In general For at least sir hun
dred years the Christian nations have fought
orener and harder than the so-called heather.
Within the past two centuries all the great wars
have been fought on Christian soil by Christian
soldiers. This recognized superiority in general
civilizations. however. is not chiefly due 70 the
churches, but TO other influences
The chief beneficial result OF the Crusades
vas remarkable development OF Mediterranean
commerce between the East and the West. The
period which We call the Renaissance was the
period Of remarkable revival OF classical
learning. and particularly OF the Greek litera-
ture. The discovery OF America brought about
an immense Increase OF commercial adventure
and Of Occidental wealth: while the religious
enthusiasm which accompanied the discovery
was the source OF hideous cruelties and barbara
ties. The Reformation was not a normal
product OF the Church, but a rebellion and
schism within the Church. one consequence of
which was an increase OF civil and religious
liberty in Europe.
In the eighteenth century began the great
series OF scientific discoveries due to the adop-
tion and successful use OF the inductive phiIoso.
ply and method; and for the last one hundred
and nifty years II has been natural and physical
science which has been the main contributor to
the Increasing material welfare Of mankind
Science has won its way in spite of the oppo-
sition OF the principal Christian churches; and
That opposition did not cease until within the
memory OF men living; indeed, IL still
breaks out from time to time.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-13
By j. A. Lindsay

social theory a. would tend 10 promote earlier
marriage. and hence the Increased fertility OF
the socially valuable units. UnhappIy the
tendency ~ the present day IL precisely IN the
opposite direction. The Increasing cost Of liv.
inE, the growing tendency fo throw the bur.
dsns % Inferior classes upon the thrifty pros.
porous and capable classes the tendency % the
professional anil other wellt0-do classes 10
postpone marriage to later and later date. or
90 cvade % altDgether. the growth OF luxury
ul of these factors are working toward the
lowering OF social efficiency. they are anti.
eugenic Here the politician and the tax
Eaiherer come In. ~ is 20 be feared that
not many ~ our parlameniarisns have had
any training in biology
Probably they would smile n 81 we're eur.
Eesied 10 them that such training could help
them ln the solution Of social problems. vff
nothinE "a more certain than that biological
law and ecun0mlc practice are vitality related
Our legislation proceeds on the assumption
that an that o. necessary for social progress b.
Improvement of the euCiroumeutai condition
better houses cheaper food. lighter and short.
nr labor. better education care aa Oh fha avail.
lJ of the stock being apparently reloEated 90
Providence. n VIII he a kroat gain when all
thoughtful people come to realise thai this s
partial and ono sided vieW which leaves out
Of account essential elementa OF the problem.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-13
What the New
Christianity Will Be.

Il is a Christianity which viii be the friend
and ally OF all that Ia good and ennobling in
literature, science and art. and will avail itself
without fear OF all the new means OF teaching
and helping men which successive generations
shall discover. and Of all the innocent enjoy
ments and social pleasures, while resisting ef.
fectively every unwholesome or degrading in.
which will recognize that the pursuit OF happi-
human being. and that the main function OF
government is 10 protect and further men in
that pursuit by securing TO the community
health. education. wholesome productive labor
and liberty.
DO you ask II there exist in the world any
exempars Of this sort OF Christianity? For.
Iunately for the future OF the world. there are
10 be found In nearly every Christian com
munion individuals who illustrate In their per.
sonal lives the purity and power Of the simple
religion taught by Jesus Christ
Finding themselves practically free 70 do
Justly, love mercy. and walk humby with their
God. they remain In the churches into which
they we're born. held there by family ties
sweet associations or conservative sentiment
and inattentive 10 the Inconsistencies between
their life % the spirit and the historical doc.
trines OF the churches TO which they belong
They are all eXemplars OF the renewed Chris
tanty OF which there Is such crying need. and
many OF them are active promoters OF that re.
neVaL
After all. true Christianity "a not a body o,
doctrines. or an official organization 10 con.
duct and control mems minds and wills Il Is
a way Of life
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-13
Perplexing Problems i'm Eu6eniCs

7 1T us turn to the pogitive side Of euEen-
ics which Is generally felt 70 involve
- even greater difficulties than the mega
tive side How are We 80 encourage the propa-
ton % good stocks? Various suggestions are
thrown out such a. the following Spread
wholesome eugeuio doctrine throughout the
community. - that public opinion and personal
sentiment VII more and more conduce 10 de-
sirable unions. Promote the early marriage Of
suitable persons. Beware Of taxing the capable
and thrifty Tor the benefit Of the pauper and
tho wastrel, lest you discOurags marriage
among me former and encourage MARI age
among he latter. Keep down the cost OF ilv
ing which tends 30 delay marriage and so 20
diminish fertility. Endow moth erhood and give
81 the honor which % may fairly claim. Sub.
tidize marriage, or give exemptions from taxa
ton tO the fathers ~ families OF "A certain rize
" d. % De- observed that The foregoing pro.
Eramme H. not one which the strict tugenist
could wholly approve. S0t motherhood a.
such. but good motherhood. Or BITS ideal IarRe
families may BE- either a boon or "a burden to
ne Stale. according f0 the quality % the on
FprinE. The r1nsidIzIuE Of marriage without
due precautions. might tend 90 acccntuafe o..
listing evils. Let ua consider however. ne OBJ
ieciions which misht b. raised 10 these pro-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-13
People Turning to
New Teachings Of Enlightenment.

L. this Ineffective condition the hnal issue
OF the teachings Of Jesus Christ. or IL II only
the result Of the structure OF the Institutions
and the quality Of the doctrines In which those
teachings have been embodied and set FORTH
To this question a great many men in all
the nations Of Europe and America reply that
such discussion has interest for them:
that they have not only rejected the tradi
tional dogmas OF established Christianity but
that they have no Interest In discussing them:
that the vital movements Of the human spirit
have taken more promising directions; and
that they are concerned not with the Christian
churches. but with the new powers which make
for liberty. enlightenment and progress
Multitudes Of these men say that they are
ready for any sort OF social SERVICE and at
this moment multitudes OF them In France and
England are showing by their voluntary acts
that they are ready 10 suffer and die In the
cause of freedom. white other multitudes equal
in number, permit themselves TO be driven 10
wounds and death In the cause of effective
discipline, force and domination. On both
sides millions % men are exhibiting eNtraordi-
nary self-sacrihce and devotion. natural fruits
OF the spirit OF Jesus Christ: but most OF these
lofty sentiments from the Christian churches
but are moved by the common loves OF fam.
lily. home and country
For two generations the men that have been
doing. and are now doing. the work OF the
world have. in large measure. Withdrawn from
the organized churches, or maintain but nom
inal connection with them-a connection, how
ever. which often includes considerable pay
ments TO the churches on behalf Of their wives
and children. Educated men as a rule. In both
Europe and America, have ceased 10 be infiu-
enced In their opinions or their actions by the
dogmas OF the churches, by the rewards
churches Offer or by the punishments they
threaten.
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Science Affording Real
Aid to War Sufferers.

And now: within the last FIVE months the
worst war OF all recorded time-worst because
OF ts vide extent, the fury with which IL il
prosecuted. and the destructive power OF its
new implements - brings unheard-of- misery
upon the human race; and ,ne Christian
churches are helpless TO prevent il. or even 10
mitigate its hortOrs. The effective orgauiza.
tons for such pitifully small relief as can be
given are for the most part not religious bat
secular The care OF the wounded falls on mon
and women trained in natural and physical
science, and possessing manual skill and the
spirit OF service.
The effective works OF mercy are performed
not chiefly by representatives OF the churches
or by religious partisans and zealots but by
men and women who understand how to get
food 10 the starving. to bring hrst-aid 10 the
wounded and carry them quickly TO hospitals.
TO prevent fevers and infections TO purify water
supplies. and to treat lockJaw, gangrene and
frostbite. The effective advocates OF peace and
goodwin among men In this horrible convul.
sion, produced by a nation which believes I'm
discipline ruthless force and the domination o,
me strong over the weak. are not the pris sta
and ministers OF traditional Christianity. or the
performers OF rites and ceremonies. but the
teachers OF public liberty as the indispensable
source or the highest efficiency IN individual on
nalloh and OF public Justice and righteousness
developed under free ROvernmental Institutions
which train men to selfcontrol IN freedom
under law
The great European war IL Fundamentally
conflict between freedom and democracy on
tne one side, and the rule Of hereditary mon.
archs and military class on the other. that
rule being maintained by appeals 10 love p,
country and national pride. and enforced bv n
stern discipline which leaves nothing OF I'm
er'y to the Individual. In this strife the Chris.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-13
Calls Churches Helpless
in Present Catastrophe.

The condition % Europe at this moment is
the last and most convincing demonstration
that the great churches OF Christendom have
lost their power to keep Man from sin. to guide
him on an upward path. and 60 make him
happy; for the churches are helpless in pres
ence OF this terrible mass OF longplAnned.
deliberately contriyed human sin. shame and
suffering. although the mass Is shot through
by splendid CLEANS OF courage. selfsacihce
and patriotic devotion.
The religious state OF Christendom today IL
therefore in need Of n genuine revival. Man
kind needs to worship. needs Indictments to
love. reverence and duty and happy spiritual
conception OF the universe. Without these
helps, Man cannot possibly be happy in his
family his labor his social order With
out these conceptions Of the finite and the in
finite values. Man cannot rise in his nature or
his life from bad to good. and from good TO
better.
No single personality born in Christendom-
and no class OF persons-can reach his best
without accepting as his guides in life the
fundamental teachings OF Jesus Christ-love
God and the neighbor. have compassion on the
wrohged and the desolate seek the truth that
frees. and worship God in spirit and in truth
What then Is the renewed Christianity which
these terrible times are living in cry out
for In the midst OF tears and heart-breaking
sorrows? II is a Christianity which abandons
the errors and the unjust cruel conceptions
which the centuries have piled up the sim
Pile teachings OF Jesus. II is a Christianity
which sympathizes with and supports the
aspirations OF mankind for INSTRUMENTATION
IN thought. speech and action. II Is a Chris
tianity which hallows and consecrates birth.
marriage, the bringing up OF children, family
life. the earnings OF the livelihood. and death.
and rejects all the aspersions on the natural
life OF Man which Christianity inherited from
paganism and Judaism.
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The great Christian churches have always
supported the claim OF absolute monArchs that
they rule by Divine right; but in the modern
world only ignorant or archaic persons accept
that doctrine. The mystic has always believed
that IN some unimAginable way he Il the
eipient. on occasion. Of direct revelations from
God through faculties or means OF perception
in himself which are instructive rather than
reasonable. but the advance m mans knowt
edge OF nature. and IN HIS power to apply to
his own uses the natural forces. has made q
harder than u used 10 be for intelligent
man 10 be = mystic.
The thinking person who II enduring q ife
Of suffering nov, on this earth. is much less
disposed than he used 20 be 90 accept as q real
consolation another imagined life free non
the struggles and pains OF the present life. In
other words. the consultations and hopes which
the Christian churches have heretofore i'm
parted to suffering human beings are to-day FAR
less efhcacious than they were In the FIRST
eighteen centuries Neither the heaven nor
the hell OF the Christian churches appeals 10
the modern man as Il formerly did to his pre-
decessors.