The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-02-19

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own power ninety miles from Cam.
borne to London. he visioned the
modern automobile, but It took one
hundred years to develop the vision
into modern pleasure and CONNER
cial efficiency
! When In 1928 on the new Liver.
pool and Manchester railway, Georgc
S,cvenson's Rocket" triumphed over
John Ericsson's Novelty" there was
established a new era in transporta.
'ion OF passengers and freight, but It
toos nearly a hundred years to bring
ou, the modern locomotive. But
vision did II.
/ When Hartman lodged at Pelican
Gay. saw mountain and lake, and riv-
er End valley. he saw also In vision
farms OF vast resources with hay and
grain and herds. and city. He start
ed the actualizing OF his vision by
laying 5O-pound steel into this city
and building a granite depot. Did
his decision die with him? No
When Mohammed started his great
movement, he had vision. His men
had vision when he promised them n
heaven OF sensual pleasure, and they
swept across Africa. and in a little
over n hundred years were battling 10
the Geath with Charles Martel In an.
other and third continent. When
Robert Morrison crossed the seas and
"aiied In China eleven years before
he got n convert to the Christian re-
ligion. he had vision. and anticipated
evanG"Iized China. When Lincoln
saw slave sale In the New Orleans
market and cried. III ever get
chance to hit this thing. III hit II
hhrd.' who knows what vision OF
po~er lifted through the mind of 4
man whose life was beginning to ex
pard At least. his Indignation voic IS
the Vision that some day the curse
might be wiped out. When he spoke
again in later years, This govern
mcnt cannot endure permanently half
slave and half Free" he spoke from
rision hacked up by long and hard ex-
rcr!cnce. So when Paul stood before
Agrippa and cried, Wherefore. oh
King Agrippa. was not disobedient
unto the heavenly vision; but declar-
cd both to them at Damascus first,
and also at Jerusalem. and throu gh-
out all the country Of Judea. and
also to the Gentiles. that they should
repent and turn to God. doing works
worthy OF repentance" ne spoke from
the effects OF vision.
Two Elements.
In all projects there are just two
main elements. the variable and the
invariable. the changing and the un-
changing, God and men. Whenever
the changing element, man, suits him
self to the unchanging element, God,
there are results. No one would ar
que for a moment that any man can
change a law OF nature. The true
scientist seeks only to know law and
ally himself with 1t. The true busi-
ness man seeks the laws Of business
and personality. and tries to ally him
self with them. The true Christian
seeks only to know the laws of the
religious life in Christ. and then to
ally himself with them.
Communities may have vast re-
sources and these resources may lie
dormant for decades. though known
to be present. The information may
be in hand. Men may believe they
lFnrc there. But unless they have the
inspiration OF vision of these re-
sources in action. the city or COM
munity lies stagnant and may ever
recede. There may be wealth OF
young life OF humanity In a commun-
ity. and 1t may be known. but unless
someone couples this with vision that
makes 1t a developing power. cor
ruption and death will surely creep
In. This corruption may be known
and dreaded, and its effect seen in
both youth and adult, but SO long as
possessed power to crush 1t Is never
coupled with the vision of the de-
posed evil. 1t wilf~ continue to sap
good lives to feed itself. It is only
within few years that the body of
civilization Is beginning to see truly
this law. that right and wrong are
questions Of efficiency. and that this
is the reason that God has pronounc-
ed them right and wrong. All high
moral and religious standards are
rooted deep in this law, that wrong
Is wrong because 1t weakens. and
right is right because 1t strengthens,
God then ceases to be a domineerins
autocrat, and becomes wise father
of productive life. and his dignity and
power are not lowered in the least
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