The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-04-25
BEYOND THE HORIZON

Some time ago book entitled "Be
yond the Horizon" fell into the hands
of the book reviewer of The Echo,
Because the book attacks the social
and economic conditions, that prevail
in this world, which few will deny are
long way from perfect, and all hope
and believe may be improved, nay,
must be improved if we would per-
petuate civilization, he read Beyond
the Horizon" in the hope that he
would find something that pointed to
the brotherhood of Man" In addi-
ton to this the book had the addi
tional interest of having been written
by man who has frequently been
called to Leavenworth by his profess
sional duties. The author, Mr.. F. B.
Morrill,, is a practicing attorney of
Spokane, and was last here in Janu-
airy as attorney for the Lamb Davis
Lumber Co., of Clinton, Iowa.
He is taken to one of the stellar
planets in an airplane by a visitor to
earth and describes conditions there
The inhabitants speak the English
language.
A visitor from the stellar world
comes to earth in an airplane and
takes Mr.. Morrill, back with him after
he has spent some time here acquaint-
ing himself with our institutions.
Passing over the fact that he finds
the people of that far away planet
speaking the English language as even
less probable than that the heavenly
condition under which he found the
people living will ever prevail on
earth. Not denying, however, that it
is much to be desired. He found
everybody living in mansions sur
rounded with beautiful grounds. Flow
ers everywhere and the ambient at
mosphere vibrating with the strains
of sweet music. The waking hours
mostly devoted to pleasure riding in
automobiles, playing all sorts of
games in perpetual sunshine, not for
getting to mention that baseball was
one of the most popular outdoor
sports. There were no courts, officers
OF jaiIs. Just one continual round of
pleasure. There was no need for such
worldly institutions because everyone
did right simply because it was right.
There were neither rich nor poor.
No sickness, and if death the reader is
left in doubt on this point. The peo-
pie live in houses, eat and wear cloth
ing just as they do here. They even
have all kinds of factories, just as we
do, but no one is ever injured in them,
therefore there are no MANNED or
cripples. People worked from two to
four hours six days in the week.
He makes no mention of seeing
churches, wherefore we conclude there
is no religion there, which might in
a measure account for the beatific
condition of things. The people are
all well educated, refined, polite and
generous. To such worldly shortcom-
ings as hatred, envy, jealousy, anger
and other worldly passions as afflict
the worldly, they were total strangers.
Truly, a heavenly condition, and we
submit that the book had been more
properly titled "a Trip to Heaven"
The condition Mr.. Morrill, found in the
stellar world engaged his attention
to the last chapter, in the hope that
he would tell how it was brought
about, or if they came from the hand
of the creator in that perfect and
heavenly mould.
AS means of refreshing ones mem
DRY of heaven, as taught in childhood,
or to those who nurse the hope that
this condition is possible of attain
ment in this sin cursed and very prac-
teal world, Mr.. Morrill's book is
worth reading. 1t can be bought or
ordered from any bookseller Price
SIPS. D. Fl. M.