The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-28

uiHttulHS lut elemental, lunualnental
and eternal obligations of life. Many
a n mistakes big words for big
thoughts. Because something is alb
struse is no evidence that 1t il true or
valuable. The most Of the virtues Of
lifo are as clear and transparent as
the sunshine. Yet armies Of people are
nightly impressed with %resounding
phrases, like Uncle Josh, an old col
ored man in Il little town in Georgia.
lie was quite a character and a pro-
phet and patriarch among the people.
lie had long hair hanging down mis-
shoulders and knew all the yards
that would cure the "rheunatics" ard
the charms that would drive the ghosts
away. lie thought that he knew all
about religion and there was no ques-
ton that the darkies could ask for
which he did not have an |infallible
answer. But he had the Job of his
life ON his hands when they put in
an electric lighting system, and the
mystificd ones wanted him to explain
how the lights came on without
matches. For two weeks he stumbled
over this until some one told him that
the man at the power house knew
all about It. Uncle Josh ambled down
for information. "Mornin' boss, Use
jlst com down to AK you to splanify
how dey make dem lights" All right.
Uncle Josh. | am glad to do that.
We make them with electricity"
Say, boss, will you jest please
'splanify TO me u little furder? What
IS dat Electricity" Sure, III tell you
all about that. Electricity is a subtle
agent evolved in any disturbance of
molecular equilibrium. According to
the modern theory Of conservation and
correlation Of force it is a mode Of
motion Of the molecules Of matter. 1t
is the manifestation of friction offered
by the resistance Of an imperfect con-
ductor to the highly electric state of
the metal in the apparatus induced
by motion and magnetism" BY the
time he had gotten that far along
Uncle Josh had backed out toward the
door. "Thank'ee boss. Much obleeged.
boss. / guess nov I'm the only Niger
in dis town dat knows how dey saut
de- coal lie through dem wires" To
a lot Of people the light Of the world
is only a labyrinth Of theological
wires. The world hungers for bread
and we offer it a stone.
The parish priest OF austerity
Climbed into a high church steeple,
That he might nearer God be
And hand His word down to the
people.
He daily wrote what he thought
Was sent from heaven,
And dropped down on the peoples
heads.
Two times one day in eve
In his age God said,
Come down and die"
Where art thou, Lord" cried
The preacher from the steeple.
And the Lord replied.
Down here among my people
When we find the gold of religion,
the treasure that car be laid up in
Heaven where thieves never break
thro and steal, it will be when We get
down to the surging, s~ufferin throngs
that crowd our streets and alleys, that
cry with hoarse ,~despairing voices for
help that this world can never give;
when We take the bread of life and
the cup Of living water to the halt, the
helpless and the blind.
My other word is regarding the gold
Of happiness. Leaving aside MI meta
physics We can agree that, practically,
the end of life is the attainment OF
happiness. | could not imagine that
anyone would want money il they
knew that ii would bring them misery.
nor TO be married II it meant only
broken hearts. | could not ever i'm
agine that one would want to so TO
Heaven unless he thought that he
would be happier there than some
where else. Certainly the n who has
failed in happiness here and hereafter
has failed in everything.
Will you believe me when ] say that
you car be happy where you are?
Happiness consists but little Of the
things without and almost altogether
of the disposition within. I can give
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