Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-03

One Of the fnest of the many recent
original contributions published in this
paper during the past year, gem
worthy of high place in current liters-
lure, was contained in the weekly
Sunday school lesson written by Rev
William T. Ellis OF swarthmorc, Fa.
These two-column letters are always
worth while. applying biblical narra-
tive to present-day life. Sometimes
they seem to fall into tho machine
rut inevitable in periodical tasks, then
seems to Fash with an Inspiration
forged from the same sparkling alloy
a. the production OF the worlds best
authors.
The Child was the topic of the lesson
as considered in " Sunday schools Of
Pueblo yesterday and as portrayed In
tho Ellis leAcr contained IN the ISSUE
OF The Chicftain OF Christmas day. II
was the latter half of the article which
vas such rare and beautiful tribute TO
Tho Child. No one who read it can
ever again be inclined 10 slight "on.
OF these little ones. 1t nlsceS The
Child on high pedestal in the regard
of evoryone gifted with a spark of rev.
srcnce for the attributes Of all that Is
Godlike in humanity; all that is the
present embodiment of future possibil-
tiles.
while the nah, rrat,i-d
From the Atlantic coast in tho early
decades OF the Nineteenth century. fol-
lowing tho tracks OF boone, there came
a migration Of Caucasian people TO the
new states wcst Of tho AueEhsnies, tho
IN of hr nj With tho
thousands. They vsged two wars
the first against tho Indians, who were
soon run out. tho second against the
trees. By hard choppinE thru the sue
ccedinC half century they destroyed
millions Of acres of the finest forests
which for unknown centuries had COW
cred Indiana, Ohio. Kentucky and por-
tions Of other states. While their lit
tic children played, and the wives
cooked and scwed. tho fathers tolled
with the relentless axe. and the giants
OF the woods foil before them.
Midway in that century tho sons OF
those pioneers were on tho western
plains shooting down thousands OF but-
faloes and antclopes. out on tho Pa
ctfic coast tho tremendous boom OF tho
falling rcdwoods exceeded tho crash OF
the s-S-foot poplars back on the Wa
bash.
In the prairie schooner. carefully
comfortcd. then in the sod house
shielded from every harm. Tho Child
was precious treasure, regarded os
future heir OF tho new farm whose vir-
gin soil was being broken up.
Strange. unaccountablc pcrvcrsity.
which was ready to defend the little
ones. provide for Acir present wants.
display affection, yet porsistcnuy dis
regard their far future. For these fn-
stances OF destruction were only a few
in n thousand.
There is an old adaEe about the IN %
mcntablo difference between our hind
sight and our foresight When this
spot was being laid out. why could not
the original Pueblo Town company re-
scrvc a little piece or two for park pur-
poses. on the boundicss tract given bv
Uncle Sam. literally cheap a. dirt?
Forty years later Tho Child OF the SOS
had to pay out large sums to create
these parks.
The Vision" is tho siInilN used at
ono or two points In the Bible to do
note that lonC-headcd disccrnmont
which is able to anticipate and pre-
pare for tho far future. Where there
* no Vision tho people perish" denot-
ing u collective or community wisdom.
In tho spiritual realm 1t If spoken
of,as tho gift meaning that the sbil-