The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-11
HOLD FAST THAT WHICH is GOOD"

The other day we sat with some five thousand other people
for than hours listening music that written
than century and half ago 1t andes matchless
oaoro THE Messiah by the Bethany College Chorus OF
Lindsborg Kansas II old. old music but touched to the
depths the minds and hearts OF modern audience Its charm
due the fact that old fantastic any way
the reason why il was over powerng irresistible in its appeal
emotions because music built upon prin-
cpes OF that impesabe and truths that pass not
"The Messiah" lives for the same reason that "Tfe Had
The Acncad and Hamlet live. and for the that
the pcts Of Michael Angelo and other great PAINTERS survive
because they the urthemost eachgs Of the creative
imagination o genius applied to the discovery and representation
OF truth an beauty that tie works OF the old masters proof
against all the assaults o time In spite OF boasted progress
in all the fine the genius of bgone gave much that
the moderns surpass equal
"The old order paseth" it has been written-"new times
measuresand it is well for the world that the decaden
the and the false ephemera but in worship Of
take discard all the good the tested and the in the old
bunde disastrous it would be abandon Thc
Hamlet" with hest seller" OF which million copies were sold
last but which will be junk years hence wha
Charles Lamb After ALL time is the best critic OF and lera
well as of philosophy.
but unless forwardlooking also looking
there danger that their leadership will get where
experience" said Patrick Henry Unless the old things which
proved their value in the preserved and unless the lessons
of experience which be- gained only by looking backward
are learned we we must continue to make all the mistakes
which to one gropng experimenting where might
be ground In the OF the and better things such
progress demands necessarily make many mistakes
but need waste time and the remakng
ages have bequathed For example political theories
that proposed and find popular acepances today
panaceas for the ills of society old in the past and
their iy exposed by the of experience Boshevists
under different with only slightly different
ourishd the days of long ago Europe and America
Not progress but result from experimenting
with theories the asty of which is plainly shown by the lamp
of experience
When our orefathers this brought new
nation conceived liberty and dedicated the proposition
all free and equal they built upon solid foundation
That foundation the conception of liberty which
by the patriots who wrested Magma Chara from King John
Rnymede and the forms they devised the fruits expert
in free government in many lands How well they built
is proved by the place nation which America
occupies today the principle Of representative has
not been improved upon.
The old ideals of liberty embodied in bl Of rights
and the first amendments Of federal constitution unda
mental and not be dsregardd the slightest degree without
doing violence the welfare of mankind The old idea Of bey
under the forms of law Of the majesty of The law and strict
obedience to its spirit and letter cannot be ignored without under
mining the foundation of civilization and freedom itself The
doctrines which proclaimed the Declaration of ndepend
need to be pondered and reiterated again again
day.
The old liberties the old patriotism old ideas morally
set forth the Decaogue the old doctrines of individual worth
nucated the habit Of obedience the best train
ing for citizenship the old ideas Of and hono-a
priceless possessions which the present age has inherited
the past and which must be preserved if make pro-
and build better than predecessors
well think of the old things and apply the rigid
tests Of experience and the Wisdom that
some vital and unsurpassed contained in the of great
man who us the admonion prove all things, hold fast
that which is good"