Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-05

icating by other means than wires or
words. We have developed a mania
for receiving and sending cryptic codes,
Kilograms, occult messages and IN the
larger researches and e%nlarging mind.
In this W. are returning to the original
and the primitive. We are taking up
and using the only universal language.
1t was used in tn morning of time, in
the stone age. in the ages Of flint, iron,
bronze. and it will be used in the golden
ages of the future when God and the
man He has made are one and again
understand each other and will walk
and talk as they did in Eden.
Common Medium
.'This language is used all over the
world today by men of all kinds, colors.
classes and conditions of life. And if
Mars, the moo or any other star or
planet is inhabited. it is suing it too.
It is the method of the little child be-
fore it is able to form or use a word.
The aged continue it's marvellous ex-
pres9iveneSs long after the sunsets of
life have mellowed its marvellous beau
ty. 1t is used by the trader and trap
per. the Chinese mandarin or the leader
of the caravans to the land of the
spices, from the golden west to Alas
ka's frozen lands. The sign language
is the common medium of expression.
"The sign language is the one uni
versal language. The shrug of the
shoulder. the flash of the eye, the curl
ing of the lip, the stamping of the foot,
the nod of the head, or the pointing of
a hand is a sign language that all people
know and understand. The savage and
the primitive races are especially keen
and eloquent in such mean of express
sion. IT appears to be based on 8 uni
yersal instinct.
Stars Signal Messages
$50 we arc living in a universe
through which God is constantly try
ing to speak to US. The air says
Emerson. is full Of sounds; the sky OF
tokens; the ground of memoranda and
signals: and every hope is covered over
with hints that speak to the intelli-
gent The stars above our, heads are
signalling wireless messages with each
scintillating flash. The stones that we
tread beneath our feet are but raised
letters expressing the history of geology
and interrupting the romance of the
ages. All nature is an intricate sys-
tenn of signs and signals and thoughts
of God written into brier and bush. and
flowers and field, and in all nature.
The wood creatures watch for the sig
nails of the weather.
"It is strange hat man Is the only
creature that neglects the study Of this
wonderful language and it is a mar
velous means of communication. 1t is
Gods word and Gods letter to us. King
David heard God speaking clearly when
he said. when | consider the heavens
the work of Thy fingers. the moon
and stars which Thou has ordained.
what is man that Thou art mindful of
him and the son of man that Thou
hast visited. for Thou hast made him
a little lower than God and hast crown
ed him with glory and honor.
"He received this not from the hand
of scribe nor from the words of any
human language, but directly from his
God. The same thought is in his mind
when in the nineteenth Psalm he said,
The heavens declare the glory of God
and the armament sheweth his handi-
work. Day unto day uttereth speech
and night unto night sheweth knowl-
edge
When God undertook to give his
messages to man he used this
universal language. When man under
takes to say anything real he resorts
to the same universal method of ex-
preston. When great issues of life
and death are at stake men do not
rattle away with words. but with sig
mails, deep determination by a look
and gestures that are heroic with re-
solve. !
$50 it is through signs and symbols
and actions and deeds that men really