Evening star., 1925-04-16
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

st. John, old Buddy, we now en-
bark upon the translation into prose
of the third epistle of Alexander
Pope's Essay on Man. which some
say is hard to understand in the
original rhymed couplets. Let's go!
Those who preach or pray ought
particularly to keep In mind the great
truth that the Universal Cause Of all
things has one great design in mind,
although He takes various means
to that end.
No matter how healthy we are
and, therefore. feel as If we could
never die-or how stuck on ourselves,
or puffed up because we have a little
money in the bank, we ought to re-
member that:
There is a sort o chain of love
binding all creation together. Mod.
ern science shows US that the little
atoms cling together. Vegetables die
to sustain the life of man.
BY turns each one of us catches
the vital spark of life and then dies.
We are like bubbles in sea of mat
ter, bubbles that rise, and break and
return to the sea again.
Can't you see that there is an all
preserving soul that connects each
living thing in the universe to the
next? Everything is served by an.
other, and serves some other thing
Nobody stands alone. We see the
chain, but we do not see the other
end of 1t. that is all.
Do you think that God. you simple
ton, has created the whole universe
simply for you, your fun. your sport,
your clothing, your food? Well. you We
got another think coming to you if
you do.
If the Lord feeds the COW for your
a ha i,,, \
the meadow for the COW, don't forget
that. Do you think it is for you that
the lark flies and sings? Rats, man!
JOY makes him flop his wings and
sing like that.
Do you think that the robbin chirps
just to please you? Bunk. He has a
girl Of his own.
When you ride q horse, the steed
gets as much pleasure out OF the ride
as you do. Do you think you alone
will get the benefits out of that grass
Don't fool YOURSELF The sparrows are
out there eating 1t up now.
The hog plows not, neither does
he spin. but you daily carry him his
grub. No. stree, Nature takes care of
all her children. The fur that you
make into a great coat to keep you
warm was intended by Nature to keep
bear warm. not you.
Strut around and cry out, "See
everything for my usen Honest,
Tom, your cat will laugh up his paw
and say, There's the fellow who
works to supply me with fish and
milk"
The happiness of all created things
is more or less mutual, although 1t
takes us a lifetime or more to learn
II. Even the animals we are going
to eat we make happy until we eat
them. We give them their feast OF
life first, then Kill them. Maybe
heaven treats us much In the same
way; we, too, must perish, when our
feast OF life is over.
Did you ever stop to look at 1t that
way, old top?
Created things. whether operating
according to instinct or reason, seem
to enjoy the power that suits them
the best, AS a matter OF cold fact,
since God created the instincts, what
more does any created thing need, If
1t really, fully, follow these instincts
Reason often has TO be drafted for
our service. but honest instinct is a
ready volunteer, and knows just how
far to shoot. Often by following in
stincts one is able 20 find happiness,
where solemn reasoning would miss 1t.
Amt that the truth2
Who do you suppose, Buddy, taught