The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-01-27
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they consequently have lost faB,n IN
themselves and they have gone to
pieces.
Another story Is told OF Old Timer,
who SAT- on the brOken-down Steps UI d
frontier general store and watched the
caravans pass westward on the rex 10
CalifOi MIA. One traveller, viewing ane
country through which he was passing
said to the old timer, Mostly CUT
thr0aas am thieves live here it seems
IT, me-" Looking at The stranger medi
tatIvely and app aisingly, he answered,
Yes, mostly eutthiOats and thieves
live in these paris" Soon another ira
Weller approached him and said 10 Odd
Timer, Mostly deceB and GOd-fearlng
people out here / suppose" Wan AN
O~her calculating look the old timer re-
phel, Yes, mostly decent and God
fea ring people live in ahese paris" The
first man passed on across the deser.
traveller was made sti ong by his 1aIth
In his fellow man and by faith and
confidence in himself
So 1t seems to me as / see This edu-
cation Of yours, from this time Onto
get the best out of life's experiences.
Have faith in yourself
This education will find a practical
expression in human life.
q. w. Fiske gives US some test
questions about this education Of ours.
Has your education given you SYM
paahy with all good causes and made
you eSpOuSe them? Have you learned
how to make friends and keep them:
Do you know what 1t is 70 be q frienu
yourself? Do you see anything to love
in a little child? Will q lonely dog
follow you down the street? Can you
be high-minded and happy in The
meaner drudgeries Of life? DO you thinA
washing dishes and hOeing corn just a.
compatible with highLhinking as piano
playing or golf? Can you be happy
alone? Can you look out upon the
world and see nothing but dollars and
GEMS? Can you look into the sky ~.
night and see beyond the stars? Can
you claim relationship with the Crea
tlr?"
This education is more than the
ownership Of a parchment framed on
the wall.
1t can best be described by Edward
Adams Cantrell in his poem, The
Cause"
If you accept life, and are willing to
exalt it above names, phrases, and
things;
If you accept truth, and after the
SevereSt tests, are not afraid;
If you accept brOtherliness as better
than the hates of the jungle;
III you love justice, and hate the very
semblance of exploitation;
If you love work as the expression of
the Creative Idea,
Then let US work together; we will be
comrades!
We VIM eat our bread by the sweat
Of our faces;
Our grace at table shallsbe the CON-
seiousness that we have earned what
We eat;
We viii not ask God for eur daily
bread, like pi0us mendieants;
We will ask for the daily tasks, that
Hqrking together with Him we shall
share His creations.
And these are the tasks toward which
We will set enr faces;
Tasks Of che seed-time and harvest,
tasks Of the mills and the mines,
tasks Of the common day, frst Of all,
We accept.
We accent we will perform, We will
transform In the great new way,
Br we viii bring to them the great
souls love OF doing,
And We win bring to them the pas
sionate love Of comrades,
And we win give to them reyerent
regard for the future.
We viii till the fields for our present
needs, bpt We viii conserve the fer
tility@ Of the soil as a heritage for
the generations yet unborn;
We will fell trees, but We Will also
plant, and religiOusly restore the
forests;
We win plant flowers. and protect the
birds, stopping at once and for all
time their wantsn slaughter;
We will cleanse the lakes and streams
and stock them with fishes;
We will drain swamps and reclaim
deserts, and build up the City Beau
6ifuL
Throwing our kits over our shoulders.
we viii 20 ont and build up the
New Jerusalem,
The New Chicago. the New New York,
the New Every Other-City under the
sun,
The new Heaven and the new Faith
wherein may dwell righteousness.
Not that there viii be new astrono-
my or o new geology. The same old
stars will be over our heads, and the
same old soils beneath our feet,
But the stars will be stars Of hope, and
the earth viii be an earth OF prom
ise for all the children Of man.
And we will ask no man to give mp
his wealth.. but renouncing privilege,
We viii ask every man to work for
the Commonwealth,
For we know well that when We work
together and do away with waste,
there will be more than enough fer
all men.
And we viii not ask any man TO give
I'D his religion. bat we. viii ask ey-
cry man to, live up to the best that
Is In hia religion.
For we know that as life grows, the
lava Of life viii become sacred or
dinances,
And Is, good will grows. our simplest
relations wall have sacramentai
values,
And as knowledge grows, work VIII
become Worship and love VIII be the
soul OF all prayer.
ar<a Aol;ova mo this love 0f Ours win