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    The Omaha Bee
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THOSE LONG-HAUL RATES.
In his address to the members and guests of the
Greater Omaha Committee Thursday evening, Presi
dent Hale Holden referred to the growing menace to
the middlewest involved in the low water rates from
coast to coast.
These low rates are building up industries in
the coast sections at the direct expense of middle
western industries. If the^ are continued, business
in the middlewest- which, of course, can not use
water rates—will languish and ultimately will die.
Mr. Holden, speaking for the railroads, is anx
ious that permission be given to make low long-haul
rai’road rates. Low railroad rates for the long
haul will in a measure help the railroads, because
they can then get back some of the freight tonnage
that is going by water in increasing measure. The
problem for the middlewest is broader than this,
however. It is the low rates between the coasts
that will kill industrial development in the middle
west. It makes little difference to us in the trans
Missouri country whether the low rate for the long
haul is via railroad or via water.
What we want, what we must have, is an equal
ized rate structure. Senator Goooding of Idaho
sees red when he thinks of long hauls on the rail
roads being made for less than the sum of the local
rates intervening. What he needs to realize is that
-a lower long-haul rate is a lower and therefore dis
criminatory rate, whether the freight is carried by
rail or by water.
Senator Gooding is fathering a scheme to deny
to the Interstate Commerce commission the right to
give railroads permission to make these low long
haul rates. He is tackling only half the problem and
therefore he is going at it the wrong way. There
might be some value in his scheme if he were to
amend it so as to make it impossible for wate?-traf
fic to move at a lower rate than the sum of the local
railroad rates.
All efforts of congress to make rates by legis
lative enactment, however, are wrong in principle.
Itate-making is a technical job. The Interstate Com
merce commission is specially organized and
equipped for rate-making purposes. The proper
step is to put an end to this long-haul discrimina
tion, whether by rail or by water, by turning over
to the Interstate Commerce commission the power
to fix water rates as well as rail rates.
The middlewest is paying out millions in taxes
£pr the construction and maintenance of the Panama
canal. It is time we awakened to the fact that it is
being used against us.
NUTS FOR NEBRASKA WOOD LOTS.
A news item from Bridgeport tells us that black
walnut trees will grow in the North Platte valley.
S. S. Videtto, a pioneer settler in the neighborhood
of Minatare, has a large bearing grove of black wal
nut trees, which he has nurtured into a a great suc
cess. For most of the people of Nebraska this will
be interesting information. Yet many fine groves
of black walnut trees grew along the rivers and
creeks of the state in early days. Some still exist.
We suggest that other farmers than Mr. Videtto
give attention to the planting of black walnuts. A
bulletin from the Bureau of Forestry of the De
partment of Agriculture advises the planting of
black walnut because: It is easily started, grows
at a fair rate, attains a large size, is long-lived, does
not prevent grazing, yields edible nuts, and is use
ful and valuable for lumber.
N Little more could be asked of a forest tree. It
Is not recommended that large groves be planted,
but a few trees on a farm will add greatly to its
beauty and value. Good soil is required, witli suf
ficient moisture. Farmers who contemplate setting
out trues on Arbor day, as is customary in Nebraska,
are advised to include black walnut in tbtir list.
Black walnut is comparatively free from insect
pests, is hardy, grows well over a wide range, and
grows rapidly in favorable soil. It is adapted to
waste places on the farm. Openings in wood lots,
fence corners, hillsides that are difficult to culti
vate, along ravines, and other similar spots may be
utilized. Grown either from the nut or from seed
ling, the black walnut will return for its culture
many times the cost of planting.
WHAT BECOMES OF THE COLLARS?
Remember the old query, “What becomes of thu
pins?” No one has yet made a satisfactory answer,
but interest in pins diminishes when one thinks of the
linen collar of commerce. What does become of all
the collars? Laundry machinery will not furnish the
reply. A recent merger of collar and shirt com
panies reveals the interesting fact that the total out
put of the two during 1924 was more than twenty
million dozen. Two hundred and forty million col
lars'a year is a whole lot of collars. And that many
from two factories, mind you. Other collar factories
ere turning them out by the millions. If the average
linen collar is 14 inches long, the output of Ameri
can collar factories, If laid end to end would reach
from here to almost anywherp within the hounds of
human comprehension. Beside the mystery of what
becomes of all those collars the mystery of the dis
eppearing pins sinks into nothingness.
We know where a few of these collars go, but
only a few. Every now and then w« arc reminded
t
by a chafed neck that it is time to dispose of one
of them and renew the supply. But it is impossible
to visualize three or four hundred million chafed
necks. The collar industry is no small thing, evi
dently. Now that attention has been called to it let
some one e»me forth to tell us what in the world be
comes of all of them.
SETTLING INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES.
A few days ago elections were held in the Swift
and Company plants to select workmen representa
tives on the industrial council of the company. One
of the gratifying results noted is that 97.6 per cent
of all the workers employed by Swift voted at the
election. This is taken as an indication of the in
telligent interest the men take Tn the plan.
The “company union,” as it is called to distin
guish it from the “men’s” union, has come into con
siderable prominence in connection with the develop
ment of industry. It has commonly been adopted by
those big concerns who are unwilling to deal with
organized labor as it is generally constituted. Reports
from the Swift experience give the plan strong
recommendation. In four years of operation under
the plant council more than 1,800 disputes of va
rious sorts have been dealt with. Of these fully 70
per cent h<ve been determined in favor of the men.
w*g«: hjive been both increased and decreased
under the council's decisions. Each of the several
Swift plants has its own assembly, and each handles
its own affairs.
Opposed to this is a report by the Russell Sage
Foundation on the operation of the company union
plan at the Colorado Fuel and Iron company’s plant.
This investigation reports dissatisfaction amongst
the men. It is answered by a statement from one of
the vice presidents of the company, who asserts that
the, system is working well. That working and other
conditions have been greatly improved, and that the
great majority of the company’s employes in all de
partments are well satisfied with the industrial coun
cil system.
Many reports have been made, covering different
industries and separate concerns in similar indus
tries. Naturally a variation of opinion exists, and
it is unwise to express a final opinion on the evidence
as presented. Especially when there is a wide varia
tion between the statements of the investigators.
What is admitted by all is that some sort of touch
must be established between employer and employe.
That management and workers have some things in
common, some in opposition, and that each must hear
the other patiently and weigh carefully all the facts
before deciding.
The public is chiefly concerned in the efforts that
are being made to avert industrial disputes. Which
ever plan is eventually put into general use, if it
brings peace and harmonious conduct of the busi
ness involved, will be accepted by the great third
party to all the clashes between labor and capital.
SCORE ONE FOR THE COMMITTEE.
Gentlemen of the Greater Omaha Committee, we
salute you. You have put over a big thing in a
big way.
It may not sound much of an achievement to as
semble a crowd of citizens to welcome a noted guest.
Such things are done every day. What the Greater j
Omaha Committee did, however, goes just a little bit
beyond that. It first induced Hale Holden, presi
dent of the great Burlington railroad, to be the guest
of the city. Not only that, but to bring with him
l many members of his official family. Mr. Holden
i expressed himself as having obtained, during a single
day in Orqaha, a much better notion of the town
than he had had, and the warmth of his acknowledge
ment of his reception betokens an awakened interest '
, hi the affairs of one of the Burlington’s greatest cus
tomers.
Another really worth while accomplishment of
the committee is the character of the assemblage at
its dinner to Mr. Holden and the other Burlington of
ficials. It has been a long time since such a truly
representative group of Omaha citizens has gathered
for any purpose. Through all the social communica
tion ran a single note, unbroken, and swelling not
fo a crescendo, but to a deep diapason. Faith in
Omaha! Confidence in the future! Determination
fo go straight ahead to better and bigger things. To
fully realize the possibilities the toastmaster spoke
about.
Omaha is not living in the past. It has a record I
to be proud of, but is not resting on that. What has
been done here is nothing compared to what will be
done. And the Greater Omaha Committee has started
the movement well.
CATCHING UP WITH THE TIMES.
If anybody tells you that over in the old country
they are lagging behind, just wink one eye and
smile. Over there they may be a bit backward in
some things, but “self-determination” is not one of
I them.
Over in Mesopotamia they had a parliamentary
election a week or so ago. Evidently they have
been studying up on modern political methods, for
when the votes were counted they numbered 10,
000,000, despite the fact that there are only 3,000,
1)00 inhabitants in that country.
That ia keeping up with the political procession
with a vengeance. The Mesopotamian brethren have
evidently been studying under the tuteluge of a
Tammany chieftain.
“J. R. W.” in the Milwaukee Journal warns a
superstitious world that Friday the Thirteenth comes
three times this year, in February, March and No
vember. That does not intrigue us quite so much as
the fact that the "please remit” date comes its regu
lation twelve times during the same period.
Representatives Axtell and Waite have Intro
duced a bill providing for the establishment of n
state hank. Mr. Axtell is a locomotive engineer
and Mr. W’aite a farmer, therefore both are thor
oughly competent to plan, establish and conduct a
state banking institution.
Habitual reading of “Three Weeks” may not be
.1 crime, but certainly it is deserving the attention
of the lunatico inquirendo.
The lady distiller who put up n mirror so she
could primp while tending t-he still certainly had her
ideas on efficiency.
Speaking of a total eclipse, Messrs. I.aFollette
and Davis could give some interesting data if prop
erly approached.
Quartz mining in the west has disappeared, hut
quarts mining on the Atlantic coast is flourishing.
Immediate steps should lie taken to bring Wfl
liamson county, Illinois, back into the Union.
The return of the corset is promised, hut we ap
prehend that the promise lias a string to it.
The higher wheat goes the lower goes the pros
pects of a “party of protest."
If Sarpy county does not want, to be annexed,
what than? • f
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“The Model Old Man”
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By JAMES MARK DANBY.
As I write these lines my mind goes
back to the time when we were talk
ing about "The Model Young Man.”
Both pulpit and press were constantly
lauding this young man. But they
seem to have lost him, or at least he
| has disappeared from public view and
no one is especially concerned.
We have had with us through' the
centuries "The Model Old Man,” and
very few people have recognized him.
He does not ask for position oy honor,
for he has acquired both as the his
tory of the world will show. He-does
ask for respect, for he knows the
lower a people are in the scale of
civilization the less respect tfiey have
for the old. Heathenism has no ven
eration for the aged. Some old peo
ple feel that they are pushed off into
a corner, have outgrown their use
fulness. etc. This is very foolish, in
deed. We do not reach our full pow
ers until we are old. The fruit falls
when it is ripe. We become full-orbed
when we are ripe in experience and
knowledge. A person 25 or 30 years
of age cannot possess this higher rea
son. It floes not come to youth. It
starts after middle life to the man
who studies and lives with an open
mind. I admit a few have possessed
it, but they were "old heads on young
shoulders.” They were exceptions
and the order of nature was reversed
in their case.
• • •
Hermogenes at the age of 15 taught
rhetoric to the Emperor Marcus
Aurelius, but when 24 years old he
forgot ail he ever knew.
Johannes Secundqa, at the age also
of 15 was a composer In Greek and
Latin and became a master in Juris
prudence and letters, but he died at
25. To become distinguished in the
great Republic of Letters Is no easy
task. To acquire learning is a very
slow process. There are branches of
science it will take an entire life
time to become eminent In.
• * •
To get ready to pursue certain
branches of knowledge it will take the
first half of life.
Take philosophy, and there are but
few distinguished names who did not
acquire fame in advanced age.
Socrates uttered his grandest say
ings in his old age. He died at 70.
Plato was still in his studies at 40,
and began teaching at 50, and was
as bright as a dollar at 82.
Aristotle established his school of
philosophy at Athens at 53.
It took Bacon 60 years to become s
real genius, when he gave to the
world "Novum Organum,” which
revolutionized modern scientific inves
tigation.
Hobbs published his treatise on
“Human Nature" at 62 and at 63
completed his “Leviathan."
Lock gave the world his great works
In old age. Kant gave us his system
of philosophy at 57. Reid gave us his
principal work on mental science at
78.
Philosophy demands of every one
who would master it the highest order
of wisdom, and this is also true of
law and Jurisprudence. ....
Coke, Montesquieu, T*ord Mansfield
nnd our own Storey achieved fame In
old age.
Naturalists, like Copernicus, Ouy
ler, Humboldt, and our own Franklin,
did the same thloffs.
Statesmen are generally old before
they amount to much. Some people
have thought that excellence in the
line arts is the prerogative of youth.
This is not true. We refer you to
Homer. Dante and Milton. Milton did
not begin to write “Paradise Dost"
until he was f>4.
If you will take music, sculpture
and painting, you will find that fame
came to these men In old age. when
their faculties were fully developed.
We are now living In an unthink
ing age.
Can we produce great men and
women with the world as it is?
Conditions will have to change be
fore though rules the earth. The
world must be governed by thinkers.
Wisdom is more divine than energetic
action.
Older communities must mold the
character of the younger and more
unstable communities.
in nation, in commerce, in business,
in education and religion, position
must be given to men and women of
thought. There is too much noise for
the amount of thinking the i*ople
are doing. But the greatest posses
sion of an old man or woman is a full
orbed Christian character. This Is
the crowning glory of old age.
A man’s religion should be first. To
he a Christian man or woman is the
greatest achievement of life. If we
fall In this, we have failed In the
most important thing in connection
with our journey from the cradle to
(he grave.
Not how 'ong has a man lived, but
how well has he lived. This is his
frowning glory.
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Gutzon Bor glum's
Work
y i
Riding across Georgia, the empire
state of the south; Alabama, its
Pennsylvania, and Mississippi, its
richest Mississippi valley state, on
the anniversary of the birth of the
greatest figure of the lost cause, I
am thinking of the .Stone mountain
and the gigantic memorial of the
confederacy now under way.
A week ago I stood at the base of
that tremendous granite rock and
gazed upon the heatl of Robert K.
Lee, the first of the figures to emerge
from its perpendicular wall.
My pride as an American in this
stupendous undertaking swelled, not
alone at the great conception which
Is beginning to be a reality, but be
cause the genius whose name and
fame will be chiseled by himself into
the monster mountain wall, Gutzon
Borglum, is an Omaha man, a fellow
citizen who grew to manhood in our
city, where his father and mother He
buried and where two brothers and
sister still live.
Kvery reader is familiar with this
audacious undertaking which will
cost $3,500,000 in money and the labor
and skill of devoted men and their
leader for 10 years. Its dimensions
are welt known. Nothing equal to It
has thus far been attempted by man.
When completed it will be the won
der of the world, greater than any
of the seven wonders of the ancients
and as an expression of the spnti
nient of a great people, unexampled
in all history.
• • •
The funds which are required to
carry out this remarkable monument
to the armies of the south and the
the cause for which they met defeat,
are obtained from subscriptions from
individuals. Thomas Fortune Ryan
of New York nnd Virginia has recent
ly gladdened the hearts of the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, their few
remaining fathers and the Stone
Mountain Monumental association,
by a contribution of $10,000. Some
thing like half a million dollars has
been realized to date and the unveil
ing of the head of General Lee one
'car ago aroused great interest in
the enterprise. There seems to be no
question that necessary funds will be
available ns needed and the work will
lie available as needed and the work
will not be delayed. The south is ex
periencing a prosperity which has not
been theirs since the battle of Ap
pomattox, until within a few years.
Its people are increasing In number
and in wealth and the glowing pride
of the sons and daughters of the men
who followed Lee will not permit this
great project to fail or falter.
• • •
Northern people who have never
been In the southland, cannot know
or understand the inheritance of
patriotism, though glorying In the
history of the southern confederacy,
the 13 states which sought severance
from the American union, and at th"
same lime revering the victorious
flag of our reunited nation. Two sub
sequent wars have demonstrated its
sincerity. Sons and grandsons of the
veterans of the federal and confed
erato armies have fought America's
battles bravely side by side. There Is
also a comradeship existing between
the remaining soldiers of the two op
posing armies which Is most heautt
ful. As a complete reconciliation I
can think of no happier example than
that which marked the relations of
Gens. Joe Hooker and Joe Wheeler,
thp former a division commander of
union forces nnd the latter of equal
rank in the southern army, churning
together as members of the same
congress. One had lost a right arm
and the other a left arm In a battle
where they faced each other. When
In Washington If either Itotight a polr
of gloves, lie gave the glove he could
not wear to his one time enerrly. In
the Spanish American war Generals
Wheeler and Fltzhugh Lee, hoth
dashing ex confederate officers, were
division commanders of American
troops.
• • •
The late President Harding appre
e lated the sentiment of the people of
the late confederacy, nnw loyal Amer
icans, when In answer to an Invita
tion to attend the ceremonies of un
veiling the slatue of the head of Gen
eral Lee, which he regretted he could
not accept, said;
“Yet »ven more appealing tn
mo Is the thought that the time
ha* come when the president
may, with the complete concur
rence of a united country, and
with slnecrest approval, share
your pleasure and extend his alii
In the making such monument
possible. It will be one of the
world's first testimonials, one of
history's most complete avowals
that unity and understanding mny
lie brought even to the scene
where faction, hatred and hostil
ity once reigned supreme."
A son of Omaha, the son of n
union veteran, conceived this spirit
did memorial and his skill ns a sculp
tor directs thn details. May he live to
see the work completed, Is the sin
cere wish of the w riter
THOMAS W. IILAFKR1 11N.
Quoth tile Poet.
“People ate finding fault with your
poetry "
“Shows they are noticing it. And
that's a distinct gain." Louisville
Fourier Journal.
Fishing,
"John, the flslt won't bite Let me
(ell you a riddle 1 Just heard "
"All right I'll bile If Ilia fish
won't." Louisville Courier Journal.
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Electricity in the American Home
_
"Use of electrical appliances In the
home dates back only comparatively
few years, but during that time its
rate of growth has been amazing,”
says the National Bank of Commerce
in New York. In the February issue
of Commerce Monthly, the bank says:
"The first electric lamp was mar
keted about 18S0, and the domestic
appliance Industry proper had Its be
ginning about 20 years ago. In 1894
trade estimates place total sales of
appliances, fixtures and other electrical
merchandise used by retail consumers
fas contrasted with commercial and
industrial users) at well over a billion
dollars. Sales of electricity to all con
sumers, residential, commercial,
Pfiwer and other public utilities
amounted to $1,270,000,000 In 1923,
and are estimated at $1,335,100,000 for
1924. Of these totals about 50 per
cent represent sales of electricity for
domestic consumption.
"Conditions resulting from the war
are mainly responsible for the rapid
advance In the household appliance in
dustry since 1914. Probably 90 per
cent of all goods bought at retail are
purchased by women, and the remark
able Increase In sales of domestic ap
pliances which has taken place since
•914 may be said to reflect the eco
nomic and industrial changes that
have affected the average home. Be
tween 1910 and 1920 the population of
the United States Increased 15 per
cent During the same period the
number of domestic and personal
•servant* decreased nearly 25 percent.
Restricted Immigration made the
problem more acute. The labor sav
ing electrical appliance helped to fill
the need thus created. Other causes,
however, have been contributory.
Within the last two or three years
the tremendous building that has
been going on has been reflected in
the rapid increase in the number of
domestic customers. The growing
popularity of apartment dwellings and
small houses has favored the use of
electrical appliances. Willingness of
the American puhllc to try new
things, comparatively low rates of
operation, effective advertising by both
light and power companies and man
ufacturers of appliances, all have
helped advance the use of domestic
ippllances In the average American
home.
"The use of domestic appliances Im
proves the load factor for the electric
light company, and the expansion of
the household appliance field came in
part from the companies’ efforts to
eliminate the expensive off peak pe
riods that occur during the greater
part of the day.
“Probably the real forerunner of
ihe modern domestic appliance was
the electric fan. its simplicity of
o|>cration and dependable performance
did much to popularize the use of
electricity In the average horn* To
day the electric Iron stands far ahead
among domestic electrical appliances
in use. with the vacuum cleaner next,
and the fan third. Of ail branches of
Ihe electrical appliance industry, radio
has shown the most rapid rate of ex
pansion In the last four years. Since
November. 1920, when the first radio
broadcasting for entertainment took
place, It has become one of the most
Important branches of the electrical
field.
"Use of electricity has naturally de
veloped more slowly on farms than In
urban communities. The heavy ex
pense of rural electrification and re
sultant high cost of rurrent Is the
reason for the small proportion of
electrically-equipped farms connected
with central station lines. A mile of
distribution lino can serve 50 to 200
customers In a city: In the country
ihe average Is three customers to a
mile. High voltage lines can be
tapped to serve Individual farms, but
the equipment necessary Is too ex
pensive to make this plan feasible.
A recently completed survey of do
mestic market possibilities for elec
trie household appliances shows that
New York stands first ns a potential
buyer, Pennsylvania. Illinois, Cali
fornia and Ohio coming In the order
named. It Jias tieen found that the
ratio of prospective purchasing to
population is lowest In the south and
highest on the Pacific coast.
"Customer ownership of electric
light and power stock, an Innovation
In public utility financing introduced
10 years ago, has grown rapidly in
that time. P»egun in 1914 by several
companies in California which sold
shares of stock to 4.044 customers, the
movement gained tremendous impetus
after the war. During 1923, 185 com
panies sold 1,806,000 shares to 279,186
of their customers.
“It is estimated that about one
third of the $750,000,000 required in
1923 for construction programs was
raised through customer investment.
"The United States and Canada
stand far ahead of the rest of the
world in household use of electrical
energy. Based on the 1920 figures,
about two-fifths of the United States
population lives in electrically-lighted
homes, and approximately the same
proportion in Canada.
‘‘The domestic market is such that
manufacturers prefer to give it most
of their attention, but in many for
eign countries where the demand ex
ists. American appliances are usually1
preferred by forfign purchasers. The
best markets for American goods arc
Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan,
Australia and Mexico."
Too Busy.
Frnm the Nebraska City Press.
The journalistic wiseacres in Ne
braska and elsewhere who predicted
that Roseoe Pound would not desert
the fleshpots of the Egyptian Harvard
for the sake of an unknown berth at
the University of Wisconsin are
wrong.
The eminent professor of law at the
eastern college has not only forsaken
the fleshpots of Harvard, but he ex
pressed pleasure at the thought of
becoming a part of a great middle
western university.
While the powers that rule the des
tiny of the University of Nebraska
were debating over the qualifications
■ if a football coach, as though they
were picking out presidential timber,
other schools entrenched themselves
in scholastic security by picking up
here and there men who will actually
■ dd prestige to their schools, and in
the picking up processes Nebraska
lost heavily through the retirement of
Dean Irving Cutter of the Univer
sity’s College of Medicine
It Is regretable. of course, that the
University of Nebraska cannot retain
the services of men like Dr. Cutter,
iust as it Is regrettahle that men like
Roseoe Pound, who graduated from
Nebraska, cannot be induced to re
turn to this state and add their luster
to the great educational institution
which first fostered their nmb.tlons.
But «e are too busy building a foot
ADVKRTIMEMKNT.
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Colds and catarrh yield like magic
to soothing, healing antiseptic cream
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Dearly beloved, let us turn this morning to Colosstans 3 2
for our text, reading thusly:
"Let no man therefore judge you in ”'*■**• or in
drink, or in respect of any holiday, or of the ne
moon, or-of the Sabbath day.
Thus wrote Paul to his Colossian brethren. Paul was a
learned man. He was grounded in the law. at one time a mem
ber of the Jewish Sanhedrim, and a man of wealth and power
until he left all to follow the Master whose foijowers h* once
loved to persecute. A mighty man was I aub r.herf'„,8tpa J!
sa. red history but one greater character. ^ Christ whom Pa d
served It was the missionary journeys of Taul. his fiqrj zeal
and his masterful eloquence that revived waning Christianity
and set the pace for all future missionaries of the gospel.
Therefore it is fitting that we should give heed to his woida
of wisdom.
There has grown up among us a disposition to rely l»sa
upon the spirit and more upon the carnal weapons of human
kind in furthering the uplift of humanity. Man made laws are
looked to for the accomplishment of moral reforms, and legis
lators are asked to take the place of the regenerating power of
the gospel. Evils that can be cured only by purification of
heart and mind are now left to human enactments and pro
hibltions. Too often children go uninstructed in righteousness
around the family altar, but are left to the repressive control
of legislation, and thou shalt not has taken the place of a care
fully given instruction in goodness for its own sake.
Too often a church abandons its mission of instruction in
righteousness to appeal to human organizations for the repres
sion of evils, and inculcates fear of man made law s rather than
inculcating love of God and a wholesome desire to keep His
commandments. Paul said: "if eating meat :maketh my
brother to offend, I'll eat no meat while the world stands It
was not eating meat that was wrong It was the offense g ven
a brother. Amidst all the Idols to the gods at Athens there
was one erected to the rnknown God. Standing on Mars Hill
did Paul hurl his denunciations at the idol worshipers and de- ^
mand a law prohibiting idol worship? He did not. In insp.red
language he preached of the God he loved and served and
called upon his fellows to likewise love and serve Him.
Dearly beloved, men are not to be saved by human law.
but bv following in the footsteps of Him who walked and
taught in Galilee. If the church of Jesus Christ is to fulfill
Its divine mission on earth it must teach the principles He
expounded and turn men to righteousness, not through rear but
through love. Laws are enacted for the protection of society,
not for the moral regeneration of mankind. The more we lean
upon law for human betterment the' less we lean upon that
strong arm that alone can save man from himself.
Beloved, put not your trust in princes, nor in legislatures
"Who putteth his trust In the I-ord is safe Moral stamini is
not built up bv laws of repression, but by development of soul
and spirit until strength eometh to overcome temptation. It is
the mission of the church to develop in the hearts of men this
desire fo# strength to resist evil and to overcome evil with good.
Dearly beloved, let us renew In our hearts the zeal that
Inspired Paul. Let us renew the work of holding up to the
world's View Him who said. "And I. if I he lifted up from the
earth, will draw all men mnto Me.” Let us renew our old time
faith In the promises of God.
In conclusion, let us stand and join in singing that good
old sone of Zion. "Trusting In the Promises of God. Mv f=a
vior." and. as we sing, may we renew that trust that It may
take the place of trust in fallible princes and legislators.
Let us stand and sing, and may we sing with spirit and
understanding. ^ ILL M. MAUPIN.
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