I
The Dethe for (Hory.
Christian barely secures his life, his prop
erty, nntl a qualified toleration for Ills re
ligion. He is not only politically the sub
ject of u Mohonunedan sovereignty, but he
is civilly and socially the inferior of li is
Mohonunedan fellow-subjects. Such being
the status of the Christian population in
Turkey, and the Mohommedan religion be
ing what it is, talk of refoim is idle. Tltc
condition of things in the European prov
inces of Turkey demands the most radical
treatment. Though war is to be deprecated
and is at the best but a rough and barbar
outs way of settling difliculties, it is to be
hoped that the sword of Servian and Iler
zegovinian, aided if need be by Russia
may cut the Gordian knot of Turkish in
trigue nnd misrule.
"The sick man" would speedily die if
not bolstered up by the Great Powers;
and they certainly assume a grave respon
sibility in giving him the moral and ma
terial support which they do. No consid
erations touching the possible extension of
the power of Russia and thus disturbing
the balance of power, should weigh against
the rights'of our common humanity, so
ruthlessly struck down by Turkish tyran
ny. The Turkish dependencies li-ive resolved
to be free or perish in the attempt, and
which shall be the alternative the Great
Powers must decide. This is the true ens
tern question. To settle it, the present
indications are, that all Europe may be in
volved in the strife of arms. It is to be
hoped that the eastern question will in
the end be settled in the interests of the
higher civilization. In the light of histo
ry, it is dilllcult to sec how this can be
done, but by the complete overthrow of
the Ottoman Empire and the substitution
of a Christian power in its place.
G. M.
The Dexire for Glory.
KKIMtODUCKI) PIIOM HAY PALMKIt'S "8UC
CKSS IN MKK."
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The desire for glory is one of the uni
versal yearnings of the human soul. We
find it not only among the refined and ed
ucated but among the lowest classes of
humanity. From the king on Ins throne
to the savage that roams the forest for the
means of his subsistence, this we find to
be one of the leading impulses agitating
the breast. And from the fact that it is
thus one of (lie characteristics of the race
it behooves us to study it carefully, to de
termine whether it is a good or an evil
affection. Whether it is an inborn princi
pic planted in our breasts by the Great
Cieator or whether it is one of the pernic
ious fruits of our depravity. These ques
tious arise naturally and it is important
that they should be satisfactorily an
swered. We must know whether tills
thirst for glory, burning within us should
be cultivated and indulged or whether it
should be repressed and if possible exter
minated. Uy careful examination of the subject it
will be found that apart from the excesses
and misdirections to which it is oftimes
carried, it does not originate in the de
rangement of the moral nature, resultant
of tlic fall of man, but rather that it is a
desire provided for in the original constitu
tion of the soul. That within definable
limits it is innocent and proper. That it
is recognized as such and is appealed to,
and promised duo gratification both in
the Old testament and in the New. For
the Psalmist wrote, ''The Son will give
grace and glory." And Paul says, "Who
will give glory, honor and peace to every
one that worketh good." Christ repre
sents himself as having personally received
an inheritance of glory and huving con
veyed to His disciples by promise the
right to share it with Him.
Then having determined that the desire
for glory is a proper and praiseworthy as-
