| Show wrom written for oft poow TWO ASPECTS OF SOCIETY every man MAD may have bave hie bis own standpoint from flova which to view the life that is in that Is IB it if lie iso wants the view or eares cares for the stand standpoint point the majority a are re in ID the swirl and care little about it knowing nol pring or und understanding they are borne onward outward or upward with very little consideration as to the how why or i where they cannot stem the current tell its velocity or gauge jocund as aa a bubble irrl its depth desee descent t a as its surface they float a moment mot met men t beautiful perchance then break and are engulfed difed forever on th the 0 great and open sea of life subjects of its sunshine bud and amorous with lie its spicy ploy odors odora they know no tempest they tear fear no DO storm A passing cloud a gentle breeze but lulls them into idle phantasm sod and repose as ae luxurious as that of the sybarites Syb arites oue one endless placid dream of bliar these th se toll riot not neither do they spin 31 they are the ephemera of summer the glowing in sects of the tr the fireflies of lan an evenings evening warmth of as little va value u perhaps in the economy of god as those to in the economy of nature audi yet they surely have their uses they must have value somehow some where if tie philosopher ony on only y may find and it out somehow also many of these theme are clad in purple and fine lin lini linen I 0 and fare sumptuously every day yet they have neither earned nor created created they have and use and enjoy and age assume ume calling themselves vea society they close their perfume laden homes bomea save bave to members of their set ff while toe press presa masked tells teli 8 of ef the be bri brilliant time the ele glancies of dress the witchery of form the inanities ot of converse the daintiness of the menu and the realized beauty of the color scheme so exhaustively hau and aad elaborately carriea out there is in adulation to tc the giver rf c f the feast there is 18 worship to mammon and success y there is a triune recognition t athe lust just of the haab flesh the lust of if the eye and the pride of ii life the demons of rivalry ostentation and savy envy constitute the three headid Oer cerberus berus which guards the portals of dainty a 9 so called fashionable maae a and stately home no doubt there is a mean meaning ing in all this in every little coterie spinning gyrating or sweeping in grander spirals colliding crashing reforming blending then than individualizing again be as the craze for this thin or that or the other takes taken on its illusionary preeminence and then gives way to the hol w low mockery of its successor literature is made mad the vassal of society amusement 1 is its handmaid while its sedate dudes bud and unsophisticated butterflies willing to be ba the bo bobbles boob iee ter flies are at blab fives low fives or any other fives at the behest of oberon titan puck bottom or other masque masqueraders in our conr modern mephistophelean midsummer socie tys dream even the sacred angels of religion anti and charity faveto have to be garbed to in the flaunting colors of hypothecated ted society those harmonious who are the me vestal virgins of the loftiest loft iest heavens have to IDS be fashionably arrayed ore ere they use the conjurers wand and their smile of sisterhood ind and peace must taku taki on the leer of sensuous beauty and worldly hauteur ore ere the ducass ducats can be gathered for the worthy poor society 1 arrogates to itself Ita elfall all the vir virtual lues it claims all intelligence wealth power dower love of beauty and Us its dictum s as a to what to is good form 1 to as remorseless as aa a persian edict it boasts of its 11 1 1 its or 10 as aa though they were of superior element and should be la belled a aa royal worcester or from ill li mogel 21 they are more flawless than marble and even deity is assumed to rejoice at having made ol of rarer material the aristocracy ot of wealth or of birth after all that which is deemed of Itself tobe to be the corrus cating brilliancy of the diamond la is but the tinted opal with its ita significant lueter opaque ano and clouded clou deil changeable and subject even to the loss lose of the little fire it has this might be different for the use of pow era and appliances the he misdirected love of beauty and display the lavish use uee of means meana to foster self belt to win adu du lation aud and to make culture and intelligence the synonyms for and practical contempt of lower humankind human kiad to the damning da sin bin and crime of this our surface agel age it may be that society la is so aw noney combed with fraud so 0 o rotten with pride and superciliousness so BO self inflated ln and intolerant of correction so eo offensive to deity and so BO much of a jn in the way of peace that its ita removal by inevitable violence la in already shadowed foreshadowed fore time alone can tell but when ye see the fig tree already putting forth its leaves then know ye that summer bummer to la nigh 11 it to la asked it if redemption la Is not possible for this frivol frivolous owe this thia superficial segment which leads leada obtrusively from the gilded centers of our nations life to the he upper crust of our local joal can cain a loftier ideal of life and duty be traus berred into mentality so BO poverty stricken into social lito life ao 80 vain and sensuous into religious life so ao pharisaical and anti christian into charitable life so ao ostentatious in its forms of giving into political life so aa clamorous for or the idea that to the victor belongs the spoils good authority onee asserted nol no it declared that new wine could not be put into old bottles nor now new cloan onto an old garment garmen tIPI this involves a work of strange mag and the unerring selection of unsophisticated material there must needs be a now new foundation for a grander superstructure sad and workmen who will not dare to use mortar in the raising of those enduring walls wisdom is needed more than mane man am supervision beyond the ken of human intellect loot motive purer loftier than that of the be world unity more complete than that of old and effervescent society and pertinacity which with all will not only band down this inspirational idea from sire mire to son from faith to faith from priesthood to priesthood but from generation geneja tion to generation the stone rejected of the builders is surely going to be the head of the corner for the mouth of the lord bath spoken ita it already the wisdom of the wise perie heth already the understanding of the prudent is hid 21 mens hearts are failing because of the things which are coming on the earth confidence is in an unknown quantity in the world and all the divine bonds bond of society are being loosened for the great ana na terrible day of the lord the day of controversy tro versy 1 predicted of isaiah see chapter by jeremiah chapter by hoses fth and chapters and by micah jtb chapter ob apter which includes judah zion hl his people the wicked and all nations PP so BO that none may claim excuse or seek the reversion of i an assured decree there la Is nothing sensational Beneat lonai in this it is IB simply the con consummation 8 u meation of the inevitable when men forget god when they ignore him and aad pervert the right ways of the lord and each aee keth but big own ot among all people trepidation should be unknown in israel gave among those who from the combinations of society y nave have become inveigled or led captive by this superficial this illusive and delusive spirit which works mainly in the hearts oi of the children of disobedience the humble bumble worker the unknown of israel when they see these things come to pasc may lift up their heads beads and rejoice it ft Is the divine intimation oat bat the day of their redemption grawath 11 the good seed of the kingdom sown three score years ago and that which from theu ben to now has been scattered by all ail waters is maturing slowly but surely for a prolific a glorious harvest new conceptions of fatherhood Christ bood manhood brotherhood are developing with a rapidity unrecognized of society and but faintly hoped for by many of the house ot of israel see however how their history teems with the sublime evidences of self bel f abnegation and sacrifice for a threatened worldly count the tons fens of tho thousands who have gone at the bidding of duty under the inspiration of faith and that dread spirit which has been from everitt ing to lead lad them to those who like simeon were waiting for the salvation of dodl thou then estimate the gathering of the poor the creat creation ioa of a nation the founding of its institutions sacred secular and industrial note the highways in the desert the building of homes the practical interest in each other the increase in population and homogeneity of its elements ele mento the now new aspects of an original society filled with one hope working for one end looking for one destiny and ana then say if this is not phenomenal suggestive inspiring prophetic Is in not the end as aa significant as the meano Is not wisdom justified in her bar children childre nV or Is there a sentiment of self glorification even in the heart of the moot moet successful save that enunciated by one of old it to is the lords lord ld doing and it is mar bellous in fur cur evev has nut not me he beneficent spirit or this work been one of pure and undefiled religion have not all its charities been saturated with the spirit of the mattel has not the intent of its workers of both sexes in every degree been to lift to refines to Imp roveto enlarge and to make the sublime theories of the gospel of the man of nazareth an all potent factor in the establishing of a better civilization the founding of the prophetic zion or the kingdom of god to make that dream of a all I 1 the prophets a substantial reality on the earth Is there not already an approximation in social life to a tender beuder solicitude for the poor poof Is there not a settled etues drift against clan distinction in we be hearts of the best beet and purest of the people Is there not an increasing in sla tence on provision for labor and nd relief are we not scheming chemi og for industrial du dai trial projects by which the poor among men may rejoice and to in the he gathering of the widows the orphans orphan the aged the be decrepit are we not an the time enunciated of jesus jesue when thou mageet a dinner or supper flopper call not thy friends frien dR nor thy brethren neither thy kinsmen nor thy rich neighbors neigh bora lost lest they also IBO bid thee again and a recompense be made thee tout but when thou madest a east call the poor and maimed the lame the blind and thou be blessed for they can not recompense thee again but bui thou shall be recompensed at the re tion of the just juat that la Is true society tY 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