Show inspirations we listened to a period of morning devotional service a day or so ago in which a portion of proverbs was read and used for a text the speaker brought out the salient points pointe therein emphasizing the difference between knowledge and wisdom and calling upon his listeners to consider the need to use wisely such knowledge as may be acquired else there is little ue to acquire it he spoke a great truth when he said that knowledge if rightly used resolves into wisdom while wrongfully used is a curse or words to that effect he also emphasized the importance of a certain fear of god as a first step in the right direction toward this end it is becoming more and more apparent that they who are wrongfully using the great knowledge they have must be brought face to face with the reality of god and in such way and manner as will put the so called fear of god in their hearts that time is not far distant and while we have no wish to see any more suffering than is now in evidence as result of wrong doing among individuals and nations we know that it must come in order to bring understanding that god is taking a hand in the affairs of the world to bring about the greater upheavals which in turn wi will 11 put an end to the present order of livin living t and clear the way for the new and better age in keeping with this thought comes to mind a section of a chapter in wing andersons new book entitled inspirations spi rations and we were pleased to find the following paragraphs in the editorial column of progressive opinion of recent issue the creators clock is striking twelve to mark a thousand year recess for the workers of the world not much longer can the owner rulers withhold plenty in in a land of plenty from the people who produce that plenty selfishness like every other evil or negative condition is self destroying within the next seven years the associated farms taken from the people and now owned by insurance companies and great financial organizations will be the cooperative farms all owned by one mammoth corporation the corporation 7 of the united states of america then the fruit of the land will feed a happy contented prosper ou nation the greatest harvest will be happy well fed children however a dark night of strife revolution and chaos lies between today and tomorrow I 1 when egypt died four per cent of the people owned all the land when persia died two per cent of the people owned all the land when rome fell 2000 2060 people owned all the world when babylon perished three per cent owned all the land when old russia went down a handful 1 of men owned all the resources when france fell fd families milies owned the country sixty families practically own and control america ill ili fares the land to hastening ills a prey where wealth accumulates and men decay from seven years that change the world if what is written happened in those countries mentioned and we have reason to believe it did why cant the sixty families of america who now control the wealth see the error of their ways before it is too late and what is true of them applies with equal force to all who possess wealth or talent of lesser degree we do not think that a fear of god is necessary if only a love of god and for his creations might begin to manifest and so resolve the wrong doing on the part of all offenders into good the creators clock is about to strike and may it find us ready to give good account of our talents and the knowledge we possess rather than to be counted with those who having gained such possessions have wrongfully used them in another column we offer further suggestion concerning inspirational writing of another form he who is ready to die for his own faith will sometimes think it fair to make other men die for theirs john fiske |