Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 22 June 1911 — Page 3

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STATE S. S. CONVENTION CLOSED. One of the moot successful of the annual conventions of the state Sunday school association closed at Fort Wayne Sunday evening after being in session since Thursday. Decatur and Adams county were well represented at the sessions and returned, their enthusiasm and inspiration greatly renewed. Richmond will be the place of the convention next year. The following officers for the year were elected: President—W. C. Hall, Indianapolis.

k 1 ft;; The Development g t of the 11 J Pacific Northwest J rpO market the products of its fields, , | • I forests and waters, the great rich \ ,|| j northwest demanded more adequate 'is transnortation facilities. Responding to eu I Mil ' H! GJ'. ;■ E-i| [ -ring I I: 1C j >and ] Kj thne v* § fit 28th, iF| was i B /fln ”, fl uk a i iukee, » "stal I :.Paul 11 >und | r I 1 trains | U*’ r lICAGO |

Vice President —Judge E. W. Felt, RichmoaMl. Recording Secretary—Charles King. , Indianapolis. rl Treasurer —C. S. Dearborn, Indiaa- - apolie. ! ______ I MAY MOVE TO CALIFORNIA I George Blackburn, youngest son of » Robert Blackburn of this city, who - has been in Los Angeles, Cal., several years, writes his father of his success in that place. He is now employed in the establishment of the Tutted Cigar

-company, and though but nineteen years of ago, has worked himself up , to a position -commanding from SI(W to |llO per mronth. He writes that his t- mother is pleased with California, sad as nearly all the children are living there, he things it would be best for the father and mother to come there and live. He is thinking of purdhasing | a lot there, on which they could erect f a house amd urges his father to come a and make that place their hrme. Mr. 1 Blackburn stated that they might des | cide to do so in the course of a year i or so. r : o i Sunday seemed to quie popular for the observance of Children's Day at the -various-Churches in (She vicinty of Decatur, and the beautiful services, especially devoted to the younger members of the congregation were most appropriately carried out. A number from this city were in attendance 'at the different churches and all were highly -pleased with the excellent programs rendered. Sunday proved to be quite a joyfdi flay for the members of the Salem ' M. E. church, each of ffiie city, where -the Rev. D. A. J. Brown is the pas 1 tor. It was Children's Day and for w>me time previous had been eagerly looked forward to. and special ar--1 raxigements for the affair made. Spec ial services were held hi the evening and a musical program of rare occurrence was rendered by ihe younger members of the congregation. The ' pastor. Rev. Brown, wiho has been quite sbck for wjme time, was able to assist and his presence added much to the joyful occasion. An address of much interest wa» de livened and the Children's Day of 1911 wffl long be ? remembered by all — The members of the United Brethren church east of the city are making extensive preparations for Children’s Day to be observed at their i church on next Sunday, which day will 1 also be numbered among the many i happy event of the year's doings. 1 ——. i The Children's Day program given 1 by the Union Chapel church east of i tho city Sunday evening, was largely 1 attended and the excellent program of i recitations, music, drills and other 1 features given by the children thor- < oughly enjoyed. The Rev. I. Imler, 1 pastor of the U. B. church of this city, 1 is also pastor of this church, and dur- J i ing his absence Sunday evening the ’

Rev. S. C. Cramer supplied his pulpit here, this being hin regular preaching night. Not for some time was there so large an attendance at the Concord Lutheran church near Monmouth as ‘that of Sunday, when Children's Day services were observed by the congregation in general. An appropriate and well arranged program was carried out by the children, in charge of Miss 1 Florence Kunkel and Bmma Magley. Several excellent mimical selections, both vocal and instrumental, were rendered by various parties and the many present enjoyed the program to the utmost. The services were held at 2:30 o'clock In the afternoon and continued for some length of time. It was considered one of the best Children's Day services held for many years. o | The annual memorial service, con- ! ducted by the Knights of Pythias Sunday afternoon for their twenty-two departed brethren, was a beautiful one, Impressive, in every detail. The large assembly of knights and Pythian Sisters met at the Home at 4 o’clock, where the knights formed the line of march, with Richard W. Myers, mar- , shal of the day, and proceeded to the • Decatur cemetery, the Pythian Sis- ' ters being taken in conveyances. The ! graves were lovingly decorated with 1 tender memory, after which ail assembled at the tomb of Godfrey Chi iti ten, the last one of the knights to be laid to rest, where a j'rrr-r.r’ va> carried out. The Hon. I». !'■. Ik', in, a.t | chancellor commander, was master cf ( ceremonies and opened t..c servk ', alter which came a prayer by Prelate I Fred Fruchte. Music was provided I by a male quartet, comprising J. C. ITiltch. D. 11. Erwin, ,1. C. Patterson ar.d Albert Selletne.ve . and the ad- ' d <-ss of the afternoon, one ot mvr-t appropriate sentiment, was civen )y. ' Professor E. J. Rice, Cc address I in;: as •.Tows. According to the <" *mr our or-* drr v j have met this nay t • pay c> , respects and l.onor tc these of cr, , brothe.s who have pas.-ed beyond. Noting that we may do or say will I be ot any worth to them. Nothing ‘that we may do or say will add any-! I thir" tc their virtues or d --trr. t anyI thing so far as they are concerned. But from the memory of their lives 1 and from the associations with them while they were among us a large amount of good can come to us. We need them rather than they need us. I Nearly four hundred years ago one of . our greatest poets told us that the 1 evil that men do lives after them, but that in many cases the good they do or the virtues which they have pos--1 sessed were buried with their bones. ' ! This was said when the standards of ! civilization were much lower than 1 now. It may be true to a certain ex--1 > tent today, but it was true to a much : ' larger extent at that time. Today it '' is far from being wholly true, and it *. is coming to be less and less true as ’ the years go by. Occasions like this emprasize the ' fact that we are coming more and more to appreciate the good, that while at times faults and short-com-imgs may be recalled, they are not given the first place in memory; b»t, rather, we remember the good they have done, the virtues they possessed and the beautiful in their Tries. We recall their virtues and we use them as stepping stones rn our development from day to day. By remembering their good deeds we develop our own character, assume higher forms of manhood and broaden our own lives. Tims we have come to look upon their lives from the constructive side, that is, thinking of the things they did to Tift, humanity to a higher plane. True there may be some value from occasionally remembering a fault, but it is a -negative value and does not Trave the direct nor the lasting effect that a positive value has. Habit is one of the fundamental elements In onr lives. It Is easier to think as we Trave thought before, and to think of the virtues and the good deeds of these, our: brothers, whose memory we have met ' to honor today, it becomes easier for -us to think in the same way twnor\row, next day, and next year. All civilized people have social in their nature. This has always been trwi. We have been told again and a gall n that no man liveth unto himsrtf, that every man influences every other man with whom he associates, and in turn his life is influenced in a cor-| responding way by these same individuals. This influence is sometimes 1 direct and sometimes indirect. But I no matter how far removed it is like the tossing of a pebble, ' thich changes | the center of gravity in the earth just, < a little. So these influences may be I far removed from us, but yet have something to do with our develop- i ment It can no* be measured but it 1 is just the same. Just to the extent i that a man shuts himself from < other men, lust"to that extent does < he fall below the highest standards of I humanity. Just so far does he make t it ImtXMssible for him to be the most ( vital force in the progress of man- 1

kind that it is possible for him to become. Life is full of occasions that illustrate the dependence of individuals upon one another. Illustrations are unnecessary. No element that goes to make up a well-developed hu- i man being or is of more importance i than that which teaches that we are all members of a great social organ- i ism and that it would be impossible to live entirely to ourselves if we wish- i ed. How much does every one of us i owe to the generations of the past I and to the community in which we ] i live? It is said that every individual i in his development from infancy lies i over the life of the human race. That I Is that every individual In his devel-1 opment to a nature being has lived through all the stages and through 1 the various experiences of the human i race from its beginning to the present I time. ! I ' | Everything that Is of any worth I must come from something. Any-1 thing that men strive for or that has I any value to them can come from j nothing. This is true no matter whether we consider the business , world, the physical world or the spir-l itual world. Abraham Lincoln came from humble ancestors but there was something powerful among them somewhere or Lincoln could not have been. His environment was not su1 perfor to that of many men of his time, indeed compared with many men it was not so good. Yet Lincoln become our formost citizen, one whom the years by separating us farther from him cause us to appreciate more and more the great man that ha was. Firm enough to lead to a successful conclusion the greatest civil war in the world, he is yet so syrnpa- 1 thetic that he could not bring himself) to sign the death warrant of young soldiers who had from some cause or other slept on duty no matter how those in immediate authority protest-* ed. Two forces made Lincoln what I ihe was: heredity and environment ' By heredity we mean not only what; he received from his parents, but 1 .from his grandparents and other gen- 1 erations that came before him. By I environment we mean the surround- j ings in which he lived, the conditions of his time, and his associations with I ■ his fellows. Individuals are interested in other individuals. Individuals are influenced in their development by other individuals. This is seen not only in parents being interested in their children but influenced by their desires. ' .Ml normal persons, whether parents i or not, concern themselves with the I : welfare of their children. The comi munity makes many provisions, even ■ many sacrifices, for the benefit of . children. | f| Not until we arrive at maturity do , i we come to in any way near appre-' • ciate what the human race has done i for us. It is comparatively easy to t. see what society is doing for our t youth. It is not so easy to see what s society is doing for the normal men 1 ami women. Many times we do not' > understand, many times we do not ap- ( I predate what our associates and t friends have been to us. Many times . favors have been granted and favors t returned. All this leads us to the great ethical ideal —the ideal of servr ice. In conversation with many of . our citizens we may receive a rather > definite idea of the progress of the , community during the last fifty years. . When we cause to consider the prog- . ress of even the last ten years we can i not fully realize what it has been. • The past bas done much for us. How • much we cannot measure. It has , made us rich in many ways. Genera- . tions of the past have done their part i in sach away that the civilization of today is more highly appreciated than , it was ever before. True that some people will tell us there is more evil . in the world than has ever been. But there is far more good. It is for us * to transmit to the future the virtues and the benefits which have come because of the generations of the past. We must transmit them in better crmajltion and not lessened in the ■ least, but increased in effectiveness 'if conditions are to improve. It is the oluty of each individual to pass these benefits to the next generation in a better condition than they were received. In no way can we better honor the memory of those who have gone 'toefane. The development of the human soul has been aescribed as a path from dim helplessness, confused I consetovsness of the infant, with its utter lack of control over either body or mind upwards by imperceptible degrees thiwugh ever-growing clearness and order and ever-increasing self- , control and direction to the ripe wis- . dom and steady will of full hanhood and -womanhood. This long road from infancy to manhood is beset with perils and difficulties; on the other hand, , and just as important, is the fact that ( it is marked with many guide-posts of f experience which will aid us from ( day to day. No individual has ever found his way up the path without abundant help from those who have gone farther on, from those who have developed to a higher degree.

Emerson said that such help is education tn the largest sense of the word; eduction as expressed by the word of the world's greatest teacher ‘‘l am come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly.” Human character must be made up of intelligence snd goodness. Neither is sufficient in itself. Neither will make an effective man or woman. Intelligence without, goodness is a positive hindrance. Goodness without intelligence is blind and helpless. Although meant In the best way, many times it is productive of "harm rather than good. If a man is to be of service to the world; If he is to transmit to th* following generations the virtues of the past in such away that they may be of use to the generations of the future he must be in harmony with the trend of human progress. Great souls who are in harmony with their own times and with the trend of human progress are the persons who have been of greatest service to mankind. Moses, Washington and Lincoln are familiar examples of mes who have worked in harmony with the times in which they lived and in harmony with the progress of the world as well. Other persons have worked just as harmoniously, have given just as efficient service during their entire lives, but are not so well known because their time, their circumstances or their position did not call for action or for work that brought them so much to the public notice. But they gave in the best way that which they were capable of giving, and how much they have added to the betterment of the world will always be unmeasured. I On the other hand we have men who have worked in harmony with their times and place in which they ! lived but did net work in harmnnv ! with the world's progress. They did not stand for those things which ar<j to remain permanent. Napoleon worked iu harmony with t:s own generation in Flame but largely contrary to the trend of human develo--'ment. So while for a time he was | regarded as a great force in the prog- | ress of the world his name has grown gradually less and less in esteemwhile that of Moses, Washington and Lincoln continues to grow in esteem and influence. This difference will become greater and greater as the years remove us from the times in which they lived and as we have time to understand more fully the movements tor which they gave the best 'of their lives afforded. Winning a battle may bring a man or a nation into prominence, but it does not decide tbe fate of humanity. | An eye lor an eye and a tooth for i a tooth was a law ->f an early civilization. Love your enemies. bl< ss that that curse you. do good to them that hate you is a law of a later ilization. The difference betw. i-n ( these two Jaws is the difference between barbarism and the highest : ilization possible in a Christian ianO. i The question for each of us to answer for himself is, are we doing all we can to promote the further development of the human race? Are we bearing our part of the burden of struggling humanity? Are we doing the world's work so well that we can transmit it to the next generation better than it was transmitted to us. If so our lives will have been well lived. If we are to live right we must direct our lives in the lines of the best men of the present. As long as this is done humanity will continue ,to grow. Every step taken by an individual in this direction is so much won for humanity. It is our part is life to aid to the best of our ability in the realization of an ideal human ity, to add one more step in the ladder of development from the man of ages ago to the man who is like him whom we have chosen for our ideal. Today memory recalls the names of the brothers who have passed beyond. We shall treasure them to th<; best of ability, and when their m&m-i are called we shall answer in flowers "Dead, but not forgotten.” May we ail take our place iis rjie great army of mankind and I*** ward, each having sometiMiir ' to do that is to make the whrld better from day to day. May we use as our guide the words of the poet when he said. “Build thee more stately mansions. Oh my soul, As the swift seasons roll, Leave thy low-vaulted past; Let each new temple nobler than the last. Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thy outgrown shell by life's unresting sea.” e Mr. and Mrs. Will Parent, the Misses Tena (Rademaker, Alma Starost, Frances Coffee and Messrs. Clifford IjaDelle, Fred Schurger and Fred Colchin spent Sunday in Rome City. e —■ Ohiliren Cry FOR FLETCHER'S ©ASTORIA