NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER, MASS., FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1909. 
RANDOM THOUGHTS. 
BY D. F. LAMSON. 
NO. XXXI 
We sometimes wish that great men of 
other days were living at this hour, we 
think that we need them today; so 
Wordsworth thought of Miltona hun- 
dred years ago, and so William Everett 
and others think of Milton now. But 
it is doubtful if Milton, were he here to- 
day, would have much more influence 
than he had in his own time; it would 
seem that men must do their work, speak 
their word, sing their song, and die and 
be almost forgotton often, before the 
seed they sow comes to a harvest. The 
word spoken long ago’‘is still true, “‘ Ex- 
cept a grain of wheat fall into the ground 
and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it 
bringeth forth, much fruit.’’ 
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An educational leader of some prom- 
inence has lately said in a public address, 
that the ignorance of college graduates is 
colossal, and that it takes them years to 
pecover=itt... [here is ‘in’ this;in-the 
language of a Spanish proverb, ‘“‘ with 
the buzz of falsehood the sharp sting of 
truth.’’ With all our great advance in 
methods, with our costly appliances and 
often splendid equipments, it may be 
seriously questioned whether our colleges 
are turning out as many really educated 
men as a generation ago. ‘There is 
more knowledge, more culture certainly, 
but is there so much education? 
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It seems that there are fads in religion, 
in philosophy, in science, in art, as_ well 
as in fashions and customs; an evident 
need of the times is, that we make haste 
slowly. Some men who seem to be 
leaders sometimes take positions from 
which they have to recede; but this is 
no new thing under the sun, and perhaps 
in every onward movement some must 
go too far in order that the great majority 
may go far enough. ‘This was the case 
with the extreme abolitionists of sixty 
and more years ago; perhaps itis the 
case with some leaders of the new heal- 
ing cult today. 
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A public speaker may or may not be 
logical, rhetorical, witty, and all that; 
but it is of the last importance that his 
hearers be convinced that he is honest, 
that he is not hoodwinking them, con- 
cealing facts, or misrepresenting the other 
side of the case. 
Above all, is it the bounden duty of 
moral and religious teachers and reform- 
ers to be perfectly transparent and can- 
did; duplicity, unfair dealing, false col- 
oring, should all be left to the speculator, 
the demagogue, the shyster and the 
quack. 
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Consistency, thou art a jewel.’’ 
But the best thing some people can do is 
to be inconsistent; as when, for instance, 
persons gave liberally for the earthquake 
sufferers who believed that there is no 
such thing as suffering, except as a de- 
lusion of ‘‘mortal mind.’’ 
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Business methods are coming more 
and more into the Jime-light; whatever 
will not bear investigation is getting, as 
it deserves, little credit; a higher stand- 
ard of business morality is required 
thanks to the uplifting influence of the 
Decalogue, the Sermon on the Mount, 
and the increasing power of the spirit of 
altruism. 
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Would we not hear much less com- 
plaint of the cost of living, and would 
there not be less demand for-an increase 
of wages, if wage-earners graduated their 
expenses more nearly by their income, 
as did their forbears fifty years ago? Is 
not one great cause of dissatisfation and 
disturbance in economics to be found in 
the general attempt to live in the style 
and ape the manners of those whose _ in- 
come is greater? To be content with 
such things as we have, until we can 
have something better, is a great secret 
of happiness; but discontent and envy 
are roots of bitterness. 
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It seems a pity that good men will 
hurt a good cause by exaggeration; they 
not only by so doing arouse prejudice, 
but they awaken suspicion that if they 
over-state in matters that we know some- 
thing about, they may still more in mat- 
ters that we know nothing about. In 
fact, we never known how much reli- 
ance we can place in them. 
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Never has the sense of common broth- 
erhood been more strong and pronounced 
than in connection with the late terrible 
disaster in Italy; nothing of the kind 
was known a hundred years ago, noth- 
ing like the Red Cross society, or the 
eager response tothe call of distress in 
individuals, communities and_ nations, 
most unlike and removed in language 
and race and religion. We are begin- 
ning to feel and confess that “‘ God hath 
made of one blood all nations of men to 
dwell on all the face of the earth,’’? and 
that our neighbor is the man who_ needs 
us and whom wecan help. ‘This is one 
of the greatest gains of the last fifty 
years. 
THE FIRST WOMAN. 
Subject of Rev. Theodore L. Frost's Sermon 
Sunday Evening at the Baptist Church, 
Manchester. 
‘*So God created man in his own 
image, in the image of God created he 
him; male and female created he them.’’ 
Gen. 1°27; 
Rev. Theodore Lyman Frost preached 
on the above topic at the Baptist church, 
Manchester, last Sunday evening. Fol- 
lowing are a few excerpts from his 
sermon: 
‘* Two Sunday nights ago, we con- 
sidered the subject of the first man. We 
saw his creation, his environments, his 
possibilities, and how he failed because 
he disobeyed God. 
‘“Our theme tonight is 
woman. Inthe first place, notice her 
creation. Adam was created pure and 
innocent within the beautiful garden, far 
more splendid than any palaces of today, 
where the animals were very docile and 
followed and loved their master. Even 
in the garden of paradise there was some- 
thing lacking because there was no 
woman. God saw the need and in the 
interest of man he went to work to sat- 
isfy the need. 
““ Now when we study the first two 
chapters of Genesis, we find two ac- 
counts of the creation of man and 
woman. ‘Male and female created he 
them.’ ‘Then it speaks about the rib in 
the second chapter. I believe that God 
created woman as well as man in his 
own image. How did he do it? He 
took the dust of the earth, which might 
have been organic dust, and out of the 
dust he made woman. Someone says 
“How about the rib?’ We will not pay 
any attention now to this but speak of it 
later. 
‘“T want you to understand _ that 
woman is just as much created in the 
image of God. and is just as) much a 
divine creation as man is. She isa soul, 
a personality, and a being of tremendous 
importance in this world. 
‘“ Notice in the second place her con- 
dition. She is childlike, but not childish. 
“She was sensible, and perhaps a 
litle more so than man. She had a 
marvelous possibility and a wonderful 
mind, and was capable of becoming a 
full grown woman intellectually as well 
as physically. She is by no means infe- 
riorto man. She was created as a com- 
panion and help-mate to man. 
‘* Notice in the third place man’s first 
dream in paradise. Now for the rib 
story. How can man have the same 
number of ribs on both sides if God took 
the first 
