Article October 27, 1906 Issue

THE PERMANENCE OF THE GOOD AND TRUE

HON. CLARENCE A. BUSKIRK.

Is not the good thought of the past the only thing which can survive the past? Are not "the proud palaces" sure to become "the baseless fabric of a vision"? Does not the wise thinker, even though clothed in rags, wield a truer and more permanent power than any worldly sovereign? Just as no question can be finally settled until it is settled right, because what is true is all that can survive, so the only thoughts and influences which can live permanently are the good and true. Time weakens material power and dissipates material riches, but strengthens and beautifies the influences of good thoughts. This is because man in his true being is immaterial and his thoughts are not subject to the change which pertains to all materiality.

One's thoughts may be set in dignified prose or delightful poetry, but they will lack something essential to their survival if they do not compel our love and obedience, if their syllables are not set to the rhythm of some celestial music. Why? Is it not because perfect harmony belongs to man's true being? The flower in the cellar seeks to climb into the sunlight which is its true birthplace and home; and so human thoughts are constantly struggling, however feebly and ineffectually, to climb upward into purer conditions.

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