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in honor of the great ideas which the man represented. It is built for the future as much as for the past; even more for the future. It is raised above the earth as a lofty sign which will teach coming generations a great lesson in a way that books never can. The American sculptor, Greenough, who designed the Bunker Hill monument, wrote: "The obelisk has a singular aptitude in its form and character to call attention to a spot memorable in history. It says but one word, but it speaks loud. It says, 'Here!' That is enough. It claims the notice of every one. No matter how careless, how skeptical or illiterate the passerby may be, he can not escape the appeal of a monument.—New York Star.
 * ments of other human beings. It is erected

(2094)

Moods and Apparel—See.

MOODS DETERMINING DESIRES

An unidentified writer points out how different moods affect our minds:

When I am tired and weary, And nothing goes my way. I thank the heavenly Father For two nights to every day.

But when, once more, I'm rested, And all the world looks bright, I thank Him that He sends me Two days to every night!

There's the pause before the battle, There's the respite from the fray; And that is how I reckon Two nights to every day.

When the sunset glow has faded, In a little while 'tis light! And that is how I reckon Two days to every night.

And so 'tis due, believe me, To the way we look at things, Whether we sigh and falter Or whether we soar on wings!

(2095)

MOODS OF THE SPIRIT

Pantheism, atheism, agnosticism, materialism, pessimism—how many ugly, dangerous words there are in the dictionary, and how many young men imagine that they have all these spiritual diseases when, as a matter of fact, they are only in the way of normal spiritual development. A man comes to say of certain things that are mysterious, of which he thought he knew, "I don't know." Then he labels himself or allows himself to be labeled an "Agnostic." No religious life for him. Another man sees that the great God can not stand apart from His universe, but must be working in it and through it all. He labels himself "Pantheist," or is so labeled. Another man suddenly discovers the abyss of actual wo in the world, the evil that, for the present at least, is without remedy. He is called a "Pessimist." Another man looks to the right hand and to the left hand, and for the time he sees not God. The final word for him is "Atheist." Now, we can not have a free expression of what people from time to time are actually believing until we get over our fear of all such names. We must have a faith that is wholesome enough and large enough to keep us from being afraid of our own thought. The fact is, that we are continually mistaking the passing moods of the spirit for the finalities of thought. These moods through which we pass have been familiar to the most profoundly religious minds.—

(2096)

MOORINGS, SAFE

Before the era of steam, men used to tow their boats wearily up the lower Ohio, or the Mississippi, with a long line. At night it was not always safe for them to fasten their boats on the bank while they slept, because there was danger from the wash of the underflowing current that they would find themselves drifting and pulling a tree after them. Therefore, they sought out well-planted, solid, enduring trees, and tied to them, and the phrase became popular, "That man will do to tie to."

(2097)

Moral Contagion—See.

Moral Decay—See.

Moral Meaning of the World—See .

Moral Pervasiveness—See.

MORAL SATISFACTION

Mr. Robert E. Speer says:

When I was in the city of Tokyo, I went to the house of a missionary to meet half a dozen of the leading native Christian men of Japan. They were thoughtful, well-read, thoroughly educated, keen students. There