THE COLUMBIAN FOUNTAIN.

FRInAy MORNING, MARCH 81, 1886

WHO DOES THE MOST aGooDs
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rr ,h;s canton were male the staHdard of
excellence BY which men were measured--in-
stead of who has the most money--this world
would. in some degree, resemble the beautiful
garden inhabited by our first parents, ere sin
dashed the cup OF happiness from their lips,
and sent them forth, exiles, TO earn by the
sweat OF their brow, that food which sprung
spontaneous from the earth, ere the curse Of
the Almighty rested upon il and them. Why
is not this the standard of excellence in man
1t is the only true standard and is the one by
which we shall be judged hereafter. Men have
set up for themselves false slandards-by
which to measure one another-there IS the
fashionable standard-and that most danger
Gus s,andard-.Manm0,-- bow to the
former, and, strange, but true, men OF sense
judge by the latter. Is there no intellectual
standard @! the myrads who bury their tai
enls in the earth who pervert the means Ode
signed by Heaven for noble and philanthropic
ends) to selfish and contracted purposes. There
is (or ought to be) but one standard Of excel
lence among men, and that should be, Who
does the mos! good! Who relieves the most
distress-who dries the orphans tears and
ministers consolation to the widow! Who
are lovers of their fellow men? This is the
standard before which all others vanish-the
standard which will hold good in the great
day Of account. This is the Bible standard.
the Christian standard from the ex-'
ample of Him who went about doing good.


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WASHINGTON, d. c., March 26, 1896
To the Editor Of the Columbian Fount4in--


SIR: My attention was yesterday called to your
report Of Congressional proceedings, in which it is
stated, no prayer was offered in the Senate Tues
day. Being the officiating chaplain this week, l
feel it due to myself, as well as to my colleague. to
say that this is mistake 1t is frequently the case
in the Senate, that quorum is not present at IL
o'clock, at which hour religious exercises are inva-
Iiably attended to though it sometimes happens
that this body does proceed to business for
minutes afterwards. Hence the mistake of your re-
porter. Yours truly,


w. H. MILBURN,
Chaplain to House Representatives.