The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 21, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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VOMJMK 55.
HASTl!()l', BASTI.OI* COUNTY. TKXAS. SATI UI>AY. JlAlii II "11, I1MIS.
M il UKK 50
HEMPSTEAD TRAGEDY.
•OKN WILSON PLACED IN JAIL-
REFUSED TO TALK.
DEAD MAH WAS UNARMED.
Ci.lr >ation of Trouble That Began
'i h Shooting Affray the Day
Before.
I It mpsteud. Tt x A; the result <>f
a .-homing which occurred here uuout
I '.'i o'clock Friday afternoon Will
(iamnin ;•• ilii'il that evcuing at «i; do,
anil John Wilson in under bond to an-
swer for the killing.
The trouble Is said to have origin-
ated Thursday morning near Sunny-
side, about tin miles southeast of
licrc, over a mortgage on a horse
which tho Wilsons held against \N ill
< j a ill ill* eg.
Dave Wilson and two soiih. Harold
mid Arthur, wire <in out' side, \V C
<■' ttuma e and inn, Will, on the other.
K!, .Is tti re ix.lllltlgfil III W ilich the
iliree Wilsons w re wounded (Jam-
i ■ escain 1 unhui i 11 Is said ihat
ii 'lie ut tin. Wilsons was seiy badly
hurl.
Fiiday Umnniage was on his way
In the com ihouse from town for lie
purpose ut appearing before the ^ruiid
Jury III- will was with him. John
Wilson and a brother drove b> in a
buggy accord I in to ihe accounts of
lli' affair, and bad mitten past them
i 'it thins s ai'i|. when .1 ibi! \\ II-
■ . - bro'bei 1,1' I i hot at i i a ii i ilia e
is id at once ji.:i [n il In bind a china
t• • John Wilson ha I gotl n out ol
II In \ ss iih <li' iti when (Jam-
t; aii' si.irii'd to i in I mil the tree to
a telephone pole Itmwe n the tree
I ll I III pole (lamili i: . W .1 - - hot
ii iw ii bj I oh ii Wilson A double bar
1" -l. il shotgun wa.. lined Six hack bol
I ok effect jus i beloss tin left kidlli•>
The shooting look i*iii<*•' about, J -lo
ami ih.iih i h ued at ii do John Wti
t i and his brother were arrested
J - ii after the shoot I lit; by Deput'.
.!• nklns .mil released .'u bond 111>
V ie ri ' a hi d before the d< llth of
<i,l UltllCl'c
The WD ins live about I II Utile-,
"iitheioi of Hempstead ami Hani
J ire lived about eight mile- ••ulth
• .1 -!
'ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH'
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I FARMERS' EDUCATiONAr1
AND
I CO-OPERATIVE UNION
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A HEART TALK.
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SERIOUS RACE RIOT.
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AGREE ON CAUSEWAY.
A:| Interests Concerned Agreed Fri-
day in Joint Conference.
fiahestoTi. T \ dalle ton countv
in I the railroad- at In: t • t In the
M'lsewiiy. In a Joint • inference In d
Krid y afternoon In tin counts coin
rut doners court i niie lo a linal d"
« mIon on preliminary titalicrs th
railroads' counter proposition, with
tnodlIlealIons l'-'itn: accepted In o
c ■•nil\ Kve-\ point at varltince wa
.i ' idi,ed adjusted apparently sat1
fai'toi■> to ill Interests, and a fedln
"f unity on the progress so far mndo
j-. believed to exist between the collll
t> i.Miiitii-sinners and railroad repri
sen tall vi The next move will hi
made by the county toward entering
l io a preliminary contract with tb
i '■ oad The InU'i'iirhan. Ii i- it
oi h> Counts' iikuc (ieoi't e I! Malili
I ii iiim guided in a 1 irue measu">
1 the arrangements made b> tin-
<• hi's
SAN JACINTO HERO DEAD.
Steven F Sparks Died Rockport at
Aye of 91.
H'h )<|iort, Tex Steven F Sparks,
m'i it Ihe last survivor* of (ien Hons
ton arms at the battle of Han .lacln
t i died at the home of his son near
♦ his elt) Thursday mornliiK and was
1 iii' led in the local cemetery Thursday
a! ' eriiooll,
I'hi d*«-eiised was ' 1 years of ape
anil was sick only a few days
Flags on all public buildings
ii roughout the city are at half inasl
and deep Krlef I . fell over the i Hiiro
cutlimunll v at lent ill).' the liiKli esteem
lii which the old veteran was held.
Schaefer Still Champion.
rh iti?o, 111 Jacob Schaefer Thurs
dr. liiuiil siicci ssfullj defc-ided his ii
He hi champion billiard player at the
I v ;iich balk line, one shot in i;aine,
b defeating Willie Moppe. the score
b"'* " t" 11!;! Schaefer's average
Vi'al II 10-3"i lloppe's average w.is
ij ir. .u
In Jail for Life.
Oklahoma, Ok A Jim here Krl
di\ found Uudolph Tender unlit* of
Ihe murder of .1 ur-s U Meadows on
tile lllnht of .lull' I Hill?, ill I his c| I y
and tixed his Kcnti nee at imprison
III.'til fill life Mrs I.illl Meadow ,
wife of the murdered man. Is mvaltiiiK
<f r.il on a chat," ol i mp'icL> lu the
. ill.' del
SEVERAL V/HITE PERSONS SERE-
OUSLY WOUNDED.
Trouble at V( da, La., Arose From
Uues'ion of Wages . nd Netpo La
bor Great Excitement.
Shrevc pott I .a At II p tn. Sun-
day train passe.I through Aloha en
route lo Uexaniiria from V< rda. l.a .
•i -mail 111in 1 it• i wn on ihi- I,, I;
Itailv i\ Tb . in char e of the
special p.i n aihlse that there has
been atioiin i ;..et"ou-> race rioi there,
.ieveial person- were ' iloush wound-
ed, all ol whom 'vere while On tile
spi cial train was Mr tJeor e I'm • of
1*as, an eropl e . ,.t Hrp '(" >v
1 e Hlc!ia> ilson I nn her t'otn, in wh i
in serioiislv wh, id'd '• i .liot
throiK'h Ihe td"iuacl; and It i- aid
will not re i vet. Iln'i 'iron wa
- hot in tin hand A una mime I Scot-
1 ;> 1. .-aid li ■ has. b "i - in i. I is
nil- .in- having dl appenred during
lli -hooting |r i ills,, reported but
not confirmed that Mi lleorne Stn !h.
'."•ii,keep . fur ih. iumhi.tr company.
ss'ii -hot M.iie than a si'ire of shots
w' i'' e\c!iat . • 11 I'eople ai'i .-alii to
I" sv.,ii-miii.' I he streets and at unit
Hi staiion siith shotguns and all kinds
"f llfearm l Aciteaienl i- ai Ii s i t
heat a.Ill tunhel trouble is expertel
I'll ' 1 ' Oll' le hi'i'w Ollt of Ihe dl.-.sa' I
ction ami friction os. r svaue and
the recent race trouble, in which the
i;e. roi" were driven from Verd i
I'lcir r< I urn can... d another ou'l n ..k
NO OBSTACLES
K'-rhert Knox Smith Will Have the
Run of Nrw York Exchange.
N't w York The commissioner of
ci• rpot.itIons II riii ri Knox Smith,
i' 1 be 'j i veil . v i t > ' 11 iI• t \ to inset
.rati the New York Stack Kxchaime
i I. Inipiirs into alb ■ d -lock . x
rliamie • i in Id inc. which ha- been o>
11•" ei| ,i\ Ih i's ah'lit K' ii' ex ill, accord
i 11u to ,i Htatement made by 8wretary
l*'ls ol the e.xchallMi
We w ill diow M r Smit h all s\ •
hasi , aid Mr K1> Tliei•• is iaso
Mitels tun hint i'n a- to conceal iu re
c. it'll lo lie exi haliue i .1' i's luaaace
Ilie ||!
Wages Cut in Cotton Mills
Huston Mass Within isven s four
hours after notices had been posted
in the col ion mills of l.oss >11 aniiounc
iim a reduction in ss me- of lu per
cent, affectim; all the jii.mi'.i employes,
slniih'i notices svere posted at the
mills of the \tnoskea.n Corporation al
Matichestei \ II . and at the mills
of ihe Jack-on t'ntnpatis and ihe
,\a hua Matiui icturiim Company at
\ashua N II I In \inoskean Cor
poratloti is the laiuest cotton cloth
mnniitacliirliiK • stable htnent in the
world and at the pn .cut time has on
lis pas roll about I I,nun Operatives.
Sal a do Girl Du.-ned.
Salailo, Hell Co Miss lloaii lto/e||,
am d about 'I seai w,i burned lo
deuib here Weduexda.s afternoon.
She had been bIt alone al the house
and when dl covered was dead in tne
yard. The manner In which she
caught til' is unknown
Students on a Picnic.
I .i s an l ex I'rof l( (i Allen and
the members of ihe Allen Acadcms
senior class lei I P rid as to spend two
days and a nlnlil on a camp limn an
the Nasasoti user There me four
icuii in tin |iari>
APPROXIMATE STATE VAEI'ES.
ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN AB0UT
MADE FOR 19C3.
State T.-x F!atp Is Expected to Be Rc
duceU Material!/, Some Predicting
It to Be C or 7 Cents.
A . Iln, Tex The time Is not far
di taut lor thi' counts lax assessors
over tin stal to send In their reports
of approximate as-ess-d values to the
Slu e Automatic 'lax Hoard for valor
• ill slate t.:x rule iii s j . iti The as-
h Mnents have about bet n compleied
over the state, and t! •• preliminary or
approx.tnale reports mil-1 be sent in
to lie- i enptroller for the u-c of said
boil I'd I .'St \ e.i i', the fie i of tin
board's operation, it reduced the t; <
' He lo )'.. C oil !he ^llln of s :illl ittotl
and predicted that i would he able to
make further reduction iliis year The
full rendition lass ha been pressed by
the tate i 'venue auent and stale tax
coinini:- ' no r all over Texa and the
result has been that assi-s ed values
han utov'i Some elosels connected
w ill the administration have predict
ed that the board would losver the ad
saloi-"iti tax rale to Hi or 7c this yi ar
It would lie good ness - after the raise
iu assesi'd values over Texas
President Barrett Appeals to the
Hearts of Men.
Kilends mid Hrethren
We has • jast closed at Memphis the
greate t meeting the faiaiers of tills
counti v bas e ever held
lu iiiinihei'H, in enthusiasm and In
co opei atlvo fellowship Ii - u passed all
the inc. ling- that have gone hi I' ire
and tarnishes the mo.-.t gratiivng and
conclusive evideuco that the Fanners'
neither at a standstill not a
I iu the pioui r.-ive inav. h of
lirst to last the aauie harnto
ailed that has alsvays charai
he organization, and the plans
■ii nlim yeai w ere a grot I up >n
I > .'til or division
ss e liok backward mil con
• the steady and stately
ucb.es men is of the past three year
all thai our great organizn
done ami aU thai Its splendl
make possible for the future
ss«II i ■ "ii e, and the spirit i
inetil al the work may give pie . to
than iln- ■ for the grace that In;
guid' I i ir efforts and the helpful hat
mo1 \ i hit has made I hem svln
The i., > sol 1111 -1 s no rei-oti knoivn
to iln n sshs I he Farmers' Cnion shou. I
not ■ otne If it is not alre.nl\ i
tin ■. ate.it busincss organi/. I'i.ui in
tin ss irhI. We are niareiiitig m
atui Ills' and hope'iiily toward thai
goal.
W" mils-1 Ini'vilahl' mol l the -' mill
the \\ . si and the N n th into an n
sistil.ie and heiieth ut cotnpiu . tn.it
will HWay tlie nation Tor the nation
good In a great can no thai s neither
'Hellish nor unprofitable sve niu -t help
oil! ■ e| vi s, all I in mi I iln help • •; r
conii' s to a lai ■' r and i >:.! r plane <f
happine -■ and p'ospeiIt;
Who is there among n who donl '-t
Ilia s
i a i a /1
our posvei or
noble pui'p'Se
i hie . '
The things
laudable and
claims that ss-
alli1 right.- ins i
ssi seek liinsi
i apa ii
in tlii-
to
hiii
s e
ot
tills
oil
lor ,i;
T!i
thai sv.- li.'.M
logical thim
• make are r-'isoiiahle
laiins Tlie hetterment
and sitrels will .iiciul
INDIANS REICN OF TERROR.
Ya^uis m Outbreak Which Threatens
Americans.
KI Pi
who ai
das. re
'.mrrihl:
had ih.
nora, (
locochl
mans
i iii'bed
The
eii Ihe
a^allis!
mo, Tex I •! K I Ackerman,
rived at Douglas, Ariz, 'lues
ported that Yai|iil Indians had
i outraged tss.i Mexicans and
■n killed them near Opufo. So
lose to the sve!| knosvn Tuba
mini . in a i i'gion inhabited
\niericaiis and hitherto iimli -
lis Indians
prefect of Man
Held with l.'i
I lie I till an
ezunia has tak
A! x lean t roups
ELBE RTA PROSPECTS GOOD
Prices Will Bf" Higher and Qualit)
of Fruit Better.
< 'ollesie Si at Ion, 'I . v I 'rof I 1
K '• lc ol tin depart mill • i f burin !u
lias iust reitimed tri>ni mi --x■ •
i rip through the lainous KT it a i en
belt of Texas I ii spi: • t ear!', tin
favorable outlook he re.i.ir tha: c a
ditinns now point ;o i pi n i crop oi
one-fourth or one third 1. • usual
yield from such of the old orchards ;o-
have reci'ised proper care ami aivn
tion This slehl. so I'rof Kyle i , ma
Is even let let I hatl a full t 'p In
cause the prices received will 11 •
higher and the quality of th" finit
will he bet let Hesldes, a ijl] ci ;
is always bard on the trees
Head Bloswn Off.
Amarlllo, lex I'efer Hansen ssa
found lu the railroad sards near th
ice plant here Wednesday inmnlim
with his lu-aii blown enilrcls off lie
txiiigbt ily tiamlie l ue,.|as afii fiiiion
lie ssa T" years old, of 1'anlsli ex
tract Ion, aiifi wai,> a good cltl/en ami |
owned city property
Rosanky Mexican Killed.
Hasirop, Tex It '.vas I'-potiei
lbiou:h official oiiicim Sundas morn
luu thai a Mexican living ai or near '
the liissn of I {o s a 11 k s . tins i ounls sv.i
murdered Saiurla. nlgbi lis partie |
unknown No p.nili ular- leading up!
to the murder, tieitliei has the tiatmi |
of the M'kicaa set been learned
tlie betterment of our country and of
all Ihe people of overs class (iol
helps tlio.i who help tniii.->"!s" an I
sse are iiest invoking the divine bh -s
lng and sturdiest when ssc stand > ii
l\ and si. adlasi for the measures and
the pari s sv Id ch Increase onr ' i u n I"
and enlarge our prosperiis
l.et tne coiigratulaie you once mon
that, iu tlie face ol puni and amid
prices falling every whoi • , sv.. base
held steadfast the sallies of our faini
products and sustaltn .i cot!on i r
tiin of what we isk, even though Hi"
bottom dropped Iroin slocks and bad
securities. Hut for the banded strength
of 2,000,000 farmers. ottou won in
have fallen from lis liigli estate to
ii cent value The svorhl kuosvs 15ii-
ami the world respects and heirs a
bo Is that i an defend Its oss n
Two little svords of co ins 1 ss ii i'
Ih e for this message of to lay It i.-
betler to single shot one j,|e,l lll.ui li
scatter bird-shot suggestions oser .
ss : do area of advice
I'd I - I 1,1't us ma I •
<\ bet • nelf supporti: •,
slllile Into the lili . of
ss hlch gamblers are a d
late. I jet every 'arm bo
plenty, a walled cits of
fense. I^'t us sosv and
soil that Is our the m- ■
and we can then In any
genes forget ih" lnxiiri's and ii>-;
conspirators who would s'a's. u
our latin-
Hid ss
11
cry
c.1'1
pan i
i n an ip u
a pros lin e of
Indtist: ;il d ■
• i i from tic
-- ,11'il'S of llf.
lossihle eni'M
the
Into
Industrial submission to hell plans
Tick lo the soil Willi nius. 1e and touch
It with brain, and It will In nl.-li every
Don't fail to go to th'
campaign meeting'
lu iHonr
ll Is real amusing to *<v Vnsv 'he
friends of cotton specula!loii l oor t>
It .is "lerfltillllltl poi I e ii ;
II will he II reilectlon on "s "i v i iti
/.en ssho falls to respond to tae pro
fereii opportunity of getting • i of all
the trash about hi premises
Was your last I'n ion meeting the
best you ever ha I 1 It ought to base
I ecu and Ii is your fault if It ss m ti e
(let busy lix Iii4 up to your opport in!
111 se
There ts a lot of school h cisea .i11
osor this country now Mtrouud -I hv
ti' *< that would has" be •: in the
open Held if it had not I tor the
Parmers' I'nlon. Let the • o l work
go on ami on
It Is not too late to plant tre-'s set
and we'll bet ten cell's to ,i ■ a p Mil
that you have overlooked s an pi ■
where a tree -a< .iIii do ill riglit if it
hid a chaiicu. (i i plant it rig'.i! r.s i
ih;ng s*t need mil build the best «stat>
llslied tamp u t against out eiienik'S.
An I once more, be wary of the poll-
tic ans. As the organization grows
greater and more pnsverf il, the schnm
iug politli Ian Willi his skilled lieuten-
ants bi'.'onii'H more and more sidicitous
of oil! ha p|)il|eis and silccesi', and
more ami more determined lo use It as
the sli pping stone to bis personal
profit or his political preferment.
Waich Ih - fellow and avoid him to
the end lis ibis man the Farmers'
Alliance fell, but by this man let us
never fall (live every man thine ear,
hut fi sv tils tongue Welch coilllS"!
carefully, and svitli keen eyes consider
(he man who gives ii.
Ami may the (ioil of our fathers
gui le us in i uitlnual discretion to the
welfare of mil families, our country
an I th right l.o illy yours. Charles'
S Harrett. National {'re-id ill.
Not Land, Dut Labor. That's Wanted.
Of ss liiit use lo you w ould he thou-
iii Is of broad am. , tt all other por-
>ii also bad all the laud they could
use' Your land would hasi no salue
and would return yon n i good except
Ihai you worked it sourseli \nd who
would waul more I in I iliau lie could
use upon such Ie:'III - ' \ gnad lleiRh
lui under H'h i ileum taiice- would
he worth a ss nib county of .- ill Aside
from ssh.it .x.ia actually u-e in your
oss n person, you do not svant land for
the sake of the litid, but for the pur-
pose oi kecpln ■ s inie poor landless
ss lit off until lie h i i oil- 'tiled to
se s o*, one hall a one third of what
lie iii11 Ills (inilI;. ' an raise on it.
I he s able ol I.iti I. the e ore, <|e j
pen 11 not on its richni s, hut on the ,
la a tllllt there Illll t lie men without '
ins land, who may be for 1 by their
necessities to pa) you for the ins of a
'■ n of Cod fool ol where they ma-,
ss oris and produce the good tilings of
iii' . "i on th' in fore fern o up the lands
with paper title ■ d Tend tllcni by some
i ,;.-tic svord- in old books somewhere,
..'al fool tin 111' 111• s into li ving their .
i oiiti-ni to su-tinning you iu soar pos- (
ilon and kcep.ng them out of po:. j
-loii until tin s dlvlili up svlth sua!
Ami ihe l'ttidlesn lu thi- country lira :
i ma.Mi! tty, n • they are in Kurope from
v l.eiice this .stem of deceit ami in-
i ! 1- e SS ■ Illl pOl ' I'd. \ Illl SS 11 hoilt
110 . onsen ot this landless majority 1
II IIS e . 'I ' 1*1, you
" - ni | has i uo title to a bit ot land j
sou ssi'ie not using -Appeal to Ilea' i
on.
This is tlie ear when you svant to i
ir the thi"e l' s as a cotni irt-bringcr
I he . are |>'-allui -'. prgs and poultry,
and to th things i Id |ii"tii|cnce in
111 things and you will be s >ry near
the kingdom
If s on find that the I 'mon e m't ^e'p
you In any way. for goodness saki be
broad minded enotigli lo help it ail s ou
can Men who are assay up in the
wo Id osve ll to their humbler brethren
to lend a hand.
Li e s ti>o short to do ill that we
ss ant lo do. b'lt by jiutilng our efforts
into the l"iiion and all pulling t igother
sve an make an Impression that svlll
work long iftet sv.. are lain .1 wn In
the cold and silent lust.
The fact is. you can't Just tell when
*ou may speak a good word for the
I nlon thai may bring rorth good fuiL.
Keep al it. the same as the merchant
i.eeps t. tiding t i his own business, and
iln ;. :ail's ss ill surprise you.
11 as e you taken time y.t to fi* up
tiie Ihisver lied ■ foi the madam nvl
the girls'' Heller take ibis time now.
I''Iks svtll think some old scalawag
lis. i at your place, if you don't and
the think svlll In- about right, too.
Kf*op things around your place clean.
You can thus save doctors' hill -, main
inn the respect of your neighbors ind
your own self-respect, which Is one of
the most ess. nt al to the well-being of
any good citizen.
POULTRY POINTS.
One of the most humane ways to
kill a fowl Is the old fashioned way
. f cutting off Its bead
When only one breed is kept, there j
Is alwasii a uniform shape, size and
color, which make them attractive.
Poultry will not do as well if fre- I
ipient i haiige is made from sweet lo
sour miik. and from sour to sweet.
Some believe that the chicken and
egg business Is the best small busi-
ness In the world for some people.
When an untried food has beeu
gloss n It Is sale to try a few feeds
hetore ie dlllg It a ; a f ill ration aud
svatch ill" results
There are -ouicthing ism .">1)0 farm
pa pi" s ill the I tilled Stat- ,, and Illl
of them ih vote mot e oi le «pace
t i poultry raising
Many arc making the poultry btisi ,
ne - pay, although d > not get the
i.tn s prices of those whr live near
tie* its Hut the price of building
mat."ial all I feed ii corn->ponJing > ■
low er
Witness of Brainy
Unbelievers
By RFV A C. DIXON, D D.,
f'ttlof of tlie C.liKi|i. Av Moody'*)
Church, Chicago.
Men of brains,
though they b«
not Christians,
cannot fail Io glvh
to tlie Hlble a
very high place
as a literary, eth-
ical and religious
force In II." ssorld.
Such a man was
Benjamin Frank
Iln who said:
Young man, my
advice to you Is
that you cultivate
au acijualntaiico
with and a llrnt
belief in, the Holy Scrl|itures. for tbil
Is s our certain Interimt
Tboiiiss .lefferson, ssho svrote Ihe
"Iieclaration uf Independence.'' said
"I have said, mid always will n.v, that
the sludioi. peril-al ol the sacred vol-
ume svlll makt b iter citizens, b«'U
ttr fathets and better Inmbands."
Daniel Webster, than whom a brain-
ier man has not lise.| under our flag,
said: The Hlble is the book of ail
others for iass\> as well us divines,
and I pity tlie man ssho cannot llnd
lu it a rich -np| Is- of thought and rule
of conduct." It Is a belief in til •
Hlble." wrote (locthe. "which has
served me as a guide of my moral an 1
literal - 1 ii• * No criticism sslll In able
to perplex the confidence sve has" in
a svritiug wbm." contents hav •
mined up and given vital lit" and
• •nergy by lis oss n The further the
nues ndvunce iu civilization the niur-)
the 1 Ilhle ss-111 he used
Mntthess Arnold bus not been ac-
cused of snip-whs ssitli Christianity,
but lie had brains and he wrote: "To
the f libit' men svlll return because
I lies cannot do wlt'.aiut it."
The Bible Essential.
Diderot., the French unbeliever,
when lie looked from the eccleilnstical
machine svhi h lc had cans-? to criti-
i i.;'1, ij I; i .\ li" ,\ r«>; •' ' No
bettei li- oiis can I teach my child
I ban I In -e of t he HI hie "
Kveu I'roi Huxley, though he had a
narrow, scientific spirit, was compelled
to write | have alsvays been in
lavor of secular education without the
olouy, but I must confess that 1 havo
been lio less seriously perplexed to
know by what practical methods th i
religions feeling, which Is the essen-
tial basis of moral conduct. Is to be
kept up In ihe present chaotic state of
opinion on these matters svtthout th«
use of the Hlble."
Kosseau. strong and Independent,
though skeptical, wrote: "I'eruse the
books of philosophers, with all t! "Ir
pomp of diction How meager, how
c inteuiptlble are they when compared
ssith the Scriptures. The majesty of
the Scriptures strikes me with ad-
miration "
We could fill volumes svlili quota-
tions from famous Christian scholars,
but these ar - from skeptical men of
brains ind culture who view the Hlble
,simply as an intelligent, moral and ed-
ucational force
Cireal men, though not Christians,
rise the same high estimate of Jesus
Christ Daniel Webster wrote: 1
believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of
* Ind The miracles which he wrought
establish iii my mind his personal au
thortts and render it proper for mo
to believe what he asserts"
Ralph Waldo Kiliersou said. "Jesus
Is the most perfect of all men thai
hav- yet appeared."
Napoleon Hotiiiparie, with a mind as
dlicriminiiiliig and logical as Web
s'ei s held the same view "I know
men. said Napoleon, ' and 1 tell you
Jesus Christ was not a man,
On one occasion Gen Hertrand ex
pressed to Napoleon his doubt as to
the deity of Christ If you do not
believe that Jesus Christ was dl
vine,' returned Napoleon, I did
wrong to appoint you general."
Finest Kenan, who lost his profes-
sorship In the 1 "Diversity of Paris on
account of his infidelity, wrote of
Christ "All history Is incomprehen
sible without him He created the ob-
ject and fix-d the ..tarting point of
the future faith of humanity, lie is
the Incomparable man to whom the
universal conscience has decreed the
title of Son of Uod. and (hat with
justice In the first rank of this
grand family of true sons of Clod w <
must place Jesus The highest con
setii isllcss of Hod that evet existed
In the breast of humanity was thai of
.Ii siis Repose now In thy g! its
noble foundei Ths work is fin,shed
Ths dlvtnH) is established 'Plum
shall become the corner stone of hu
inanity so entirely that lo tear ths
inline from this world would rend It to
Its foundations Hetw.en the an 1
ilod there 'sill no loiig.-r be tmv ! .
tinction Complete cotniuet u . t deatn
take possession of ths kingdom whith
er shall follow thee by the royal ioi l
which thou ha-o tm >.| ages o/
adoring w u sin n . '
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