Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-13
Was Garfield an .Agnostfc ?

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Il matter which has been we'll known il
Washington, but Of which the general
public has not been informed? Mr.
Garfield, in early life, was Cambelite
and sometimes occupied the pulpit; but
his times, he, during the last ten years
read the works of Tyndall, Huxley, and
John Stuart Mill His intimate friends
say that he seemed particularly inn
pressed with the views of Her
bert Spencer. There are frequent
references in his elaborate speeches to
the works OF the scientific agnostics OF
our times. But Mr.. Garfield, like tens
of thousands of persons in the churches,
not only kept his hetrodox views to
himself, but kept GA sucll kindly rela-
tons with the sect Of which he was for
merly a lay preacher, that their leaders
and preachers supposed him to be still
one of them. This he could do with
the more conscience, as the Disc iples,
as they call themselves, renounce dog
mas of all kinds and ask of their men,
bers nothing but that they should fol-
lew the examples of Christ. Lord
Beaconsfield, it will be remembered,
died without any ministration at the
hands of a clergyman. While paying
all outward respect to the Church Of
England. the great English Tory leader
was either a Jew in bis private belief
or else skeptic Of the eighteenth CEN
tury type. His repeated and brilliant
eulogies of the Jewish race in his novels
show that he was proud of his lineage,
and lead to the suspicion that he may
have believed in the God of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob, while the tenor of his
works gives an impression of the mock
ing cynical temper toward things re-
ligious which characterize Voltaire and
the men Of his epoch.
its respectable cashier, aided by the
negligence of the directors, has given a
great start in money circles Stock
holders and depositors are wondering
whether the Newark case is an average
one, and whether the bank vaults gen
orally contain anything in the tin
boxes and envelopes labeled as having
valuable contents. 1t is likely there
will be a general overhauling of the
affairs Of banks throughout the country.
Of course it is cemmunistic sugges-
ton to propose that wealthy and re-
spectacle bank officials shall show up,
but then they that have free souls it
touches not them. Let the CALLED jade
vince.
The New York Times says that tho
majority of epulsnt families in New
York, have no regular family physi-
clans, and employ one medical attendant
or another, according to circumstances.
1t may be noted, indeed, that the old
fashioned family practitioner has passed
away in the hurry of the times, and
that few physicians can say with truth
fulness that their connections are fixed |
and regular, or that, having attended in
4 certain family once even with salts
faction, they are measurably sure of be-
ing called again.
The Board of Directors Of the State
Insane Asylum Of California have, in
with the opinion of the At
sorney General, resolved that the mile
age distance shall be computed from
heir residences to the Asylum, aud not
rom the county seats as before.
Gen. Joe Johnston says that he has
entirely abandoned politics, and is with
put political ambition. When he was
in Congress his private business suffered,
Government salary was too uncertain
! reliance, and he concluded to give his
whole time to an insurance company.
An Austin man, who has made the
subject life study, expresses the opin-
on that the real cause Of the destitutien
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