The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-19

mighty will follow them in this worlG |
md IN the next. Take my own case
when the pressure to remove the Presi- |
lent came on me, l spent two weeks in |
prayer TO make sure of the Deity's |
will
at the end of two weeks my mind
was fixed as to the political necessity of
his removal, and l never have had the
slightest doubt since about the divinity
Of the act or the necessity for it. Thus
far the Deity has fathered the act to my
He knows / executed his
Will aud know It, and a great many
people are beginning to see it, and they
will see more and more as time advan-
ces. put my life upon the Deity. The
have has not come to grief
vet, and / do NOS think / am destined to
be shot or hung. But that is matter for
the Deity to pass upon and not me.
Whatever the mode of my exit from the
world may be, have no doubt my name
and work will roll laundering down the
ages. To men that kill me, privately or
judicially, the Deity and one man are
always a majority and Will prevail
against all the men born. Abraham and
the Deity were q majority; Noah and
the Deity were a majority Jesus OF Naz-
areth and the Deity were a majority.
"One thousand eight hundred and
eighty-one years ago the Savior of man.
kind was born in poverty and obscurity.
He moved up and down Judea and spoke
as one having authority. Vast multi
tudes followed Him. He cast out dew
lis, healed the sick, restored the blind
and diseased, told the multitude who He
was and what He came for, that God the
Father had sent Him to point the way
TO eternal life. The wonderful being
had nowhere to lay His head. He had
no money. He had no friends, He never
travelled, He never wrote q book. He
was hated, despised, and finally cruel
fed as q vile Imposter. Then back He
went to the bosom of His father. Dur
ing his ministry he drew around Himself
few despised individuals as Himself.
They had no money, and had no stand
ing in society. They were poor fisher
men outwardly. Like most other great
events in human history, Christianity
at first was an absolute failure. 1t was
like seed planted-it had to grow lit
tie by little. lime has developed it in
to gigantic tree, covering nearly the
inhabitsble globe.
"Most great men are poor. Martin
Luther, the great reformer of the six
tenth century was pauPer all his life,
but he served God with amazing effect
and his name went into the history of
his time as the foremost religious man
of his age. Luther revolutionized the
religious thought of the fifteenth Gen.
tury, and to-day his name is revered by
all Protestant churches. But Luther had
q hard time in getting in his work. He
was prosecuted, imprisoned, but out OF
it all the Lord delivered him. To-day
am in your presence, gentle
men-a poor man because lefl
Q good law business in Chicago
in 1877, to try and do my duty in en-.
| tightening mankind on theology.
went into theology to- serve the Lord
and preach the gospel. l had about as
ology as Paul did. He hungered and
thIrsted and was naked and had no GER
tain dwelling place, but he preached the
| gospel as he understood it although he
| had hard time. Since he left the earth
his work and name have come down the
ages. Christ and Paul did their work and
left the result with the Almighty Father
and do the same.
"Christmas, 1876, l was in Chic ago
and was walking with Mr. Mn"dy, aud
writing my lecture on 'ChriSL'S Second
Coming, A. ID. $780, wherein | saw tha
His second coming occurred at that
time in the spiritual world aud that
chrIstendOm for eighteen centuries has
lost its reckoning concerning this great
event.
! my MISSION
was to enlighten mankind in reference
to the second coming of Christ; an even
that has caused the wisest theologians
in the Christian church for eighteen cen
turtles vast deal of thought, and has
| probably ruined thousands of immortal
souls. spent years in this business.
received nothing but poverty and con
| tempt for my services and trouble, but
expect the Deity will take care of MT
hereafter on that, and this is the reason
today l am poor man. Had | stucl
| to the law business either in New Yorl
or Chicago l should have been ricl
man Today. But had other work Il
do. My book Truth contains my the
ology; it Cost me trouble enough and
have no doubt but it is official. During
the three years was on theology in
CURED some small debts which have
never been able to pay. A $1,000
would pay every dollar | owe. The
prosecution has made great fuss about
my owing some board bills, but that has
no bearing on this issue. l understand
| Mr.. Corkhill, who has taken upon him
/ self to dig up my circumstances, owes 9
Il hundred times more than do. | al
Il ways pay when have money. There
was no money in theology, and did the
best I could considering the circum
stances, and that was all the Lord want
ed of me. AS Paul said: I have Tough
a good fight; have finished my cause
I Kept the faith, and am sure of my re
ward In August, 1879, left Chicago
and spent several months in Boston try
ing to help the sale of my book
but it was new and few persons appre
cisted it. left Boston in 1880 and wen
to New York and took an active part il
politics. l was an active Grant man bu
was pleased with Garf1eld's nomination
I wrote q speech entitled Garfield VS.
Hancock wherein l sought to show tina
the republic would be endangered b.
Hancock's election. / gave the speed
TO leading Stalwarts and they were pleas
ed with It. It had a certain ring, and
made their personal acquaintance at tn
Fifth avenue hotel and at the headquaI
tiers of the National Republican com
mittee. I was always well received
I judge they thought me a bright maj
and good fellow. was in New Yorl
from June, 1880, to March, 1881.
al am in receipt of large mail, rep
resenting the progressive thought of tn
nation, to which now call attention, a
it shows public feelingttowards me.
withhold names. I have probably
thousand letters awaiting me at my OF
fee at the Jail, which shall examine a
soon as possible. annex letters from
the east and west, the north and soutl
and taking in ali classes of society.
recently received telegram from BOs
ton, as follows:
All Boston sympathiZes with you
you ought to be PRESIDENT and signed
A Host OF ADMIRERS.
A letter from the executive office o
the Western Union Telegraph company
says:
II am an ardent admirer of you, anC
sincerely trust that all will come well ii
the end"
A Chicago lawyer sends this;
Hon. CAas. Guiteau:
81 have watched your trial from thu
beginning with great interest and an
firmly convinced of the truth and jus
| tice of your defense. Be of good cheer
Your acquittal is assured, and you viii
come out from this trial honOred anC
respected. The American people lie
| light in so striking an evidence of plucI
and sagacity, and will surely sustain
you" "a number of letters of like
character were Quoted.)
I have had no intention to make thii
trial farce. The prosecution have vii
flied me outrageously. have TO defend
myself OF be
| CRUSHED LIKE A CRAVEN.
Then follows letter from Concordia
Kansas,l and q long, dreary recital O
the prisoners communion with himsel
before the commission of the crime. I
| IS q mere repetition of the argument.
which are enounced in the body Of hi:
| speech.
SeovIlle's Plea for Guiteau-He is COnytneeG
Of the AssassIn's Insanity.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Mr. Scovill.
began his argument this morning bN
publicly returning thanks to the manl
eminent counsel throughout the country
who had, by mail, assisted him will
such good counsel relative to q proper
1 T,raao1tGfi0n IF the dafouaa an as fn ano