The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-12-20
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With Some Illustrations Drawn From the
HiHtronie Lore Of Sacred ana froiAne
History,

With Some Illustrations Drawn FROM tho
HiHtronie Lore Of baeFed aud frofAne
hiHtory,
IWTiaan faT No HHvs- DHnOoRATl
What Ia a orank2 Burdette says,
when nature wants a weather yaue'
most anybody will do but when II
wants a crank, II selects the best mate
rial II has, 10 illustrate what q crank
Ia, compare society TO a barge floating
down a smooth stream toward tho falls
OF destruction, Mature selects some
crank, that has the courage 10 rune the
waters below, 10 warn the Voyagor OF
the danger. so whom nature Wishes 70
raise society above la level, II selects
some crank or canka 10 do that work
How do cranka got their payP This Is
q question that win perhaps always
remain unsettled, Suffice 10 suppose
that nature has some way OF paying Ia
employees, Whether the satisfaction
OF being contrary Ia sufficient, or
whether they get II In some other way
romans a question. Hut certain II 10
that society owen 10 oranks, or ut least
has obtained from Crankb, our olyillra'
tion, religion and science,
They generally live diaplhed by sool'
city, die In imOminy, and get In history
what they were refused during life, BY
society,
Take Jesus Christ an the first crank
and a crank extraordinary; the true
source from whence u Christianity,
civilization and morality comes, Lev
us pause here TO make one reflection,
and use the words Of an emlniht
author;
ave have seen from the earlieat ages
| llInqa. heroes aud illuatrlOua men be-
come the gods OF nations, but here the
reputed son OF q carpenter, IN hn Cd,
Bcure corner Of Jud0a, ~ a patron OF
SORROWS and Indulgence, lle %undergoeS
| the ignOmy o fapubliG execution, he 80
lectR hla disciples from among The low
| eat of the people, lie breaches nauBht
| but sacrifice, naught but the rennnela'
ton OF earthly pOmp, power and pleas
ure. lie prefers the slave 10 the mas
ter. tho poor 10 the rich; The leper 70
| the healthy man. Ali that mourn, all
that are anlicted, an that are ~forsakon
by the world, are his delight. But pow
| OF, wealth and prosperity are incesbeht'
~ threatened by him.
lie OyerthrOws the prevalent n0tlOns
of morality, institutes new relations
amongst men. A new law OF nations,
a new public faith. Thus does he CO.
| tabllsh his Divinity, triumph over tho
| Caesars; seats himself on the throne
and AZ length aubdues the earth
And, since the cranls that have been
executed for his cause can be counted
by the millions, and to-day, nearly two
thousand years since his advent, mil
lions Of cranks are ready 70 diefor him,
tell me not that such o one could have
been any thing else but q God, or MS
religion anything but divine.
But TO understand the work or ma
ture OF q crank employed by nature It
is necessary 10 understand something
Of the works OF nature, in the work OF
civilization, ! take IL that society hGs
a mistaken idea rs 10 what civilization
Is, We generally take It for granted
that we got our civilization from re.
hgion, science and education. While ]
hold the reverse is true, and that We
get these things from civilization. ]
hold that civilization is q part In The
work Of creation.
But as space viii not allow me q
branch off on civilization, win do that
ON some future occasion. But never
call q man q crank unless you want K
0atter him, A, j. KNIT,
Canton, ., Doc. 10, 1888.