The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1889-10-05
26TH ANNIVERSARY OF
SHILOH.
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learn of Solomon, the son of David;
he succeeded his father as King of
Israel, The temple he built at
Jerusalem in honor of the God Of
Israel, has also rendered his name
immortal.
The longer the doctor spoke, the
more interesting his hearers got.
They seemed to be enchanted as
the words fell from his lips. He
next branched off on
PROFANE HISTORY,
and said that we learn of the enter
tanning fables by the writer Hsop.
His fables acquired for him a high
reputation and he is generally sup
posed to be the inventor of that
kind of writings. He was formerly
a slave and had several masters,
but gained his freedom by the
charms of his genius. He Travelled
over the greatest part of Greece
and Egypt, and was finally put to
death by the Delphians, whom he
insulted concerning their God.
SOCRETES.
Profane history gives us an account
of Socretes. He was called away
from the work of stone cutter by
friend and soon became conspicu-
GUS. he was attended by member
of illustrious pupils, whom
he instructed by his exemplary
life as well as by his doctrines.
He was condemned to death on the
false accusation of corrupting the
Athenian youth and making
innovations in the religion of the
Greeks, &c. We learn of Demos
themes, who was only seven years
of age when his father died, and
his guardians being unfaithful to
their trust, squandered his property
and neglected his education. He
was therefore indebted to his over
industry and application for
the discipline Of his mind. His
abilities as an orator soon placed
HIM at the head of the government
and in this capacity he aroused his
cOuntrymen against the ambitious
designs of King Phillip. He also
opposed Alexander the Great and
made every effort to save his cOun-
try. When the generals of Alexan-
der approached Athens, he fed to
the temple of Neptune for safety,
and there took poison to proven this
falling into their hands, and died
in the Goth year of his age, 922 B. Z.
We learn of julius CESAR, a sac
cessful warrior, of Brutus and
cassi9sii St nI Gtie6eE6 t Tue prince of
Roman orators.
In speaking of
MODERN HISTORY,
Rev. Phillips said Tentullian lived
at Carthage; he was originally a
pagan, but afterwards embraced
Christianity and became one of it's
ablest defenders. st. Augustine
was Bishop Of Hippo in Africa and
died in his seventy sixth year. He
distinguished himself by his
writings, and his reputation is great
even to this day. Columbus, the
great and eminent navigator and
e discoverer of America, Raphael and
Michael Angelo, the masters of
painting all historical characters,
who have been the worlds
benefactOrs. Martin Luther, the
great reformer, is a character we
cannot pass by. AS he was walking
in the field with a fellow student
they were both struck with
lightning. Luther fell to the
ground stunned and his companion
was killed. So wrought upon by
this event, that without consulting
anyone, he formed and executed
the resolutions of retiring from the
world. After entering the ministry
he soon found out the corruption
of the ROmish priests aud opposed
them with all his might. Just about
this time, st. Peters Church, in the
city of Rome, which seats twenty
thousand people, was about to be
completed and Pope Leo, the Y,
wanted money to finish it, and in
order to raise this money he issued
his famous decree, granting
indulgence for sins sc. Luther took
he side of God and true religion,
against the Pope and the Romish
Church, and out of his efforts and
struggles sprung the great
reformation. Modern prOfane
history gives US an account Of
Shakespeare, and from his play of
JULIUS CESAR, i take the following:
Capernia, the wife of CESAR,
suspected the plot of the Senators,
led by Brutus and Cassius, to
murder her husband. She tried to
persuade her husband not to 60 to
the Senate that day, which was the
Ides of March but after all her
earnest and piteous pleadings, she
was answered by CESAR in the
following words: "COWardS die