The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-03-12
factories, and then see the paper. white
and pure as an infants soul waiting for
Gods iuSeriDri1u

factories. and then see the paper, white
and pure as an infants soul waiting for
Gods inscription.
4 book. Examine the type of it.
Examine tie pritstia,. Of it, and see the
progress from The ti:ae when Solon's
laws were written ss.l oak piarhs. and
IIesioi's poems sggrr written on tables
OF lead, and tie e.ai4tie commands
were written Oh tables I'll stone. on
down ID Hoes pcrfc,t:.i@ printing press
\ book. Ii took Ill tie universities
of the past, al tie martyr fires. all the
civilizations. ali the BATTLES, all the vic
tories, all tine dcfe&ts. 81 the glooms,
all the brightness. al the centuries to
make it possible.
y book. Ii Is ,-.c c.lorus IF the ages;
it is the drawing s5oiu ia which kings
and queens and cr.e.orS .:0I poets and
historians AID philosophers core out TO
greet you. 1t 1 Torsl!pcti a.ly thing on
earth | would rco.s.::s HAT. IL /
!. burned incense II 4aE il3i L would
build an altar 20 '-l5t. Isianh God for
good books. lieaislltGi looks. Inspiring
books, Christian boss, BOOKS OF men,
books OF women, ii,~5.l ot Cod X is
with these good boofs laat We are to
overcome corrupt literature. Upon the
| frogs swoop with these eagles. de-
pend much Tor tie overthrow OF in
| iquitous literature upon the mortality
| of books. Even good books have a
| hard struggle to live.
Poiybius wrote forty books; only five
of them left. Thirty books OF Tacitus
nave persisted. Twenty books of Pliny
| have persisted Livy wrote one hun
! dred and forty books; only thirty-tiv
! of them remain. lIschylus wrote one
hundred draE.s: only seven remain.
Euripides wrote over a hundred; only
nineteen remain Varro wrote the biog-
rapIies of over seven hundred great
| Romans. Al that wealth of biography
has persisted. If good and valuable
books have such q struggle to live, what
must be the fate of l!fosc that are dis
essed and corrupt and blasted at the
very start! They Will die as the frogs
when the Lord turned back the plague.
The work az Christi; .izafion will go Cd
until there viii be nothing left but
good books and they will take the SD
premacy of the world. May you and
live to see the illustrious day.
CoU1:rERACr THE BAD WITH GOOD.
Against every bad pamphlet send q
good pamphlet; against every uncleau
picture send an innocent picture
against every scurrilous song send. g
Christian song; against every bad book
send good book; and then it will b.
as it was in ancient Toledo. where the
Toletum missals were kept by the saints
in six churches, and the sacrilegiou!
Romans demanded that those missal
be destroyed, and that the Roman mis-
sails be substituted; and the war came
. on, and 1 am glad to say that, the whole
matter having been referred to cham
piOns, the champion of the Toletun
nissals with one blow brought dowr
the champion of the Roman missals
So it will be in our day.
The good literature, the Christian
literature, in its championship for Coo
and the truth will bring down the evi
literature in IT'S championship for thu
devil. | feel tingling to the tips of IN!
fingers and through all the nerves O
my body, and all the depths of my sou
the certainty of our triumph. Chez
up, oh men and women who are toilins
for the publication of society! Toi
: with your faces in the sunlight. Il
God be for us, who, who can be agains
usg'
Lady Hester Stanhope was the daugh
ter Of the third Earl of Stanhope, ani
after her nearest friends had died SD,
, went to the far east, took possession O
deserted convent, threw up fortresse
: amid the mountains of Lebanon. openet
the castle to the Door and the wretches
and the sick who would come in. Sh
made her castle q home for the unfortu
nate. She was a devout Christia,
: woman. She was waiting for the com
ing of the Lord She eypected that th
/ Lord would descend in nerson and sb
, thought unon il until il was too muc]
S for har raoson Tn tho ,,.on;f;oon
S stables Of her nalaca she had two borso
3 ,,roo,,o5 .,d br;dIod .,d soaa1oa on,
3 c.n.r;sona5 and oil ready for Tho 40,
3 =, which bo. Jord cho,,1d 5osoo,,,a ~,
S bo ~, ona Of +bo,,, ,,a che ~, d. ~
l should start for Jerusalem, the city O