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hand to see whether Tie galleries and
ecclesiastics would have him let up Or
slain. And. lol many of the thumbs are

hand, to Sue Whether The galleries ana
ecclesiastics would have him let up Or
slain. And. lol many of the thumbs are
down.
Abused IN LIFE; HoNoRED IN DEATH.
In the worldly realms look at the brrl-
talities of the presidential election eight
years ago. Read the biographies Of Dan
iel Webster and Alexander Fl. Stephens
and Horace Greeley and Charles Sumner
and Lucius Quintus Cncillnatus Lamar
and james G. blaine, and, If the story OF
defamation md calurnny and scandaliza.
ton and dialribo ind scurrility and lam
pooh and hillingsgato and damnable per-
fdy be accurately recorded, tell me in
what respects cur political arena md the
bowling and disappearing galleries that
again and again loox down upon it are
better than the Roman Coliseum.
When Tread d few dnys ago that the ST.
preme court Of tho United States had up
propriately adjourned to pay honors to
the two last distin: .nished men men,
toned, and American journalism north.
south, cast and west went into lamenta-
tons over their departure md said oil
complimentary things in regard 10 them,
IasRed: ''Nrhcn cid tho nation lie about
these mon? Was it when during their
life it gave them l"alcdiction OF now
since their death when bestowing upon
them Eeatiilca;;c.l:
The salno spirit Of cruelty TINT you de-
plorc III the CONAN Coliseum is seen i'll
tho sharp appetite tic world seems 10
have for tho downfall Of good men, and
in tho divorce Of those whose marital life
was thought accordant. and in the alb
sconding CT Il bank caslier. Oh, my
friends, the world wants more of the
spirit of Lot him up and less of the
spirit CT Thumbs down. There are
hundreds of men in tho prisons of Amer
ica who ought to DO discharged, because
they were tho victims Of circumstances
or Lave suffered enough.
There are in all professions end occu-
pations men who are dolnineered over by
others, and whose whole life is struggle
with morstrous opposition, and circum-
stances llnve t!icir heel upon the throb-
bing ard bros.cn hearts. For Gods sake,
let them up. Away with the spirit Of
"Thumbs down" What the world wants
is / 1000 men like Telemachus to leap out
of the gallery into the arena, whether he
boa Roman Catholic monk, ora Methodist
steward, or Presbyterian elder, and go
in between the contestants. BLESSED
are the peacemakers, for they shall be
called the children Of God!7
TRAIN TIE CHILDREN RIGHT.
One-half the world is down and the
other half is up. and the half that is up
has its heel OH the half that is down. IT
you, as boss workman, or as contract
or, or as bishop, or as q state or ma
tional official, or as o potent factor In
social life, or in any why are expressing
any one, know that the same devil that
possessed tho Roman Coliseum oppresses
you. The Diocletians are not all dead.
The cellars leading into the arena of
lfes struggle are not all cmptied of their
tigers. Tho vivisection by young doctors
of dogs and cats and birds most of the
time adds nothing to human discovery.
but is only continuation of Vespasian's
Coliseum Ii
The crueldes OF the world generally be-
sgiH;, sjla5ho me. circl les, end
IN day schools. The child thha tstransf3es'
fly with pin, or tho low feeling that
sets two dogs into combat, or that DULLES
weak or crippled playmate, or the in
difference that staryes a canary bird,
needs only to be developed in order to
make first class Nero Or full armed
Apollyon. 1t would be II good sentence
to be written on the top line Of child's
book, and a fit inscription to be en-
broidered in the armchair Of the sitting
room, and an appropriate motto for
Judge and jury ind district attorney and
sheriff to look Mt III the courthouse,
blessed are the merciful. for they shall
obtain mercy!'
And 30 tho ruins Of that Coliseum
preach to me. Indeed the most impress
i've things on earth urc ruins The four
greatest structures ever built are in
ruins. The PnrthenOn in ruins, the tenn
pie OF Diana in ruins, the temple of
Jerusalem in ruins. the Coliseum in
ruins. Indeed the earth itself will yet
be pilo of ruins, the mountains IN ruins.
the seas in ruins, the cities in ruins, the
the hemispheres in ruins. Yea, further
than that, all up and down the heav-
ems IRE worlds burned up, worlds
wrecked, worlds extinct, worlds aban-
ioncd. Worlds ON worlds in ruins!
But ON glad to aay it is the same old
heaven, and In oil that world there is
not one ruin and never will be ruin.
Not one of the pearly gates will ever be-
come unhinged. Not one of the anne
thystino towers will ever fall. Not one
of the mansions will ever decay. Not
one Of the chnriots Will ever be IN
wheeled. Not ono Of the thrones will
ever rock down. Oh, make sure Of heav-
en-, for it is an everlasting heaven.
Through Christ the Lord get ready for
residence in the eternal palaces.
NIGHT II TIE coIIsECM
Tho last evening before leaving Rome
for Brindisi and Athens and Egypt and
Palestine went alone to the Coliseum.
There was not q living soul in MI the I'M
mense area. Even those accustomed to
sell curios at the four entrances of the
building had gone away. Tho place was
so Overwhelmingly silent / could hear
nv own heart beat with the emotions
aroused by the place and hour. ! paced
the arena. walked down into the dens
where the hyenas were once kept. as
cended to the place where Ito emperor
used to sit. Iclimbed up on the galleries
from which the mighty throngs of peo-
pie had gazed in enchantment-
To break the silence shouted, and
that seemed to awaken the echoes, echo
upon echo. And those awakened echoes
seemed to address Inc, saying: Men die,
but their work lives on. Gaudentius, the