New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-18

ss1 Hs ssss som S%' p Sc.
Sesnn"s Gould Sr;.5 %a boo
over had been published with a theme fuier OF TO-
nance and poetry my coneus:on ci,i md
Wat could be more stupendous than the crucmA.
But what to do with the elgnteen or Or, t%ef me
ihiid was taken to the Passover. and when re
had become Man with mission sion rho at condt1om
of the country at that time, and OF the need Ior te
T9sTe %a' o oS lack but Wh the
ton Of few pearls by the waysde tHe'e "a' ~
wss fi,liy aware that to make my work accept
abe it mus be ansa IN mst be rear charac
ters and the only way 10 accomplish TINS was 20 20
make constant reference dhor bsn hesan WRIT
in~ had a chart before me which showed sacred
PAGES and the country Which n Ia ssv vS me- local
c55rng and constant reference ssyed me p1
mistakes Ny greatest 9bstacef se Ht toerate novel
viz christ as it, hero Yet realized me necessity ny
Of writing of Him Of keeping ni II is noted
cact mat few books which have peen wrn viii
breaches have met Win sn !S asavs in evidence
w,s resolved to have no sermonlzins out l ha''''
knew how TO avoid IL
THE WRITER'S THREE REsoLN T''
.I fra, determined to withhold the reappear,
ance OF the Saviour until tho last hour' ,,,n
appearance might be looked for TO-DAY Ju''
tho hills 10. morrow at the summit, win lhe "o''
looking for Him. tearfuly yearning FOR h,S nc,
ence. My next resolve was tnaL re onIv VIOLA
cup n IF T p"fpoy Sas vas svfo to
exact words OF sainted bosraphers The 'e was
amount Of time out OF nv nVf YEAS was largely in
rssearch. afterward discovered that ! had mace ne
hut hut Sns s Sap rnc when
mountain. was four years 700 pf rev Matter up'
written san 70 G my at " ths Time
was supposed TO be an extinct volcano am no "
nniil four years later did the mountain 0'''" 10
THE CHARACTERS CALLED HIM AND NE
OBEYED
.Do no, Imagine that wrote every day. Altnous"
:, was nv great desire 10 do so. l was a bread-wH-
ner and had duties TO attend to- There were uasS
when Ben Hur would call to me. and with pes s'''
encc: on other days some other character "o'' W.
the same and at such times was power'ess 70 w
and client Many of the scenes Of the book Were
booked out in my Journeys t. and from my o bn
mss eaye1 npon the road wrote the little song
Of Tirzahs which has several tines oS 49, ~ home
Dut tf@ greater part Of my work was done az oi,'
nv favorc wiring place being In the sarusgl, ~"
meath an Old beech tree have peenn,ldi hr,nches
Tor that tree How often. when its thich -. -
have protected me with their cooling shadow n' and
been the only witness to my meniaa ouief dignity
n nbSn oi'' neht have laughed at my dscomtture
ThG sofl tT,t'eT nn 81 mad the spot dear to
~ Santa Fe In tho cayernous cha,Yor n,,ssad into
the elnorv Gepths OF the shostlike place. closing
the doors behind me ! vas a AZ ,u''S Srieio in his
G Tpn cell There | saw the CrucfNion ! Sc
~ctcd the name OF 'nen-Hur for my oook' az "a
HHi iiJ Long beior. my work was finished be-
came a believer in Christ ana am yet. - tho Holy
Lana When / wrote this hook, hut had the priv,
OF sQng nsrs ns scs o s a"9 an Turkey
VAS enabled sto see all that there was as
to be Sos sacred cTs' the ' ncosure Ny main object
IN ro,nr had been to discover any mistakes which
hays made ana put BELIEVE n@ nsR S say
a. authentic as it possibly could be- even ais
coyeIed 30, IA tsen na iarssy the result
rode over path which Jesus TOOK 'fT nd
;ooh The bath where the Saviour walked In me
the mother snd s .sons 90 &c, await Hs
ing and as reached that point OF the Jourhe! 4
found the large white stone aD'V s.eIng from
tomb where they TOOK reiuse ""' '
the city OF lepers.
THE CHARACTERS WHOM HE REvERENcED
MOST.
A ceneral Wallace finished his account OF his
work he referred TO the previous statement ~hich
h.. had made regarding the characters wnicn ne
had created and his ability to see them. Thinking
that some one might question this statement ne
explained that IL was nolHlns PeN""@'' M" -
ml,,ed phllosophlc reasoning. The two characters
which have been most reverenced BY himself as
we'll as nv the world. he said. were the Son OF the
carpenter Of Nazareth. and Mary. HIS motner' lie
then read a beautiful description OF eacn as they
had appeared to him -, .,, an,
Il, would be difficult; for me- ne SAID TO up,
nroxltnate the number OF times that nave peeh
asked which chapter or scene OF 'Ben-ftur l con-
siIer ~ be my best. SO author can tell when j. MS
best sentence. or scene but only what most dpped.S
10 him can say. my case. II was not the nlecN-
inc of the wise men Of the East, II was not me
chariot race IL was the adventures In the palace
/, was not the discovery Of the lepers. II was not
IN. finding OF Ben Hur asleep, II Vas not me neal
lng OF the lepcrs or even the crichXion ben-tur
h1l followed the Christ IN constant expectation Oh
lis proclamation. lie had a. lasi reached Jerusl-
lem his faith shaken and had gnesii which ne
desired TO nut to the wise mon. The interview look
ular, In his own house. ami be addressed them as
f,ll1vs. i have come to tell you o. the NaZarene
The following chapter VAS read, ana was pro-
uourcad by the speaker A. IN" most satisfactory
IA him At the close OF his lecture he briefly al
dressed the members Of the O. \. r., VINO were
nrea,nt The comm toe who received MN upon
hts arrival consisted Of General Egbert l.. Nlele.
General charles II. r. Collis William A. CopP.
charles g. pobbs. Henry II. Adams. Colonel Joseph
J. Little Colonel Eugene H. Conklin and Colonel
Meredith J.. Jones.