The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-30

| nations mad been distinct from each ether
and making war on each other. AZ tnis
| the hard dominion OF one city. Ssch Was
| the low state of morals among tho
| Greeks that even Socrates N some oil
| To show the poor conception OF charity
and sympathy FOR each other. l quote
The lsagSssge q pan'us '9 ,s ss nan ,l +
| when Roman sway was universal morality
was at its lowest ebh. The gladiatorial
fights; with their scenes OF blood . tnr,
the younger Pliny whom quoted on last
sunday applauded the provision for the
bloody aniusenents by Trojan.
Female children IN large numbers were
abardond by their parents and Te-ired
by slave dealers. and sold by them as
slaves The "iriiid" Trojan. as he was
called in comparison with other, empsr;;
ors. after his victories put ten thouas1I
men into the arena who for four nor tins
continued TO soak the sand with their
est philosophers of the time and Aris-
totle defended slavery OF. the ground I, at
countenaneed any Interest in the poor
when they were sick The historian SAYS.
The degradation of woman was COM
pltic." Even 10 Athens the wife was a
siaye and possessed no legal rights. She
could bcGusNth only measure of barley
to her Offspring. Her mental endownents
Marriage was loose hand with only
shadow of poli;icah institution. A low
estimate was placed. too, upon childhood.
~ Si,I a. Ilis .,'asi'''. 80 ,,,.oisss
eius-t ~ OF. - IND 80 :smnnrtancs
in the eyes Of the parents. Stealing was
a. !. NIs'"' . ~ a - ~, - ~ dCt.-,ad
go. - ,s ria;; "a s,n,1e ra,sr vent
- -. 80 49, - sin,,s,,s ~ 80
it. 81 a. ~ -..GtS' ..t,s,ts., -, 10.
..siSih IA si-,.i' w. 49,. - - ,~n,s In
-se.-s ~ .,biieg,, ~. - i,a,,obf .i,a.
Jupiter, the son Of saturn, hurled his
is''ss' III -, ,'sr,,i ~. Nc ~
- ~ -, -. ,,a,,,,,s .,,5 rte t,,., b,,osb
80 N,5...,,, y" - pi,,S WIN ,h;s No.
~ t,,era ~, t.bst a,ss cn,,id he ~
~ usieie t,s4l M''ss ~ t's r".' ~
y 81 ,Jrir -. c,i,. thc -,,nctncs for
-. s.44 ~. ~ "S ''''' ''' 49,
urHfF .aturs. - ,.. .. a..
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n'una.as ~ ga "a W. III ~ - ~,
vis,yils, NY ~ 'liHsH' ~ u'yir " W
we@iU'S IL - y. - ttsir
tann"i4 N-hen a ,.e1,ie31,n .r5S ot,r-
r., ~ nal i" 4, ,l,''iir - e,,5
cere,i ana MS lssAs--l 'ou,u upI PC louili
Sii'tr va ~ ISL ~ H. = ,,e LIN
hnt,teu ~ q s'as5' an ~ ~. s'stNea' I" -
80 ~. - a.. -, -, y. ~ =" -
10 D.tsr ~ - w "a ,, 5SuIl.
80, ~ - ."e 49,. - :, 49,, ~, i ~, "a,
a'n,. nc r'ousas ue" Noihhi"NHlhet'
80 CIV "i,p' ~.
tie gathered TIE Greek and the Roman,
the freeman amt the slave, the rich and
tne rooi AROUND MS table. The oppreSs-
"a. the lhNal!d' the toilnY SLAVE no" TOOK
A''~ 'iytN ~ VIZ hANelh AfshNity
Igr them m the great hearted son of God.
This christianitr, oHorinS place, as II ala,
was met by bitter persecution, hut al
though 1t was represented amid the splen-
Dol and learning Of Greece ana Rome ~
few fishermen and tax gatherers, and
coming as IL di1 from the obscure land
Of India. was stronger than Greece and
Rome and survived all Its bloody pefsf-
cuiors. Paul was not ashamed to preach
inc Gospel at Rome, even amid all It's
splendor and the learning and arts of the
city OF Athens. TIE church then turned
TO the Germanic Ratio ls--gave them the
Bible and a literature and civilized them.
The oldest writings IN the Teutonic tcnrue
are the fragments az the Gothic trans
lation II the Bible. Through their con
version under Augustine Augio-S Saxon 1T
eIature, WIN ERSllgh SlpliiAatlon, grew
W dtpYas tlt4F .tfpttlll tlcfstoIs' -
writer eNptesses the Honht as 10 whether
re haittVualS OF l!e eutpIic rae VINO
iief" WIFI, Aedlllst ttr ,i.lSlI"l .tii5
ION Woula .knoH thelr t't'tS h1t lot
we ms l.nadN 'nal cattleu thu N"spei
among mem. ,...
~ tihSkhe rtllSloh tn'y az" slNllE
PACK the BLOW OF inc srrl"at 20 tle one
/ Mhn warmed inrn INTO me ~ mlgIt pe
Wtl hen NJ ~ a eull' res, OF , III,
tlanlty WIN t,e i"s"l4.9iii - ,. ~ " -
| ailu Romans hansen says AHe7Y IA ~,
tlais pel'iiHN1 I" no lla,49n anu !" ~
Ltts. pu' th1r a. atheildua "a n.aNVif ~
| 20 tltu y It"ii't' anu mo Nv Vi W IL
! utebuLtH w Nulh anu nor ih wits, hltas