The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-23
rlRS. LEASES FUTURE PLANS.
She will Make Trip Around the World During
the Coming Year.

| Topeka, Kan, March 15.-Mrs. Mary z.
| Lease will not engage In the regular work
| or the ministry at present. This was de-
cided upon last week when she declined
| thu pastorate of the Central Christian
church at Wichita. 1T Will take me a
year to fill my engagements In tho
American lecture field" she said to the
| correspondent the other day. "aud then L
expect TO make a trip around the world.
| hier Hardle. the well known Scotland
socialist has invited me to Glasgow. I
have accepted, and likely will make the
INST speech of my foreign tour in that
CITY hope to remain abroad two years
Then l may settle down TO preaching"
MIS- Lease prefers the Christian church
10 any of the other denominations for
inc principal reason that 1t has no creed
that Is TO say. no man-madc creed "I
take the teachings of Christ as my creed -
sho said, land the church sustains me In
H. Ihe great principles of right living
ana right doing which Christ taught are
the same today as they were iSoJ years
ago. but their application is different.
Inc churches are going into decline
because thought has escaped from the
narrow confines OF man-creeds to soar IN
u higher, purer atmosphere, anu becnusn
me average preacher is so hide. botfnd
that his little soul can not rise TO the
u.euly ana grandeur of nineteenth CEN
Jury Christianity. The Sitting ar of tho
uark ages sometimes pcrmeates my own
cnutch, broad as IL is. our commodioua
meeting mouse at Wichita GENERALLY is
i!aH empty because III, peppla refuse 10
iisten 10 Inc prOsaic nonsense OF an or
tnOuoN clergyman
More ana more 1t is dawnlng upon tho
hearts OF men that Christianity Is not the
passive acceptance Of mere theological 40 i
mas. pui the living OF life. Ii is not a
cream. far-away earnestly wished for
iaeai condition; but living everyday real
NY ths soiitary and sublime functions Of
which alone make men equal to their du-
TIES and responsibilities. IL is not a COM
plcatcd, tiresome network Of creeds and
isins that needs must he contracted or en-
panied, patched and repaired TO suit the
eVer-Varying moods of men: but doc
trine so simple. so wise and beneflcent
that all may understand
1T is hopeful sign for the future that
man made creeds and theological rub
Dish are being banished to the world gar
ret, where we sometimes pensvely gaze
upon them with the same degree of
solennity and reverence that we bestow
upon tho spinning wheel and dstam of a
colonial grand-dame."
The conversation drfted from religion
70 poltlcs, and Mrs. Lease declared that
Colonel Marsh Murdoch was her choice
for governor. The reporter suggested that
colonel Murdoch was not member of
inc political organization with which she
AFFILIATED. True" said Mrs. Lease, IL
have been identified with the populists.
but | do not belong to that party. / do
not belong to any party. I ann a free
lance in politics as well as religion. | am
an Abraham Lincoln republican That's
the kind of a republican Colonel Murdoch
is and that's why | am for him. with
Colonel Murdoch at the head of their
ticket, the republicans could carry the
State this year, aud If they give him the
nomination l will make a campaign for
him."
Against Harris?" asked the reporter.
Against anybody" Mrs. Lease replied
Mrs Lease guessed that the populists
would nominate eX-Congressman Harris
for governor. HE is the best man In the
party" she said. land ] would support
him rs against any other candidate ex-
cept Murdoch. Harris simply would wipe
M the earth with Morrill,. OF course the
republicans would raise the rebel yell
about Harris ana that Matchmaking dam
age suit brought against him some time
ago and dismissed for n consideration
would be rehashcd in The newspapers, but
the people are fair and would brush aside
these triflos and support the man for his
honesty of purpose. hts excellence of
character and his broad intellec tuallty."
Mrs Lease has no use for Jerry Simn-
son. "Jcrry's mission is ended" she said
and II Is time to put him on the shelf
with Lcwelling and the gang that dis
graced Kansas IN 1873 and 1924 Jerry
VIII bob up for something or other this
year hut J. think that there is enough
sense and decency In the populist party
TO defeat him"
Albert II. Horton Is another of Mrs.