Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-13
E1-3' CE<lIIC OF CEIRISTIAHI IT'Y
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men who would trust their wives Win
their hearts and their honor. but NOT
with their pocketbook; not with a dol
lar. When l see man of that kind I
Always think he knows which Of these
articles Is the most value. Think Of
making your wife a beggarl Think of
her having to ask you every dny for n
or for 81 or for 50 centsi What did YOU
do with that dollar / gave YOU last
week. Think OF having n wife that is
AFRAID OF youl What kind Of children
DO You expect TO have with n beggar
and a coward for their mother? oh.
! tell you. II YOU have but d dollar in
the world, and you have got to spend
It. spend It like king; spend 1t as
though 1t We're n dry leaf and you the
owner of unbounded forestsl That's
the way to spend III had rather be a
beggar ana spend my last dollar like a
king than be a king and spend my
money like a beggar. If 1t has got to
go, let It got
III women have been slaves what
Shall say of children? / tell you that
children have the same rights that we
have, and we ought to treat them as
though they were human beings. They
should be reared with love, with kind
ness. with tenderness. and not with
brutality. That is my idea Of children.
When your child commits wrong take
1t in your arms, let 1t feel your heart
utdl HHhlnNI ltS IedfLs let lne tHllu
know that you really and truly and
sincerely love It. Yet some Christians,
and good Christians, when II child COM
mlts a fault drive II from the door and
say: Never do you darllen this house
again Think Of that And then these
same people will get down on their
knees and ask God to take care of the
child they have driven fiom home. l
viii never ask God to take care Of my
children unless | am doing my level
best In that same direction. But L
will tell you what ! say to ny children:
Go where you will; commit what crime
you may. you can never commit any
crime that will shut my door. my arms
or my heart 10 you. As long as I live
You shall have one sincere friend
"Sabbaths used to be prisons. Every
Sunday was hnstile. Every Chris
tian was It kind of turnkey and every
child was a prisoner-a convict. In
that dungeon II smile was crime.
"When the great ship containing the
hopes and aspirations OF the world,
when the great ship frelghted with
mankind goes down in the night Of
death, chaos and disaster ! am willing
to go down with the ship. | will not
be guilty Of the inelfable mennne5s of
padding away In some orthodox canoe.
] will go down with the ship, with
those who love me and with those
whom have loved. If there Is God
who will damn his children forever l
would rather go to hell than to go to
heaven and keep the society of such
an Infamous tyrant l make my choice
now | despse that doctrine. 1t has
covered the cheeks of this world with
tears. II has polluted the hearts of
children and poisoned the lmaglnatlons
of men. II has been a constant pain,
Il perpetual terror to every good man
and woman and child. 1t has filed
the good with horror and with fear.
but II has had no effect on the infam-
Gus and base. II has wrung the hearts
of the tender: 1t has furrowed the
cheeks of the good. This doctrine never
should be preached again.
I'm the old times they used to make
the children 20 to bed when they were
not sleepy and get up when they We're
sleepy. i say let them 90 to bed when
they are sleepy and get UP when they
are not sleepy
But YOU say this doctrine Will do for
the rich but not for the poor, Wen,
If the poor have to waken their child
rem early In the morning It Is as easy
to wake them with a kiss as with a
blow. Give your children freedom; let
them preserve their individuality. Let
your children eat what they desire
and commence Mt the end OF dinner
they like. hat Is their business and
not yours. They know what they wish
TO eat, II they are given their liberty
from tho first they know what they
want better than any doctor In the
world can prescribe. Do you know
that all the Improvement that has ever
been made In the practice of medicine
has been made by recklessness of pa
tients and not by the doctors2 For
thousands and thousands OF years the
doctors would not let n man suffering
g,A n 1rnn OF water.
Water they looked upon as poison. But
every now and then some man got reck-
less and said, I had rather die than not
to Stake my thirst Then he would
drink two or three quarts OF water
and get we'll And when the doctor
was told of what the patient had done
he expressed great surprise that he
was still alive, and complimented his
constitution upon being able to bear
such a frightful strain The reckless
men, however, kept on drinking the
water and persisted In getting Wen.
And finally the doctors said; In fever
water Is the very best thing you can
take
Lot us free ourselves from the tyr
amy of n book from the slavery OF
dead ignorance, from the aristocracy
of the air.
"There has never been upon the earth
a generation Of free men and women.
IT Is not time to write n creed. wait
until the chains are broken-until. dun
geons are not regarded as temples.
Wait until solemnity is not mistaken
for wisdom-untll mental cowardice
ceases TO be known as reverence. Wait
until the living are considered the
equals a fthe dead--until the cradle
takes precedence of the coffin. wait
until what we know can be spoken
without regard to what others may be-
lieve. Wait until teachers take the
place of preachers--walt until followers
become Investigators, Walt until the
world Is free before You write creed.
''In this creed there Will be but one
word-liberty.
Oh. liberty, float not forever In the
far horizon.-remaln not forever IN the
dream of the enthusiast, the philah-
thropist and poet. but come ana make
thy home among the children OF men
"I know not what discoveries, what
Inventions. what thoughts may leap
from the brain OF the world. know
not what garments OF glory may
woven by the years TO come ) caliiius
dream of the victories 10 nc won upu,i
the fields Of thought; but ! 40 khVw
that coming from the lnhnite sen W
the future there will never toueh tn.s
hank and shoal of time richer gu
q, rarcr blessing than liberty Tor man
for woman and for child
CONTROVERSY WITH REV. DIXON
history of That Celebrated ease
Is Given.