The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-21

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FoR nis LATEST COOK.

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Par Mission WORK. and His ssoosssor
HAs written Religious Book ~ H4s
AstOundsd Pious Europe.
The eyes If the world are On Scotland
Yard. The detective department Of the
biggest city Of the world is prolific Of
anomalies. Europe stareg. Moralists
point with pride. Mulberry street pitieg
IL is rare for a well paid official 70 re-
sign a British Office. II is still rarer for
an American holder Of snug berth 10
lay it down voluntarily. 1t is seldom
that police efforts at the determination
Of vice take form other than the forci-
BILE demonstration which acknowledges
clubs as trumps. 1t is almost unheard
Of for thief taker to tell Of extenuating
circumstances in explanation Of the Of
Tense Of his captiyes.
Some time ago Chief Jarvis of the
Scotland Yard police laid down his
Office. He resigned of his own volition,
and there was establishment throughout
the length and breadth of the tight lit
tie island. Was not the salary Of Sc, 900
year sufficient one? Was it not
promptly paid? Did not the chief enjoy
all the privileges he desired? Why
should he lay down the not overheavy
burden of his high position?
Why? you ask. Simply because he
saw better opening for man and
brother to fill. Not in the way of Pc
cuniary improvement, understand. This
chief had nobler purposes in life. Did
he not have mission? To be sure. Was
there not vast country in Asia, peo-
pied by unfortunates for whom the
blessed sun of religion had not yet
arisen? True. Then there lay his field
His future was all mapped out for him.
The heather Of India were rising in
their terrible darkness and refusing to
be comforted because he was not with
them, teaching them the way to the
truth. And so the good man left Lon
don and invaded India.
This heroic example you may think
should have resulted in the sanctifica-
ton of the subordinate sleuths, their re-
tirement from the force and their de-
parture for India, there to unravel the
awful mysteries of unenlightenment
and recover to the irreligious natives
the jewels of piety which rightfully be-
long to them. History shows, however,
that such course was not followed by
the rank and file of defenders of the
laws.
But if the lower members of London's
detective agency did not consider them
selves called to preach the gospel to
the heather of foreign lands, preferring
to instill feelings of respect for the law
into the heather of their own city, there
was yet one for whom the teachings of
the good chief bore rich and rare fruit.
This was the gentleman who followed
the former chief, followed him in more
than one way, although he did not take
the identical course which led to his
predecessors fame. Robert Anderson is
the name of the man who has succeeded
to the throne of Scotland Yard. He is
said to be good detective and deep
thinker. When he expresses his views
on things, it is a pretty safe wager that
he'll command attention in almost any
company. AS one of his men admiring-
ly puts it:
"Strike me, but the chiefs a good
plucked un. Amt any of them got any
think on him when it comes to think
ing out big thoughts -
Chief Anderson has Thought OUT
some rather remarkable ideas. He has
done more than that. That they might |
not be lost to an expectant world, but
preserved for posterity, the chief has
embodied them in a neat little book |
which he has foated on the market IN
der the striking title of 1.-THE Silence of
God" Mr.. Anderson holds that if the |
wants things worked out aft
er the most approved principles he |
should make some outward and visible |
sign of his wishes. Mere traditional |
precept does not Ego" in the view of
the detective chief. What he clamors
for is manifestation. Show things up |
from on high. Let there be some prac-
tlcal and unmistakable command for
sinners to turn from the paths of iniqui-
ty. Then and only then, says the chief,
will there be an abatement of atheism.
Mr.. Anderson not only talks in an
abstract way, but he also
forwards instances in which he alleges
the world is growing worse through the
failure of God to talk to it. The mere
existence of the sultan Of Turkey is
made the basis of an attack on the pres
emit policy Of silence, which, Mr. An
1erson says, governs the Almighty to
the detriment of the morals of mankind.
The chief urges that "that monster Of
lniquity, !" by which pleasant title he
,haracterizes the red fezzed ruler Of the
Bosporus, is an example of the divine
'oleration which is resulting in the
spread of atheism.
How can the people of the world be-
leve IN the existence of Supreme Be-
ng when they have this creature before
hemp asks Mr.. Anderson.
The book has created a sensation. -
New York Herald.
Medicine For Profanity.
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