The Monte Vista journal., 1898-03-12
Myron Reeds Sermon.

OcatiOn. Nine men out of ten will re-
spect my position aud win not insult
Inc, but the tenth man may be cow
ard and Q sneak. What is to be done
with him? The master says II any
man take your cloak give him your
coat also. know men who would
take these and come back for my shirt
and socks.
! There are mean men and there are
mean nations. General Harrison made
n good speech on Washington's birth
| day. He said In effect that the middle
class and the poor paid the taxes and
TINT the rich shirked. They avoid.
dodge, hide. l do not think that Jesus
Christ would approve the conduct OF
most Of our rich men. You were gun
holder during the war and were paid
In paper money worth anywhere from
35 cents to 20 cents on the dollar, and
you own fOur-room house in Den
yer. on the Platte; you will pay your
| taxes. You were Il bondholder during
the war; you Will pay nothing.
1t IL amazing TO me how artless
have been In my life. The first time
an assessor OF taxes came around to
me had watch which cost 500. 1
put down 500. had $500 horse and
NO on. sewing machine, etc. l was
later on surprised to find that I was
paying more taxes than anybody on
the street, and l had for neighbors
such men as ex-Attorney General MIL
Ter and Benjamin Harrison.
Jesus Christ knew what extOrtion
was. He WAS acquainted with Fac
chcus. But doubt II he foresaw Rus
sell Sage. Zaccheus repented. After
dinner with Jesus he stood and said.
'The half Of my goods I give to the
poor; II ! have wronged nny man by
false accusation. restore him four
fold" This eminent old patriot, Sage,
IL willing to buy some United States
bonds. He Is willing TO saddle debt on
children. He Is willing to do anything;
willing to swing man between him
self and bullet New York seems to
he infested with that kind of money
getting animals. II was n tony town
during the rebellion. II resisted the
draft with n riot. 1t resisted the proc
lnmntion of emancipation. II burned
down Il colorcd orphan asylum. 1t
points with pride TO Seventh regi-
mcnt sent to Washington. but too pre-
cious to Ike vcnturcd into u battle. They
were too nice for bullets. They nre
used now to officer the state militia
They are on hand when there IL n
strike. When they mention J. Pierpont
Morgan they make the sign of the
cross.
1 am not now fond OF war. "At
certain stage of his progress" says
Emerson. "the man fights. II he be OF
sound body and mind" At a certain
high stnge man makes no offensive
demonstration. hut IL alert to repel In
jury. At n still higher stage passion
has passed away. His warlikc nature
IL NIL converted into an active mctiicin-
nj principle. He sacrifices himself and
accepts with alacriiy wearisome tasks
Of denial and charity. Being attacked.
he bears II ns one engaged throughout
hk being no longer to the service OF
any individual. hut To the common
good Of NIL men. Tha. IL right. I have
changed myself. Mustered ont. John
Whipple. eminent soldier. said to me.
Captain. We are out Of Job" And
that In the way I felt. We planned to
go to Mexico. hut MaxImilinn wns cor
neretl and shot: there wns no thorough
fare thnt way. On general principles.
l WINS glnd that the war wns over. but
personally WINS sorry. I liked II. I
had for n year or more nn independent
command. I liked to swing out into
the country and sec what would ind.
Like one Of Shnkcspcare's people.
have been between the deep xca AMI
benr. And ] have done some hard rid
Ing.
There In fascination about the
thing. The last time heard ''Othello"
played II was In the Tabor Opern
house. and by salvini. sr. will never
forget II:
20. now. forever
Farewell the tranquil mind! Farewell con
Ers,r..eil ~, the p,gmea troop and the hls wars.
Farewell the neIghinE s,crsi. and the shrili
The :eirit'.iirrInr drum. tn. .ar.plcrrins
The roy;, banner. and NIL quality:
Pride: pcmp. and circumstance Of glorious
And. o yoa mortal engines. whose rude
The Immortal loves dread clamors counter.
Farewell, o,hr,lo's occupations ronc.'
The mean thing about this affair with
spain is that money corhes In bonds. I
do not object 10 Spain paying for the
Maine In money: not what tho shin
cost. hut what nlie was worth.
4 revolver on the mantei piece NAV
le worth SO. In komc robbers rooss''
Il may ie worth million.
This Is my way ont: Recognition Of
Cuban Independence n, once. with ~
Erct that We did not do II before, with
remembrance That but for France We
o,irA.lvcs would bc a colony. That 10
sinrt with. payment In cash for the
ship Maine. not what she cost. but
what she was worth In New York har.
Dor In Gaze of wnr. What she would
b. worth to Trinity Church property
and TO Russell Hagc. And then /
would ask for the public hanging IN
the harlpor of Havana Of every man
directly or indirectly concerned In the
killing of our sailors. And I would In.
sist that this In done within seven
days
OF cour~c. am pr.Judicssi against
The administration. As you know. Nc.
kinlcy ID no president NJ mine. The
secretary of war has tho honor to have
served under Custer aud to have been
recommended for dismissal from the
service by tiirc major generals.
have sixty.nvc hooks Of tho corrrapou.
dsncc 0f the war. we'll indcxed. All I
have TO do II to turn 10 the name Al.
eef. J can md what he did and wha,
he dM nN. can mad my own name.
Ny army record tloca mot hoeber ne
any. This ts,creinry Long ef ths navy
know nothing about sxcep& that IN
long wnryis be- aunounred l9odveetoat.
" that Spain hAd noshiuE - % With
the diaasteT. and that In co0aeouaocs
npVqAn1 sA0ulA nnk1e I'm O0n nm