The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-07-21

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crease 5f self-slaugIter
Ihave sometimes heard it discussed
IS hrtHrr the great dramlllst Was a
Christian or not DE aasa Christian
In bis .ast wHlI and testament he COM
mcnjs bis soul ll.H.1j through the
sacrifice 0tJes8s Christ 4 know that
he considered appreciation OF a future
existence che uighatsg bindrauee be
Ea.f-Isstrueti1u.
F5r sao F7u.d 3ssr aHs Fa.p 4al aeoals o.
time
The opBr sora wrong no proud man coz
faMalga
I'm plags 5rlasBLzsa owe. Che law delay
Tine l]usalsHee Of 81ies ana tIe spuTas
That patient marttBf sas unworthy takes,
hHn he himself might bis gu.e.ag make
W'IH % bare boilInF Who gHuld fsgieIs bear.
IuRf1aE and sweat under Is FH1fy lit
i#t that tBe dread of -1mrshIag after death
IHg undiscovered country from whose bourne
SO traveller FEtIFua-puEzlHs che Ftls
Have nothing % do with aH inddelfty
50 cruel. so debasing Come out of that
bad company into the company Of those
who believe the Bible. Benjamin
1 Franklin wrote ..Of this Jesus OF
Nazareth ! have TO say that The system
/ Of morals Ie Jeff and the religion ne
has given us are the best things the
world has ever seen or likely to see
Patrick Henry. The electric champion
! oflibertv saws. .Thr book worth all.
other books put together is tine Bible.
Benjamin Rash. the leading phvsiOio-
g.al and anatomist Of his day, the
GREAT medical se,anHst-aynnl af8 he
s8v2a ,,rbn only frpa and nsrfeat
raIirioH f. e~nrf.f4rffr Iss,a v.g-
ton. the leadf1s ,Rffos,cgae NJ his
llme-what did he s,v3 .rhe spblffa-
r4f pbffosapby IN Garth ia fba pbfIo-,-
pbv of the gnspeI n Dag.d Rra,vefer
an the Recommendation M yyho.a nar,,a
every scientist rba ,y,rId aver bogg. his
boad. David grav..f.r sgpipg. u
this religion has bnsp a grsat iigbf To
me 81 very great ligbt all INV dayg "
President Theirs fhe oraat French
statesman artpowlndgpr that Inc
prave5 whom he said. aI invoke the
lord God i'm whom ann Glad to he
liegs David Livingstone abfa focop-
auer tine lion. Hbfe fo coneppr tbe
panthpr. able TO c,pgner fine SAVAGE.
vet CONQUERED By tbi, RELIGION. So when
fhpv ana him dead tbev gpd him an
bis knees.
salmon p Chase chief Justice Of the
supreme court OF the United States. an
pointed by President Lincoln. will take
the witness stand. Chief Justice
Chase, please TO state what YOU have to
say about the book commonly called
the Bible" The witness replies:
There came d time in my life when /
doubted the divinity of the Scriptures.
and resolved, as q LAWYER and Judge,
/ would try the book as / would try
anything In the courtroom. taking
evidence for and against. Twas a long
and serious and profound study, and
using the same principles OF evil
deuce In this RELIGIOUS matter ag
/ always do in secular matters. [
have come to the decision that the
Bible is a supernatural book, that it
has comc from God. aud that the ONLY
safety for the human race is to follow
lbs teachings "Judpe. that will do.
Go bacl, again to your pillow of dust
on the banks OF che Ohio. Next 1 put
upon the witness stand q president of
tie United States John O0iprv
Albums upr,sfdant Adm ,.h.I La
y,n + !" .,r an,,,t 6,o RnI, a,d rh.
finrftvae IN. n~ragidont r].nIi.s. ~
Nave Tor many years made IN a nrncHcs
IN rand tbrrrrE tho Rfhle once r,ar
Nv custom is tn rood forr M Ava o,h.a
tons eyery morning in~msdiatcf,
nrtor risi,gy f.on, INV 6cd n on,,,larys
oL,,ft an bo,r ~ nv tir,a ,S5
snams IN r,e thn mos, s,itshIn n,,nna,
ofb~eripr,rg tha 5oy In Mot Tmbt
s,evnr ,yo 5,.oard tLa RfhIo ,rha,6ar
Win reference 40 rrvrIation IN bisto[g
ar to moroIitv IL is an irynIuobIo ana
inevberstirIe nina ~ L~no0Iedrn "a
virtra ~..CbarcsI,r rrsnt nm A.
yon think IF me- RibIe9~ .Ans,yar. uNo
otbnr b,oly ave,. .ddres,e5 itssIf 81, a,-
thnrItafiyaIy and On nathotfcalIr :, ~.
Indictment ma nasal senso u nan.
Ein5 - uEdmpnd Rnrlys ,yb.t Al IN,
thinls ~ ma UihIo9e Ars,,a~. Wt
Layc ,eod IN. pih5s r],rnino ,oo,
and MIMI an5 bny, ag.r gtnen No.
b~orri.r md tbo hstt,r mon For 80
reading.
Young men Of America. come ont OF
the circle of inHdels -mostly made up
Of cranlys and imbccilcs-into the com
panv Of intellectual giants. and turn
vnu. back mn an inRdpIitv which de.