The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-15

1 arose and sought s0lace from my
gramaohone
'The light was burning rather dim anu
I selected a disk at random and put II on
the machine. The record revolveds and
Praise God from Whom All Blessings
Flow was waited nthe midnight air
and filled the room with melody. This
was followed by the thirty-third psalm,
the record being that of DR.. Taimage.
The last record Of religious airs mad
convenient was Rock OF Ages Cleft Tor
Me- and as the grand hymn was pro-
duced the light came into my soul. ana
felt consciousness that my sins had
been forgiven, for Jesus washed me
white as snow.
81 kneeled down by the side Of the ma
chine and mingled my words Of prayer
with the music of the hymn. 1 spent the
remainder Of the night praising God.
realized how wicked I had been, and 1t
Sd preyed on my mind that for days l
was violently i'll. When 1t was noised
about that had been converted, people
scoffed and jeexed at me, and said 1t was
just retribution and my illness the result
Of a guilty conscience. 1 have united
with the United Brethren church and
have already done much work in the sur
rounding towns in winning souls TO
Christ. I will devote the rest OF my life
to serving my God and master. I will
endeavor to make amends for my wicked
ness and atone for my sins
Marshall o. waggoner is 76 years old,
and for years was one of the most noted
inidels ms the United States. He is a
brainy lawyer, a college-bred man, and
a forcible writer. He has had much news
paper experience. He has writtn som OF
tn most scaFhing denuncia ton Of the BIZ
BILE ever printed. and had considerable OF
a following. He was frequently visited
by agnostics with more than a local repu-
tation, and always found time to argue.
He was an intimate friend of the late
Robert z. Ingersoll, and 1t was through
his influence that the noted agnostic visit
ed Toledo several times He has the most
complete library of infidelity ever publish
ed. It was his boast that he read every
book that had been written along that
line. He said many OF his books had been
loaned to friends and he. never expected
their return.
Several years Mr.. waggoner published
what he chose to call IAN Ode to Rea-
sen" The text was believe Nothing
Without Reason" A few lines from the
ode will serve to show the extreme hat
red OF the man for all things pertaining
to the Christian religion:
AN ODE TO EAsoN.
80 -,,Ra A. lana
With reason in command,
An army grand.
March firmly in the fight,
BY day as well as night
Stand proudly for the right;
Let reason rule
Crush superstition out,
And hyporcrites devout
Completely rout.
Away with priestly gods,
And all church synods
And inquisition rods;
Let reason rule.
Away with old church bells
And all birthstone hells,
And prdestly yells.
AMI give US common sense
without old Peters pence,
Or soniking hot incense,
Let reason rule.
always proudly tell
arm an infidel.
No church, no hell.
Place common sense on high,
Depend on brain and eye,
On this you can rely
In every land.
This ode as he chose to call 1t, was
printed by the thousands and scattered
broadcast throughout the country, and
many requests for the poem have come to
him within the last Nv months. He has
already destroyed every copy he can find.
The following Is a partial list OF the
books not including 800 pamphlets. which
Mr.. waggoner has in his library. The
greatest number of his books have been
loaned and he says he will probably never |
see them again, but these will be Destroy
ed:
Candle from Under the Bushel" By
William Harps.
Grimes Of Preachers" Published by
the TrutEseeker Of New York.
"Foonshness OF prayer" By L. x.
Washborn.
Elegant Extracts from the Holy Bible"
''For Believers Who are Not Readers"
'Infidel Hymn Book" BY Eliza Board
man Burnz.
Another infidel hymn book Of national
hymns by Abner Kneeland.
''Ldving Present and Dead Past" BY
Henry c. Wright.
bible of Bibles. by Kersey Graves
Woodruff.
''Cupid's Yokes" letter from Parker
PiIlsbury to Ezra Haywood.
A two volume and eight volume set Of
Voltaire's works.
All OF Ingersolrs Kersey Graves, and
Benefits works
Casualties In the Islands.
Washington. Aug. 1.-THE war depart
ment today received from General Otis
the following list OF casualties: KILLED
Sixth infantry at Bebon. Negros. July
-. company K. avid sanderson; Soth, X.
Vincent Seger. near San Isidro. Negros:
John Kitchener. Twenty-third infantry.
near Pario, Cebu. gath; K, Robert II.
Moore. Seventeenth infantry. near San
Fernando; Luzon, August 9. company d,