Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-11-30

with vulcanized rubber until he added
more than can be estimated to the
worlds health and comfort, as well as
to his own advantage. Columbus and
John Fitch, and Stephenson and Rob-
ert Bruce, and Cyrus w. Field and 500
others were illustrations of what te-
nacity and pluck can do. 'sHard pound
ing" said Wellington at Waterloo,
''hard pounding, gentlemen, but we
will see who can pound the longest"
Yes, my friends, that is the secret,
not fight from obstacles in the way.
but "who can pound the longest"
The child had it right when attempt
ing to carry a ton of coal, shovelful
at a time, from the sidewalk to the
cellar, and some one asked her: do
you expect to get all that coal in with
that little shovel?" And she replied:
Eyes, sir, if I work long enough" By
the help of God choose your calling
and stick to it. The gadabouts are
failures for this life, to say nothing
of the next.
There are many who exhibit this
frailty in matters of religion. They are
not sure about anything that pertains
Now they are Unitarians, and now they
are Universalists. and now they are
Methodists, and now they are Presby-
terians, and now they are nothing at
all. They are not quite sure that the
Bible was inspired or, if inspired,
whether the words or the ideas were
inspired or whether only part of the
Book was inspired. They think at one
time that the story in Genesis about
the garden of Eden is a history, and the
month after they think it is an ale
CORY. At one time they think the book
of Job describes what really occurred,
but the next time they speak of it they
call it a drama. Now they believe all
the miracles, but at your next inter-
view they try to show how these
scenes had nothing in them supernat-
ural, but can be accounted for by nat
ural causes. Gadding about among re-
ligious theories and never satisfied. All
the evidence is put before them, and
why do they not render verdict? If
they cannot make up their mind with
all the data put before them, they
never will. There are all the archaeo-
logical combinations of the Bible
brought to view by the Palestine Ex-
ploration society;" there are the bricks
of Babylon, the letter 'sN'' impressed
upon them-"N' for Nebuchadnezzar.
showing that he was not a highland
the farther the shovel of the antigua
rian goes down the more is revealed Of
that most wonderful city of all time.
Prof. Heilprecht, of the University of
Pennsylvania, presents us TIA b1ets found
in the far east ratifying and explain
ing Scriptural passages which were be-
fore in mystery. AS the builders in
Jerusalem to-day dig for the founda-
ton of new houses they turn up with
their pickaxes the ashes of the ami
mails that were used for burnt offer
ings in the temple ages ago, demonstrate
ing the truth of the Bible story about
the sacrifices of lambs and heifers and
pigeons. There is the history by Jo-
sephus, described on uninspiring pages
scenes which the Bible depicts. On the
banks of the Dead sea there are pieces
of the very birthstone that fell in the
su1phurous storm that destroyed Sodom
and Gomorrah. Make up your mind
whether the Bible is a glorious revela-
ton of God or the worst imposition of
the centuries. Why go gadding about
ing questions and surmising and guess
ing about the authority and value of a
book which involves the infinities? It
is either a good book or bad book.
If it be bad book, you do not want
it in your house nor have your children
contaminated with its teachings. If
it is good book, your eternal happi-
ness depends upon the adoption of it's
teachings. Once and forever make up
your mind whether it is the book of
God OF the book of villainous pretend
ers.
My text also addresses those who
in search of happiness are going
hither and yonder looking for that
which they find not. Their time is all
taken up with 'smusicales," and "pro-
gressive euchres," and teas, and vel
low 1uncheons, and cat homes" and
dances, and operas, and theaters; and,
instead of finding happiness, they get
pale cheeks, and insomnia, and indi-
gestion, and neuralgia, and exhaus-
ton, and an abbreviated lifetime.
There is more splendid womanhood
sacrificed, in that way in our cities
than in any other way. The judg-
ment day only can reveal the awful
holocaust of tangled nerves and the
suicidal habits of much of our social
life The obituary of such reads well
for the story is suppressed about how
they got their death while standing
in attire of gauze, waiting for the
carriage on a raw night, on the front
steps. While in their lifetime they
possessed all the ability for the relief
of pain and Impeachment, yet they
have no time for visitation of the
poor, or to win the blessing of such
as comes upon those who administer
to those who are ready to perish