Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-12-20
7 4 E R BR D R N BR
By Rev. Charles M. Sheldon.
Author of in His Steps, "Rober Hardys Seven Days. etc.

the difference between being run over
by horse and wagon and an auto
mobile"
81 never gave 1t much thought"
"More people get run over by auto
mobiles than by horses. 80 the facts
show. You see man can dodge a
horse because he-the horse-is alive.
But an automobile Let's change the
subject. Give me your programme"
my programme"
"Your programme as a reformer.
What are you going to do? What lies
in your mind? john David Barton
swiftly changed FROM the careless, flip
pant manner he had assumed over his
physical condition. and John Gordon
Instantly knew the friend who loved
him was talking now out of his great
serious heart. John, If you are really
going to try to make the old world bet
ter you've held out your arm to a wres.
tier who will give you the struggle Of
your life. l want to help. | don't be-
lieve it will amount to anything
struggle, mean. And maybe not the
help either. But tell me your hearts
desire"
"Well, then," John Gordon answered,
while his whole expression glowed
with his real deep religious enthusi-
asm and pride that swept his thought
even Of Luella Marsh out of. existence,
Il have programme. First l plan to
live at Hope House as long rs can be
Of use there or as long as can from
that place in the city learn the city. 1t
may be five years. it may be ten. If
it is ten, shall be only forty. A man
cannot do much public work worthy Of
the name until he is forty"
History and biography say other
wise, but never mind" muttered Bar
ton. go on"
"My plans of course do not cover
possibilities that may come into my
experience at the end Of my residence
i'm Hope House. But ] have dreamed
Of many things. I don't mean book
knowledge. but live. personal knowl-
edge of people. Not the kind that
makes man a professor Of sociology
In the university, but the kind that
makes q man want to chnge bad laws
or make good ones; the hind Of knowl-
ridge Of people that Pnuhhad when he
said. Woe IS me IT. preach not the
gospel the kind Of knowledge Of peo-
pie that compels Il mar to see in every
other man a universe If eternal value
and eternal happiness"
"There arc mighty few people in this
city that think of un-6wn-at-the-heel
humanity after that fashion," muttered
Barton again. Then aftr silence he
asked:
Who's against you in Ill this?"
Selfish greed. ecclesiastical pride in
the churches. political rotenness in the
city management. cynical Indifference
OH the part Of cultured npn and wom-
en-. whisky. yellow press. business in
terests wherever they touch financial
loss. if reform calls for stcrifce; for
eign born and foreign shaped classes,
but most Of all the opposition Of high
bred apathy which grows out Of the
soil Of irreigion."
"And who is OH your sid3" Barton
asked almost mechanically, in a low
tone.
God. all good men and women in the
churches, and there are many rising
sentiment among young men against
municipal partisanship. gradually ris-
ing journalism which in timewill de-
mand the extinction Of yellow Journal
ism. which is an eXcrescence bat car
ries in large measure it's own lestruc-
ton, and a rising tide Of popunr pas
sion against the saloon as an lnstitu-
ton and for more equal opportunities
in the field Of struggle for huma hap
piness."
You left out the largest item n the
list of forces against reform"
"What's that?'
'The people themselves"
"Of course realize that" John Cor
don replied slowly. But it wal not |
the people that crucified Jesus. TWAS |
the ScribeS a.ld PhariSees."
"The people yelled. Cruelty him'"
The rabble. you mean"
whats the difference"
~ don't know exactly. but the rable |
is not the people"
Mighty fine distinction" BarDn |
muttMed again. "Of course you cat |