The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-05-28
NEWS FROM DOCTOR PAINE
He Writes Interestingly of the
Indiana State.

EDITOR LIGHT:
WABASH, ND, May "a, 1907
Winter is past and gone, overcoats
are nnbuttoned, spring is putting
on her loveliest green, corn is COM
ing up, the voice Of the turtle is
heard in the land again and all go
ing merry as marriage bell"
The sweet scented clover blossom
almost tempts one to try his hand
at parody on Maud Mueller.
Ny mission nov Is just half done.
| have gone over some six or eight
counties, passing cities, towns and
hamiets, mo country now-a-days,l
everybody lives in town, and the
rustic eountryman is a thing of the
past, as compared to the days of
yore when / was a boy. / thought
everybody that lived in town was
rich and of q different race to
"we'ns" and 'you ms, who lived
at the forks OF the creek. / have
up TO date preached thirty-eight dis
courses with several counties yet
TO hear from. / find my people
Primitive Baptists} of this state In
a prosperous condition spiritually
and otherwise. They live at home,
worship God under their own 'vine
and apple tree" pay their debts,
and last but not least, uine-tenths
of them vote the democratic ticket.
Who can produce better showing?
But we do not wonder at this, when
we call to mind the fact that the
true principles of democracy as now
applied tor rather should be appliedl
TO the national government, was bor-
rowed from this venerable order of
Christian worshippers. Even JEFF
ferson's first ideas of democracy
were imbihed when he Eas youth
visiting with his mother the old
Baptist churches, and beholding
their order and manner of govern
ment. And We all know that the
first true democratic government the
Nb{ IA E& FE H&aE~ W aH ftfhh VI ANtkFA
Williams at Providence. And one
of Patrick Henry's greatest efforts
at the bar was when he volunteered
his services and rode on horseback
| dfty miles so defend two OF those
good men who were Indicted in some
court of Virginia for refusing 10
pay the tobacco tax TO support "a
lazy prohiga q, clergy, Even our
| own Roger q. Mills once had to be
restrained from thrashing "A fellow
for speaking lightly Of those people
| whom he said paid their debts, edu-
Gated their children and voted the
| democratic ticket and he allowed no
man tn speak evil of them in his
presence. One of these churches of
| Indiana now hold in sacred member
ship the venerable Mary =. Cobb,
who Is now one hundred years of
age. This noble woman of God has
been a member upwards OF eighty
years, and Is yet with strong mind
| adherring to the faith once deliv-
cred to the saints. Her first hus-
band was the grandfather of W. J..
Bryan. She has great love for her
distinguished grand son. Right
here am reminded of what heard
little preacher who perhaps had
not been farther from home than
"down to Bardwell," /" say in meet
ing at waxahachie The didn't know
was presently that the Hard
Shells" as he called them, were
about all out of their way and he
thanked God for 1t. / could but
think, "God have mercy upon his
poor ignorant soul" Is ii possible
that the "Salt Of the earth has
lost it's SAVIOR and this preacher is
glad of 1t. Now in all this / do not
want to be understood as boasting
"God forbid that | should glory
save in the Cross of Christi. will
close out at Grunfield the second
Sunday In June and then turn my
face Waxahachieward Tell Uncle
Jno. Gibson / may take in a few
associations on my return.
j. A. PAINE,