The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-03-21

dom in bricks ef clay. expressed bis
ideals in forms of marble and mani.
tested his skill in magnificent cree
lions, this law Of change has laughed
MIN 10 scorn. II has obiiferated his
conversations. frustrated his seeming
realizations and buried his most ard
ent expectations in a grave OF mortal
ity. These things are especially true
OF man as he has lived without God
and the Bible.
But despite the changes Of time and
the confusion of reformation. one fact
affords the Christian jncalculabie CON
ISOLATION: Truth is eternal, love Is
Immortal and all the acts Of mai
based thereupon are indestructible-
I Herein is discoveratle the reason for
some uncTowued names outliving the
memory Of kings. and why the deeds
If humble men sometimes are more
enduring than stories written in the
i rocks And herein is revealed the
fact as 70 how an humble Hebrew. of
common parentage and with a people
who did not enjoy national autonomy.
from a single conversation with Je-
hovah received such conceptions of
the divine truth and such lmparta-
tons Of the divine love as 10 consti-
tute him the father of liberty the au-
. thor Of law and the founder of Chris
I tian civilization. Repudiating the dia-
. dem of empire and spurning the sceD-
, ter Of human Dower. Moses sought
and discov erred God and from God re
, ceived the truth and love. These gov
( prning his life conferred npoD Moses
a power no sovereign ever exercised
a glory no Kingdom ever shared and
! projected his name and influence
wherever the institutions ~ civiliZa-
! ton bring the benefactious ~ truth
TO mankind
! Just what our race might have ar
tanned. had men been true 10 the
! theocracv instead OF lapsing 10 forms
( borrowed from the barbarous heathen,
! is not for me to conjecture II is
enough Ia notice that the forms are
paradox and that the consequential
/ Influences OF government are radically
divergent Monarchy concenyers all
national glory and prefermeut in a
single person or chosen family,
whereas. Christian republic. recog-
uiz.ng The fatheTbood OF God and the
brotherhood Of man. manfests It's
chief glory in popular enlightenment.
the cultivation Of character IN its cit
! iZenship and the erection Of such in
situations as shall bring the blessings
of truth to all men. This should be
the distinguishing characteristic of
! our own country. And it is no dream
! To express the conviction that the
/ Christian Church, with her great pres
! tige and her splendid schools, has il
/ within her power TO make OF this ma
| ton a nearer approximation of the
! ideal of both Moses and God than was
! the theocracy under the Jews.
! In the study of human progress. We
discover an interesting and universal
! fact: here always was, and now is,
| national religion and national God.
| He may have been the herog god. the
materialisticgod, the mind-god, the
money god, the passion-god, or the
| Lord God; but all nations of all times
! have their religion and their god.
| Cicero said, There is never a people
so wild and savage as not to believe
| in a god" Plutarch said, There has
never been a commonwealth or athe-
| lists. never a city without q
god" While long ago the Bible said,
| Blessed is the nation whose god is
| the Lord
The pervading spirit of the people,
| that which gives singularity and Pc
culiarity to national life, will reveal
| the nature of the national religion and
| the character of the national God:
and the power of these, as they may
be true or false, will govern the de-
gree of national elevation or degrade
ton. This vital influence of the Bible
| in individual salvation and national
| exaltation, is its own most powerful
plea for divine inspiration and our
most solemn admonition to keep it's
/ truths inviolabfe.
| The desolate background of Inc
! pyramids, the crumbling pillars that
| sentinel the spots where once stood
magnificent palaces and temples and
| the shriveled mummies of once proud
monarchs in our museums. are silent
witnesses of the vain glory and fleet
ing power of Egypt The ancestral
! worship and fatalistic philosophy OF
the Orient, has wrapt the billioned
empire of China in the slumber OF
stolid Indifference for centuries. The
edifcation OF creatures and the trans
migration of human souls to lower
forms Of life, has rewarded the chill
| dren of such teachers by banishing
the instinct of self-assertion. and MAX
/ ing them either the fmbeclie- pilgrims
o. the desert or denizens of the deep
| shadows of the jungle. The desecra-
| ton of her homes and the debauching
of her youths, conquered Rome after
a world had surrendered to her
armies. And, passing the whole Of
medieval folly, the entire continent Of
Europe now presents a stage upon
which despotism and liberty, force
and truth seem 10 be engaged in last
and mortal tragedy. These things
should teach the people of the TWEEN
! tieth century that with the willful neg
lect of the spiritual man, every social.
industrial and national interest is
placed in jeopardy.
The marvel among the nations anf
the miracle Of the ages was wrought
when q cosmopolitan band Of refugees
fleeing the despotism OF Europe, brav-
ing the dangers of au unknown sea and
facing the rigorous privations of SUD-
DUNG wilderness continent. founded
our nation upon the principles they
had received from the Word Of God