The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-20


|. Her father was named Loki and 81
!: had two brothers. One was a scrper
a so big and SO long that it wrappc
: around the world and then swallOwc
/; its own tail. The other was a wolf, s
: strong that he broke the strongcs
chains just like they were cobwcbs
= Then Wooden got the mountain spirit
TO make another chain and they mad
it of six things. The noise made bv :
cat walking, the beard of woman
the roots of stones, the breath Of fishes
the smiles of bears and the spittlo 0
birds. When tho chain was FINISHED
it was as small and smooth and soft a.
sllkcn string, but no power on carti
could break 1t. And SO they chainc,
him and killed him. But listen wha
kind OF 4 home Miss Ilcla had. Hun
ger was her dining table. Starvation
was her knife. Delay was her mar
servant-Sloth her maid servant. A
preciplcc was her door step. Care hel
bed, and Anguish the curtains to hcl
bed chamber. No wonder she was
cruel and always wore stcrn, unhappy
and torbidding countcnance.
This is just Il sample Of their mythol-
ogy. 1t fills up several books. Now,
where in the world did that people gel
all these wonderful stories. AWAY
back in the ages they must have had
poets more imaginative than Homer.
Some of our most learned men say
they got the foundation of many of
them from the Bible. For the story
goes that away back in the ages the
people got 80 bad that Jupiter uot
dreadful mad with them and resolved
TO destroy them. SO he summoned all
The gods to come to him, and they
came from all parts of the heavens,
travelling on the milky way, which is
The street OF the gods, and after taking
counscl together they determined to
destroy all mankind and start with Il
new pair. So Jupiter was about to
launch a rcd hot thundcrbolt at the
earth and burn it up, but one of the
gods told him that he had better not
Tor he might burn up heaven, too. So
he concluded 10 use water instead of
fire, and then came The flood which
drowned every human being except
Deucalion and his wife, who were good
people. They escaped to the top of {;
mountain calledl Parnasus and were
saved.
That is very much like the Bible
story Of the flood and of Noah and
Mount Ararat. And just so they yot
Hercules from Samson and Vulcan anG
| Apollo from Jubal and Jubal Cain
and the Dragon from the serpent thai
tempted Eve, and The giants who tlled
to scale the walls Of heaven from MINI
rod and his tower. Every great
hcathcn god had 1t favorite son Just as
our Christian God has Il Son. There
is something sublime and comforting
In even believing or imagining that a
great and good being is somewhere in
tho heavens overruling the earth and
its people, prospcring the good and
Furnishing the evil. The fact that this
all powerful being is invisible makes
His existence the more impressive.
Jupiter sat cntbroned on Mount Oym
pus, Wooden had beautiful palace of
gold and silver at V9lhalla and it could
only be reached by walking on a rain
bow. And we pray to our God, say
| ing: Oh: Thou who dwellcst in the
heavens" and not in the temples made
with hands.
History gives no account of any peO-
pie who did not put their trust in some
God, and this proves our confession OF
weakness and our need of stren4th from
some supernatural divinity. The more
cultured AMI enlightened we become the
more conscious we are of our weakness
Children depend absolutely on theil
parents until afar up in their teens.
They do not need any other God, but
by and by the parents pass away or
fail TO supply their increasing wants
and then comes that feeling of helpless.
ness and the want of protector. Re.
Election comes with age and the more
reflective a man becomes and the more
intelligent from study and culture, tho
more he must realize his Ignorance
and dependence.
Therefore, cannot understand how
such cultured gentleman as lngcrsoi
can be so irrcvcrcnt, 80 careless an(
praycrlcss about his own existence
for he cannot tell by what power hi
raises his hand or closes his eyes whcr
he wills TO do so. lie says he woult
have planned many things very differ
cnt. He would have given MAJ
wings and the power to fly. Tic woul(
have made health catching instead 0
} disease. flo would have made infant
: collie proof and they should be as livcl
, when born as little chicks when the
come out of the shell and the old me
should always be calm and serene. |
, fact, he would have made cvcrybod
happy during life and every death
, painless one. He ought to have gon
7 a little farther and abolished death an
= then created more worlds for the neve
dying people, to live in. But we ar
= here and have to submit TO things as W
5 find them, and,i as Governor Gate
8 said, "Mr. Ingersoll, what arc 70
l going TO do about it?"
f And now | want tins month c
C March to hurry up and pass away.
\ is aggravating my grippe and | fc'
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8 choly." 1t contracts and withcrs m
c charity for my fellow men. / don
n care cent for Roosevelt and Tillmal
d nor Spooner nor the Atlanta dcpo
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