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late Of the generations that shall follow, they even
can find themselves we'll repaid for the reading
because Of the startling facts this book records to
be obtained from no other source
One Of the most pertinent as we'll as interesting
points made by Mr.. Carroll, in The Templer of Eve,
is the unassailabe evidence that under the many
false teachings Of the present day. handed us from
the atheistic teachings to which almost every creed
and clan has fallen victim, we imagine that it is
within the province Of man to improve on the orgi
nal plans Of God. That we are growing so wise
that man now assumes to be the dictator and plan
ner Of future developments not contemplated in the
Creation. While some Of the pOmpous teachers Of
today admit that we grow weaker physically, it is
not an unusual claim that the world grows older
man becomes wiser and the pulpit is not surpassed
by the schools Of science in prOclaimlng that in
everything man today is so much superior, learned
and practical than was Adam and the men who
Immediately followed him as masters Of all the
things created before Adam found himself intro
duced to Eve in the Garden of Eden. Mr.. Carroll
shows to our satisfaction and will, we believe show
to all who will follow him with an unpreudiced desire
for light, that Adam, the first man. was endowed
with all the knowledge, all the finer feelings all the
love and admiration for and devotion to his female
kind with all the letters ell the cunning in art that
has ever been any Of his descendants If any diff
ference, Adam possessed more Of the real gifts of
knowledge from God direct than he was able to
transmit to his descendants.
To mind, under the light of the results Of this
great authors research and reasoning, man today
is so far below that standard created, that CON-
parisOn Of the most noted Of today With the humble
personality placed in the Garden Of Eden By God,
is to make comparison ridiculous.
This descent is accounted for in the logical sup-
gestiOn that from the day the templer persuaded
Eve IN the Garden to discredit the Divine iniunc-
tiOn has steadily degeuerated, and as he drifts
from the higher plain intended for him, he grows
weaker and smaller in the eyes of his God if not in
his own imagination.
Some Of the prettiest most trite and original
illustrations Of illusions Of the present day can be
found in this authors conclusions. Though seri-
Gus, and writing &c he hopes and prays, to awaken
the few pure descendants Of Gods ideal man, whom
He made living SOUL Mr.. Carroll is so full OF the
environments Of his le's researches that the Tenn
pier of Eve is Of the most brilliant literary pro.
ductOns that has found its way to any library
His criticisms Of the studied efforts OF writer's who
have labOred to keep the world in darkness, or to
plunge 1t into still further deusiOn are so apt that
he becomes humorous without designing it.
The subject OF this great work is OF far more
Importance than the average reader Of today could
believe it without careful, candid study of It, The
trend OF the past forty years. since the issuance Of
the Emancipation Proclamation, forced forward by
men unacquainted with the danger lurking in the
Efforts they put forth, has been OF character that
means the overthrow Of the civilization of another
great nation that Of the United States the greatest
power at the present time on the globe This trend
s primarily fOstered by politicians looking only to
their own present demands, and yet the politician,
for personal hopes is able to commit great political
parties to the furtheraBce Of his mistaken idea.
Nor is this all. So strong has been the influence Of
the clergy, most Of which spend no time to attain
the broader information, that even in sections
where the Characteristic Of the negro is well known
and no extenuatlng excuse OffeF taxes are lev
led, and the children Of the true descendants of
Adam are robbed that q fund may be created to
take the negro from bis tolls for which God intend
Cd him, and the attempt is made to educate him. If
possible, 20 fill any station in national life Despite
the warning frOm few that this means the spoil
ing Of good field hand with no hope Of producing
more than lOafng criminal, the false idea has.
gained . hold throughout the entire country.
What does It lead tOl There can be but one
goal to such ambition, social equality. pure
and simple, amalgamatiOn, or even worse It
says to every father OF daughter that slowly but
surely, We ere travelling to the place when II a negro
proposes 70 marry white woman, there can be no
legal barrier. There Is legal barrier now in some
states' AND this ls the opening wedge for Gods
wrath, certain collapse Of our civilization.
MF. Carroll sounds the warning, and those Who
read his wise deductions must be apprised Of the
APPALLING doom awaiting our whole country, II We
IaiI TO heed. But review Of q book can only be =
review after all. The only way 10 find it's worth i
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