Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-10

Boston, before Clark had ever thought Of it.
giving tc him the plan.
In 1854, he invented, and patented the frs,
two.horse power automatic, check rowing, corn
planter ever invented. 1t took the first premium
over all corn planters; parts of it, especially the
shares (runners) are used in all check-rowine
machines, without which they could not check.
row.
AT the same time, he invented and patented
the concentrc cam, which is said to be one oi
the most useful small machines eyer invented.
The concentrc cam works the steam and gas
valves of every engine in the world. It or
some form of it, drives the shuttle of all sew
ing machines. 1t also lifts the pestles that pull
verize the ore in all the mines of the world. It
is used for many other purposes.
In 1855, he invented and patented the guano
and manure spreader. 1t is used in all parts of
the world. 1t cannot be improved. He invented
the lightning seed register used in all seed drill
ers. He invented the cold chilled cast steel
burs used to grind granulated food stuffs.
In 1874, he invented and patented washing
machine. The Scientific American, of New
York, pronounced ii "the only scientific wash
ing machine in the world"
In 1897, he invented and patented light
ning.rod on new principles. Scieuti6c men
say that it is perfect, and that it cannot be i'm.
proved.
HIS BIBLE STUDY WORK.
In 1847, he gave to Minor G. Clark, editor of
the Witness, of Indianapolis, Indiana, the plan
for interdenominational Bible institutes. He
wanted an interdenominatona plan, in order to
remove sectarianism. For a similar purpose,
he wrote up the International Sunday School
System, and gave it TO the public as it has been
used. He visited the Methodist Book Concern,
in New York city, in order to give the plan to
the secretaries, and the secretaries were so much
interested in the plan that they detained him
nearly the whole day discussing the plan, and
promised TO do all they could to get it into use.
Although it met opposition at first, it was Gods
purpose to use it as the most wonderful instru-
mentality to promote Bible study ever devised.
He has, for a number of years, been work.
ing on plan for church reform which shall re-
store the primitive status of Christian churches,
overthrow all ecclesiasticisn (prelatic), intro
duce fraternal and cooperative system which
shall help every family on earth to possess
home, and eventually do away with the paid
niniStery by far more efficient system of re-
ligious instruction and work.
He gave Mr.. Kellogg the plan for the printed
inside of newspapers "patents"].
In 1S48, he invedted the original carbon,
the core of the arc electric light, but did not
patent it.
Mr.. Marshall, at the very outset, determined
to do all his work without ostentation. See
Isaah42
When he was 2S years old, he had vision.
See Joel 2:28 He saw in vision pag-
cant more grand than anything ever seen on
earth. In great city he saw himself, at an ex-
ceeoingly great age, his hair white and thin,
carried in a palanquin, on the shoulders of four
men. They walked in the middle of the street,
the street was completely strewn with pure
white cloth; the street was wide; the sidewalks
and balconies, above and below, were crowded
with men, women and children, all dressed in
pure white, and floating white handerchiefs.
The day was beautiful, and everything was
quiet. He interpreted the whteness of every
thing to denote righteousness; his being carried
by four men, to denote universally; his ex-
ceedingly great age, to denote perpetuity, and
the vast crows of people, to denote all the ma
tons of the earth.
After this vision, the wealth of all the world
could not have induced him 10 leave what he
considered to be his mission from God.
No other man who has lived in the Christian
era has ever worked so effectively for good, in
every department of human society.
1t would be impossible to find an inhabitated
place on earth where his works are not enlight-
ening the people and tightening the burdens on
their shoulders. He believes IN the divine ap-
pointment of all the workers of the ages.
Mr.. Marshall is member of the American
Academy OF Political and Social Science, and
other learne ed socities. He has been life mem
Der of the American Baptist Missionary Union
since 1855.
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