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Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1903-06-03

sobily slratlivou shouhu. Stomy
byly roEmlAceny, okna vyilutcna,
dese vniknul do doma a tyto "a.
plavil potok BAIL iine menti
potatky vys,oupily 40 bleh0 GELD
mts,eeko se poiohalo maltmu je.
airku.
Z okoli Beatrice muscle SC "a
sledkcm poyodna vystehoyati
mnoho lidi nisin. Reka tam
vystoupila dne az. kvetna o 3
stopy desiii hodinaeh a o hod.
odpoledne voda Sc potala valiti ma
zapadni stranu mesta, We ho1.
musela elektrarna zastaviti stroje,
ale k vodarne voda nevstoupiIa.
Draha Union Pacific musela ma
sve trait zastaviti doprsvu.
v Beatrice musela 5yti v sobo
tn zavfena vodarna. DO mesta
nemohou pfiiizdeti zadne vlaky a
mostly jsou Y nebezpeei, ze budou
povodni strzeny.
Bohudik nedosly zadne zpravy,
ze povodeh 81 vyzadala nejake
lidske zivoty "a obet.
Udoli Blue cd De Witt al k
Holmesville podoba Sc ohromne
mu jezeru a takove jezero rozkla-
da sc tez Cd Pickrell podel Indian
Creek 1doli k Beatrice. Trate
Union Pacific c. B. Q. drahy
lsou pod vodou.
Tsto povodeh jest ia nejhorsi,
ktera kdy Beatrice stihla.
U Auburn Sc utopil farmer
August Heitzig. Byl mestetku
v patek veeer a zdrzel Sc tam az
do noci. S parem konf vydal SC
ma zpateenf cestu dom0. Druhe.
ho dne nalezen vnz nalozeny 9
nakladem prken ma jedne strant
potoka a kone stall ma druhe stra.
ne blize jeho fanny.
v okoli Schuyler napadlo n
palcn vlahy "a mesic kveten. '
meste nasledkem teto zaplsvy de
Stove jsou mnobe sklepy nsplne
ny vodou.
Take David City a okolf TRIP
pfebytkem vlahy, nebot spadnult
IA palc6 deste "a mesic kvGten.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1903-06-03
Z NASEHO MEsTA.

- Minuly etvrtek vyzvedly 81
povoleni X sfiatku tyto ceske par
Ky; John Kruml, 80 roko stary,
Sc sic. Antonii Altmanovou, 40
rok1 starou, oba Omahy, a Fr.
Klusoi, 23 roxy stary, Sc sic.
Mile Houfkovon, r9 rokh stsrou,
oba re South Omahy. Novoman.
zel1m gratuluJemel
- Nase damske sbory zanaseji
sc vazne 1myslem pozvati tez do
omshy jednu neilepSfch oper :
mich pevkyh teskych, pi Rtzenu
Maturoyou, primadonnu Narodnf.
no diyadls, ktera ma koncertu Ces.
Del. Pew. Sboru Chicagu dne
26. tervna zapeje Sest skladeb -
pisne operni arie. Pani Matu.
rova dobyla ST labodnym zp6vem
syym yfeleho uznanf nejen ma
p0de eeske ale " Polsku, Srbsku
! v Nemecku. u nestetnych po.
chvalnych blasnv o jeifm umenf
stati prozatim uvesti hlas nemec-
keho, Cechnm tedy ne zrovna
dvojnasob nakloneneho, znalce p.
Leo. Mautnera, ktery lipskem
odbornem listu Musk Zeitung"
uptimne nj doznava; Pani Ma
turova jest prvnf dramaticka pev.
kyne Geskfho jeyiS.t, ale zaroven
take jedna . prvnich umelkyi
syeho oboru ynbec. Pani Matu-
roya narodila Sc r. 1870 Y praze a
pfisinenim feditele Fr, Havana,
vzd6lala Sc We zpevu II Pivody a
Destin Loewoye; jiz veku i5
let byla engszovana do Teplic a
cd T. 1898 je tleuem Narodniho
diysdls. Jako tetni jini umelci
testf,i ona prokazala sv0j talent v
cizine dive nez ma domaci pnde.
Vynikla stejne ma podiu koncert-
MIN v opefe ma koncertu v
Auditorium poda nekolik ukszek
re sveho bohateho repertoaru.
"R1zena Maturova", pise nj
prazsky kritik p. Fr. X. Hejds,
"honosic Sc skvelym rozsahlym
hlasen sopranovym, vynika ne.
obyeejne Y individualisovani svych
dloh, jimiz propnJciti dovede va.
Sen hrdinstvf, aniz by nejmen
Sim setfela okouzlujicf nehu zen
skosti. - Schyalujeme 1plne tento
uslechtily 1mysl nasich dam jest
vfelym pfanim maxim zajiste !
pfanim vsech zpevumiloynych ma
sich krajann, ably danny obvyklou
jim energif k provedeni dmyslu
toho neprodlene pfikroeily. O
Gplny zdar netfeba Sc jim stracho-
vati. Az dosud vzdy, podialy.li
Sc nase nsse danny nelak6ho pod
niku, dodelsly Sc skveleho Gspe-
chu a tax by tomu bylo zsiiste
tentokrate. len chuti do tcho
- Pr. Mari Urbanove, bydlic
ma a. a Pierce ul., povolen by
rozvod cd jeff manzela p. Jams
Urbana a zzroveh svefen j ,
opatrovAnf I6iety synzsek Frank
] - Pan Urban vyslechl zprasu I,
se sIzami oSfch.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1903-06-03

V pondeli skonala po deIsf
cborobG stara vazena zdejsi
osadnice pr Marie Va1ousova,
bydlici v {. Gag Pierce ul., po.
zehnanem veku II roku. Pohfeb
zesnule stafenky odbyva Sc dncs
We stFedu. Truchlicim poznsta-
lynn projevujeme upfimuou sou.
strasP.
Soukroma zabava, liz loze
Ian Hus, I. 5 r. r., pro sve
tleny a jich rodiny minuly etyrtek
uspofadsla, vydafila SC znamenite.
Hndebni tfsla programu, pfedne-
sena p. s. B Letovskym 8 pro-
vodem nadejneho jeho syna, libila
Sc yelice a odmenena byla nepfe-
stavajicim boufnym potleskem. -
Take zpeyy, pfednesene Ct. rodi-
nou p. Ff. Vodieky, byly krasne
a pFitomni neskrbllli pochvalou.
Rovnez zertovnY vystup "Stftani
lidu', podany sic. VoditkoVymi,
,esil sc nemsle pozornosti. chyal.
ne zmfnky zvlaste pax zaslouzi
ct. hostiteiky. po vetsine mauzelky
to elen1 loze, "a skvostne pfipra.
vcnou veteti. Po bohate vetefi
rozproudila Sc mila, takmtf TO.
dinna, zabava, kteraz nerusene
pies pdlnoc Sc protahla.
Zasedacf SID mestske rady
byla veera veeer slusne naplnena
obecenstvem, kterez sc chtelo
osobne pfesvedeiti, jak sc mestska
rada zachovs vnti kandidatnm pro
r6zne dFady, ktere il mayor Frank
l.. Moores pFedlozil ku schvalenl.
Mayor pfedloziI mestske rade ku
schvaleni dyanaet svych vyvole.
ngch . techto 6 bylo potvrzeno,
6 potvrzeni odmitnuto. Potvrzenl
bylii mestsky inzinyr Andrew Rose
water, zdrsvotni komisaF DR.. John
b. Ralph, dohlflitel na prace olov-
nicke John L. Lynch, dohlizitel
ma kotle Joseph SSheidt, mestsky
elektrik Paul II. Patton a mestskJ
zslobce Thomas +. Lee.
Jiz druhy krajan vidal SC
"z1yidenf hodneho' postaysnf \
1fadovne serifa Powera. Pied Ca
sem utinil TAX p. ST. b. Letovsky,
nynf opet p. Adam Sloup. Jak p.
Letovsky tax p. Sloup ucinili pro
stranu demokratickou vice nez
lecktery Ajrys, svsak kdyz poda.
feni byli dfadem, bylo mimi "a
chazeno tax, ze ma konec sekl
radeji 8 "dzabem", nez ably dal
sebou vytlouksti nejhorsf mista. =
Zalzfnfkem ma mfste p. A. Sloups
ustanoven byl krajan pan Kare
Sabata.
= v pondeli zahzjena poradl
mezi sprzvou Uuion Pacific . "a
stupci stzvkujfcfch kotlzfd. W
sledek vyjednzvani neni znkm.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1903-06-03
GESI v AMERICE.

4 V New Yorku spachal minuly
ttyrtek sebeyrazdu 42lety krajan
Josef Dufek ( sr3 vych. 10.
ul., udusiv Sc plynem. Kdyz byl
nale1en, mel jeste Y dstech gumo-
YOU ronrku, jejiz druhy konec byl
pfipevnen plynoveho kohoutku.
L1stava po mem manzelka
ditky. Co jej k zoufslstvi dohnalo,
ncni znamo. Krajan Dufek ma
rodil Sc Y Bernstove. kraj caslav.
sky, v Cechach a zde Y New Yor-
ku zil rs rokd pfinalezel k fadu
Petr Cooper Els. roa CSPS.
4 Vrchnim experimentation
okresnfch 1stavd Dunning, H.,
jmenoyan byl DR.. Vaclav II. Pod
ststa, dobry upffmny Czech, jenz
ziskal 81 jiz zyutneho jmena v
kruzich lekafskych co znalec du-
sevnych nemoci dobrg sprayce
Gstayn pro choromyslne. Pan
Podstata je teprve 81 roxy star a
byl pied Lefty zamestnan tasopi-
su "Pravda', vydavaneho rev.
Adamsem. Studoval lekafstyi -ANp
college OF Physicians and Sur
geons'. Po nekolik rokd pdsobil
pfi Iowa State Hospital a potom
zastavsl dad vypomocneho fedi-
tele 1stavu pro choromyslne
Kankakee. Pro 1fad vrchniho
feditele dstav1 duaningskych byl
odporueen ma slovo vzatymi od-
borniky, drem. FIR. Billingsem
prof. Z. d. Hulbortem Q universi-
ty chicagske.
y v Cleyelandu stal Sc obyeej,
dolevsti hoficf ieste lsmpu petro-
lejem, osudnym 2aletemu krajanu
Joseiu Hsslinskymu z &. rs Oak
dale ul. Mlady Hsslinsky doleval
hoficf lsmpu, ktera pojednou wy
buchla a celY pokoj hned octl Sc
v plamenech, jez zachyatily ] ne
stastneho mladika. Otec, "a
slechnuv dpeni jeho, vfitil Sc do po-
koje, ably syra zachranil, byl vsak
sam tezce popalen. Ostatni ele-
move rodiny pfivolali hasiee a pax
rychle chopili Sc zahradni hadice
a stflkali do plameno, mezi nimiz
otec syn lezeli bezvedomi. Po-
dafilo Sc Jim zahy tel plameny
uhasiti, ale stav popalenych byl
hroznY. Zvlaste mladg Haslinsky
neopstrnost svoji draze zsplatil,
takze jest obava, ably nepodlehl
tezkemu svemu zraneni. Otec
jeho utrpel tez bolestnych popAle-
min, ale stav jeho neni tax nebez-
peenym.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1903-06-03

Saint sAinav 70 ukonteni yaal
ortt ouarnerky sahfAl na ne
Paganinlho konoert v ID mol, Ne.
moha sc nasyii,i ttchto skyost.
nyeh nAs,roi0, uchopil iestt housle
mistfa Amatiho, na nat hraval
president Jefferson Blem dome
a zahril ma ne na poeest Clopto'
na, k,er9 poehAsi virginie, Di
xie a "Suwanoo River. he konei
ma tozioueenou uehopil jeste k
sfdei ptirostle mu Quarnerky a
zahrSl ma ne narodni nasi hymnD
"Kde domoy MOI, phi eema mu
velike Size kanuly po licieh. Do.
koueiv boles,nym akordem, dra.
hoeennehousIe vasnive polibil a
odevzdaI je p. Cloptonovi pax
Sc S MIN rozlouell. Kocian odejel
Sc svym strycem DR.. Svitkem k
nisgarskym vodopad0m, ably 81
prohledli tento div Ameriky asi
po desetidennim pobytu navrati
Sc oba opet do Czech.
Blaznivy anarchlsta.
Josef Becker, pochazejici re
Svycarska, byl zatten uveznen
We Walla Walla, Wash, ponevac2
Sc vychloubaI, be zastfeli presi'
denta Roosevelta. Becker '
Pendletonu, Ore, hospode pied
svedky Sc vyslovil, ze ma jednu
kuli pro presidenta Roosevelta a
druhou pro nemeckeho cissfe. II
kratko ma to odeiel do Walls
Walla ozbrojen iss dyojkor. Jehc
soudruh, jakysi Pat Kline, pfije
"a MIN a yyzradi ysechno policii
ktera ho We vsi tichosti zatkla
Becker pracoval II jednoho fezni
ka po vYslechu sc pfiznal, BE M
dvojku ukrytou We stodole jednohc
feznisa, kudy president musel jet
okolo ma sve cestG, ale vsecher
zlotinny Gmysl popiral.
Tornado spdsobllo smrt zoo lldi
Y pondeli kratce po poledn
zastihnuto bylo tornadem mestc
Gainesville, Ca, a bouFe ia byl'
tax zhoubna, ze il pablo snad Il
obet asi 400 lidf Co tyto Fadk.
piseme, dosah ceieho nestestf nen
znam a vsechny obeti nebudol
moci byti zjisteny dive, pokud 81
neodstrani trosky, pod nimiz jsoI
mrtyoly pohfbeny. Nejyice lid
zahynnlo v baVlnenych toyarnacl
a eta Sc, be nejmene 30 jich tan
odpotiva Y ssutinach a mimo Il
velkG mnozstvf jich bylo zraneno
Osmnact lidf bylo zabito "
ttyfcch yelkych obchodech. Ne
stastnici tito bledali tam ochranl
pied bouff a obchody tyto byl,
tornadem zbofeny. Kdyz bout
pfikyaeila, nalezalo Sc tovarn
bavlnove 500 lidi mnoho.li s
jicIl zachranilo, dosud SC nevf.
Tornado narazilo ma jizni Gas
mesta 8 hroznYm hukotem. De-
SC oksmzits promenil noe
mnozi lide utikali, bledajice ochrs
nu domech byli yichrem dale
ko odnescni. Nsktere domy byI
rozbity ma tffsky, jine byly w
zvednuty &c zaklsdi a odneseny
ceIoSti ma nekolik blokn. Stfech
, litaIy jako listf Y povetfi.
Telefonni a telegrafnf spoletno
sti strhsny ysechny draty, al
teleionni spoleEnost okamzite sprs
villa jeden sy1j drat a po tomt
byla zprava telefonovana do Atlar
ty, odkud take poslana byla lekal
ska pomoc.
ri porsnsni, jez Sc podsfilo M
lett vysvoboditi re ssutin. jso
umist6ni vsude, kde jest mfsto
soukromych domech.
Lekafi pospichsji ma pomoc 2
vsech okolnfch NEST. DIE nejpe
slednsjsich zpriv Sc tyrdf, ze j
dine toyarne bsvlnene zahynul
400 lidi.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1903-06-03

- Podporujte domAci podnik a
obchodniky, kteff ohlasuji ' doml-
cfm listu.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-12-18
JUDGE FLEMING
is UPHELD.
Judge Holding Quashes IndIct-
ment Against John T.
Akin, Esq.
Says He 10 Properly Occupy ing the
Office Of Magistrate, And
That the Maury County
Court Is Legal
Body.

In the Circuit Court last Saturday
the case of the State against John 7.
Akin. Esq for holding the Office of
magistrate illegally. was called mp
before Judge Holding, on an appeal
from. the County Criminal Court.
Judge Holding sustained the decision
Of Special Judge Fleming in the lower
court. holding that the County court
Of Maury county is legally consti-
tuted bOdy and that Squire AKIN Is
properly holding the Office Of justice Of
the neace. The Indictment was there
fore quashed. Judge Holding did not
give length, opinion OF the case, as
It was well understood that the case
was to be appealed to the Supreme
Court anyway. The appeal was taEen
from Judge holding decision, and it
Is hoped 10 get the case considered by
the Court AT next weeE . sitting.
AS is well known this il simply
Case 10 test the question as to whether
or not the present County Court is
leg al BODY as since il mas been settled
that the redistrictlg oil was constltu
tlonal bat had not been applied. the
question was one OF great importance,
as the appropriation for the new court
house and all the other acts Of the
County Count since the redistrictIDg
bill became law mas been questioned.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-12-18

Senator E ". Carmack spent Fri
DAY IN the city. leaving IN the after
noon for Washington. The Senator
was in fine spirits, and frog: short
talk with him IL was gathered fhat be
intends to Use his good whip Tor all il
Is worth on tie 9. o. p. at the present
session Of congress
Tue Senator stated that ne intended
10 push his resolution for an ,nvestiga
ton OF the postoffice department. by
congress. aud although be has no
hope that the repu 5iicans will allow
the resolution 10 pass, be says the pro-
poses 10 worry them all he can he
says that the party at Washington
under the able leadership Of Williams
in the lower house and German in the
upper house Is In d harmonious con
dltion, aud ne Is feeling very hopeful
for next year.
The Senator stated in answer 10
question that Judge Parker was the
preference Of ms iUrIty of the Gemo-
Gratis at the national capital for the
presidential nomination. though Sena-
tor German has many warm friends
ana ardent supporters in both houses
Ii was evident bat ne believed these
two gentlemen would b the leading
candidates before the convention, and
that the nomination would 90 10 one
Uf them senator Carmack is already
on record as being a Parker man, and
he has not changed his position in the
matter.
In regard to the Republican nomiDa
ton. he said that Hanna was being
talked a good deal more for president
ar Washington than ever before,
though he would not express an opin
ion, as 10 wheiner or not the ONO
senator would be candidate. IF
the republicans nominate Roosevelt
and tine democrats nominate Judge
Parker, 1 believe we nave got good
chance to hex EN-, said the Senator
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-12-18
COLONEL COX
And CONGRESS
WelI.F Chnded Rum0r Say: That He
Has Made Up His Mind TO
Make the Race.

TIE belief Is growing that Col n.
Y. Cox. Of Franklin. will be candi
date for tine congressional nomination
uext year against Congressman L. +.
Padgett.
a son Of the Colonel was here the
other day. and though II Is claimed
that his visit had no significance. the
Herald learns that lie maze the state
ment 10 a well known politician ard
adherent Of Col Cox. that his father
woul1 certainly be candidate.
Several local poiifIclaDs who are
known TO favor the nominatio" Of Col
Cox nave been seen and asked what
they knew about the C)loneIs prob
a bic candidacy. but they maintain
a strict silence. One OF them stated
however. that something
would 1rop in few days.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-12-18
JUDGE GORDON
WAS In CONTEMPT.
Had No Right TO Address the
Grand Jury. Says Judge
Holding.
On Account of the Peculiar Circum-
stances Of the Case. However. No
punishment Was InAicted and
the Case was Dismissed.

County Judge. " O. Gordon. was OF
trial IN the Circuit Court last Fri
day for contempt Of court. de was
arrested that morning on a benct
warrant Issued by Jusge Holding al
the request of Attorney General Gar.
her.
Judge Gordon was charged with enter
ing the grand jury room last Wedpes-
day and urging upon the jury 10 no,
return an Indictment against John T..
Akin, Esq, for holding office ilIegaIly.
In the nearing nf the contempt
proceedings Judge Holding dis
L Used the case. but stated thar Judge
Gordon had been guilty of contempt.
He said that the sanctity Of the grand
jury room must be preserved, and that
no citizen, no matter what nis station
or office, had a right 10 enter the grand
jury room and attempt TO dissuade the
jury from finding an Indictment.
Judge Gordon e action, he SAID. was
MOI 10 be commended, by any means.
1t was AL unlawful interference with
the grand jury and Its WORK. Coun-
sci fOI the defense in argument and
stated that there was no corrupt pur
pose in Judge Gordon appearance
before the Jury. Judge Holding stated
that that was an 1mmateriai point.
Judge Gordon did appear before the
jury for the purpose OF preventing an
indictment. and under the statute this
was an unlawful interference with
the jurys prerogatlyes.
However. as the case came up in
a Iather peculiar manner, and over
matter n which the citizens of the
county were deeply concerned. Judge
Gordon among the rest Judge Hold
ing said that ne would not infict any
The spectators in the
conrt room appIauded when Judge
concluded his decision.
Jup2e Gordon was 20 overcome with
that tears Ftreamed down mis-
cheeks as his friends crowded about to
shake hands with him. Judge Hold
ing s decision gave satisfaction TO
nearly every body concerned. Ii was
admitted that Judge Gordon
had been guilty of an lndiscretioD.
Jut 1t was thought he had merely LET
lis zeal get aheaa OF his Judgment and
he citizens diG nor desire to see him
punished.
Jndge Gordon nffense was In his
appearance before the grand jury and
oa king a plea 10 the jury not 10 re-
Urn an Indictment against John I.
AKIN. Esq, for illegally holding tire
flee Of magistrate. squire Akin
lad agreed for his Lame 10 Re used IN
n indictment, so as 10 get a test case
{ 10 the legality Of the County Court
4 the courts. Judge Gordon at first
Eas IN favor OF the plan. but after
Yards decided that there we're other
ianE better, SO he tried TO stop Akin G !,
n0ictmeut-
Attorney General Garner made a
tronR and vigorous arrangement Of
Judge Gordon offense in short
peech TO Judge holding
Judge Gordon was represented by
lessrs. H. 2. Flguers, Jas a. Smiser,
II. Dining ana Jas. c. Worries
Lr. Figuers was the only oneo. them
no made an argument
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-12-18
TITCONB QUITS
DRUG BUSINESS.
Stock Purchased by Messrs.
heOdOre and EnOch Steph-
ensOn, Who Will Take
Charge the First of the
Year.

An important change in rhe business
life of Columbia took place last FRI
day. when Messrs Thee and Enoch
Stephenson. well-known young men
of the county, bought Jut the drug
business Of Mr. j. A. Titoomh. The
change Will take effect the first Of the
year
Mr.. Titcomb will engage In other
business ana viii stiil live in Co
iumbia. though MS new business will
not be In the mercbantile line.
the drug house Of J. A. Titcomp
has been for years one Of the moot
prominent business concerns in Co
Iumbia II was established many
years ago by Mr.. Titconbs father,
and on his retirement II has been con.
tinued by the son.
Theodore Stephenson Is one of the
best known young men IN Coiumbia.
ana has had large experience in the
drug business He Was for thies Years
with Mr.. TItcomb. and hss been with
Mr.. A y Rains rhe same length of
time. de Is registered pharm scist
and for some time has teen perscrip-
ton clerk for Mr.. Rains Theodore has
MANY friends throughout the county
and - a young man OF good business
sbiliiy. HE brother knoch If no, 30
well known. having Just got out Of
school. but be IL highly esteemed, and
the Herald predicts success for tie
new firm.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-12-18

accu racy just what is wrong with IN.
ChuIch, its failures and hypOcraeIes.
the ineOnslsteneies Of its members and
all the causes Of its stsgnafed life.
Blu. as 10 hitting any If these ba-den=
on the lie and heart Of the cbuerh.
they will not lend the Lord who mace
them. the weight of one Of their
fingers ! venture this passing re
marx, that mighty as Is the hypocrscy
IN the Christian Church. there Is none
more contemplate nor hateful in the
eight Of GCd than the hypooriscy Of the
mere croaker. or that lost soul whose
only offer Of help is the unsolicited
contri buuon of his criticism.
'You ask them, doee the Lord
expect ~ to be blind. 10 shut our eyes
to the unhappy + CTS connected with
the modern churchl By no means.
But here is the critics eternal law:
your title 10 SIT .in Judgment rests
alone upon your willingness and your
whole hearted effort 10 right the thing
you tind to be wrong. l find this law
announced i'll concrete form in the
text which we are now to consider.
% Church of God. - sald our
Saviour. 'ye are the salt of the earth.
but If the salt have lost its SAVIOR.
shall 1t be saItedy Of
course, you recognize these words 70
be fearful arralgnment of the church
Of his day. 1t is stern and wholesale
Remuneration of the whole pharlsalc,
ecclesiastical fabric. He declares that
the Church has lost the very object
the motive, the very power for which
II was ordained, and that 1t was only
it TO be trodden under foot of men.
No criticism of an existing church
could be more radical. more severe,
more terrible; but 1t was the criticism
Of one who was going to die for that
Church's regeneration and transforma
ION, the criticism OF one who loved
md lamented and stood ready to give
III for the rehabilitation of a degen-
crate church.
Let us learn the lesson ar the out
e. Of our discussion today. If we
merely look at the surface of things.
Il long rage, and comfortably, win
10 thought of amendment, no prayer
o God for guidsn nee and IN sight into
jur lives. no repentance and earnest
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striving after His Will: II IN this Il ere
negative and purposeless way. We
spend the hour IN noting the common
place faults of the modern church. We
are no better than the outside Shi-
mel 5. who are simply bent on cursing
the Lord aDointed
Now. ! announce nothing new to
you when say that throughout all
the christian world today there exists
this SAD suDconsciousness. that the
Church Is grievously vexed ard
possessed with some EInd of a devil.
There Is universal depression IN high
places. The Bishops and Poteutatss.
the RANK and file OF the untitled spirit
ual nOblemen of the whole world are
In the place of waiting. Something is
wrong and very wrong with the
Church. Her power over nen Is fail
ing and her light is fading. She is
not drawing the masses 10 her heart
nor to her Lord. Woe, woe TO Us!
SO all good men CRY.
But there is Union only in the
new edition of Lamentations. nothing
but confusion of tongues when 1t
comes TO causes for existing conditions
or the remedy. I may note one
exception all the ccllosiI and christian
scholars of Cbristendom are united In
thier utter reputation OF the notion
constantly professed by the greater
cosmopolitan journals Of color, that
the science of today has destroyed the
of the Gospels. l maze
this assertion without the slightest
hesitation; that never since the days
of Paul has the competent scholarship |
and intelligence of the world. been so |
perfectly at one In their belief, their
conviction that all the
writings of Moses, the Propheys and /
the Apostles are true aud absolutely /
established. Tie scepticism of the |
men of the world, well nigh universal, /
as | admitted on last Ia bbath, finds ]
Nd place In the world of men who
know whereof they speak. / am free
10 say tDat this unanImIty did not |
Exist ten years ago. The materlallsm
and later agnost1elsm introduced into
the world by the studies of Darwin.
Huxley, Spencer and their able lieu