The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-08-11
The TriumphaI March.

In the city VI Rome you may see th
stately column of the Emperor Trajal
On its surface Is carved the triumpna,
march Of the emperor into Rome
following him are all nations auo
tongues and races who have been com
pelled to submit Uu Roman rule
Down the Appian Way they ar
marching, led by this mighty con
querer. Were 1T not for the fact how
ever. that this thiumphal' march Wa
carved on this marble column IT woul'
nave been forgotten ages ago.
Was the Roman sculptor correct:
Was it "triumphal march?" Th,
answer mo- comes ringing down th
ages. There , as no triumph it. l
made the wor n better and adde
Nothing to human happiness. In facl
just the opposite is true. Ii add
much to the world burden of sorrow
ind every horses hoof and every char
lot wheel crushed human hearts.
Then let the eternal marble crumble
ind let the world forget that such !
man ever lived. Yes, let his mem
nv perish and his name fade from the
pages of history.
The world has only one conQuerel
ind he is marching down the ages II
triumph. Ali the power and iuf1u
.nce of the devil and his angels is be-
ing used to stop this mighty conquer
Jr but the triumphal march goes Oh
As roses were scattered 10 the pain
way OF Alexander the Great as e
entered the city Of Babylon. so tia
he left behind trail Of flowers, so l.
The pathway of him VINO wore the
cuown of thorns there is joy and hap
piness and peace and cOnUentment.
This grand triumphal procession
moving ever onward aud upwart .
When standing by the Mississippi
river you may notice an eddy, ano
along the back for little way the
water seems to run backward, but IL
spite Of that little eddy the great
oUdv this Faith r OF Waters is con-
tir y moving GU word and forward
hi sometimes or iaps from oui
| .uke of vision, the world seems II
De going backwards, yet II our ewes
could be opened for moment, like
| EIisha's servant, we would see the
Prince OF Peace" and his mighty
army marching in triumph = going
IhrtG conquerinn and to conqver.
Ia e q look at some OF the Facts anc
| figures that statistations are glvir
US today, Az the end OF a thOusaau
years after the kingdom OF HEAVIER
was set up ON the earth, there were
fifty million people under Christian
| government. In five hundred years
more this number has been doubled
and there was one hundred million
10 qhe year 1888. or after two hundred
years more had passed by, she mum
Der was doubled again, and the mum
Der OF people under Christian govern
ment was 200 million, In 1880 TIT
uum Der had been doubled oRce NOR
and was AGO million. Think OF !
Christianity gained more 10 the las
eighty years than IL gained durinl
the first eighteen hundred years. l.
not that triumphal march?
Has this triumphal march had any
thing to do with right principles ant
moral lifeY A look at history vii
suffice. BEFORE Christ came Tanner
laue could STAY a hundred thOu'
and tanocent peonle aud US
\ their skulls to build a monument
ana the ~urld would applaud. In q
early DAYS uf ChristIanlty son .
Clnvis could torture two hundre'
maldens, tear their bndles asunder
lciush their bones under the weight .
rolling wagons and scatter their IN
buried mis- along oldsIde. an
ore would lift . nnt or TO assIs
ten. Only three -undrtd AZ slkt