The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-04-03
pADUCAH KY. MONDAY. APRIL 3. 1906. 10 GEN

be cast Into the sea than that he
should offend one of these little
ones"
Christ Jusus, through the Apostle
James said:
True religion. and undefied be-
fore God, Is this. To visit the faith
erless and the widow In their af-
Fiction and to keep himself unspot-
ted from the world" Thus In all his
utterances, Jesus put the stamp of
his divine approval upon all efforts.
made for child life and its righteous
development. This has been and shall
forever be the glory of the Christian
religion. That children are regarded
as a blessing sent from God, and not
curse which puts a limit upon an
abnormal rush for social pleasure.
The nation that shall lead in the bat
tie, for larger and more glorious
civilization, will be that nation that
puts the greater possible safeguard
about its children. In the Gears that
are gone a great legislator said. LET
me put my thoughts into the laws OF
my country, and will shape the des-
tiny Of my people" Later the poet
said. LET the jurist and legislator
orystalize their thoughts into statu
tory and constitutional laws. but let
me Sing the ballads of my land and
will shape the destiny of my people"
And later still teacher said. LET
great jurists and legislators crystal
lie their thoughts into constitutional
end statutory law. Let the poets sing
their national ballads and stir the
deep emotions of the people. but let
me rear the children OF my people
country. ! will make II rich or poor.
I will make II strong or weak. will
make II famous and all conquerIng
or ] will make Il Infamous and SER
VILE" Well has Il been said, THAT
the wealth of a community Is not
in It's lands and banks and stock.
but In its men. women and children.
In the providence of God who suff-
ereth not the sparrow to fall to the
ground without His notice, may not
the death of these children be vica-
rlous. and call these people not to
vengeance and arms but to the re-
lief of the chlld-life of this commu-
nifty.
Life is three-fold moral. intellec-
tual and physical. The physical, the
visible. appeals most OF all.to our
sympathles. and this old world is not
cold and heartless. Men sometimes
fail to do for poor suffering child
hood what they ought, but this
throng OF intelligent men and wom-
en- are not here from idle curiosity.
/ hut because the deep well OF their
/ sympathies has been stirred as never
before. These children have persisted,
and with a voice like the rumbling of
n mighty thunder. these people enter
their protests.
MAY this sad event cause noble
people TO look MORE carefully into
the material condition OF the chill
dren of this citye, thBshrdluetaoi
dren OF our city. May no poor moth
err be left to fight the battle OF exist
ence alone. have In this city looked
into the haggard faces of emaciated
mothers. whose homeless. breadless
and almost clothesless children have
hung about them shivering in the icy
wind. and | have asked myself. is
not this criminal neglect that cannot
be adiudged at the bar of any earth
~ court. but must and will be reck-
oned with at the great day when the
hearts of all men shall be as open
and transparent as the bending
heavens above u.s."
In Oak Grove cemetery IL Is esti-
mated that hundreds. II not thous-
ands. of dollars worth of damage
has been done. Acting Sexton Por-
teous said today that II was the lar
gest crowd ever in Oak Grove Gene
terry.
A number of lots were trampled
on and literally ruined. They were
as hard and barren after the crowd
melted away as IL an army had pass
ed over them. II cannot be estimat-
ed how much the damage VIII amount
to, especially as the owners of some
OF the lots would not have had them
desecrated and despoiled as they
were. for any amount or money.
When the carriage containing Mrs.
Rockwell leftthe graveyard scores OF
people ran after II trying to get a
glimpse of the murderess. There
was no anger or threatened violence,
as reported. but simply idle, morbid
curiosity, The drivers were soon
able to outstrip the crowds, however,
and the immense throng began emp
tying itself out of the cemetery gate,
II was o'clock before some OF the
people succeeded In getting home.
Jesus said-"True religion and
undeiiled is to visit the. widow ana
| the fatherless In their afiiiction,' III