The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-20
BRILLIANT II. /! \ q gND
YER Strong.
WAS ADORE SIS lsY uDeEs TAVEN-
NERi AT MEMS MEETING
= YESTERDAY ATE RNo ON. ~

| - IN YES = pR Ar r. hSSSSlS.ta
n! "a large and representa- tive audi
fence Of Fairmont's leading business
and professional men and young
men, greeted Judge Louis N. Taven.
ner at the, Grand Opera House yes
Iterday afternoon at the mems meet
ing. VI 81
The Judge held the attention Of
I his audience for4 over one hour, and
| his address on the subject Mans
A Humanity To- Man, was rich In
i thought and sparkled with gems N
( oratory, the speaker fully sustaining
\ his reputation as one of West EElr--
( ginials most brilliant and favored
orators. K Z, I. A Z? Z. z 1t ,5t3
Space forbids US quoting the ora.
ton in full, but we give some of the
I gems,
J, SS"As optimists let us prize what We
5haye rather than mourn for. what we
= want; we believe that divinity is ours
A Iif we accept IT,; we know humanity
Is ours and we must accepti as tits
d at our doors. Il
q Thine has itssinfluence, with all
!" our talk about weather. There never
e was a day SO fair3but at its Close VIC
2 knew that 1t might have been in somc
respect better; there never was a dag
I; SO foul that we would exchangetitfol
I. no day. at all. -
4. THE docile messengers of steam
,y and5llglitning have brought man in 5,
Is close touch, have rendered thi
er world SO near speaking galley
have SO subjected us to the influenc
y. Of fellow man, that in our day an
& generation It may be said that we Sc
st with eyes thai God gave us, b,
q, through glasses that man made u
ye from the poorest portion Of mothe
is earth.
4 "ln this age of enlightenment,
this the greatest country ever know
H. with the best government the wor'
Ia. eversltneW, with all Difference to low
1t? ly Switzerland with its pure mounta
- air inspiring liberty, where all reli
z ions. from Christian orthodox
+ Pagan, for these now centuries, ha,
~, had their votaries, and protection Ii
been guaranteed 10 all to worship G.
~ according to the dictates OF &C
science, or II there be no conscien
Il like the beasts OF the field to absta
US from any worship, that sweet spi
u planted at Bethlehem SO universe
X permeates every Institution of g
- ernment, learning, art, science, a
~ WHAT'S most dear, the home, the mi
!. of men are followers of Christ,
~ least of Jesus Christ, are more or |,
influenced by his precepts and exa
pies, either from direct inspirati
or from absorption influenced by
Election II not touched by the dir
.& rays that emanate from his crown
glory that survives the gloom
HHfH. i d o. u.
4 messy centuries and perfumes
- present. :.
"The orthodox may not recogl
9 some OF them us Christians, some
y them might sincerely tell us that t
g were not such; it was man who.
g claimed of old that he alone was
-, true worshipper of the God of Is
and it was God who announced I
TO( there were seven thousand oil
.5 who had never bowed the knee
Baal, that the prophet knew not
-& and in mans condition today, OF
we need rather to say mans posi-
eet. today, In this country, We have
$50 lar demonstration that for mans
ee wants, assistance, progress, cul
acquisition of knowledge, accun
d ton of wealth, elevation in mo
strength, OF statehood, high grad
perfection in art. precision Of pen
''----- ton. into the beauteous mystere
At, nature, and all that goes 10 make
a. worth living, this free and fair
>o In America, where all have been
simljly tolerated but fostered, III