The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
A GREAT SPEECH
William Jennings Bryan Speakes
on the Progress of
CHRISTIAN IDEALS.

CHRISTIAN IDEALa.
As Observed on His Trip Around the
World. Shows Stand Pat Argument
Examined and Answered. Gov.
errment Ownership Of Rail.
roads Considered.
Mr.. Chairman, Mr.. Mayor, Governor
Ladies' and Gentlemen:
IL is very gratifying to be welcomed
to this great Southern State, this
typical and representative Sta 9 OF
the South, 80 cordially by the repre-
sentsttvee Of your city and ycpr chie'
executive.
1 appreciate the kind words which
they have spoken. l am sflaid, how
ever, thas Ii is going to be very diff
cult fer me to measure up to the high
opiDien that they. have e1prass: d. ]
sm glad ! am young for / will have a
lcrgcr time to endeavor to justify
the ir good opinion You Es7e done 80
much for me in the past and been 30
loyal tothe things which I have stood
for that you have an unlimited depos'
1t in my bank, and can Draw on II
whene We, you require 1t. shall come
here whenever l can help you and Il
az In the BART, you Go not
need any help, / will com: here when,
.ver you can help me. Naughter
And ycu Can help me by giving me
announcement, OF giving mo hope, by
gising ne inspisat on.
Ieppreciets the gathering ;ftA' I'M,
mense crowd before me. He did moi
mention bis name, but he told then
to vote for the best man and every I,
body knows who that is." daughter
When 1 have tried to be non psrti
san have not always sue csedee; buI
today I am not going to try. l tbihs
you are good deal as they were 1t E
meeting I once addressed at Buckhorr
school house, back in "a. AS l wen
in the house, little school house, one
OF the Democrats whispered to me,
Hit 'em hard, there is not a Repub
lican here" Daughter } 1t was h'.
ioea of q goou meeting. daughter
But had splendid chance to say ai'
I wanted to say. The fact is l reall>
er Joy q meeting tetter II scEe Repu"
ncans are present. / hate to max
speech on great questions, IN grea'
crises, and feel that all the people
whom am taking to are all rtgh
and don't need what say.
like to feel that possibly there ma
be some Ole who ought to DO saVeo
and I can after awhile look back an
feel that I have saved some one as &
bran from the burning. But II l can
not make . speech to Republicans
here, can make sp:ech like l woui'.
: make to Rfpublicans 80 that you may
know how We talk to them up NORTH
where they need talking to. (LkuSh'
tor
TRIBUTE TO CHRISTIANITY.
My trip arouni the world has beer
an Instructive one, it has given me
great enct uragement. I was glad THAI
this meeting was opened with prayer
I have been q nembsr of the Coils
tian chu!ch since WAS H. I hope /
have grown in grace, as they say. ]
think I have learned to appreciate
the Christian ideal more than ever
did before, for I tave seen the need OF
1t In the Orient, an6 have returned
with the belief that what they need /
the Orient more than anything else II,
the Christian ideal that vii! give them
. conception of life worth living VI
to.
When in China they tod ne that
they were living up to the CONTIGUOUS
ideal, and that in our country We are
not living up to the Christian ideal:
and told them that q man could fall
short Ct the Christian ideal and ye'
live on . much higher plane than 5
man who lived up to the CONTIGUOUS
ideal. 1t is the glory Of cur concep
tion Of life, the Christian ideal, au6
while it is within sight of every one
it is beyond the reach Of any to en-.
tirely fulfill it.
I was glad to find everywhere that
democracy vas growing. Democracy
means the rule Of the people. We hav
not visited q land but we fund there
evidence of growth Of the democratic
idea. Nothing more impresses one
than the fact that there Is not Nd
tion on earth where its seed has moi
been sown In places where 1t Is not
now making progress. Even iu Tur
key, the most backward o: all those
nations, . man was talking to me one
day On tho bcat-the next day he sen:
me apologies because he did not talk
longer. H. said that be had some re
form Ideas, that he was under suspic
lon, that he saw 3 spy watching bin
when he was talking to me and he was
afraid to talk any longer. They are
talking reform everywhere, ere work
Ing toward the Democratic ideal. 1t
is growing In this country l
will speak Of this growth after q
while.
I come to bring you words Of en-
couragement in regard to the ultimate
triumph of these ideas to which you
have stood &C steadfastly.