The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-12-21
BISHOP CHANDELIERS
TRIBUTE TO BRYAN
Not Written to Contribute to Mr.. Bry
ans Boom or to NEEDLE in Poll
tics.


The following is taken from the
Florida Christian Advocate, which pa
per copied it from the Atlanta Jour
nal, and is from one of the series OF
letters written from Japan:
81 feel impelled to say that Mr.
Bryan's tour of Japan has been OF
the biggest value to Christian mis-
sions in the empire and of the great
est benefit to the moral life of those
who heard his address. He lived the
life of a Christian and uttered the
sentiments of a Christian wherever
he went. A few nights ago While |
was sitting on the deck of a steam
ship sailing over the Inland Sea |
had an interesting talk with a Chris
tian preacher "a Japanese) who is a
professor in one of the government
schools at KyOto, the old capitol He
told me that he heard Mr.. Bryan's adj
dresses in that city and that they
were eloquent discourses that pulsat-
ed with Christian life In one of those
addresses he said the speaker used as
his text the words: "Blest be the tie
that binds our hearts in Christian
love-" drawing from them a great dis
course on Human Brotherhood" The
professor said that when Mr.. Bryan
sat down and an un-Christian profess
sor said to him: HE speaks not alone
with the wisdom of a statesman, but
with the inspiration of a Hebrew
prophet"
An American gentleman who had
heard Mr.. Bryans address on the
prince of Peace" at Toxic said to
me: II am a republican, but after
hearing the great address, l earnest
ly wished Mr.. Bryan may be the next
president of our country. This
man, who spoke to me so warmly, l
should say, was not a preacher, but
a highly cultured layman.
| do not write these things to con-
tribute in any measure to a BRYAN
boom" or to intermeddle in rnattor~
political. To be perfectly frank, I
have never been able to accept some
of Mr.. Bryan's views as to economic
questions. But | desire to record in
the most unqualified terms my appre-
citation of his honesty as a man and
my admiration of the elevated Chris
tian life which he lives at home and
abroad. Without abruptness or i'm
prOpriety he bears himself as a Chris
tan gentleman of unfaltering convic-
tions everywhere. At a banquet in
Tokyo, in honor of Admiral Togo. lie
was an hOnored guest, and was called
on to speak to the great seaman. 9th
ers were drinking wine, but he raised
a glass filled with pure water and be-
gan his remarks with these words:
Admiral Togo won his victories on
the water and in this pure water. ,..e
gift of Gods love, l drink to his
health
On another occasion he declined an
Invitation on the ground that he could
not accept it without a violation of
his convictions as to the observance of
tn" Sabbath.
How grand is such an example of
Christian manhood when compared
with the limp and tickle type of pity of
ten seen among tourists, which is
anything or nothing, according to it's
accidental local surroundings, The re-
ligion of some people is so sorry it
will not bear shipping over even the
short distance of a hundred miles.
That of Mr.. Bryan is so solid and
sound that it can go around the
world without the slightest deterior-
alton.