The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-04-13
by DIR. WASHINGTON GLADDEN..
Preacher and Soeiologist.

The marvel IL not that John Ales
Ilo~ie has come down. bat that be
kept on hin pedrairi ~ long
iiis followers nov with one voice
repadiAte and dcnounce him. even
his wife iaina IN the cry. They tell
him that he in a hypocriie and vhfis
Gus other kinds 81 uni0veiy things
aud strongly intimate that he knows
IL himself They wash their hands
Of him forever
Has u really tome to this Eli
Jan the TrFriblcf Art thou become
a hYvord and a hiaslnE 10 thine own
peapief
The present estimate ~ their de-
posed leader BY the people OF Zion
is not. probably far out - the vay.
fss' Is very much the kind Of man
that they nos represent him "a be.
lie always has been that Kind Of a
man-ali those kinds q a man No
fairly Intelligent person. Who does
hia own thinking. has ever had any
doubt about him. he Is an intel.
iectual aud moral moustroaify
How happsned these people 10
become his foliowersg What led
them GO surrender their property
their families. their llyea. their
thoughts 90 the domination Of this
colossal Old humhag7 lie Was just
a. obviously a humbuw when they
took up with him. as he IL today
lie never has given the slightest
reason g. Hay person poaaenaed II
ordinary judgment. Tor belief ~ the
claims that no has made for him
self Why ola they 30 grssdiiy swai
low Ril7
They siil not answer. Probably
most OF them could not They
nov kuoW that they we're dupes
haN they became 80 they could not
eaplain To othsra looking On.
their conduct may be- more iutslli.
Eibie than q la 10 themselves
Many % them no doubt. we're
caught BY their Unsuitable craving
for the protemRturnl II l. an age
81 science. bat superstition atlti
holds wide sway There arr hun
dfnsia o. thousands uf ouf fsllou
rifiaeus 10 whom that which IL maat
lmurubahle 10 most credible Mar.
wells and mysteries are Ear Heapsf
than faria Just a. the most pre-
nuafsfuus romance is more Interest
inE 10 them thsn realistic fiction
They cant "a believe IN such things.
thsF are bound tu believe IN them
fon offoud them n you point ouf
The lack ~ proof. the man Rho Eli
a Z
81 snpsfhuman power IL the man Tor
their moasY They foitow hlm
wherever hs i~ada he NAV BE- -
careless a. hs viii about verifying
his claims. u viii not trouble
them
A xossd share ~ the nuwieltsa. I
dare say wrru drawn from this
class nuwirs munstroas aAaert ions
~ mirnruluua pn@er easily naane
them biz prey
ManF others we're made captive
~ this mans innnlcni and imper.
Fiuas erntiam One who asserts
himself vrhrmsntly enough can
have n considerable portion q his
fellow mra AZ bic feet The more
audsciuns aud prrpuaieruus hia de-
nands. the morn pTumpi and ahleel
g. th0if suhuiaaion. They Ners
made TO b dominated. aud arr nsY
sr quite happy until theY are the
.fhraiiH % some masieTfai will We
call thia hypnotiam. but the usR
sosd represents a fact o. old as his.
tory. Il h the subiuEaiiou u weak
Hiils hy strong onra
Not a feN no dnuhi wers cap
turod BY nowieA impossible eeo-
Monies We had Eold brleA "a
cell and the market IL always fali
~ buyers 10 waA going tn give
gau something for nothing. or next
70 nothing. 20 guarantees yun all
thingH desirable Tor almost no e.
feft o. outlay That Il bait "a
shieh the Eufgepnu alWaya rIse in
shoals
We may guess. also. that a con
siderable number followed naals
FOR 40 boiler reason thsn that he
had already got a crowd 10 foil9s