The Prescott daily news., 1907-06-24


 ucation come fresh from the pastures ] of culture to shed light upon the darkness of his native hills. Three i years ,.5o Daniel had left us, filled with those old things; now, having browsed happily, he had come back shining with new things. ClackaD was a dear place, it's people worthy; but time had moved on, leaving it bound in ignorance. Such changes had come upon the world; such won ders been revealed of late in the do. mains of knowledge! There was this wonderful theory of evolution There were those extraordinary discoveries in science. There were these mar velous doings of the higher criti- cism There was this new spirit of the age moving across the face of the waters. Back there lay those old dead things; here among us were those wonderful new things, quick i'm perative, claiming, said Daniel, in a whirl of words, fullest consideration of all Christian men,
 1 To the consideration of these, there , fore, Daniel passed; and before him we ignorant loughsiders sat dumb our faces set and hard Boldly he tramp pied on our ignorance; boldly would lead us into light All his learning and reading he drew upon, striving to give us true knowledge. We were narrow, prejudiced, intolerant; behold , ,i,it of hn xrh ol, chO make us free. All men were broth CTS One Christian soul was as good as, another Our ideas of religion were antiquated. Our conception of God was childish We had vain no tions of heaven and hell; we read our Bible ignorantly; we had never grasp ed the real spirit of Christ's message to the world.
 | Had Daniel stood in some city pull pit, doubtless everything he said would have won approval; but he was preaching in hillside parlor to an ig- norant little company, and he did fooishly, and we misunderstood him. and set our faces against him in pity ing scorn. This our Daniel? This the man we had trusted and loved? This the result of education and knowledge? An, the shame, thought we; and Daniel, reading our thoughts. maybe, closed with a rush, and sat down.
 A stir passed through us, like the , going of wind among ripe wheat; then Spran9 into cOmmotion at the sound of one rising behind us in a far cor ner. With one accord we swung around, and saw Henry Marvin him. self-he the shining light of wisest Gorteen-standing by the china cup board, one hand behind him, the other hooked by thumb in an arm-hole of his waistcoag and on his face that look which triflers had learned to dread
 You'll excuse me for a minute. that dry way of his, but I'm anxious to put question or two before we go.' His eyes left the preacher and turned upon Daniel You've been sayin' something about he'll" said Henry, his voice hard as an east wind. Am l right in understandin' ye to believe there's still such a place?'
 An! Around went we, eager to | have sight of Daniel. He was still ! flushed The preacher was whisper i ing to him. He shook his head and rose quickly
 Certainly" he answered, without hesitation.
 T know. But like everything else. it's changed of late, you'd be thinkin We'd be foolish, you'd say" drawled Henry, Ito call it pit filled with fire an birthstone any longer?'
 Call 1t that, if you wish" answered Daniel, 'I think of it as something quite different
 Just so. Well, it's your word against the Scriptures: but sure, if you're right, dyin' may come easier :" At this something like laugh ran among us; but Henry went on, inn placably Then, there's this new heaven said he. Tell me, have ye read the book of Revelations?
 Revelations is"
 Answer me-" said Henry.
 Certainly I have"
 An ye think it foolishness?" sug- gested Henry.
 'I think it wonderful" answered Daniel. But, like much else in the Bible, it has been misunderstood Men have read into it what is not there"
 'Ah, yes; that's because we're poor ignorant folk nnly ahla to taka Cad,s (