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The Washington herald., 1907-09-30
British Attaok on Washington.

Editor The Washington Herald:
i century agO-iaCking seven years-the
British captured this city. And now, with
the allied forces Of Canada. they've gone
and done It again! In seven years more
they may show up for a centenary and
remind US OF their last easy victory,
With our invincible Roosevelt to give
battle to the British leader. Lord Ingram
there seemed no doubt that "our friends.
the enemy would be put to rout but
alack and alas. our boasted Goliath was
downed at the outset and our beautiful
city was at the mercy Of the combined
forces and capitulated without firing a
gun!
True, the White House was not burned
as before (though made hot for the master).
Continental Han was fired several times,
and many other interiors shared the same
fate. OF this, many OF US can personally
testify
There were no fatalities with so speedy
surrender, and the wounded are doing
well; the number of prisoners will not be
known until an exchange shall be ar
ranged.
= y.
generations back, and the memory Of man
runneth not to the contrary. Attendance
upon several sessions of the brotherhood
proved a revelation. The various sub
jects chosen for this symposium of re-
ligious thought from day to day were.
without an exception, the most practical
for daily living and doing for our fel-
lows that can be conceived. They ex-
tended over a surprisingly broad range
that presented a completeness born of
thoughtful study and personal experiment
to learn mems needs. This body Of be-
tween two and three thousand youths
and men were not on dress parade. but
showed down in their hearts a hard
pan earnestness In the alertness with
which they heartily responded TO the evil
dent hits as to the methods, as well
as humorous sallies Of the speeches from
the platform. But then, such speeches!
Not often is any one platform adorned
with such forensic eloQuence and such
earnest thought. And the committee
secretaries told of how to reach the vary
ing needs of all classes Of men. Practical
intensely so. calculated for others to
chew over and work upon.
That stalwart Kentuckian, Bishop
Woodcock, struck right out from the
type: "One man pursuing his business
with strict honesty on the street will do
more religion than any priest or bishop
in the world"
Now, churchmen who imagine EpiscO-
palians TO be smOthered under ritualistic
forms should have been there TO carry
to their own church work some live Goals
from their altar
When the honorable London bishop
came on the platform he knelt at one
side of a table, with Bishop Tomkins, of
Philadelphia, at the other, and the latter
was by no means the only one who, for
the nonce. discarding prayer books.
poured out his soul in intercess0ry prayer
IN an agony of supplicatlon that melted
every heart, thrilled to the core with new
resolves TO help their fellow-men to a
higher plane of living.
This remarkable body Of men have left
behind a rich aroma and gone back 70
The Washington herald., 1907-09-30
The Question of Immortality.

The Question Of Immortality.
Editor The Washington Herald:
Having read with great interest the va
rious articles In The Washington Herald
on this question, ! should like 20 add a
few words to what has already been said.
In the first place would it not be mani
festly unwise for the Creator 10 create a
free-will being His equal In any way,
and especially in the quality Of immor-
tality? IL He had, how could He get rid
OF such a being, II said being should
choose evil? That il would be manifestly
unwise is shown by the fact that Je-
hovah did not create an immortal free
Will being Genesis, HI7; Ezekiel
xviii;4; Hebrews ii.14)
In the second place. it being true that
the tree. OF trees. OF life were placed ia
the Garden Of Eden TO sustain the hu-
man life found therein. why was 1t placed
there. If Adam and Eve were already i'm
mortal? II would surely be absurd 10
give an external lIfe-sustainer 20 a being
who having life within himself. has no
need for IT, Is God a dealer in absurdi-
ties? Preposterous!
Again. in the condemnation OF Adam TO
death. would it not be a great travesty
on divine justice for the Creator to con-
denim the irresponsible part of him-his
body-for what the responsible part
which all agree IS the soul-had done. and
10 let the responsible part off free? There
is but the one answer to this question:
Yes" Therefore, since Justice and
Judgment are the habitation Of thy
throne psalms. lxxxix1D, no such
travesty as this would or could exist.
Again In the redemption Of Adam and
his race the man Jesus must necessarily
suffer the same kind Of punishment
which Adam was condemned to suffer.
In Isaiah. liiil2 we find that Christ
hath poured out His soul unto death"
r. WALLACE BOND.
C1keviIla WtO
The Washington herald., 1907-09-30
Pessinnism.


Editor The Washington Herald:
Pessimism is a recent word in our Ian
guage. if not in all others. Noah Web
ster. who died in 1SlS, probably never saw
or heard Of the word. But he defined a.
pessinist as zone who complains Of
everything as being for the worst; op-
posed to optimism;" and he added. In
parenthesis. rare" The same definition
is repeated in the unabridged edition Of
1864. emitting the note "rare;" nor does
the later edition contain the word pessi-
mism.
The Century Dictionary defines pessi-
mism as 20 The doctrine that this world
is the worst world possible: o. the ten
dency to exaggerate in thought the evils
Of life, or to look only upon the dark
side; melancholy or depressing spirit
or view Of life"
The first definition is absurd. Who can
know that this world is the worst world
possible?" Nor is the second definition
good one. Pessimism is simply the
doctrine that the sorrows of life exceed
its joys.
The high priest Of pessimistic phiIos-
ophy was Arthur Schopenhauer, who died
The Washington herald., 1907-09-30
Medical Practice.

Editor The Washington Herald.
Il is not medical men, but the methods
Of some of them. I am c0ndemning, as
I have some warm friends among doc
tors who do not try to "cure" disease
with poisons.
I am well aware Of the fact that med
icaI science embraces several distinct So
called sciences other than materia med
lea or drugs. Ny article was clear as
10 which science" I referred. My critic
tells ne doctors study hygiene. No one
would imagine so from the habits Of
many Of them. Many Of them are suf-
feriug from the disease they are trying
10 cure" in others.
Ny critic states that "quinIne cures
malarial fever by destroying the animal
parasite that causes the disease" but
failed 10 add "and has produced millions
of nervous wrecks IN doing it The bro
mides follow closely behind quinine. Or.
c. s Carr says. by actual compari-
son. the patent medicines are not doing
a 1.-THE Of the harm that the regular
medicines used by doctors are doing. "
Drugs cannot affect the cause of the
disorder. The system acts on or against
the drug TO eliminate it from the body
Sir Frederick Treves asserts that ply
sicians are relying less every year upon
medicine, and more upon pure air, sun
shine, simple diet, proper exercise, and
other natural means" Why are these
great men giving up drugs unless they
have found them worthless and danger
Ous2
Dr. Walter writes: Vaccination. anti
toxin. the cure for consumption. were
never Of more doubtful value than they
are to-day The specifics and cure-alls
are still appearing. as they have for q
thousand years, and diseases increase in
number If not in virulence in close ratio
10 the supposed certainty Of their cure
The medical profession has largely ac-
Cepted anti-toXin, not because Of its IN
trinsic worth or the success Of fits appli-
cation. but because Of their own helpless
ness in the presence of a fatal disease
with which they have never been able to
successfully cope
The reduced mortality" in diphtheria
has been accomplished by doubling the
number Of cases. ('Graft' is not only II
San Francisco)
'The brightest inteIlects during all the
ages have never discovered a single drug
that is a specific for a single disease. The
nature Of disease and the modus operandi
Of drugs render this an impossibility.
The worst that can be said Of drugs is
said by those who have used them to
"cure" disease.
I know many cases of physical wreck
age from calomel, morphine and other
deadly poisons, regularly given by reg
ular' members of the medical profess
sion. The mercury specific" mentioned
drives the terrible poison from the ex-
terror. but Greater a condition within more
terrible than the original disease. as many
can testify.
My skull may be "anatomiCally fitted
for bucking" but what is In it Is not
fitted for absorbing the falsides and ab-
surdities of drug medication.
HARRY B. BRADFORD
The Washington herald., 1907-09-30

Of the moral precepts of Jesus These
however, II must be remembered, are
anything but originsi. Almost their
exact cOunterpaTts can be found in the
apothegms of the ancients centuries
before Christ saw the light. I value such
teachings. not as the utterances of a di-
vinely inspired being, but as an express
sion of what man, in The fullness OF ex-
perience. has found to be the standard by
which we must seek 10 live, IL we are 10
know that ''far-ofr. distant day" when
we shall
Drown all poor seltpassicu in the sense Of public
good.
Buddha. Confucius. Socrates. Brahma
Jesus. Mahomet, all appear, so far as
their ethical systems are concemed. as
crystalliZations Of the better thought Of
their days as concrete expressions of
mans striving for the IDEAL Such, too,
were Marcus Aurelius, Eplctetus, and
Seneca.
II the Nazarene claimed for himself
divinity and supernatural power. which
doubt, then He but lowered Himself to
the level of the impostors Of the world
and left the nobler character to Con-
fuclus.
The general tendency in the various let
ters 1 have received has been to exclaim:
"Heu pietasl heu prisca iidesl" Faith is
a queer thing. It finds the most natural
expression IN some seeming ineradicable
and the very basis Of their content, while
in others its existence and necessity. to
either happiness OF right living are never
vital 1t is fairly true that we find what
we look for, that we believe what we
want 10. This or that creed or belief ap-
peals 20 our sense Of reason IN direct
relation to the constitution Of our minds
and as our minds are but the products
Of forces set in motion aeons ago. even
our beliefs would seem 10 be predeter-
mined.
With the devout Christian. 'Initium
sapientiae timor sDomni:" with the man
of science. the freethinker, the beginning
Of wisdom is the love of amicus
Plato, amicus Socrates, sed magis amica
veritas." Wrapped warmly in the cloak
Of his faith, TO the religiouist,
The golden guess
Is morning star o. the fun round q truth.
In his never-ending quest TO prove all
things" the scientist replies: Deal not
with things you know not for
Man to-day IS fancy fool,
As man hath ever been.
Each. by different paths. Is seeking the
ultimate verify. If each be sincere, it is
well. PAUL C. CHAMBERLAIN.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-30
Grimes of the Church. "
.dIt1r u WashI1gto1 HeTald

ENltlE Inc washington heFatQs
In view OF the unexpected number Of
letters I have lately received from per
sons wholly unknown to me, in reply TO
my recent contributions 10 your paper.
may 1 enter a general demurrer to my
respondents leading accusation?
Notwithstanding that nowhere In my
recent articles have dealt with the So
called "crimes of the church." In the
past, yet II would seem 10 be the prln-
Cipal charge Of my Tepliers that I have
been what one Of them calls 'blindly
prejudiced by a one-sided. polemical
study of the dark deeds Of the medieval
church" To this I wish to enter a posi-
tive denial.
There Is, I think. a too frequent ten
dency among sO-called anti-C Christians to
adduce. with no inconsiderable elabora-
ton, the crimes and vices Of the church,
and to there rest their case.
The faulty Of this method OF argu-
ment I trust it is not necessary for me
to point out. Not that the church has
not been guilty of many and heinous
crimes-for hold Shelley well warranted
IN saying
The name Of God
Has fenced ah0ut all crime with holiness
Himself the creature Of bis worsbipers
Whose name and attributes and passions change
seeva, Budda, Fob, Jehovah God, or Lord
But rather that il is a reductio ad alb
surdum to assert that such crimes alone
are pTima facie evidence of the fallaey
of the Christian religion. The ethical
system promulgated by Jesus was pure,
unselhsh. uplifting The ecclssiast-
icaI institution founded upon His
supposed delegation Of divine power,
and in the hands Of the early
papacy governed in the interests
of political and personal avarice, has not
a sanctiQ1 for its existence, nor an ex-
cuse for its deeds, in a single utterance
OF the Nazarene. AS hendish as have
been the crimes, as abhorTent the vices.
of this institution In the past. yet.
withal, even such a record cannot inval-
date the ethical truths propounded by
Jesus.
The parent crime was that Of the
founders Of the church in arrogatine to
themselves divine power and authority.
for so soon as credence was given to such
assertion, the mind Of man was thereby
preshackled for almost all time to come.
The intents and purposes of the founders
may have been pure, yet was II inevita-
bic that in time such enormous power
should come to be abused and turned to
selfish ends.
No. the crimes of ecclesiasticism can
not initiate against the verify and purity
The Washington herald., 1907-09-30
Views of People on Various Topics
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT?

in 1860. aged seventy-two years. His re-
nown has increased greatly, while the
metaphysical philosophy of Hegel, TO
which he was violently opposed, has
largely lost its hold.
The pesslmistic philosophy. though now
little more than a generation old, is
traCeable TO remote antiquity. Life in
its entirety" says the Roman savant
Seneca, lis lamentable. No one would
accept it were II not received in ignO-
rance of what II is" Natures most
pleasing invention" says Pliny. lis brew
ity of life. No mortal is happy, for even
If there is no other cause for discomfort.
there is at least fear of possible misfor-
tune
But long before the time OF these Ro-
mans we have the doctrine recorded in
the Book OF Ecclesiastes, as follows.
What profit hath a man OF all his
labor which he taketh under the sun
= All is vanity and veXation OF
spirit. That which is crooked cannot be
made straight, and that which is want
ing cannot be numbered > In much
wisdom is much grief and he that in
creaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
AS it happeneth to the fool, so II
happeneth 10 me, and why was I then
more wise?'
In modern times the doctrine is we'll ex-
pressed by the poet Pope:
Man never is but always TO be blest
Also by Dryden:
When / consider life It's all cheat.
Yet, fooled with hope. men cherish the deceit:
Trust on. and think tomorrow will repay;
TomorrOw's falser than the present day.
But a more forcible statement Of It is by
Votaire, to wit:
Happiness is a dream; only pain Is
real I have thought so for elghty-four
years. and I know no better plan than to
resign myself to the inevitable. and to
reflect that flies are born TO be deyoured
by spiders. and man 10 be censured by
care"
A pessimist. therefore, may be as cheer
ful as an optimist, or even more so. be-
cause he has not so many or so great
appointments. And who can dispute
the doctrine that the sorrows Of life ex-
ceed its joys?
am cheerful pessimist,
But often I bcwail
The sorrows II the sore distressed
NhOse prayers do not avail.
But
Away with melancholy.
Nor d0leful changes ring
Der life and human folly
But moTrily. mCTily sing fal Ia
WILLIAM HENRY BURR.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-30
Opposes Mount Vernon Fees.

Editor The Washington Herald:
A press dispatch in Friday mornings
Washington Herald has this caption:
oppose Mount Vernon Fees.
'Patriotc Sons ask President to
Abolish Them"
Il gives me great satisfaction 70 see
that az last public indignation has been
aroused at the management of Mount
vernon. the tomb Of Washington
When, on the evening Of March 70,
at smoker given by Miles Command.
Spanish War Veterans, I made protest
against the taking Of admission fee.
reporter Of an evening paper was SO In
disnant at my remarks that he tried TO
have them suppressed, but your paper
had the courage 10 print them on the
following morning.
Il has already surprised me that Vir-
ginians. with all their pride Of ancestry.
should tolerate the outrage for so long.
Whenever ! spoke Of it 10 one, the
argument was always raised that "it IS
too late now, Il Is private property that
Virginia made a great mistake in sell
ing it, &c.
But Il IS not too late for the govern
ment Of Virginia 10 logislate against this
money-gettng dime-museum system OF
management; and then we will see how
long the s0-c3lled patriotism Of the pres
ent owners will last
WILLIAM H. LOWDER.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-30
Life Eternal.
Editor The Washington Herald

Editor The Washington Herald:
Mr. Claude o. Thomas, I'm his review
Of my article, THE Immortality Of the
Soul" says, I have carefully read this
article" He must have missed a very
important statement in his careful read
ing. or he would not have given the
impression in his conclusion that I did
not believe in an eternal life at all, but
only in an eternal sleep"
In the third paragraph Of my article
you will find this thought: Immortality
is a conditional gift from the fountain
Of immortal life" only those who fulfill
Gods conditions of righteousness may
secure Immortality. "TIe that hath the
Son hath life and he that hath not the
Son of God hath not life" q John, v:12)
And this is life eternal, that they
might know Thee. the only true God,
and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast
sent" John. xvii:3)
Thus we see that life is obtained only
through accepting the Son of God. It
is not inherent in all men. Those who
reject Christ reject immortality. You can
not have one without the other.
Paul tells US that immortality will be
given at the resurrection, and 1 believe
his testimony. Behold, 1 show you
mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we
shall all be changed in a moment, In the
twtnkling of an eye at the last trump:
for the trump shall sound, and the dead
shall be raised incorruptIble, and we shall
be changed. For this corruptible must
put on Immortality" Il Cor, xv:51-53)
None of the faithful Of the past viii
receive Immortality until the resurrection.
Peter says (Acts, ii:29-3D: Let me freely
speak unto you CT the patriarch David.
that he is both dead and buried. and his
sepulchre is with us unto this day. For
David is not ascended unto the heavens"
That is a plain statement but Paul set
ties 1t beyond ali dispute in Hebrews. xi.
After naming over long list Of the faith
EnOch, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph,
The Washington herald., 1907-09-30

Moses, Gideon, David. and others-he con-
eludes thus: And these all having OBJ
tained a good report through faith. re-
ceived not the promise; God having pro-
vided some better thing for US, that they
without us should not be made perfect"
(Hebrews, kiss f0)
1t is my hope to be made perfect with
that honorable congregation of godly
men, and receive an inheritance IN that
eternal home. the new earth.
c. f. HOLMES.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-30
Be Brief and Keep to the Point

The WASHINGTON HERALD desires to give space freely its
Monday issues the opinions of readers on any and all subjects
OF timely interest Wide latitude is allowed in such discussions
but writers again requested keep mind space limitations
impossible to make for long communications Be concise
and m compress your views 900 words At the most do
not write 500 words It the desire to hear from greater
number of readers and a less length
The Washington herald., 1907-09-30

their several fields 70 perform heroic work
for their Master and lift their fellows 10
a higher plane OF living.
Verify. "One is your Father. and all W
are brethren
zone God and Father Of US all; one
Lord, one faith, one baptism"
]. II SCHENCK.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-24
EWING DISCUSSES
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
EXPLAINS FUNDAMENTALS OF
HEALING GOSPEL
Mayor Harper Introduces Famous Leo
turer, Who breaches Mrs. Eddy's
Doctrine to Big Gathering
at Auditorium

Yesterday afternoon the Auditorium
was hacked with those desirous or
hearing Hon. William G. Ewing, late
one of the judges of the Chicago su-
nerior court talk on Christian Science.
Mayor Harper introduced the lee
turer. who spoke in part as follows:
Christian Scientists do not shrink
from anv responsibility attaching to
fbeir religious belief or it's practice.
They do not invoke yorr sympathy nor
supplication and demand justice; oe 9
rene in their purpose 10 pe rlShl, is m
wrong, they would be rlghted, put II
right, they insist the good they nave
belongs i humanity, ana sLoulu pe
distributed to it's own. Hehce lneii s.l
efforts in the simplicity and sincerity
of brotherly love to tell you soliletiillis E.
of the ioy that has sWeeteneu Inell
lives and made them, as we would say
not better than you are, but petter tlldli i
they were, and that will make you even
better tan you are.
And yet, it is because we realize quite
as well as you do that many OF our
people, and especially many OF the goou
people of the { Id churches, are greatly
prejudiced against what they thlnk
Christian Science to be, that L invite
your attention for a brief moment TINS
afternoon. In fairness to myself ana IN
fairness to the good of the people VINO
challenge the spiritual authority for
my position, must say that I am not
surprised that you antagonize what
you think Christian Science Isl for If
1t were indeed what you think, it
would not be very desirable thing. 1t
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-24
SCHOOL. YEAR TO
END THIS WEEK
HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER CLASS
HEARS SERMON
Senior A Glass Through with School
and Senior 3 Class Will Finish
Wednesday-To Give
Class Plays

commencement week at Los Angeles
high school began last night when Rev.
G. Wallace Petty preached to the sum
mer '07 class at Memorial Baptist
church, Twenty-third and Grand ave-
nue.. Rev. Petty took for his text Acts
26:19. "I was not disobedient unto the
heavenly vision" Mr.. Petty is the
brother of A. Ray Petty, one of the
most popular boys at the high school.
The senior A class will not attend
school this week. The BIS will go till
Wednesday, when their class day oc-
ours. High school will close for all the
pupils Friday, when report cards will
be given out.
The senior E day will come Wednes-
day. The Bclasco theater has been en-
gagged, and the class will present the
senior B farce, "The Dressing Gown"
There will be class songs, and the class
will present star and crescent pins TO
the AS. Following the exercises the
young people will enjoy a spread at
Christopher
Next day the senior A class day ex-
ercises will be held at the Mason
theater A, more pretentious play Will
he presented by the older class. This
is "a Bachelors Romance" The lead
ing role will be taken by Miss Elsie
Behymer, the daughter of l.. r. Be-
hymer. Los Angeles impresario. Miss
Rehymer is following in the footsteps
of her sister, Miss Enid Behymer, who
made a decided hit in the senior A class
day a year ago.
An elaborate banquet will be served
at IIevys cafe after the class day.
Revel Miller, president of the senior A