The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-07-24
GOOD CITIZENSHIP
Mr.. s. r. Maxwell Delivers Fine
Lecture Under Auspices OF Law
and Order League.

GROUNDS IhSt NunuHN tN'IlllE w I'uI
Mr.. =. r. Maxwell deliver his lcctur"
on Character, or Good Citizenship.
He was invited to speak 10y the
! local Law and Order League, and
the churches gave up their regular
evening services in order to give
the members an opportunity to hear
| him. The lecture was preceded by
song and prayer. Mr.. Maxwell Is
an entertaining and instructive
speaker and nn orator Of no mean
ordrr His lcctur" was on an clc-
vatru plane, on tn" higher table
land and one of the best that has
been hrnrd here for some time. We
give below some cpigrams and "N-
ccrpt, from his address which will
well repay your perusal;
Scl'routrol is the backbone Of
character An old Book, contain
ing rbo inspired writings of the
worlds rlraucst men, tells rs thnt
our first ancestor and his "stimahl"
wife lost sclf-cnntrnl at critical
time and brought upon us, their de-
sccudunts, all the wreck and ruin
~ th,. past six thousand years All
sin begins in the loss of Soli-con-
troll and ends in complete" wrockag"
Of character.
TIL. auci"uts, prior (" tn" coming
Of Jesus, the Gulil"au prophet, had
IA keen SENSE ~ this wr"rkag" Of
human character aud invented II
number Of remedies. BruHd-hruw"d
thinkers constructed elahorut" ~y--
tens of philosophy, but the pen
dropped from their ucrv"IrsS grip
and they pronounced their own eys-
tens failures. Legislators invented
laws with fearful penalties, but the
ruin produced hy sin was not thcr"-
by lc-sourd,
Warriors marshalIcd mighty ar
mics and went forth to conquer the
earth, but the greatest of these
world conqucrnrs. Alexander, fell
Il victim to his own passions ana
died nj al early age. having con
q pu"r"d the external world h" w"pt
for other worlds to conquer. II"
di"d, however, II complete IalIur''
b"cnus" u" iail"u /" conquer '''
realm "l ms own H"''l.
/ pupuui-m with its great temples
and rlrh ceremonies lts numerous
affairs dripping WIN hl""u ana ''7
mighty army 81 priests was announcer
attempt /" ahnIlsll SIN hui hls'"r!
records TINS extensive movement IT.
"A r"lupl"t" failure.
would not nav" ih' '"il'rIiE /"
say that th"s" various I'i''u'''
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i"riN were Prnuo'""' puI INC ''''''
w"r" largely surface 'U''lN aH0
failed I" rrarl th" central cause "I
sin $ rum.
In these modern tlh"S we nave
: remedies ana counter remedies "u
Nnnc"d I" ah"IINh th'lI tIIAl ti'Il''
humanity: Ih" Republican NrI"''
his platform and says r"ntraII"" al
!. authority IN IN" haldN "I inc h'H'
' citizens ana regulate All 'hl''sa ny
law. In" Democrat RECORDS MS ais
. agreement with IN" program "i t''
y R"puhllcan ana advances MS tl'"rH
u h" says r"htraIizat'"h Is tyranny
ana regulation r. pHt'r'la''Sih' w I'a'
!, W" must hay" I" eur" human ms y
tn" distribution of power aS ii'tl'
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