The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-19


reading that marvellous tale have exalt.
ed Wallace. He was n good man NJ men
40, but that book was simply, to my
skeptical mind, a proof that God uscs
all sorts Of agents to accomplish a ger.
tain purpose, and does II In a way TO
suit Himself, not someone else. That
lie should have picked out Wallace,
about the b't person one would have
imagined, to renew In the minds Of men
that wonderful tragedy u Calvary, was
one Of His manifestations that cannot
ho understood by the human mind. That
the story does that, there Is not the
least doubt m the world. for IL has been
a more powerful agent In eVangclization
than any preacher Of recent decades.
and will continue n classic through all
time 10 come. Not that there was any
thing miraculous about its authorship
Outing his residence in the Ottoman
empire, the inspiration was given him
and The rest eame as n matter VI course.
lie could NOT help IL, MOI IL the splendor
oi his accomplishment lessened by the
fact. We are all of rs tools in the
hand Of the Great Architect. and Wal.
lace was a means 20 "A certain end. Wal.
lace was not the first man to reach out
W. AWhA'i AMY ~ " HA'As w AhAN .
More than 40 years ago. Rev. Ingram,
Ia his series beginning with the "Pil.
! lar OF Fire, . sought 10 cover In his
tory the whole thing from the journey
! Of the lsraclitcs from Egypt up 10
, and including the cruciiction Of Christ.
and his stories we're Of wonderful pow
y or. When Hen IIur came out. there
were those who said IL was n plagiarism
Of the prince of David. > and II raised
! u pretty muss, until Wallace made an
davit that he had never heard " the
book, and ~ his word WIS good, there
was 10 more debate on the point. There
was a marvellous likeness, aud that was
ell. Wallace was the more skillful paint
? cr, and the day and time was ripe for
. his chronicle. 40 that his story became
: immortal, while the other fellow \ was
. hut a wrath Of the good shelf, aud
= the reminder Of youth TO those that are
: now old. IL really did not make much
u Il difference. Ingram has been for a long
: tiur dead and u mau capable Of such
! work az his would have reioiccd IL
he had been on earth TO have seen the
profound impression that Wallace's book
e created. N is impossible that n mind
e that could create such work should not
imb,bc a deep reverence of the story II
, the Naynrcne. and Wallace did not fail
Ia du that. but hc was "a mau II III,
earth from the beginning to the end
} aud ~ much ~ u loss TO account fol
q the masterpiece ~ anyone else. That
= has been the way with many "A great
work in the history Of the world, that
' people have imagined the result Of pray
q crful meditation aud careful preparation
with the odd misconccption 10 which IA,
: flesh j. prone, and which does not max,
= = bit ~ difference 80 long as good anC
q lasting result is accomplished. II II al
the same TO Wallace now. and he neNcI
~ worried about IL in life, No hat IL make
u no difference to the peoples Of earth
either. There was anOthr story float
IL ing q round that Wallace was helped II
. his work by his mother. but that ism
" W either. Xcrelda Wallace was one u
y the grandcst types OF womanhood Amer
lea has ever produced-and that Is say
10 ing a great deal. Her lofty ideals wcr
v impressed upon the minds of her chi
u drcn, hut beyond that she did not =,
IT, She was hllcd with amazement aud ~
NJ speakablc JOY when the volume appeal
'h ed. Lew had been a straying blade u
ln u boy, aud she had worried much abOu
10 him, ~ mothers will. Even after b
'h splendid performances during the WA
ia she could not forget his ignominiOr
~ failure at college, and dreaded his III
hc ish. ~ she had ample reason to. Bot
She and Wallace wife were ignorai
"i ~ the greatness VI the work, and wei
J.! equally surprised when Il set the worI
=" NJ storm.