El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-05

ITO work steadily and with de-
cision for the moral and material
welfare of the individual, for his
physical developments and for the e&-
pansion of his intellect; TO procure ny
ali the means within our power, how
ever humble and poor, that healthy
and good soul may live in healthy
and sound body in its transient world
2 " existence is TO act. 1t is not 10 cross
through this planet as the clouds cross
the sky, without leaving any trace or
vestige in the heavens
We are all compelled to fulfil :he
sacred mission conferred on US when
the Ego. abandoning it's mysterious
abode, flies like an offspring of Coo
TO transform itself into flesh We are
ali obligated, some in the higher, 9TH
ers in the lower grades of society, to
be the eucharistic bread with which
humanity makes il communion; we
are all forced to contribute in carrying
on our shoulders, in a most decided
manner though ii be tiresome Tor Us,
the stones which we are called upon 10
place for the construction OF the mag
nificent temple of which we are the
nasons and whose supreme architect IS
the Divinity
For that reason, gentlemen. did not
hesitate one single moment on recelF-
ing your kind and honorable invita-
ton, in accepting it, though the voice
of nv weak health advised me not to do
so: but know well enough that many
a tiny grain of sand is sufficient TO
upset the cart of a giant, and / have
wished to place beneath the wheels
of the cart of the Giant of EVIL, the
grain OF my insignificant existence.
Containing a Fathers Work.
To your noble and great labor 4 join
mine. I Join you humbly but full OF
faith and enthusiasm I bring hither
what can bring, convinced that II you
called me, you have not done so on
account of my merits, as I have none;
but that, you inviting me to come and
] agreeing to be here, We render hom-
age to the memory OF my never Tor
gotten father, who evinced his love
for humanity by abolishing and sup
pressing in his country the bloody, the
cruel spectacle of bull fighting, dur
ing the period that he ruled that ma
ton
About that spectacle I want to speak
70 You: about those feasts unworthy
of man. since his heart ceased to beat
within his breast when he dwelt IN
caves like the fierce beasts of the VIII
derness, and went to live in the lacus-
trail cities, beside the heart of women
who began to teach their children that
the sun was the good God and that
lightning was the evil one.
1t is sorrowful to confess it, gentle
men. but we must ever speak the
truth
There are men in this, the goth cen
fury. of a lower grade of morals than
those who made their knives from flint
and who used fishbones as we used
needles: than those who invented the
first adornments by piercing their
noses and hanging on them the small
shell of the ocean In those times, men
and beasts struggled together in tie
woods. Hunger forced the beast ta
hunt for its food: and the right TO live
forced to defend himself by killing the
beast which attacked him
seed of Good Bears Fruit.
Then, the struggle between man and
beast was necessary, but fatal for the
awakening OF sanguinary instincts II
the bosom of man, through the con
slant struggle TO save his own life Il
was quite natural that the herbivorous
being should think: IF that animal
eats nv flesh why houlds not make
his flesh my food?" And therefore, ne
who was born with a mild disposition
and good instinct gradually but firm
ly became despotic and cruel But n
the same time that man was influenced
through imitation and the manner III
which he lived, he grew more inteli'
gent, developing at the same time MS
higher qualities, and the seed of good
bore its fruits, and it became a bunch
of fragrant flowers which filled the
land where he lived with beautiful
hues and aroma, inducing him TO bt
benevolent.
The years. nay centuries, glided by
Slowly but firmly also. does humanity
advance; the small and humble grouf
OF hamlets became large cities III
which instead Of the chief of the tribe
king was chosen ruler; the rude con
structions were replaced by those o
the privileged dreamers, and frontins
the altar formed by three enormous
stones, we behold the majestic build
ing of the Parthenon.
But there exists a fatal law imposed
upon U.s.
Anything (which is elevated to'