The mirror., 1910-02-03

down to us the details of one of the
most remarkable trials and miscar-
riages OF justice that haa ever been re-
corded. PLATE, the Roman Judge and
Governor over Judea, is In the council
chamber. Before him stands Christ in
humble submission, surrounded by tie
Jewish rabble, demanding the Savior's
life. Those in the Circle who are fa-
m;liar with the Bible, know that the
judicial sentence was: "Take Him; do
as you will. l ind no fault in Him."
Aud upon that judicial decision Christ
was driven through the streets of
Jerusalem, up Calvary hill, to an agon-
izing death on the cross. In all his
tory, down through all ages, is there
more lamentable judicial weakness
shown of a Judge controlled and in
fluenced in arriving at a decision than
in this dramatic trial of the crucifixiOnp ?
Today many, very many persons believe
and assert that Plate was not free
agent in the condemnation of Christ,
but that he was foreordained by God
and set aside to play the part that he
did on this memorable occasion. If
that is true then Judas Iscariot was
predestinei to betray the Savior with
kiss for the thirty pieces of silver,
but will not develop this point any
farther, as it has no bearing on the
subject of this paper. 1t is sufficient
to know that judicial decision was
reached at that time by the demands of
what today, in our times, is designated
as mob and that shameful judicial
surrender to those demands brought
about deplorable results.
In every civilized country on the
face of the earth, wherever intelligent
man has penetrated, he has carried the
seeds of knowledge and progress, ed.
ucational seats of learning have reared
their spires and domes, until today they
dot the land aud are countless. In all
colleges, universities, city and rura
schools the world over there has beer
introduced and taught to the students
those studies of modern experimental
sciences which are the foundation Of
our educational system. The benefac
tor of the human race who gave thil
priceless knowledge to the world wal
an Italian physician, born in 1864, Gal
ileo, the author of the principle Of the
earth's motion, what we know of the
sun and the planets, the founder Of
modern astronomy, the indisputablt
ffact that the earth is not flat, but roun(
and that it rotates around the sun
For this valuable knowledge, given t,
mankind, Galileo was condemned by I
i Judicial tribunal and for advocatin,
the Copernican system of the star
, was put to the torture in order to max
him recant these fundamental truths
} Athens, the pride and glory of ancien
/ Gree, e, the hub Of Grecian learnin
aud knowledge, around which all tn
Il oilu lOuuOu w AO WCl0 dOIOo
) in those days centered, gave to tn
world a man whom any nation Nigh
: we'll be proud to call its own-a ma
e who from the time he entered upon tn
/ pages of Grecian history, until hi
: death, proved beyond all doubt that h
: was ole of those men who are to b
. classed as being born great-Socrate
8 "a Grecian, the admiration of til
d world-the orator, philosopher and tt
9 progressive founder of that school {
It philosophy which being taught by an
n nation, ripens it and places it anon
q the worlds powers as star. No OF
# man in all Grecian history advance
n his country more or had the welfare
g it at. heart to greater extent than tn
# Grecian hero. Especially is this trr
J. in regard to Athens and Sparta. Ar
.e yet for not worshiping the Grecis
l. Gods and teaching that philosophy
the Spartan youths which is taught
n our seats of learning today, he W
a. condemned by judicial decree to !
% put to death. How sublime tie MT
3 appears! How truly noble and gres
,e as he stands there in his old age wi
g. the cup of fatal hemlock poison in b
,e hand and by a judicial sentence is col
Is PEELED to drink and thus end his lifel
ce Gentlemen, have you ever read
In more shameful chapter of history th'
&c the one which Thomas Carlyle gives
ne his History of England, in which
sd treats of England's Jeffreys, and who