The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-02-11

FROM THE FIELD.


an impression on the minds ana
hearts of future generations have
been those who have not only taught
but in every act of their lives prac-
ticed self sacrifice unequaled by
any uninspired by a burning desire
to ameliorate the condition of strug-
Cling, laundering humanity
History bristles with single heroic
deeds of individuals who have risked
and even forfeited life for the COM
mon veal or to rescue individuals
from impending danger These sin
gle act dramas rightfully challenge
the admiration of all but are only
the result of an impulse, the quick
action of human sympathy and fire.
quently stimulated by the presence
and applause of the multitude; the
reward is sure and speedy. When
David went forth to give battle tC
the Philistine giant he knew that
success would call forth the thunder
Gus applause of Israels hosts and
possibly he even saw visions of the
kingly crown which later graced his
head. The reward for a life of self
sacrifice if it ever comes VIII only
find its full response in the hearts
Of all men after the actor shall have
passed from the stage. Tradition or
history, | know not which tells us
| that Brahma was the son of king
| and heir to the throne, surrounded
by all the Injuries that wealth and
| regal power could procure, given in
| marriage a princess of transdecen-
| lent beauty; the possessor OF
| such love of princess and people
as is the natural portion of noble
nature, flattered by the sycophant;
the idol of the people; equipped with
| everything that tends to lend ros-
cate tint to the material pleasures
of life. Led on by that strange mex
plicable fatalism which shapes the
destiny of man he abjured his high
estate and became a vagabond on
the face of the earth With power
and plenty at his command he be-
came ragged, hungry voluntary
outcast. He never looked back, never
faltered until he had wrought out
hat exalted state of human perfec-
ton which is the ideal of every hui
man being who looks above the sor-
did selfishness of mere animal exist
ance BY a complete elimination OF
every selfish impulse of his nature
he set an example that has become
he religion of millions of the people
Of the earth. 1t is said that Jesus
Christ, the Son of God, and in all
things equal with the Father because
Of his love for benighted humanity
consented to become man and to
bear the toll of human life that he
might teach us the most exalted sys-
| TEN of morals ever conceived in the
| history of the world Evidently a
| matchless orator with an irresistible
personal magnetism. Coming from
the humble walks of life. compan-
ion of lowly fishermen he confound-
ed lawyers and doctors. The multi
tudes followed him into the noun
tain Businesses and to the very wat
ars OF the sea shore forgetting the
cravings of hunger refused to dis
perse. When he said to the accusers
Of poor trembling sinful Mary Mag
laline, Let him that is without sin
cast the first stone" thsv sluuk
away like pack of cowardly ours
from the presence of an irate master.
The common people the real people
were bound to him mind and soul.
Had he raised the flag of revolution
against the authority of Rome every
b2rrack in Palestine would have been
broken down and the people would
have fought like demons incarnate.
For three years he wandered over
the Galilean hills and the wales OF
Judea cheering the respondent and
raising the fallen. With the power to
have ee,ipsea the careers of a Bruce
or a Wallace, his life among men
was an exemplifcation OF the angels
proclamation, Peace on earth ana
good will toward men, for he
taught us Whatsoever we would that
men should do unto you do you even
so unto them" With an eloquence
and personality that would have
made him the companion of the rieA
and mighty he lived and moved
among the lowly. Had he been twice
a God beyond all dispute his walk
among men would have been barren
of practical results but for his unset
fish career and matchless code Of
morals which he taught poor be-
nighted creed bound humanity FTem
a small band of uneducated follow
els the light of his precept and exam
pie has penetrated the jungles OF
darkest Africa, the islands of the
sea the frozen regions of the north
and multiplied millions with one ac-
cord exclaim great is or was Jesus
of Nazareth Tolstoi was one of tho
| most noble families of Russia as the
barbarians of earth count nobility.
And hei ldtary compapioc and conn-
sellor of the cZar, by inheritance the
| possessor of unlimited wealth, edu-
Gated at the best university of the
! land. trained for a courtier, endowed
with one of the finest minds in
| Lurore equipped by na'lre and by
heredity to become powerful fac
| tor in the politics of the land, with
Of