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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
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y ;NISf.AsHlNGTON;,t April .20:--;A fran,
tic effort to start n war Of some kind,
somewhere, before war is abolished,
isiseen by Representative Richard
BartholGt, Of Missouri. member5of the.
internarliamentary peace union, and
one ofsAmerica's leading, peace advos
cafes, in the. chaotic diplomatic .sltua-
ton that prevails throughout the
world. He today prepared the follow.
ing statementfor the United Press: 4
Fearful lest the worldwide move
ment for peace shall put an ena to
militarlsm and war, the iIngoes oftthe
entire world are clamoring for: con.
fl!cts, for the clank and clatter. OF the
dread ,machillery which, II put In mo-
tion will mean the slaughter Of thou
sands OF the flower OF mankind. II
All over the world. and particular
ly in America, the proponents OF war
are .agltating, calling upon patriotism.
sclf-interest, passion and all the emo.
tons that lead man to kill, They
wish to.involve the world in. the last
great Armageddon when the powers,
great and small, shall engage In chuo-
tic conflict for the last time. to go
down clutchins each others throats in
the wild, unrcasoning ma,iness Of
world.wldewar. For they see that an
enduring worldwide peace bound by II
solemn compact of all nations, Is
bound to come, and they sear lest the
vaunted machinery Of war be con.
signed to the refuse heap.
BEHIND Y. aiS per- ststentS claGioitff,tbr
war, warlWar.a I'M our own country. as
well as throughout the world can be
seem the growing influence OF the ma.
chinery oshwar that we have already
built up. Army and navy, ever grow
Ing stronger In their social. political
and economic influence fear the time
when their profession OF war shall be.
come obsolete.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
COMMITTEE. |. | !. J.
APPOINTED |: i | | Cd
Mr.. M. [. HUTCHINSON NAMES
THEEMEN. .To! AR RANGE DETAILS
FOR REoRGANlzATlO N OF
=. BOARD oFtTRADE. Sl5 NJ n

aMr"M. l., Hutchinson, chalrmango q
the citizens meeting which was held
Tuesday afternoon in the interest sol
the organization q the new. Chamber
Of Commerce has appointed the FOL
lowing committee toearrange the de
tails relative to the organization:
9 r. T. Cunningham, e. C q Jones. n,
W. Showaiter, H. =. Heintzelman, G
D. Robinson - p sit 4 IS
This committee will atSonceS prepare
the plans for the organization and ar!
range for. securing finemb bers for The
new organization. Y! ~
1t isshoped to make the new organi
zation a popular Ihoyement:ins order.lu
give IT the e&full support OF tho entire
community In lthe work It has before
1t in the way OF the sdevelopmen soi
Greater Fairmont. Is y
Just as soon as the plans are! com
pleted further! announcement ~ them
will be .made. VI 4. Il
1t Is hoped to have the new organi,
zation effected and members secured
by May first. Il, VI;
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
GOOD OFFER
TO INVESTORS
FAIRMoNT AND cLARKsBURG
TRACTION COMPANY STOCK BE.
ING SOLD.

An Offering to investors Is being
made OF Fairmont and Clarksblus
Traction Company three:year converts.
bic 5 per cent notes due February l,
1914, at 99h and interest, to yield 5A
per cent: The entire authorized and
outstanding amount is Sl,00O.O0O, the
greater part OF which, it Is announced
has been sold, and the balance is now
being offered by the Fidelity Trust
Company, agent. and 'Messrs. Baker,
Watts and Company, ]. Harmanus
Fisher and Son. Frank, Rosenburg and
Company, Hambleton and Company,
Harrison & House, Middendorf, vii.
lams and Company, Stein Brothers,
Whelan, Duer & Lanahan, all OF Bal.
timore.
The notes are secured by q deposit
Of stocks and bonds OF subsidiary com.
panies amounting in all to S1,926,O00,
par value. are direct obligations Of the
company and are preceded by only
S2.500.000 first mortgage 5 per cent.
bonds.
The taking over Of the Fairmpnt ana
Mannngton and the completion Of the
Fairmont and Northern and Clarks.
burg and Weston line will add a total
OF Sc mlles,1o the company's system,
making the'total mileage of the enllr.,
system 105 miles. The company also
owns and operates lighting plants in
the cities of Fairmont and Clarksburg
The earnings will be materially in
creased by the> purchase OF the Fair.
mont and Warrington Railroad, and
the completion OF the Fairmont and
Northern and the Clarksburg and
Western branches. <s /.
For the year ended December 81
1910, net earnings were $39G,254 and
after paying fixed charges OF $l49.lS1
there was a surplus OF s247, 1928.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
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MOVING DESK eUNcovERs FIVE
DOLLAR 4BiLL IHATUhAD BEEN
lOSTaSlNCE LASTrDEcEMBER.

ioOne OF the employees OF the Consol.
idation Coal Company Offices was made
happy this morning when one OF the
desks in his office was moved. His
day CT grief came last December few
days before Christmas when he came
out five dollars behind. He knew that
he had lost the bill for when he came
to make his deposit in the bank the
sum when counted at the cashiers
window was minus five dollars OF what
he should have had. He made mark
In his book showing that the money
to that amount WAS missing. This
morning when the Office desk was
moved the Office boy stopped down to
get something. He was told not to
pick up any bad money. He said that
he would not but that there was a five
dollar bili5that looked good to him.
1t was the same bill that the en-.
ploye had lost over four months be.
fore. The books were balanced once
more.
IT is said that since this occurrence
this morning that there will be. gen.
eral surrounding of all the desks that
will be moved in the Offices from this
time OIL.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
West vi Apiil 20 iall:
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WASHINGTON, sspril 21--fn ac.
ieoislance with an .sgreement reached
yesterday d conference was arranged
tfor tiiis afternoon between President
TAFT Secretary Knox. Chairman sui;
ger of fhe House Eoreign fairs coin.
Iniittee and seyral other members u
the committee
Z S,Ilzsr said beEofes the meeting that
the committee IS pract tically 2 unani-
Bmons !;tgalust Intervention and strict.
tlysIJ IJfayor al .,,hand s policy! ny me
United States.
"a RESOLUTION was introduced In the
Senate bY Secret ary3 Culbersop tDem,
Tex.) declared that int nteryention In
Mexico would sbe without qualification
and contrary 10 tie policy Of tfis soy.
ernment H H
e twas eferreds 10 the commit ttees on
foreign relat tions. K! y:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
SAYS UfilTEp sTATEsIs IS REsPoNsI
sisLE FOR slTttA tATio ON --o DR5 oFs
FtctALs ARE " is ttRP AssED Acs
e oapIhi g TO sTATE ENJs oF'
Y Z NJ tcANf LEAD !.

l{Bs United Press.

vAsIiiN NGTos 8 lsS 4 /, e ApFil 20 ~
& n1irpillcIa1 ady VICES that az delayed re
4 ply of ptaz I'd TAFT note ;of last Sat.
tiriihy Is IA sharp retort Instead OF q
paelt tic promise created aSgreat sstirsin
soiiicial circles here tod q, is
1fnc!ais siiiforlna lion as to the char
acterS 81 The port Is nxiously await;
ed. " q; .is
is tlnoflicially stated that Dlaz's
lninistration Ehas crea eated an impres;
sion among the MeXicans generally
Z that the eyoluti ionafy army In the
North is largely mad deiupo Of Americans
mud that fhe revolution Is practically
an invasion ny 4. Gringoes.'' III
rs reported that the Diaz note In.
stead Of romisins prot ctiye meas.
iites TO the horde Am orleans blames
the latter for the trouble. / 3sl9s. *!
gonpla is made against the con-
duct tlies sold diers and the. i officials at
pousias. Arizona, who are alleged to
Sliaye given aid to the ereyolutionists.
4 The whole tener OF the Diaz reply
blames the United States for the con
ditloBs and states st In plain language
that Washington is either misinformed
orSis misinterpreting the situation.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
FA|Rv|EW CARS
BY MAY FIRST
SCHEDULE WILL BE IN OPERA.
TlON FOR CIRCUS ON MAY To-
RAINY WEATHER iNTERFERED
WITH PROGRESS.

The Fairmont and Northern will be
operating cars to FaIrvlew by the first
Of Maya There will be no schedule
for R!vesvillc until the cars are oper.
ating over the entire line. The cars
over this road will bring many per.
sons from Pawpaw district for the
Barnum and Bailey circus that will
play this city on May 18th. The line
is being pushed to completion very
rapidly. The rainy. weather has kept
the work back some. Some places
where the road had been completed
heavy slides came down and 1t took a
long time to clear them up. One con
ISOLATION Is to be had and that is that
the slides that We're an obstruction in
the construction. Of the road will not
interfere with the operation of the
lIne a.,t-f lsr
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
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lyy,WATsoN N q q iLDI IN g Il y. e2s
LEG Al; soEPA II TENT i NEW
lt,QUARTERS. " T. ~, i NJ,

Saturday will 4be etmoyingi day for the
Consolidation Coal Company's ofilce
force and all Of the Offices that have
not yet taken UP their: quarters In the
new building will tlo SO ut that time. Y
The legal department OF which ex.
Governor A. B. Fleming Is the head,
moved yesterday from the Smith &.
Mckinney building and today was get
ting all OF the, files and books in order.
On Saturday the Offices In the Peoples
National Bank will be moved to- the
building on the corner and at the
same time the offices In the Masonic
Temple will lbe moved Y i
The. big elevators will be ready to
operate by that time and StheFpriyate
telephone exchange yand all OF the
telephones of the new Offices Will lbe
insta!led.by Saturday. Y 81
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
NEW . N The { g sTo i u S.

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The relation Of the merchant stos
the public is much, like that of the
snewsnaperi man to his aau,lience!
1.-THE public, ortatleasts the femi#
nine end of5it picks up the news
paper5withSas much eagerness to.
learn the news oil bargains and
styles as to sesWhat the army 5iss
doing In Texas. = !; I. v
The merchant who does mot
respond to this demand gwitll3a
& good story. about; his offerings and J;
values, meets the same fate as.
the newspaper man who does not
know a good piece; OF news when
he meets 1t on t.leEstreet. 8
When advertising falls to- at
tract 1t is usually because the
writer failed to make 1t newsy.i
In this spring season there is A.
human interest story In every re-
tall business, "a story OF 2shrewd5 :
bargaining by which tho merchant
( has protected his customers Of
overstocks. that help family in
come so farther.
The pltblic listens, Mr.. Mcr.
chant! Are YOU there? ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
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LARGE CHORUS is 3TRAlNlNG FOR
IA 81 g VENT ON NEXT THURS
DAY M lG II I. u y! * ss3

The annual high hBschool musical llas
been ANNOUNCED to take place on
itrlhnrs,l lay eYening, April 27th, at the
high school aud forum. large
s'isssfats. ~ ao Sifi5 traiiiins for this mn.
sical and atnuml mler5or sRecialifealures
will sbeSintroti otilced.s islGf dds
The musieal 4 ssaill Sbe given underathe
direct ION aitss Emma oderholz, sll.
speryisorg Of SfnpsicsH In 1.-THE 3 public
school The stage In the, auditorium
viii he enlarged to tolaecommodate the
large number it..W ho will participate in
the choruscs. These musicals look
Eed forward to- each year iwithia a great
deal Of tpleaspre,and fthes one this year
bids fair 70 eclipse the preceding ones
Sjnapoint Of excellency.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
SENSATIONAL. / 4. |.
THE CROSS BiLt 10 iHE5FiG GED BY
MRS. sc HENk WI IT. BEItlNT n:
iESTlNG. y tt.i! lf A III ~

WHEELING, ijW.4tNa., April iS20.--;
Mrs. Laura. Farnsworth Schenk, re-
spondent In the suitffori a5dIyoree filed
:by;fller$ $husband,, Johrt schenky The
tmillionaire;fp packer Is holding consul.
4tat!ons with her attorneys here today,
preparatory to .tillingt;ia cross bill
againsteher husband alleging infdei-
ity. 2,di.t 4. ~ jiig'i ". I .,yti
Friends Of Mrs Schenk say the
cross bill'will be- sensational. iii,S
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
u HADs RAZOR I'm, 81 X 81; M
GETS SIX t4s I'M ALL.

Il u II. Z. !. of ianning gton, was
placed In the Marion comfy jail this
'afternon to serve Six months on con.
iyiction or having d razor In his sock
IN violation Sof the Johnson pistol tot.
Ing law. Y ~; II =
81 Mod Dlffitt was given a hearing be-
fore Justice othman, of Manning tom.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
CASE ].
IS FINISHED
EVIDENCE or FORMER TRIAL
WAS READ TO THE JURY BY
COURT STENOGRAPHER.

In the case OF Knight vs., Knight fin.
ished IN the Circuit Court yesterday
the plaintiff was awarded JUDGMENT In
the sum OF one thousand dollars. This
case stands as an anomaly In proce.
dure In as much as the evidence that
went to the jury at this trial was read
by the stenographer. None Of the
witnesses were in court
The case had been tried once before
and covering seven days reached a
point where the arguments were to
be male by counsel to the jury. At
that place in the. trial Judge Mason
was taken sick and severe illness fol.
lowed making 1t impossible 10 finish
the trial.
All Of the evidence was In, There
was, n great array Of witnesses and
the costs for witnesses fees alone was
over. $500. . On the iniative Of U. N.
Arnett, one of the attorneys in the
case 1t was agreed that In order to
save the cost OF witness fees In the
second trial that the court stenograph.
er read the evidence that was adduced
at the former trial. Since the former
trial Mr.. Arnett died. This is the
first trial In the courts where the ell
tire evidence OF a case has been pre-.
sented TO the jury by the court stenog,
rapher reading her short hand notes
taken from the evidence OF the wit.
nesses given at former trial. Here
the witnesses could be brought into
court but by agreement of counsel It
was not done. It is often the case to
read dispositions, in court to the Jury.
But this evidence was not dispositions.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
PAYDAY.
STREET CAR COMPANY /! !DisTRlB,
rs uTEs MONEY TO EMPLOYEES. 4

To-day was pay day with the Fair;
mont and Clarksburg Traction Com.
pany, the Fairmont and Northern Trac:
ton Company aud the Fairmont and
Mannslgton Railroad Company, The
company pays twice a month on the
fifth and twentieth OF the month To.
day ten thousand dollars were distrib.
uted among the employees OF the com
pany Nearly 6all of this money Il
placed In circulation and finds itsw way
into every channel of trade. A si
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
CONSTABLE WALKER DOES
SOME Detective WORK
HIKES TO MONTANA AND GETS
sf2 HIS MAN WHO WAS JUST EN-.
t .TERlNG TRAIN FOR MORGAN.
TOWN, ~ Gsf! Rs5f

Constable John Sherlock" Walker
arrested John Skinner. a former en-.
ployo of the B. & o. here, last even.
Ing. at Montana on n charge OF jump.
Ing an 81 board bill.
He was brought before Justice
Boyston, OF this city, where he ar.
ranged to settle the bill. and, OF
course, was released from custody;
The warrant was sworn out by a Mr.
Brannon who, conducts a boarding
house in the First ward. * a
It is alleged that Skinner left the
place, forgetting to pay his board, and
told some friends he was going to
Morgantown. hut Constable Walker,
suspccting that he would not attempt
toboard the train at, Tho local station,
,hiked to- Montana Just In time to get
his man before she entered the train
Tor the University. town ,sSs51 n
-.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20

1NEEss GENE n N 10 81 stjfis
RENDER s o oF {. VA h Isl a f1E vi.
BLE stRR cToS ADV n G.
ye ~ FOUR CO ullNs. s: =
lg!l!I!sT gglREZ
iMADERo WITH $50 MEN ir.H
PEARED OPP osJTE sLP Aso MA
e TERiNG tio ES i N THE RIO
4 GRAMDE, e II % y

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Ell PAso Texas, 4 sprtl 20 --Juafez
will be attacked BY, Madero's irsurs
Lgent army ut SIX O'clock tonight uiis
Hess General Navarro sprrenders The
| city. s 7. y
Z The. advices from, the south and
west Of city to-day state that $500 In
|surfec,os are marching against the
city to-day IN four coliimns. 8
Juarez has been deserted by practl.
cally all the non combatants who haye
flocked 10 his 81 ! x
us. Consul IN Juarez and tile army
officers commanding here were notI-
| fled by aiadero today that ne win AT.
tack sJuarezg 8 4: Il 4 Il
Madero accompanied by s1b0 men
apepared opposite the I1I, Paso smell.
teri the hills at 10 :15s this morning
More than 1 900 0sinsurge gents have al.
ready apepared from the south and
are watering their horses In the Rio
Grande. 4. Z
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
NEW YORK SHIRT WAIST
Ii FACTORY HORROR PICTURES

This afternoon slides. Of the big fire
recently in New York. when scores OF
lives were lost in a shirt awist factory,
are being show at the Granud Opera
House, and Will besrepeated this even.
Ing. ( ~ i.j5t Z II
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
ASKS DIVORCE REcA Az Sc S.sio3Ss
=. x. WIFE, TIC killed II is FEET.

l NEW DIRK April q. Becausei his
wife amused herself byiStiekling his
feet twhiles sheStried to sleep. Patrolnian
Henry p Radogis today suing for di-
:yorce.s, He objected / to- the L sport be-
cause he was afraid he would s4be
sbrbKe.sif he did mot get enough sleep
at glome and happened TO sleep on
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
RICHARDS GETTiN q ALONG 4 I; Il I,
Gel v Az lio SPITAL.

Stanford Richard is, aged about 2I
years, who was brongh to the Miners
hospital on Tuesday and yesterday
had his left foot ainpptatel, as u re:
suit of IA slate fall In The mines Mt
Simpson, u IS eported To- be getting
along nicely this evening and unless
compile "a deyeicp, which 81. not
likely he viii be alt; right IN d short
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
sRloTlNe.H
Furniture Workers Club and Stone
Policemen 900 ot, i Strike.

5i7s fiii7s1, (Bys United Press.
RANDSRAPiDs Mich, April 2o. ~
Rioting started III tie furniture strike
being waged ere BY 6, 900 wofkersI
against the lnanuia act,irers associai
3tion. Il & Z Y, < :. :!
Policemen we're ssanlted sby tlies
mos and were clnbbed and stoned,
Two thousand more WorkerB are ex.I
Spected to 80 out might. i.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
DR.. JONES TALKS.
ADDRESSED HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
ON HYGIENE AND HEALTH.

DR.. Harriet B. Jones. Of Wheeling,
lectured this morning at 1880 O'clock
before the young ladies' Of the Fair
mont high school on hygiene and
health. Dr.. Jones lect,ired for fifty
minutes and during the lecture was
given close attention. Her lecture
was n splendidsone and was FILL, ,og
practical thoughts for the young
ladies' who heard her, & s;s4 u 3I!ta:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20
.GU|:MBERLAND1MAN
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
sTBl les TO TAKE HIS LIFE WHILE
oARDt PULLMAN COACH.
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s ss'TERLING. Ohio. April 20.-Chas.
Al Smeltz, of Cumberland, Md, said
he a wealthy wholesale dealer, and
former candidates for mayor en- route
home IRON the West on a B. and O.
tratn N Al attempted to commit sui.
ciae near here early today while ly'
Ing in a Pullman BERTH Z
HcS was taken from the. train at Ak
/ ron The wound may prove fatal. No
cause lis known .forlthe attempted sui
csle.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-20

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Arizona republican., 1911-03-27

nearly two thousand years has ac- cepted Jesus of Nazarejh as God made manifest in man, ard men will continue to accept Him as their supreme spiritual teacher, leader and guide.
 q hold, therefore. to three propo- sitions. which have not. and can not be successfully overthrown. First, God, the infiniteS intelligence. Sec ond, man, the product of His crea- ton, yet free moral agent. Third, Jesus Christ. the one hope that the spirit of man may yet survive the shock of death and dissolution of the physical body, and the one be- ing who has yet appeared upon this planet who is in all respects worthy of the love, adoration. worship and devotion of even the wisest and the best of men.
 If I am right, then it seems to me, that discarding all else, and applying this simple word of truth. we thus make out and establish the case for religion, and justify it's ap- peal not merely to the intellect, but to the heart and conscience of each one of us"
Arizona republican., 1911-03-27

i tiOns and rescripts from these car i Tier writings, and when we con sider too. the accepted fact that in cer- tain of the New Testament writ ings, such as the Epistles of St. Paul we have practically a coutcmpsrar eous statement as to the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and that these contemporaneous writings Lear out in the minutest particulars the essential facts as recorded in tho synoptic Gospels the theory of the entirely discarded.
 Tt requires less of my credulity to believe that Jesus Christ, as he is presented to us in the Gospels, lived, taught and died substantially as there told, than to believe that the story. in any of its essentials is a falsehood built up by myth or legend as d product of conscious fiction. In either case we encoun- ter a miracle. My common sense leads me also to believe that only such a character as is here depicted as a living entity could have so pro-
 
 followers as to make of simple peas ants the greatest of all the worlds propagandists. and to start move ment differing in kind from any other ever before attempted, whicP within three centuries should reconstruct not only the worlds belief, but the very frame work of society.
 My common sense also teaches me. that a fiction, conscious or un- conscious, cannot from its very na- ture have been believed by men of all degrees of learning for nearly two thousand years with passion and a devotion that only a living person could inspire. And furthermore no theory of myth or fiction can ac- count for the fact that the worlds keenest critics have found nothing in the recorded life. teachings and character of Jesus which is below the level of the highest ethical or spiritual truth Indeed the world is only beginning to appreciate some of the teachings of Jesus in their appli cation not only to the spiritual na- ture of man. but also to the purely social problems which modern civili- cation has given rise to. These truths are so profound. so far reaching and so universal as to not only withstand the assaults of un- friendly criticism but positively to- in scope and meaning as time rolls on. and to more and more in- f!uence, oftimes unconsciously not only the beliefs of men. but the very course and character and trend of the history of the race.
 'I can disbelieve in every other fact in the Bible but Jesus Christ, and I feel sure that nearly every candid, thoughtful man, will agree with me that this must be the atti- tude of any seeker after truth. philosophy and history find here a phenomenon whicn transcends human understo nding. Either Jesus Christ was divine, or so far above the rest of humanity as to be still a worthy object of worship and adoration. The Christian world for