The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-13
Talks With Men
Of National Reputation

81 1AAS A>sNA oAAS
tax part in a movement to wipe ou,
the present government there. accord.
ing to Judge Eric G. Gambrell of Dial.
las. Tex. Judge Gambreil declared
n a the southern part of the Lone
star state is fairly overrun with refu.
gees from the turbulent republic a,
the south. and that they are giving
the rangers all kinds of trouble. The
proximity of some of the battles which
have been fought on Mexican soil. re.
sulting in many bullets coming ovel
the international line, has served t.
arouse the ire of the the
judge believes. and has aroused a
deep resentment against the MeXicans
on the part of the rangers.
Texas rangers are just itching to
get into Mexico and clean out tina,
country. especially the greasers." said
Judge Gambrell. The southern par
of the state is overrun with refugees
from the war-stricken n anC
they are a turbulent, l~awbreakinl
bunch. tina are giving the rangers al
kinds Of trouble. They are Away:
making trouble. and when hungry dt
not hesitate to go out on the ranches
hands on. This in itself was suficien,
to arouse the ire of the rangers.
But on top Of this. during the bat.
ties which We're fought along the
line, many Of the bullets found their
way into American towns and cities
doing considerable damage. This was
too much for the rangers. and many
Of them threatened to go over the
line and do a little shooting on their
own account.
IF this country should ever inter.
vene in Mexican affairs. YOU would
see every ranger in Texas join the
state militia. n even the regular
army. If need be. in order to get into
Mexico and get a chance to shoot up
some OF the MeSicans."
Americans Becoming less Religious.
The trend of American thought to-
ward the more secular things of life,
and away from the religious. with the
nonchurch goers, Sabbath breakers
and blasphemers. is due largely, in
the opinion of j. H. Stoody of lie Roy,
y. Y. to the abolition OF the bible
reading from the public schools of the
United States and the discontinuance
of n old custom of family worship
at the home.
Although this nation is nominally
a Christian nation" said Mr.. Stoody,
in discussing the general conditions
IN this country and the trend of mod.
ern thought. W are rapidly becom.
ing a nation of nonchurch goers. Sab.
nath breakers. swearers. and users oil
intoxicating beverages. The cause o.
this drift toward the things which
nave mentioned can be traced direct.
~ to two sources. The first of these
is the Punishment of bible readine
from u public schools. The second
is the failure Of so many of our homes
in this country to observe the old Gus.
tom Of having family worship in the
home every day.
h., AS a result Of these two things, OF
the failure to observe these two Gus.
toms. TINS nation is rearing a class OF
poNs and girls and young people who
nave no consciousness of God, or OF
divine authority, and who do not real
ne a power behind themselves or a
life beyond the present.
Naturally boys and girls who arc
reared in this kind of an atmosphere
do not have that reverence for the
church. for the Sabbath. and for clear
speech which the boys and girls OF
otner generations had. You know
and we all know. that Rome and
Athens began to decline when thei,
peoples got away from their religion.
teachings and became worldly, looked
with little favor on the laws and Gus.
toms of h church. and gave little
need to the character of their speech
IT Is u natural to presume that, un.
less the present tendency of rearing
our boys n girls so completely free
from religious training is stopped, and
there is a reversion to the old Gus.
toms of having the bible read in the
public schools. and having family wor.
ship every day in the home, there
VIII soon come into this country q
generation of men and women who
are almost strangers to religious train.
Ing. Herein lies one of the graves,
dangers to the permancy Of u ma.