The Washington herald., 1915-11-07
O. HOPE JONES


\ scare him worth shucks. II has been
argued that Daniel had been in cages Of
| lions before and that he had magic
eye which made the lions afraid OF him;
| been held and in many cases these argu-
ments have disrupted churches and brok-
en- up families. am not going to argue
and hope none Of you will when you get
home. Let US leave Daniel with the
| calm and confiding look on his face and
believe that when he got tired OF the
company Of the lions. he arose and back
Behold in our next picture the Children
| of Israel crossing the Red Sea The wat
ers have piled up on each side 70 make
the children are busting along at the
rate of four miles an hour. Some left
home in a hurry and haven't even a car
pet bag in their hands. while others had
| more time TO pack up and are carrying
| bottles on their shoulders. No one has
ever yet been able to find where these
children entered or left the sea But II
q reward big enough was offered the
would be on the trail in short order.
have heard men oner to wager hun
dred dollars to one that nothing of the
kind ever happened, but myself believe
that 1t did and you will feel more up
right and honest II you believe so, too.
We wouldn't in this age look to see the
residents of Cleveland could walk to
Buffalo and back, but things are different
in this age. It's handler to take a steam
er or a train.
Here we have in this picture Moses in
the buIlrushes. His mother has laid him
down in hiding and is going away with
a look of sorrow on her face. You all
know why she is hiding him. The king
had issued an edict that all male chill
dren should be put to death. He wanted
the next generation to be all females.
What that next generation was going to
do for carpenters. painters. blacksmiths,
politicians and rail-splitters the king
didn't care, but went ahead with his
bloodthirsty idea. You may say that
lot of bullrushes was not half as safe as
a hiding place as hollow tree, but II
proved so for Moses and he escaped
search and lived to a green old age. There
are tin peddlers roaming over the coun-
try who will tell you that such a thing
never happened. but you tell them in re-
This next picture is not exactly holy.
It is that Of Solomon laying down the
law to a man who Is charged with hav-
ing two wives. Solomon said to him that
1t was agin good morals and that he
could never hope to be a shining example
Of uprightness until he had sent one OF
these wives back to her father. You OBJ
serve a great crowd Of females congre-
composed of Solomon's thousand wives.
He didn't exactly practice what he
preached, but we are not going to get
mad about 1t and raise a row at this late
day.
And there Is nothing very holy about
this picture which Is called Ruth at the
Well; She was at the well to get buck
men surrounding her were there to get
a good look at her. though there were
plenty of other good-looking girls all
doubt whether Ruth got the water or
not but let Us believe that she did and
that she didn't lose the bucket in doing
1t. The artist fell III after he had paint
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point one more. He knew that the pic
lures as a whole were to be made into
panorama and he thought the public
ought to have its moneys worth. There
fore, while suffering pains ana pangs he
painted this last picture which follows
and Is called the Raven Feeding Elijah.
You all know this story. For good and
sufficient reasons Elijah went into hid
ing on a mountain. None Of his friends
dared bring him anything to eat for fear
OF being followed and suffering the pun
ismment Of death. But for a raven the
fugitive would have had a hard time of
it. There were no berries or roots which
he could get at and you see him seated
on the ground with the pains OF hunger
death? He did not. Whan he was about
to give up in black despair a raven came
flying and alighted at his feet. In his
beak that raven brought food ] can't
beef or mutton or a loaf of bread. What
ever II was, however, II saved Elitah's
life, and after a time 1t was safe for
him to walk about
My friends, this concludes the exhibi-
ton. I hope and trust Hat you have
found 1t both interesting and instructive,
and that you will go to your homes bet
ter men and women for having spent the
evening here.
The audience rose up to go. The five
serious-looking men among the crowd OF
fifteen people climbed upon the stage.
They took that panorama and kicked
holes in IL and tore Sits and then bum
died il up and threw II out OF a back
window. And as they turned to Q. Hope
all he said was:
II thank you. gentlemen. would have
had to carry 1t to Coon Hollow tomor-
row on my back II you hadn't saved me
the troubler'