Arizona republican., 1917-04-02
PARABLE GIVEN
BY ELDER YATES

Saints took for his subject, the par
able of the good prince and the wicked
4 wizard. Following is an extract of his
remarks:
Once upon time long, long ago
there lived Good Prince and a Wicked
Wizard. The Good Prince was a noble
person whose great delight was to
make everything he touched beautiful
like himself. The Wicked Wizard was
ugly. and mean. and delighted to make
others so.
The habitation of the Prince, was
an excellency of delight to every guest
who CHANGED to sojourn with him. The
feasts which he served, were most
healthful embarrassing, and every de-
partment of his abode was glorious.
Even his walters and attendants were
splendid in department, and so very
much like the Prince that it was
Joy to even look upon them: in fact,
so striking was the similarity, that
/ Prince or attendant might easily have
been mistaken for the other; espe
cially So when the Prince would serve,
as was his delight to do. Even the
shrubs of his garden and the trees on
his lawn seemed to respond to his ma
sic touch. and to verify vie with each
other in rejecting the hearty splendor
of the place.
Now the name of this Royal Prince
! who lived so long, long ago was True
Service the Great. All who sought him
for counsel or assistance We're waited
upon by himself or some attendant at
/ his command. and thus he became a
/ great benefactor to many needy per-
sons Many who had been manned.
deformed, or i'll fed or slowly poi
/ soned By the Wicked Wizard were
made quite whole by sitting at meat
with the Prince or by bathing in some
| of the numerous fountains of his do
main Some waters were specific for
certain ailments as, for instance, those
afflicted with crouch and sorehead
were thrust into the pool of self
| getfulness, from which they would
/ emerge thoughtfully interested in an
others veal. The result of this simple
I but magic process would be that their
( hands thereafter. being employed in
3oing for others, and not having time
! to probe their crouch or to scratch the
4 sores upon their own poor heads the
scalp would heal rapidly and grateful
! locks of beautiful hair would soon
cover the scars.-and all would be
4 we'll
! Other pools were for those suffering
/ from moral cancer as the result of
/ long indulgence in the overcrowded
profession of lying. 1t seemed that in
those days there was such a rivalry
among all the liars, and such q keen
! competition as to who could produce
the largest quantity and the most in
tense quality of good, ebony -colored
| lies, that it was q nerVe-racking pro-
! fession, and many more sufferers of
those times needed treatment in health
L. .srt ID,rir l1nr, n m
duced to take the treatment; for they
/ feared to leave their work in the hands
of such apprentices as We're available,
and so the poor, overwhelmed souls
labored on and on; and how little the
brokers on the prevaricators market
realized the awful strain which the
producers were under in order to sup
ply their traffic.
But Just across the way from the
beautiful palace of the noble Prince
True Service the Great, stood a large,
proportional. ungainly structure,
destitute of any living tree about it ex-
| cept shabby looking, thorny variety.
Thistles ehoked the old fence corners
all about. and every feature looked for
/ bidding This was the home of the
| Wicked Wizard. His weasel eyes were
like two holes burned in blanket,
and the narrow span Of their evil
| focus betrayed a narrow mind. HIS
delight was to make everything he
1 touched, as ugly and mean appearing
as possible. His companions were of
/ the chronic sorehead variety, who sat
and scraped their own raw heads, Oc-
casionally raking each other, and all
the while despising True Service the
Great and casting filth upon his gate
way and door, posts, and with derision
pointing it out to passersby.
/ But each rain shower from the dome
/ of heaven would wash those gatewayS
and door-posts clean again, and flow
( ing from the palace eminence the filth
would descend upon the Wicked Wiz
ard from whence it came.
/ Well favored persons coming in con-
! tact with the Wicked Wizard were
made by his touch to appear like him.
| Under cover of night he would go
great lengths to drag in carrion and
place it so as to make it appear that
| something was rotten in the doings of
others He would wear garb hay
/ ing a special false front when meeting
/ a newcomer to the realm, and under
pretense of giving confidential infor-
nation, pirate against the doings of
others.
The Wicked Wizard sneakingly car
/ res a Vial Oh SLOW poison from WHICH
! he pours a little into every article of
/ food which is cooked in his house. That
is the reason that those who reside
with him get so dwarfed, and pinched,
and narrow minded and green eyed.
! The name of the poison he uses is
| backbiting, and the name of the
! Wicked Wizard is Pathfinder the In
sdious. His right hand helper is a
colonel in the Prevaricators club by
the name of SANDER Smirch; Mr.. L.
SANDER Smirch, the Industrious. He
! has title enough to kill an ordinary
man, but he is extraordinary, and
lives up to his lengthy title. His sleuth
F! is captain Whisperer; Mr. Tell 1t Sly
/ WhiSperer, the Sneak
These ali make frequent attacks in
a covert away on the inhabitants of
the domain of Peace across the way;
but Prince True Service the Great has
a strong tower situated in the very
heart of his possessions which makes
his position invulnerable. 1t is the
tower of Love. This tower is forti-
fled with the most perfect artillery
ever constructed. Each cannon and
field piece bears the stamp of the fac
tory where it was cast-Charity. Even
the ammunition for these guns is
charged with life giving material,
rather than the death-dealing kind
and happy is everyone who abiies in
that strong tower.
Lord, who shall abide in thy taber-
nacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy
, hill? He that backbiteth not with his
tongue nor taketh up a reproach