The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-16
HAVE WE AMONG US TEN MEN SUCH
AS MIGHT HAVE SAVED GOMORRAH?


Preliminary perhaps to lunacy inquiry he pressed for
explanation Of his unique conduct and strange relate he
able perfectly and coherent statement OF his
purpose,
In matter-offac manner he said prices nigh
They have got down Somebody make start
am doing this with the hope that others will follow my example
II sufficient number OF persons will take this position the trend
of the cost Of living will be down instead OF up.
There are three rather remarkable be considered
connection with the attempted Innovation That any man
with something sell should voluntarily reduce the price when
he sell ANYTHING he has price he asks that the
should its in Chicago and that the first
institute it should be hotel keeper These interest
ing and hopeful facts.
There are who believe that they sec afar of hor
perhaps larger than mans head sign that may be taken
OF normal conditions Whether the sign is there
il sufficient number of people interested and would
set work bring it pass there would be speedy trend
toward placid existence.
At present the agaors have the floor they the public
and unfortunately they have the ammunition 1t time to
acae sanity, to work contentment and to the
things that contribute to happiness
There lesson for the world in story Of Jonah and
Nncveh Speaking with authority and after he had defed God
and attempted ovod the mission he Nneve and cried
"Net forty days and Nneveh shall be overthrown."
But Nneveh overhrown Tor the people believed in
God and put sackco from the greatest of them the
least Of them and the king, when the word him.
him with saccoh ansat ashes and he commanded his people
everyone from his evil way and from the violence that
in their hands for he said who tell ii God will turn and
repent and turn away from his fierce and perish not
And when God their works Notwithstanding his word
Jonah God epentcd Of the evil that lie had said that He would
do unto them and he did it not
That briefly the story OF how city saved and the
escape OF people from destruction 1t is story OF what be
accomplished when all the people righteous
time when all the neone
OF accord and besides doubtful all the people any
community could afford this time respectable OF sackcoth
and the prevailing price of coal makes ashes pohbv for
OF them
But there another story OF disaster that city
wherein righteous could not be ioNnd 1t is the story
Abrahams intercesson for Sodon;
And the Lord said because the of sodOm
great and because their
whether they according cry which
has come unto me- and II not, will know
turned from thence and toward
sodom but Abraham stood before
said righteous the wicked,
Peradyentue there
destroy
That from this righteous
with the wicked that wicked
be far from Thee; Shall the of all
the Lord fifty righteous within the
city then will spare all the place for their sakcs
And Abraham Behold upon
the Lord
tu there shall lack five of the fifty righteous wilt Thou destroy
the city
And He said, it find viii destroy it.
shall be forty there
And He said, will do forty's sake
And lie said Him, be Iyl
speak Perady enture there shall be found
And He said. l will do it il | find thirty
And he said behold me 10
Lord: PeradNenture shall
And He said, will destroy i for twenty
And he said, Oh let |
but this once Peradventure shall
And he said l will not destroy for
The sun risen the Iot ell
tered into ZoGr Then the
birthstone and fire from lie Iordou of heaven
The world SO la know, is threatened with sue
calamity that which beel Sodom and Gomoah but is sorel
in need OF men OF righteousness
II there not fifty iortv-ive forty, thirty
twenty surely there be found who will point the way TO
mysed and anxious nation and willing TO pin its fait
any leaders who would lead confusion misunderstood
ings and misgvngs
Perhaps need only nine Tor the Chicago inn keeper ma
ordained lead the he has offered tn
solution most frequently suggested Tor what ais us.