Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-02
BY William T. Ellis


BY William T. Ellis
We shall star, our stirring story to-
day-thc biography OF n boy-from a
carved marble pillar that ! treasure
in my home. because IL Is dug from the
ruins OF tho old, old city which was
tho birthplace OF tho boy. Saul OF
Tarsus7 This fragment of ancient
great life IA upon 81. For 20 person.
aiity cnrichca md cniish,ens every
thing.
Somebody nsks. ss he turns over the
days Newspaper. "whn, do you know
about tn. now nEhtinE between tho
Turks and .hc French. and tho Turks
and tho Christians. in this place called
ciiIcis7' His nciehbor shakes his head
negatively. az he dovotos himself to tho
more familiar theme Of the big prize
right But II tho remark had boon. II
500 that thNr. ia more trouble in tho
Apostle Paul'- home town OF TarruH
4, would have been received with in
;crcs;- You don't mean TO say that the
old city OF TarEua Is siiii on tho map
And that II II one OF tho central sore
spots OF tho near esst7 Well. well
What do yol know about fhat7 why.
studied about Tarru- and Paul when
I was n hid IN Sunday school"
Ths higsrst fact about any com.
rnurity II that n certain mar was
born there. Chambers Of Commerce
may NN0at \ t0Nns nNt only nnNH ana
girls grown great can really put IL
IN tho worlds map. A surprising mum
h~r Of our soldiers in Franc. visited
tn. little town Of Domrerny. simply
because ~ wa. the birthplace Of Joan
Of Arc. The centuries make pilgrim
age TO the early homes Of tho erea.
Tn. log cabin in which Abraham 1An-
coin was born is now enshrined with
In a beautiful marble building on the
spot where no once played IN happy
poverty. The Old World is holy ground
/ because dotted with the rn.'noriai- Of
the great ones Of history. Bethlehem,
Nazareth and Jerusalem are the cent
ers Of perpetual piierimszs becsusr
Jesus once dwelt there. W. wonder
how many Of tho boys and girls vhn
arc being taught this present lesson on
saul OF Tarsus will themselves hr ihe
means OF making their home towns
] famous-
T,,c Roy Who Counts
Ny neirhbor IL a gentle orni,hol.
osist. but his hve-yeer-old son despoils
birds ncstsi Also. he climbs the diff
Z hctit trees Of tn. aeizhborhood.
heard him up in the cherry tree by ms
study window n few days ago. and w
| had talk about the trees no climbs
/ lie disssiu= the easy ones. and IL heed.
/ lees Of dirty hands and torn clothes
/ That Benny is = little rascal" de
ciared an authority on boys. rerpunting
some pf his mIsohievnus pranks and
his power over his pisyfnates: but as
| she spoke. her eyes srarklsd with al
| uiiratfou She would 20, have hin
| otherwise. for his traits all spell per.
J 81 oalitv. I am counting on Kenny tr
he /. climber In life He will do the un.
! con -ertioual. and often shock Mrs
I Cirundy-unless The wrong sort nj
teachers iron him out in the mean.
I tfue=tut ha will emerge a real man
I a doer in life Perhaps ! may live t.
I boas, that = knew him when he ess a
I boy"
/ As walked hru an old Roman arch
/ in the city Of Tarsus. the frst thought
/ vac Paul walked under this Nerl
I same arch when he was a boy Doubt
less he vas proud ~ n. ss one of IN
] iieautifui sights Of bir city for Pau
knew how to boast-fie upon hiIn'-aui