The Washington times., 1921-01-23
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when. again ana again as q Christ
ian lobbyist" at the doors Of Con-
gress. I could not carry a bill that
was side-trackod far down the calen-
dar, but got AZ on some bill as an
amandment--which / call the reform
er's side door. In that way We won
the first anti-canteen amendment.
prohibition for immigrants. the law
OF Christ on divorce. and war prohi-
bition.
In defeats also ] claim a place
among the sports, since the supreme
test OF a good sport" 10 TO take
defeat without a Crouch. In which
| the mplsitans thinking they In
clude all the sports. prove that they
haven't any. In Mayflower year,
fighting the pugilists In New YORK
and Massachusetts In their EFFORT TO
legalize knockouts. was knocked
out twice myself. and instead or
the defeated mans consolation snare
OF the winnings II cost me s2'oOo 70
be licked. but ] came up smiling
both times. and am putting In more
money and effort TO arouse ana
equip the preachers meeting In
thirty-nine State capitals where the
fight on legalizing pugilism is mo-
mentarily expected.
PLEASURES or AUTHORSHIP.
The Joy OF eiecting laws that
will go on forever-not one OF my
eighteen has been set aside by the
courts--is hardly greater In my case
than the Joy OF writing. There Is
no financial inducement to write Sc
rious books. Every one OF my
forty-two has gone beyond the first
edition, and Successful Men OF To-
day" has had a circulation or $4,000.
but there Is no money in IL.
That makes no difference to the
man with "A message any more than
the pay conditions the picture OF
true artist who paints for self
expression and for public service.
Every truly professional man puts
first the performance OF the service
he can render and salary is sec
ondtry.
II has been ono Of the special
joys OF authorship to me that I have
been q pioneer in most Of my book
ventures. In these cases there Is
the thrill OF blazing a new trail My
FIRST book. Through the Eye to the
Heart" was our book, for In au-
thorship my wife has been COM
rade from the first. We started as
book partners, and when the time
came to divide the profits I took her
into the firm. 1t was the first book
on plain blackboard work for Sun
day schools. So our second book.
childhood, the Text Book of the
Age" was written before the word
Child Study" got into verbal cur
rency. My book, -The Sabbath for
Man." was the first one taking tho
orthodox view that had been is
sued in twenty-five years. My
practical Christian Sociology" was
the first book on that subject by an
orthodox man. and my Information
aiism," in 1908, more than antici-
pated the League of Nations OF ten
years later.
In early manhood I took hint
| from Cromwell, who planned to mas
each year. That was my steadier
hour hand with a minute hand Of
many duties That is the secret OF
my forty-two books. Most of them
represent one year studies. first
spoken. then published for q distant
audience. fs', .Hs
PLANNING FUTURE BOOKS.
What hope to make my best
book is an enlarged edition of The
March Of Christ Down the Cen
turies," showing that We must make
| Christ King by making His princi-
pies the laws OF nations. 1t drew
audiences growing to 700 people
when given in Holy Week as 4
series OF lectures in Brown Me-
norial Church, Baltimore, years ago.
but needs some quiet months for its
completion, which 1 hope to get
when we can strengthen the stan
of the reform bureau. Writing this
in perfect health on the eve of my
seventy-frst birthday. I set up as
my goal to maintain such physlcai
ard mental health, God willing, tnat
| I may match Marion Harlsnds rec
| ord and be still at my pen work al
ninety-one.
Even the finances OF the reformer
knew best Of all have been n series
of adventures. Coming to Washing
ton to establish a "Christian lobby
with less than $50 in hand, and moth
| ing pledged for the untried venture,
| he has been able to put back all
salary received, and lives on the in
| terest of what he has saved on
| salary Of $4,000, which he did not ask
! to have raised even in the world
war. 1t is some adventure to be
| able to finance ones dreams. He
could write a book on the simple life
that might multlply UldTr1dSes VI
sensible lovers who do not know it is
"the high cost OF high living" that
has troubled our land.
AN ADVENTURE IN ECONOMY.
A recent addition to this adventure
in economy has been helping to bring
down high prices, in which I have at
least matched Goveror Coolidge, for
in the year 1920 I bought no clothing
save one pair Of cuffs, one suit Of un-
derwear, two pairs of socks, one
necktie, and dozen and a half of
collars. and I bought these only be-
cause was away from home when the
need came. But for that 1t would
have been total abstinence on new
clothes for the year.
Every reformer is entitled to gen
erous support especially IL he has
boys and girls to educate. but the
sneers about paid reformers" fail to
explain even to enemies the reform
motive in my case.
without n CULVER ] call myself a
professional reformer." When we
al