The Washington times., 1921-06-18
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Erratuss Last Saturdays copy
said;-"Our own large Endowment
having been stolon"-

having been stolen
SERMONET:-By G. B. s.
Text: John x-1o. II came that they
may have life. and that more abund-
antly." r 50
Holy writ abounds in Dio~enetfc
texts and this good shepherd" chap
ter has many. Every devout Christian
appreciates the Masters apt smile;
but many who ignore His claims
adopt the door and sheepfold"
feature. The chief rulers Of certain
Temples ef Science decree collars.
tags and labels. and sit at the doors
proffering creeds and exacting fees
Of all who may enter their folds. but
huri ansthemas at such as would side
these rejected parties facts and dis
TO Halifax with their discoveries"
Well, are not these lords within
their rights when thus fencing In,
and bestowing honors. or barring out?
True, still the pity remains that, the
are sacrihced. and human progress
paralyzed! But enough of Preludei
Last weeks Literary Digest asks,
"Is the human race peterinE outs-
and deyotes columns to the forebod-
ings of far-famed specialist who
hnds Insanity increasing, and vital
organs coilap~ing! The writer first
crossed the path of this expert, forty
SIX years ago, in thes days when he
was chiseling with his pen the cor
ner stone OF this 3. b. r. He was
just one OF those unfortunates who
aever had q chance--an Invalid news
boy. ever saddled with the support of
self and others, yet, who, after hfteen
years delving, had struck certain
basic facts OF human existence!
Now. this other, figuratively, at that
period. was provided with a Pullman
through ticket from "Cape to Cairo"
while the born weak1ing was blazing
a path down in the tropical forest,
contenporaneously with Livingstone
and Stanley-and was. literally under
the same "Southern Cross"
While the one was being sated with
wild scenery, as well as marvels of
alleged prophylactics and panaceas,
this writer was wrestling with stern,
yet elusive facts, and thrice during
eleven years, was left to die alone.
consumed OF Jungle feyer-and after
buryi.g all that lent charm to ex-
| istence!
This third crisis was when nearing
thirty-two. and the case was declared
hopeless, that he exclaimed, "Oh, ]
am 20 glad! Life has been such
hard battIe!- Yet the sequel clearly
demonstrates that those "batties"
were but ss<irMishesy his apprentice
| ship to real seryieet to the purKtng
Of errors-a consuming of the dross:
And his one conspicuous asset, after
emerging from the grave In which he
had stood. and departing from that
dismal region, was, hts published
obituary, mounted on the footboard
The parlor coach expert now scans
statistical tables, theories, conjec-
lures, speculates: and the people
tremble at his tentative utterances!
But for him who has CROPPED in the
depths of the valley of the shadow of
death. and has, at the tip of his
| tongue, today, the positive. demon
strable cnuses and remedies OF all
these vital Issues, nothing but scorn
and contempt is vouchsafed with
to close the pesky cnrecr-all of
which is concreteIy verinsble, and Is
prophets fate among his own!
Races and peoples are cited, which
for a century have been dwindling TO
a remnant; but, for the only one as
and indicate the essentials for an
suspicious future, suppression Is de-
creed, and the tragedy continues!
This Tuesdays Times accurately
AYERS, editorially, that "if we knew
how to take care of ourselves. every
man would live I44 years. And this
sermonettst can convincingly certify
the viabIe formuln-but space costs,
and with the baseball senson on. and
the craze of weekend nutotng at it's
height, who, pray has time to read?
The editor properly rejects "twi-
light sleep and says, "some day
science will relieve woman" His
suggestion of two-6Sund babies lacks
merit; yet IL this writer's name and
Science are synonymous, IL can be
boldly asserted that the desideratum
Is becoming shopworn on our 8. II. f.
shelves. since, alas, the demand for
babies, withal, ceased long ago! Tues
days issue also has the dictum of an
expert on the "Cause of Breakdowns-
which sasors equally Of truth and
Of error.
90, Jerusalem, that stonest them
which are sent; how often would I
have gathered thy children as a hen
doth her brood and ye would not"
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