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Christianity as Taught by Christ
Fourth of the Series of Sermons Delivered by Dr. H. S.
Bradley and Published by The Constitution. The
Fifth Will be Printed Next Monday.
Subject: The Third Temptation.
Text: “Then saith Jesus unto
m, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is
ritten, thou shalt worship the Lord
tjr God. and Him only shalt thou
m.”— Matthew, 4:10.
she third temptation has been called
• devil's masterpiece. At first glance,
appe irs to be the grossest of the three,
t. jpon closer examination, it reveals
fl*gree of subtlety that neither of
• Spiers possesses. Logically, the third
mptarm follows the second, as the sec
-4 bCowcd the first. As the refusal to
übt led to the temptation to presume.
the refusal to presume, or the deter
inati. ’ to use caution and prudence
1 ta the temptation to policy and expe-
Mf'
■ figurative setting of the story pic
«• to our minds the Imaginative view
dell Jesus took of "he nations and king
■Euf the earth, arft the pomp and
4RF’ of regal life The mental picture
rhich appear d to Him of all the coun
ttles of the world ami their capitals was
as vivid as though tiie earth had been
a plain, and He had looked from a lofty
mo mtnin in its midst to the extent of Its
borders.
I suggestion of the tempter which
car to the mind of Jesus was something
Ilk this:
c w"V\ ell, you have decided to venture
or. the M> «: ianie idea. You refuge to
debt the Voice in jour heart, and, fur
th r than that, y..u declare your deter
m ation to live in harmony with natural
Ip You have decided not to rim any
V’ ■ ss.-try risk . You will avoid rash
-11 - presumption and fanaticism. Your
n d Is made up that the best way to
th-w your confidence in Hod is by tak
-1:. into account al! natural, as well as
s final. ierc-'s Now carry out that
Id- Th re opens before you a- plain and
e><’ ncid to su ess. If you are deter
i i to succeed, why succeed! If you
£ >ing to be prudent, be prudent! You
< iff "d to be a little politic without
1 ng your cause and can. at tho
t m time, enhai.ee your chances of suc
‘o ■ » A man’- wtlsdom is measured
KI ■ y by Ids understanding if what is
..‘nt, ton know.
I. ok at the conditions about you. You
Esc not only your own nation, but the
”. whole world swayed by passion. Evil is
£ .-er. where, and you had as well ac-
F !.t:ow'.- lg, that It is inevitable. Make a
elf to it
' u • it as a stepping stone to pow-
■ ' i :s will bo three-fold wisdom on your
fc ; You are a Jew and a patriot. You
"'a nation. The traditions of your
k are dear to you. You have been
B d from your very cradle upon the say-
■ . gs of your sages. You share in the
■ li' <:s that Inspire the songs of your
■ . .-- Now if you love the welfare of
E !| i“ Jewish ration, you have, with your
!■ '‘r end the pr - •mt conditions, the fair
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t ice that the world has ever seen. You
I know the materialistic conception of
l your people as to the Messianic kingdom,
I for you are aware that they have taken
i the high spiritual Imagery of thei- great
prophets, like Ezekiel and Isaiah, as lit
otal, and are looking for a temporal king
dom.. They are hoping and praying that
one shall come who shall boa worthy
successor to the great King David, who
wil] raise aloft the flag of the
lion of the tribe of Judah., and rally
all the eld mountain fighters at bis bark,
drive out the accursed Roman, put the
tax gatherer death and establish once
more the reign of Jehovah amongst
rnen.
"Your countrymen have every incentive
to success. There lias not been a great
warrior in Israel in six hundred years,
and the old fighting ‘blood that came by
heredity fn m the heroic nays of the past
is calling out for an opportunity to show
itself In valiant deeds and daring ex
ploits. On the one hand, you have a
provocation sufheieiit to driy-.- mtn to des
peration. Proud Israel is Utile better
than a slave. The Roman yoke has gall
ed until Israel's heart lias waxed hot.
j On the other hand, you have all the
I insplrilion that is no-, ued, in the ambition
I of your people and their hope for gov-
■ ernmental power. Is it not worthy of a
i man endowed as you are that he should
j consider the oppttssion of his people? Is
' it not right that he should open bls ears
| to the cries of outraged innocence? Is
I it not a duty »o give one s nation the
! highest place possible amongst the na
' ions of the world?
! "Suppose, for example, that you w iould
; seize the reins of government, leap into
j the .‘harlot of power and driv’ to Romo.
: You know the corruption of the Roman
government. Tiberius, sated with pleas
ure and emasculated wjtli voluptuous lux
ury. would be no mutch for you with
organized and disciplined Israel at your
back. Is it not fascinating to a Jewish
j patriot to think of Israel, having pushed
I his conquests beyond Palestine, arid, step
‘ by step, across the countries of the Med
iterranean sea, taking his seat upon the
throne of the Caesars, from which emi
nence to rule the world?
"More than that, this plan will work ad
mirably to the furtherance of your Mes
sianic idea. When once you have seated
yourself on the throne of power, you
can issue wise, Just and humane edicts
which will relieve burdened humanity
of most of its load. No one can resist
a king. The will of a monarch is su
preme, for the army is at his back. Your
heart is half breaking over the prisoners
which crowd the jails of Palestine. You
are moved to tears because of the unjust
taxation of your people. Your heart
swells with righteous indignation be
cause of the oppression of the debtor
by the hard and cruel aedltor. Your un
stinted compai si >n gi t out to the unem■
ployed and hungry that crowd the mar
ket places. When once seated on the
throne, you can, by a single stroke of
your pen. open all the prisons to them
that are bound, make every year a jubi
lee? year when debts are remitted, .and
-oniiscnie enough farm lands to give
very man an opportunity of making a
| comfortable living for himself and his
family. By a royal decree, you can force
men to conform to the laws of your
theocracy. Uv thus wisely making use
of the machinery at hand you can. by a
bold stroke, accomplish quickly a result
■which otherwise it will require centuries
to work out.
“Bj’ this scheme, too, you will
vault yourself at once into pop
ular favor. All strong natures
are ambitious. yon konw, and
thus, by doing a perfectly legitimate
‘ thing that has either been done or at
| tempted by hundreds ot others, you may
j gratify your natural and pardonable ttm
i bition for power.
I "Now, why not prudently fall in with
j popular notions and ride to fame, power
; and world-wide usefulness? As a man,
I you can make fame and fortune: as a
I J< w, you can become the greatest pat-
I riot, statesman and king: as Messiah,
! you can be a greater David."
I Jesus replied to those suggestions, with
' ail their cunniog and subtlety. "'P t thee
■ hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou
.' shalt worship Hie Lord thy God, and Him
i only shalt thou serve." I c-t t:s pause
i f ir a moment upon the threshold of Onr
j Master's answer before considering the
, fall ’mport of Ills reply, in order tli.it
i we may discover, if possible, the evil of
j the suggestion contained in the third
i temptation. I’ninstructe.l in 11-. o doctrines
of <'liristianity, there is scarcely one of
I ns that would consider the proposition
of setting up a temporal government by
n wise and powerful leader an evil
thing, and in itself it is not evil. The
evil is found in tne fact that it was less
tl an the best. The worst enemy to tho
; best is not the worst, it is the good.
I There are few. if any, who are ever
! tempted at first to the gravest crimes
I and the blackest vices. The beginning of
' our downfall is marked by the time when
there cam' up for choice two courses
of conduct, the one the best, the other
the le.-ser good, and we selected the les
ser good. God and our own consciences
demand of us that we select always the ‘
best. To select tho good in the presence
of the best is to yield to th" tempter. ;
This, Jesus refus' d to do
His answer was as comprehensive ns !
the suggestion of the tempter. He said.
i "As a patriot, I love my people too well j
to commit them to a •our.-o of conduct
i which, while yielding temporary results
I of good, will ultimate in failure like that
■ which has overt ik in th< dynasties of the
i pas’ By ye bling to lac w Tld etnnlre
! suggestion, I should have to carry the
Jewish people to tho place of power .
by the road of war. Israel couid not take ■
her seat upon the throne within one gen
eration without wading through streams j
of human blood, and. while I am a Jew-
; ish patriot, my sympathies are hromicr j
' than the confines of my own nice. With ,
I God as my Father, every man Is nty
I brother. My conception of duty dernan s ]
I that I should consider tin needs and the j
I ’.aims of the oppressor as well ar- th- '
: opppressed. That may bi a good -eli' inc
I that destroys evil and s att‘rs its dust
1 to tiie four winds of heav-n. but that is
i th- best scheme shat converts evil into ’
i good. He is not Hie greatest man who ;
: can slay his enomj, but ratner lie is the
1 great' st who converts Ills enemy into a I
| friend and brings him over to his own ■
I 5i,1,., so that where tin re wa one ■ l.am- ;
' pion so rthe right, now there are two.
I Moreover, the temporal power id. i. ;
tains a profound lallacy. It is bs. d i
upon the conception that circumstanees I
an I conditions make happiU'-ss and b..-s,--
ednei.s, whereas 1 know from my own j
experience that r.-al ‘blessedm-ss springs I
from disposition, from the ioart. It is ;
impossible to make heaven by bringing i
about a s- lof external conditions. J do
not care to force men to adopt a form
of righteousness or godliness against their
wills. 1 had rather have one human
heart that had fallen in lev. with right
and was doing good because it loved
good, titan to have a host who were con-
riUfi WKEKLT CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA* GA.. MONDAY. OCTOBER 26, 1903.
forming to external regulations of right,
but with their moral purposes wrong. The
quick way of compelling is not God’s
wa y.
From the Messianic standpoint 1 can
not afford to teach my people that the
pomp and splendor of a theocratic gov
ernment are as acceptable to my Father
!us tile worship of spirit and truth. I
■ can never teach them that temple forms
and religious ceremony fulfill the law as
| does love. I can never teach them that
] ■christening a nation with the hlgh
: sounding name "government of G-od’’ Is
equal to the sacrifice and offering of self .
for service.
The suggestion that 1 make myself
a world ruler in order to gratify my I
, own ambition I spurn. There is some- I
' thing that is above price and that is ;
■ moral wholeness, or the sense of honor. I
! If 1 should accommodate myself to a !
! conception that is less than the best, i
i thereby making league with evil. 1 should j
: at once los. that which a universe could ,
i not buy back."
' The s. verest trial In the tiilrd tempta
; tlon was In making the determination to
Ibe true to the best Interests of His
; brethren, when to do so meant to seem j
■to be indifferent to their miseries. But |
. He saw that the proud place among tho ;
nations of earth, for which they clamor- I
ed. would bo only a temporary external
I benefit. While the truth which Me had
come to teach and the principles of life
which He had come to implaint would
I work slowly like leaven, but In time
1 would haven the whole lump.
' He wn.s tempted ns a lover of His
: breathren to give them, not what He
knew was best for them, but what they
i wanted.
He was tempted to impatience. He
[ heard lheir erics. He saw their tears. He
1 knew their prayers by heart. Mow could
i He wait through the long dragging years
i and ccuturL'.-- for His seed of the kingdom
i to grow Into .a tree for the healing of the
, ‘ nations, when He could temporarily al
i 1.-viate their suffering in a single gener-
• ation?
i "But." said He, "God’s plan is the wise
! plan. On the one hand, I see myself a
! temporal king, reigning over My people,
ruling as -beneficently as possible over
subjects that have not yet the principles
of government in their hearts. 1 see
honor and splendor and luxury, and for
Myself at last death In a palace while
millions mourn. Further down the cen
turies J sec the government wrecked and
ail my ideas burled forever beneath the
debris.
“On the other hand, 1 see Myself mis
understood by those whose Inlluence 1
i most desire I see Myself persecuted by
intolerant leaders of My people. 1 see
Mys-’lf <l< I.pis. d by the proud. I see j
.Myself winning to th.? eternal kingdom of '
until and love and service a little hand
ful of the poorer and humbler classed.
I see a steep and rugged path before Me
and at the end of the journey i see,
standing upon the summit of a hill, a
coarse upright beam, a little higher than ■
My head, with a crossbar near the top
as long as a men's outstretched aims. I
I s' e Myself nailed to the Instrument of
l torture, while about Me stands a little
group of weeping women.
"But I see also the divine life that fills
,Me til) that hour. I see moral whole
j ne •<; maintained till that hour, and be
i y-.md that ordeal I see the Ageless Life
; for Myself and all My followers.
“Can I wait can I ,-uffer. can I die in j
I seeming failure and disgrace? 1 can. I
will. Hence Satan! My Father lias j
: spoken in my soul. I shall hear Him. I i
.'-hall give my brethren not the gewgnw '
i for which, as spoiled children, they cry. •
i f shall give them the bread of life, even j
i 1 hough they mistake M ' for an enemy J
! and crucify Me.’’
Viewed from a vantage ground of two 1
• tliousaml j-eai's we can s. * to<tay that .Te- j
i sus was right in tho decision to which
! He promptly came when the temptation i
I in the wilderness was strongest. Where .
Is Tiberius, who then sat upon the !
! throne nt Romo, and ruled the world-wide !
' empire? E’.-r-n before he died, piiny calls i
i him "confess. 11 v the most gloom.v of ■
1 mankind.” From his summer home on ;
I one of the fairest i lands of the Modi- :
: terrane-an s«a he wTofe to the senate ’
j at Rome. "What to write to you, Con- I
I script Fathers, or how to write, j
ior what not to write, may all 1
I the go'ds and go-ld-.-sses destroy me :
‘ worse than I fee] that they are destroy- !
Wi R ne
tl t sat upon her n ven hills, rhe proud !
mistress of Hit world? generation ■
later she flamed and fell while her ;
I : -d-bo.ir.le 1 emperor fiddled. And where j
hiidien of the proud <!ae ars
| and the conscript fathers? They travel '
: today in foreign lands and bear the bur- j
; den of wher-zy hand organs upon fheir I
i backs, while monkeys, whom unhapply !
I fato lias overtaken, pass their red caps I
' for pennies from gaping children.
Napoleon tried the world-empire scheme.
He thought tiiat he was wiser than Jesus
...nd could found a dynasty that would
last. Men clapped their hands when
: Napoleon appeared and called him "Na-
I poleon the Great. ’ But Napoleon the
• Grt-at m.-t lii.. Waterloo, and, on the lone-
; iy island of st. Helena, when he had
1 ome to relit.t, he wrol e in frank con
l:\s.slon: "Alexander. Caesar, Charle-
j inagne and myself founded great em
; pires; but upon what did the creations
• " !r genius depend .' Upon force. Je-
alom lounded His empire upon love,
and to ibis vi rv day millions would die
for Him."
Let no on.-- make the mistake of think
because Jes is refused :o found
i■’ political party, unsheath the sword,
lor grasp the reins of government, that
‘H- . . not ».i" ( -t His ideas to touch '
;. n: s and change I
i lb. m. II did expect ::. He firmly be
■ Ji. ».-d I nut His idea, would shape and i
I mold the kingdom of this world ulti- I
| mutely into the kingdom of God Tho!
' dll fv:-.-nee in J.su.s’ idea and that of the I
I lempt. r was tiie diff. rene.- in the methods |
iby which Hie result was to be brought ■
.about. J. pj-oposed to get the heart j
-of the individual right, to establish the i
' reign ot love in persons and to make |
i Hi. conception of duty of each one com- j
I mensv.rat'. with his a.biiity to serve his
i fellows Ultimately, these Ideas would
grasp even th throne.- of power.
[ "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God,
; ar.d Him only shalt thou serve," said
J. sue. He comes to the close of Ills
! temptation with these two lofty words
I upon His lips, '‘worship" and "service”
I "’J'hou shalt pay the tribute of highest
; worth.” said He. "to the Father that
sp- ik- in thy h.-art. His voioe shall
j . all more loudly than all the voices of
i ambition, for place and power and fame.”
; "Thon shalt serve the I.ord thy God.”
[Jesus show .1 in His after life His con
i (-cation of the meaning of these words.
Tin' way to serve God is to serve God’s 1
children |
Tins temptation applies to us in mod
ern life. It comes to the individual
with tho suggestion. "Take the short
and easy road to success. Stoop to
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conquer,’ p.-imb r to popular not: -is Don’t ‘
I trouble to give people what y need. ,
Give them what tlie;.- w-mt."
The temptation also cons to the j
church. Tiie suggestion from t • tempter 1
is, "Make a show in the woilJ Bui: I is ■
fine edifice as possible. pH a: many I
names upon tiie roll of mem: r-fifip as I
you can,”
There is grave fear 1- e vr-ry z il
for winning men to tile ? -able organize- i
1 tion called the church sli ild become an I
, evil pa.ssion. \V<- yield to ’ll. .igge. Hei ;
‘ of th" teinpt"r when ’.v- -,.p th. r Ins
i of government and force a: a to conform .
|to our religions notions. \\ .'houlrt learn j
a lesson from history. Dicing tiie first. ■
three hundred years of the. Christian |
•■ra the church iiad no voi ■ in political ■;
‘ affairs Indeed, she I.ad I" r.iake a. des- J
l peratc struggle fur a fo.vhol-: everywhere
! Every Roman einpei 'r from Nero to '
' Diocletian trie I to d< troy b< r. Mi n and
■ women were llogv. d in the s-tri ms. They ,
: were tortured. They fought with wild
j boasts in tiie amphitheater. Their bodies .
i were covered with pitch and were used
1 ns flambeaux to light up the pleasure :
j gardens of the voluptuous Romans at ,
their s.iturnalian feasts. But she thrived
■ upon these persecutions The time < f |
her downfall came on Hint lay wiu.ti, i
' from the hill of Rome, ‘ her “high I
i mountain,” she surveyed tl..- kingdoms
: of tiie world. From tho n--..m nt that Hie
i Christian religion became 111-.’ court
I ligion of Romo, her downfall was guar
-1 anteed. The lions i.izaii"U ot th. t’lirls
j tian church has been cu’.h’d ..lie gr..nt" t
j calamity of human liistorj The church i
i today is split into w trrir ; .-lions, b-
I cause centuries ago tiie lenders of th. ,
; church said not “wo will worship God, -
land serve His children." but "we will '
I compel men to come into tl e kingdom.’ ,
■ That determination to force the -ingdom
|of heaven upon men the . i g which i
■ Jesus refused to do, has slu'd more intio- i
I cent blood th in was ever shed in ail the
wars for freedom. That ’ Hl '."-tore tlv
tempter in Rome set back the •. oek ot
Christianity untold thousands ot years
Our business a-s follow >rs of Jesus is >1
so much to impress ’he world with our
own importance as to serve tit" worn!
humbly and in the ; pit it of love.
ft takes a stout. ! . art to ’.'..tit > ’! after
death for recognition. .!• -ns r.-fm th- !
kingdom- of the world, politi il. <■■ ■
astical, literary and musical. But 11 h's
Well nigh won them ail. bv God’s u.w t
process in two thousand years. He is ,
winning the nations. The great nations |
of the world today ;.r.- Hie Christian j
nations. There are millions of Sutils in
I America alone today who would ole tor
the Man who stood in the High Driest’s
judgment hall without a follower.
lie passed by Hie kingdom ot raiur. .
}{«• wrote Rt> books, but tou.i.y tb rv ■'» •.?.
hundreds of thousands of tlrit .’’r**
j written in the Interest of Mis hb ’>nd
teachings. The printing pr. -ses of the
World are bus., puhli. Iting Hi- word. He .
wrote no line of poetry, but the world’s ■
greatest poets have found their highest ‘
inspiration in His service and sacrifice.
He wrote m> songs, and yet He has en- I
ti red into the world’s music from ils :
lullabies to its stateliest oratorios.
Th.- cross which He saw standing at
Hr-., end of the journey has bc.-onie i
symbol for all of patient d -votion, self- ;
sacrificing surrender, wlioi.•"’• ari.-d love ,
and t-nder ministries:
"In till- cross of Christ I _D»rx .
Towering o’er tire wrecks of time; |
All Hie light of sacred s.tor.v.
Gathers round its head .-aiblinu- "
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ab.-olu-tely free of charg< . S nd your name .
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' MILLION’ HIDDEN BY FBAUD.
So the Trustees of the Southern C. |
Company Allege.
■ Chattanooga, Tenn., October 24.--A pe
! tition was fill d in the United States court
i here today by Thomas G. Bush, Thomas
I A. Gillespie and t>. 1,. Hurlburt, trustees
; in bankruptcy of the Southern Car and
| Foundry Carnpan.v, against the Export
i SI a age Company. Security Warehousing
I Company, National Security Company
I ami a Jong list of banks doing business In
all parts of tiie United States, making
i se i itional allegations tinder oath. It Is
: given out that criminal proceedings will
In the petition it is alleged that, the
: Southern Car and Foundry Company,
I through its officers, on „une 18, 1901,
nte.-'-d into a contract wish the Export
St-nag.: Company, leasing the plant*- of
to.- company at Lenoir and Memphis.
\ Ti and at Gadsden and Anniston,
AU., and also an agreement by which
; tli.,- storage company claimed to have
; le-is.'-'l to it personal property and to issue
l for !'. ware house receipts.
i It is alleged that at the same time the
car company made .in agreement with.
I the Security Wareiiou; ing Company
‘ whereby the latter company agreed to
1 re ■ ive in storage upon the premises,
so e'.aimed to be leased to it, personal
[.r.iperty and to issue receipts therefor.
It is furl 1 : r stat'd that since that time
various receipts have been issued by the
warehousing company al tiie various
plan.s, and that tiie car company lias
j pledged these receipts as collateral se
; curity for money borrowed from batiks
' all over tiie United States, and later tho
j Autional Security Compamy made a con
, tract by which it agreed to guarantee to
| tin- holders of Hie receipts that all ob
j ligations should be kept.
! The trustees alleged that the property
; kept in alleged storage was not in any
?. ... separated from Hie property of the
1., company; that no signs were put up
1.. indicate the claims of tiie wan house
ing .-..mpaiiies! that the latter never took i
p. - ■ csion and that the alleged cur cbm-
;. u:j bad iri-e access to ail materials
: and that Un alleged custodians of tiie i
war.? hour., companies were paid by ’.lie ■
j ear eompauy.
"While record entries were made of '
j said receipts and of the property .herein I
' <ks .ribeii by ihe so-called custodian and !
.- .ao. ti’m-s ’tags' w-'i’i. indiscriminately
1 ,!.. u-...1 "li various piles ot material in
■ p.>■■■> s.-ion of Hie Southern Car and
! i-’-.nr. ii\ Company, this constituted prae
i licit.iy the whole transaetioti, so that at
1 '.lie timi- the r e.’ipts held by Ale .iefen
lil.;. : - were Issia d, the said ware housing
s\stem was, in . i'li .a, nothing mor.- than
-. j. ■ of bookkeeping to '.vliii-li the op
iating departiiient nt’ the Southern Car
and t’ompanj paid no attention
■ whatsoever.”
I Alter charging that the state laws of ■
Alabama and ’!.,-mies-a-.. wer r not obeyed :
in i cisti-rii'g il’.e cl:a’ter.- on tin war l i
lie ing companies, tiie rei-i-iver charged .
that 'll of 'he receipts held by the de- i
l el-in - w. :■ issued while the Southern i
i Car ami Foundry Company was insol- ,
vi nt, most of them within four months '
! pr (■■■ ling tl’." bankrupt y, and "that said l
ait.-mpc-'I transn.-rs and incumbrances [
i were, in fact and in law. a fraud on
! Hie eredii'U-s of t'ne cm iumpany.
A pr- vious order had been issued bv .
J sii;;. Clark placing th" receivers m pus- I
; S' .- sion of al! this property, and on the ,
I aetiti'in tiled to.laj an injunction was |
i 7"i:.‘d t . pre" at Hie sale or Jispo-al of i
! the property. |
Tennessee Iron Bankrupts.
Ch it tanooga. T.-nn., October 24.—The I
I Tennessee Iron and Al tai Company to- I
I day tiled a petition in bankrnpl'.-y in I
! which its assets asp seiiedul.'d al $39,316.
j FRAUD BY THE WHOLESALE.
! Scandal in the Quartermaster’s De
partment on Governor’s Island.
’ New York. October 20.—The war de
nailment is investigating charges of
1 wlioh sale fraud In the quartermaster’s
I dernrtment on Governors island.
Jamis R. Seville, wiio resigned his
I clerkship in the quartermaster's depart
' mi nt Lite in August, makes rhe charges.
II Hi directs his accusation against .'.I. V. I
I Kelly, superintendent, of construction at
Governors island, and F. 11. Ewald, chief I
, | clerk of the quartermaster's department
i .’-t that post. Seville alleges specifically
tli.it Kelly and Ewald liavi for ; ■ ars
' been secretly selling empty oil cans that
i accumulate in large quantities at the
■ post, and that no accounting has been
! made of tile proceeds. Also that the two
■ m oused official.- )ur. e disposed of empty
I oil barrels, each with a tn rket value ot
j Si. 15, in tiie same unlawful way.
: See the great double fourteen
! months’ offer Constitution and Sun-
ny South on page 9.
FRAUD CHARGED TO YERKES
, Elevated Railway at .Chicago Is in
Hands of Receiver.
Chicago. October 24. Tiie Lake Street
i Road Company, capitalized at
i $10,000,000. was placed in the l ands of a
j receiver this afternoon in pursuance to
! a. resolution passed, by the board of di
} rectors, asking t n’ the appointment. T" ■
j order was entered In the C’.-'k county
circuit court before Judge Tuthill, who
, appointed the Equitable Trust Company
I receiver for al! the property of tiie com
, i pany.
In the bill, which was filed bv James
| Bolton and Daniel F. Crilly, stoekholu
i ers ir. the company, It is alleged tL.it
I tiie company is hopelessly insolvent and
I tiiat this condition lias resulted “from
; the reckless extravagance and fraudu
i lent conduct of Charles T. Yerkes and his
j a. sociales and the mismanagement of
| Clarence A. Knight as his representa-
I tive.”
i 'I be complainants further declare that
I Hu-, purpose of Mr. Yerkes and his us
scei 't. s is "to wreck and to destroy tlm
road, with a view of acquiring the same
at a sacrifice and thereby eliminating
and cutting off th.- rights ot other stock
holders.”
Yerkes ami his associates, it is avered,
control a majority of tiie stock of the
company and have the power to continue
their hold thereon through the election
. and retention of a board o' din ctors
subservient to their wishes.
When seen tonight, President Knigli:
I ridiculed the charges made in the peti-
I tion for the receivership.
'Free until January Ist, 1904, The
Weekly Constitution and Sunny
■ South. See particulars on page 9.
A Sea Lyric.
There is no music th,at man has heard
Like the x oice of tiie minstrel sea,
Whose major and minor chords are
fraught
With Infiniti' mystery
For the sea is a harp, and tiie winds of
God
Play over his rhythmic breast.
And bear on the sweep ot their mighty
wings
I Tiie song of a vast unrest.
! There is no passion that man Ims sung, !
t-'k" the love of the deep soulcd sea, I
I Whose tide responds to the moon’s soft !
light
I Willi marvelous melody
I For tiie sea is a harp, and the winds of '
God
1 I'lay over his rhythmic breast,
: And bear on th" sweep of the mighty :
wings
i Tin- song ot a vast unrest.
| There is no sorrow that man has known i
lake tin? grief of the worldless main.
I Wlicse Titan bosom fi.reV'T throbs
Wit!? an untranslated pain—
I For tho sea is a harp, and th.- winds of
God
: Flay over his rli'ytbmi • breast,
: Am! bear on the sweep of the mighty ’
wings j
The song of a vast unrest.
—William Hamilton Ilavne. in The At- ;
la fl tie.
The South's Increase in Population.
(From Tile Wcsliin'.'ton Po?‘..’>
According to a census bulletin Haling ‘
with lhe growth of population hi the
United States, the south has. for the first
time in the history of the nation, she ivc.
a. greater percentage of increase in pop
ulation than the north in the de ■ hL
ended In 1!>to. The bulk tin shows that ,
the population of the nation incr. a.-i -J I
during the decade 20.7 per cent, or 13,- I
i 046,861 persons, or more than double tiie i
average percentage of increase-, in Euro- i
I pean countries. Os this marked gain in |
| population the south shows nearly dou
; ble tho percentage of the north, the
I south and southwest, west of the Mis
' sisslppl river, recording the greatest
! sain.
j The figures are significant, as tncy in
dicate ‘Z:e certain trend of immigration
to the southern states, drawn there by
the attractions of cheaper lands, more
favorable climate, anil -iilvantag. s in so
cial and industrial conditions over the
west and northwest sections of the coun
i try which have for many years se-ur-l
the bulk of the home-seeking immi
grants. Uncle Sarn is still "rich enough
to buy us all a farm.” but he has only
a very limited number of farms to give
away. The public lands of the nation
have been very generally preempted.
There are no longer vast areas of arable
lands in ■ Nel'i'.'the Dakotas. Main' -
I sota an-l other w..'tern an I northwestern
I states thai. may be had for the asking,
i Fine... tlm pas-age of the homestead a. t
I these free lands hav" proved a. ’.vor-ler-
I ful lodestone to Immigrants who ha', a
: overlooked the splendi l opportunities
I awailing them in the southern states.
I With tjie e-rhaustion of tho public: lanes
t’ne attention of the horn" seekers Is be
ing ili_r.-etc 1 t • th. south, where lands
are cheaper than in the central and.
western states. With tiie development
of the coal, ire.n. and timb r in’.erc.ts
of tiie smith, ia’oor of Hie skilled class
is in demand, and with this development
I conies a de mom] for tie pr . In' ts of tho
farm and dairy. The southern land
■ ip.-ible of prodimtr-g a greater div isl’.-.-
of marketable products than the lands
of the west and northwest, the cent- r
cf consumption is more accessible, cost
of living is less, and the climatic condi
tions more at tractive. These are smno
i of r-aeons for tiie roar-red tn-roas ?
i in population of the smith. It is an evl
| denc< of the? new spirit of the south, an.
. Iv.lS -i.tion and a promise of still great r
j development o’ her marvelous resources.
Horse v. Auto.
i Dick anil l.is girl's just left, us; that's
i them, nigh out of sight.
I wish him lu.-k. for it’s surely a roya]
! sparkin' night.
I From oar double gate to th.,- court houss
I is fourteen mile, exact—
A two-hour drier-, we .■ dj jt. when ro:i. Is
are good and packed:
; But that .’into rig contraption of his scool,
i up and down.
And he says it .mis tho distance in hn'f
twist lu-rc and town'
Well, ini blic it docs, but seems like he's
goro' at th!>;■'-> wrong—
I On a night like this- h'- ought to contrive
i at twji-e as long!
; ’Tip prut of lhe age. however, an age id
rush and run.
When un)i s ■ ymi’i e fairly jumpin’ you
can’t be havin’ fun,
! When a couple must take their ridin’ nt
i gallop speed or more.
Will? a choc.! chool choo’ behind them,
I and nothin’ at all before.
, In a. rig that i-an’t be trusted tn min,l a
crooked road.
j And right in the midst of matters ip
, liable to explode;
! I reckon tl -H one feels clover to make 1! ■
doin’ whit I.
' But days when I w?s a sparkin’ the mail
I point was the girl'
i
When T was n-cmirtin’ Marthy I hitched
up old white Pete.
And Hie onl\ thing I asked him was t ! ' I
; he’d keep hi< feet
I wasn't obliged to guide him. he did Hii
i turnin’ out.
I And hr ’’o’ji‘ded all the corners at a. mill
an hour, about.
When Marthy was snug beside me that
i old horse senmed tn know
i Tho Jikoti'-s?. slinded streti hf s, where
i had best go slow—
I Why. grass and ihf- tree,.’ and bush ?
; alpni- the way he cropped!
Slow! Well, on a few oecj.sions wo warn !
■ awar- he’d stopped!
I Tiiat was the stylo of riflin' when I wa?
: j .‘.ourtin’—sec?
• : Nothin' to wut.-h but- Murthy, and I
? , hands, bless iron, free,
: Willi old Pe'e joggin', grazin’ and cocki ?
? ! st tiroes an eve
i J Back at the s--.it. '.ut sayin’, "Don’t nil "
i | it'-- just a fly.”
I s pii'inu there's fun in courtin' at er-n
! I breakneck pnee;
\nd b’>r to <]r» it.—T’r-’’ read it
In ’n<‘r fncn.
. Rut on.r’*I'*’ 1 '*’ mpnl trnr.- it
1 to mo SO sweet .
• As the rarr-bl" .robly courtm - M.?. ■ •?
! and ?•.:<■ and Pot ;.
- Lippincott’s Magasin--.
j Ninety Per Cent —Both Ways.
• ■ From The Waycross Herald.’
’ ■ Rev. H. S. Bradley's addre-s in At m’l.o.
’ a few days ag-> on tho separation of U’
i races in which ho opposed th< id< a.
I just, about what CO per cent of the white
I people feel about the que.-limi.
! (From Tin. Sparta Ishm.i ‘ lit.--'
| Tiie Ishmaelite Iris no mmsiipn of th”
i fact that nin" tenths of Hi” wiiite
of Georgia arc with John Temple Gr.tv-
‘ in the positions taken bv him in his Chi-
I cage speech. That sp.-ch ought o vi
j him in the Unileu States senate.
Making of Tramps.
' fFrom The Chicago Intel- Oc< an.)
i laU R■ f work does turn men into trnm:
’ but It does not keep them tramps. T
i man and the job cannot always k. < .?
i apart milers ihe man so wishes. Tho
i proof i. the fact that thousands of men
i have, been tramps and are so no longer.
! And the.-” men did not owe their cs"'., -?
i from tta.mi li'.od to anything tnat a ty 00..,.
• did for them. They owed it entirely 1 >
j themselves. Taking ;iL life through, tno
avi r.ige tramp is such been.us.- he wish-.s
i i,, p e ]). he faiis into the delusion
‘ tiiat it is easier to beg and steal than <->
1 work. One of tine" e niomi. lulls known
i as "hard times" may hav.- set him to
■ tramping. But wiien this lull was ov r
j he did not remain a tramp unless he
i wished to. _
j The cotton plant first came to America
j from Asia; now the greater part of the
I central Asian, crop is grown from Amerl
i can cotton seed.
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