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.JO ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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Ha it thou no friend to set thy mind abroach?
Good sense will stagnate. Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil, like bales unopened to the sun.
—Edward Young.
That Royal Farce in Spain.
Today at high noon, In the churth or San Gcronimti,
Madrid, the young King of Spain took aa his wedded wife
a '."rig princess of the reigning house of England.
T hey were aurrounded by all the pomp and ceremo
nial which eueh an occasion would naturally evoke, par
ticularly in a land where the gewgaws of royalty have al-
waya been In striking contrast with the poverty of the
*eci|ile.
ffvio hundred artists sang tho eplthslamlum while
rcpAscntatlves from every court of Europe and every
won-Editable republic of the old and new world beamed
and genuflected In all the trappings of state. The rich
notes of the organ In the famous old church rolled out in
aonnrous diapasons as If an event which roally contrib
uted to the welfare of mankind were taking-place before
sumptuous altar.
From every quarter of the globe congratulations and
perfunctory tributes will be offered this "happy pair” who
aro to perpetuate tt]e decadent dynasty of Spain.
We hare no desire to combat the Idea that "all the
world love* a lover.”
It I* true.
The heart of the world turns with eipeglal tender-
nesa toward two young people who link their Uvea for
better or for worse and go out to face the fate and for-
tunc that await them. Aa Individuals we with the ec-
centrlo young sprig of royalty and hla ambitious wife all
the hnpplnesa and good fortune that can come to them.
Hut there Is something hollow and Insincere—some
thing. Indeed, Inconsistent with the Ideas of a democratic
republic, In the tendency to grow effusive over this
marriage of convenience which the cunning supportera of
kingcraft have arranged to sustain the falling fortunes
<>f a pinchbeck monarchy which onco ruled half the
world.
If there were anything really manly, according t<
in. accepted standards of manhood. In tho anaemic little
Ling around whom so much of pomp, pride and glorious
• in umstance Is centered today, there would be a natural
Band commendable disposition to bid him God-speed In
npltq of the fact that he chanced to be boyi with the
idea that he Is better than other people.
But In point of fact he Is ill-favored to the point
of rcpulslveneaa. Hla feeble frame la In keeping with
his shallow Intellect.
What would be Intolerable In any average American
i boy passes for eccentricity In this little scion of the
fltouse of Bourbon, who baa so many of tho ravoltlng
characteristics, without any of the charm of manner or
Intellectual vigor, of the Louis of France. The blood
of lila profligate grandmother Is flowing full and freoly In
Ms veins, and many has been the time that conserve-
ti'e Spaniards have sighed for the return of a demo-
eistlc republic with some such man at eloquent, girted
oM Kmlllo Caatelar at the head. ‘
< Turning somersaults Into the royal palace, during
hU reecnt vlalt to England, may be set down as boyish
eiiiiicrsnce by those who choose to apologise for the
'ahnrt comlngt of royalty and assume that the king,
though he be a very small king, can do no wrong. But
this was about the mildest of the reproaches brought
u|K>n him, and without becoming prophets of evil we
mny assume that It will be regarded hereafter aa but a
venial fault compared to what m*y be expected of him.
The very rejoicings of tho wedding are Interrupted by
the news that hla slater, forced Into one of these mar-
rlaKua of state, has found the young Bavarian grand-
dukei who took her unwillingly as hla bride, so Intolerable
In his profligacy and brutality that she can no longer
live with him, and she stand* among the gay scene* of
the capital like a death's head at the feast.
And then, too, there la traveling somewhere on tho
mmlnont a handsome and manly young fellow of the
bride'* own land and tongue who had loved her loyally
aml sincerely since the days of childhood.
And the rumor runs that she loved him In return.
L But what are the natural ttea of affection to consid
ers! i"its of state? What are the feelings of young Arthur
Con naught, who could hope for nothing higher then to
lounge at the footstool of a throne, compared to the
rank and title of a queen?
He may take bis natural affection and tho happy
memoriae of hla childhood and bury them as best *he
war In the mad vortex of the world.
“King* ride to eminence
Over men's graves."
Hla Is but one more heart sacriflced to the Moloch
of monarchy.
The revelers In the Escurial tonight will not give
him a passing thought. But perhaps there will be a no-
me nary pang on the pert of one or tho chief actors In tho
to i»-critical drama. In the midst of the mirth and tplen-
dor that surround her, while mantling toasta aro pledged
to ier future happiness, there may come a vagrant
v - rnory of better and happier days, when the emotions
o' tier heart were allowed to swell with freedom and sin-
co'ity, and the mockery of Imperial state will akadow
her very soul.
i There Is enough of this sort of thing In the world
JM. best The bauble of the tempter Is not slwsys a
Hcrowo. There may be rank and splendor to appeal to
™Jp»lsdlrected ambition, even In the midst of democratic in-
gtltutloos.
But when these Barmaclde feasts are held in honor
fe*f that discredit^ theory of government which still
PRravalls la the moth-eaten kingdom over whleh little Al
t' nso preside*, we may smile Indulgently upon the Indl-
> 'duals, but for king and queen and their marriage of
t stats we can feel little else than mingled pity and. de
rision.
The youi.g queen recalls that the national bird of
i‘Netherlands Is the stork.
i any rare, it's a great boost for "The Jungle.”
An Epochal Speech.
Tho addrese of Chairman Shoots at the Chamber of
Commerce banquet was an epochal event In the Industrial
history of the South. .
In cloar. simple and unpretentious language the great
engineer addressed what waa perhaps the moet repre
sentative gathering of Atlanta's bualnea# and commer
cial Interests that have assembled within the laat decade
of our municipal life.
The conditions surrounding the canal were made
plainer In. that very brief speech than they have over
been In the many readings and published comments which
have appeared In the print*. Men who listened. as every
one listened, with rapt attention, felt almost aa If they
had been themselves to Panama and had seen with their
owh eyes the conditions there.
The central Incident, however, of Air. Shoots' visit
to Atlanta waa hla argument for the lock Instead of the
sea level canal. Mr. Bhnntv, In this argument, takes
issue with the report of tho majority committee of the
United States senate as represented by Senator Klttredge,
and there waa not a man of the strong and Intelligent
audience which heard him who waa not convinced thor
oughly by the arguments of the engineer as to the su
perior eligibility of the lock canal.
If tho motion had been made the Chamber of Com
merce and tho representative Atlantan* who gathered
there would, with ono voice, have pledged their support
to that theory of construction and would have pledged
their Influence with our Georgia representative* to voto
for It.
Mr. Shouts did not say so and could not say so as
a public ofllclal at this time, but it waa quite evident
from hi* argument that there are malign Influences work
ing against tho ultimate success of the Panama canal.
8ome of these influence* nr?, o* course, foreign, aud come
from other nations who are Jealous of the splendid de
velopment of trade which would come to our country
from Its completion. Some of these element* of oppo
sition are domestle, and one does not have to go far to
discover a source of opposition In the trans-continental
railways of the country. At the-present time It take*
from flvo to six day* for the trans-continental lines to
carry even passenger traffic from Ban Francisco to New
York. It would probably take twice as long to trans
port freight across the contluent.
When we recall the remarkable statement made by
Mr. Bhonta that with the Panama canal completed vessels
of sixteen-knot speed ard over could go from San Fran
cisco to New York In loutrtoen djjs, we can realize
how tremendous would be the competition of this water
way with Hie aii rail route across the mountains and the
plains. The saving In coat to ttlfe shipper and the con
sumer would be colossal, aa none know better than we
who have found how the claim of water rates from New
York to Savannah has been the constant and unsurmount-
able obstacle to our battle for leaser freight rates In the
South. It Is, at least, reasonable to asy that no other
Influence In America could have so great a reason for Im
peding and thwarting the Panama canal than these great
corporations, and It will be Interesting In this connection
to watch the debate which Is now gathering in the senate
and In tho house upon these systems of canal to see how
far the power of the railroad lobby can coerce the votes
of senators and congressmen upon a great measure which
Involves the prosperity of nations and the reduction of
cost to shippers and consumers throughout the contlnunt,
It will be well upon this great question to watch the
lineup and aee how fur the powerful end convincing argu
ment of th* great engineer will be met by the mercenary
method* of the tram-continental railroad lobby at tho
national capitol.
It i* a matter of Interest to hear from Mr. Shoots
a smaller estimate of the time to be spent In the con
struction of tho canal. Moat of us had been taught to
believe that the tonal co.tld not bo built under eleven
years, and probably fifteen. Mr. Bhonta stated last night
to the Chamber of Commerce that six year*, or at tho
outside seven, uudor present circumstances, would see the
completion of the great waterway that knits tho conti
nents.
The distinct benefits then, which we have received
from tho visit Of the chairman of the canal commission,
are, Aral, a clear conception of th* present condition* of
the canal; a better and mare accurals Idea of the time of
its posalblo completion; an Intelligent understanding of
tho greater desirability of th« lock over the sea level
canal, and a definite warning aa to the political Influences
which we must light through our representative* upon
this great International question.
To this profitable fruit of tno visit of tho great en
gineer, It Is our pleasure to add the enjoyment whleh
wo have had from hit m->,el patriot! uu, his manly nature
and hla genial personality.
there Is scarcely a man engaged in active life today
whose pockets aro not fuller and whoso prospects are
not brighter than they were ten years ago.
It Is not Improper or untimely In this period of splen
did accumulation to remind the fortunate ones In whose
hands their work has prospered of the example of this
noble philanthropist of our city. Let the man who ha*
all and more than hit needs require go out to Decatur
and see tho temple* of character and of Intellect built
by the wise beneficence of one man; let him contem
plate the- far-reaching, effects ,of the generality which
stretches through tho generation* to come; and let him
behold In the noble'troop of Georgia' maidens who go
out year by year to bless homes and to better society,
the form and substance of -the best monument which
wealth can build against forgetfulness and decay.
And may the example of George W. Scott be mul
tiplied and magnified in the generation in which we
live,... •>
party
If Walter Wellman really wants to And the north
pole, all well and good; but If he la-merely looking, for
exciting adventures he should make a Journey over the
Peachtree aaphalt.
A Noble Way to Spend Money.
Among the collego commencement* of the present
season, all of which have been brilliant and successful,
there la an especial algnlflcance In tho closing exercises
of yesterday at the Agnes Bcott College In Decatur.
And tbla. not more because of the very high standard
amt reputo of this noble Institution, but because It typed
hpth In tho beginning and In the dedication of Rebekah
Scott hall on yesterday the splendid beneficence of one
noble cltisen toward tho cause of education.
The example of the late Colonel George W. 8eott has
been left as a legacy to the generations of our rich men
who are to follow. Out of the careful methods and the
high standards of his own strong and useful life, which
wasted nothing In extravagance and spent no money on
foolish display, he has built an Institution of which the
city of Atlanta and the people of Georgia may wall be
proud. Tho Institution would never have grown to It*
present proportions or attained Us present remarkable
usefulness, but for the heroic liberality of Colonel Scott,
and there were tew among the great company of thought
ful men and women who gathered on yesterday at that
beautiful new building, who did not feel that the best
mouument which can be built by the men of this genera
tion Is In the establishment of useful and noble Institu
tions. whose mission Is to uplift and better the youth of
our country and the homes of the future.
To The Georgian It appears that there Is no nobler
avenue for the expenditure of money and philanthropy
than in the cause of education, and tbla not carelessly
flung or rashly distributed by the hand of wealth. Colonel
Scott stipulated io all his noble benefactions that the
standards of tho school should be high, both In mind.
In morals and In character. It baa been from the begin
ning an eaaentlal of the Institution that he founded that
thoroughness, truth and painstaking care ehould be the
requisite* of every teacher and every curriculum.
The founder of the Agnes Scott Institute has been
fortunate In the executors of hla bequest and In the wile
and prudent hands Into which the control of the Insti
tution has passed.
The South la growing rich la a thousand ways and
Writing of Monmouth College (located In Illinois),
which la celebrating Its semi-centennial, William E. Cur
tis says, In The Chicago Record-Herald:
■Theodore P. Bhonta, chairman of the* Panama C*.
nat Commission, clast of "it, Is one of the star graduates.
He was a good boy In his youth, a model student; he
never gave any trouble to the faculty and his example
over the other students waa always effective for good.
Everybody who knew him then predicted that he would
be a great man qptt a good man, and now they aay T
told you so.' ”
The Passing of Michael Davitt.
The death of Michael Davitt does not come aa a
surprise, but the Information that the great Irish patriot
and reformer has Anally passed away la none the lea* re
ceived with deep and sincere regret
Few men In modern times have suffered more for the
cause of Ireland than Michael Davitt. The son of peasant
parents, he began as a mere boy to work In a cotton
mill, where he had the misfortune to lose bis right arm.
Subsequently he became a printer'- apprentice and fol
lowed thia trade until he was 22 years of age, In the mean
time educating himself.
On a charge of sedition he was arrested and sen
tenced to fifteen years In prison. He served but halt the
sentence at that time, but It waa the beginning of a
aeries of Imprisonments which aggregated nine yean.
These persecutions bad no Influence whatever upon
him, and each time, upon bis release, he went to work
with the martyr's seal to advocate the cause of home
rule for Ireland.
He vres a forceful speaker and a strong writer and
succeeded In establishing a large following. He was one
of the Idols of the people, and when he set to work to
organise the Irish Land League the people In erery sec
tion of the world who sympsthlzed with the wrongs of
Ireland rallied to hla cause.
He was married to an American woman, and when
he returned to hit native county in Ireland waa pre
sented with a home, “Land League cottage,” by his
admiring countrymen aa a bridal present.
His conduot during the trying period when leading
Irishmen were endeavoring to unite the Nationalist
party will always remain greatly to hla credit, and suffi
ciently indicates the gentleness of his nature.
The disruption of the forces of home rule, brought
about by the fall of Charles Stuart Parnell, is too fresh
In the public mind to need recapitulation here. That
It. was unfortunate In the extreme there can be no doubt.
Both factions felt very strongly on-the subject, and yet
success. It waa realised, coutd not be achieved except
by union and co-operation.
The Parnetlltee were In a hopeless minority, led by
John Redmond, while the majority of the Irish Nation
alists, opposed to the Pr.-nellltes, were led by John
Dillon, who waa one of the ablest leadens of an;
In the house of commons.
Rising to the highest plane of unselfishness Dillon
proposed to resign his leadership of the majority in favor
of Redmond, the Parnelllte leader, with the understand
ing on both sides that the Nationalist party should
smite on the principles of borne rule as understood before
the factional division brought about by Parnell.
The proposal waa accepted by the Parnellltes and
John Redmond became the leader of the united Nation
alist party.
Michael Davitt bed been a strong antl-Pamelllte, but
he, too, rose to the occasion and lent all the force of hie
splendid personality to the cause of harmony.
It Is largely due to hie effort* that the Irish National
ist party presents such a united front today.
He will be remembered longest, however, at the
founder of the Land League, and by hi* writings on the
subject of home rule. He woe a man of the loftiest
character and of marked ability, and hit death will be
sincerely mourned.
reepon-
Mr. Ed Ansley &s Host.
Mr. Edwin P. Ansley very'handsomely supplemented
the hospitality of Atlanta on Wednesday evening to one
of the most distinguished guests that the city bos ever
entertained.
The friendship between Mr. Ansley and Mr. Theo
dore P. Shoots had Its origin In a little act of kindness
and hospitality extended many yeara ago by Mr. Ansley to
the two daughter* of Mr. Shonts, who came to Georgia
seeking health and education In a softer clime. Out of
pure consideration for a stranger, and at bis own re
quest, Mr. Ansley received the two young daughters of
Mr. Shonts, not so famouti then as now. Into his home,
end gave them the kindness end attention which he lav
ished upon his own household. The friendship which has
grown out of this Incident Is a very strong and unusual
one, and la mutually creditable to the gratitude of the
great engineer and to the unvarying hospitality aud kind
ness of our popular real estate uian.
The hospitality which Mr. Ansley showed his friend
on lari night was of the genulae type of the old South,
hearty, unstinted, unpretentious and beautiful, aud the
guests of the evening, while paying tribute on every
occasion to the great engineer, did not fail either In their
hearts or on their lips to remember and to express their
high appreciation of the strong, vita) and big-hearted cltl-
sen who has done ao much for the development of Atlanta,
and hat won to himself so large and loyal a circle of
friends.
I of llesh, this (I"Ctrlno finds
Some of the most Godly men I ever
I knew, whose Intellect will compere fa
vorably with any intellect, whose mor
ality wax of the highest quality, whose
spirituality could not be questioned
believed that Jesus Christ "shed His
blood for the remission of their sins-
and for the salvation of their Immortal
souls; lived and died atrong In the be
lief of the atonement, and I believe as
strongly ns I believe that there was *
Christ, that they are In htaven now
I bsllev* ths plan ot salvation has
always been the same I do not be
lieve that God saves Hla people by one
plan at one period of the race, by an
other plan at another period, etc. Stui
Mr.. Ellenwood tails us that the plan
has besn changed, and ls now happily
being superseded by something bet-
ter: that this human heart, who, bv
reason, can find out God, has prepared
a way of salvation of Its own, and hy
It says that Jesus Christ was not di
vine; that Almighty God Is as good
as they are, and that they could not he
happy In heaven If heaven's Joye were
purchased by the eufferlnge and death
of another.
Let ue turn to the words of Jesus
namely, "This Is My blood, which was
shed for man, for the remleelon of
sins (Matt. 26:28); also, the Apostle
Paul preaching, 'The Church, which
Christ hath purchased with His own
blood” (Acts 20 th chapter, eighth
verse); also, the Apostle Peter preach
ing, "Ye are redeemed with the pre
cious blood of Christ” (X Peter, :«i
chapter, 19th verse). I believe that
"Jeaus Christ died for my sins ac
cording to the Scriptures;" that "the
blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth me
from sin;" that "the word of our God
standeth sure, having this seat, the
Lord knoweth them that are Hie:"
that ‘ He Is able to keep that which
I have committed to Him against that
day.” And, in conclusion, "that noth
ing shall be able to separate me from
the love of God, which Is In Christ
Jetue." LEMUEL D. KING.
Covington, Ga., May 17, 1906.
8PRING HAS COME.
The May number ot The Emory Phoenix, which has
reached us, presents an unusually rich table of contents.
Announcement la made that for the coming year Mr. A.
T. Hind, of Atlanta, will bo' the editor-in-chief and Mr.
Paul Bryan, of Wrightsvllle, the managing editor. We
hare no doubt that they will keep this excellent college
periodical up to the high standard It has set for itaelf.
When Gael meets Greek, then comes the champion
ship to America. Sheridan Is the greatest Irishman
•Ince the days of Finn MacCool.
Everybody had better lean westward to keep the earth
tram Upping over. Mr. Rockefeller ls sailing tor the
other side today.
Jersey magistrates are begtnntag to make war on the
old,blue laws Just when they need all their energy to
light mosquitoes.
Mr. Gas Addlcka will begin hla annual race' for the
senate up In Delaware today.
That packing-house report Is getting the full benefit
of the fresh air fund.
THE OPEN PRIMARY.
Editor of The Georgian:
If these Atlantans and Georgians
who have helped so mightily to build
the city and the state wish to vote
With the Democrats In this state elec
tion as they have done for so many
yeara past, we cannot see any wisdom
or any Justice, or any courtesy In abut
ting them out.
The personal partisanship which
moves the euggeetlon Is far more to
be dreaded by the real Democracy than
are the ballots of these loyal Geor
gians to the welfare of the party or
the elate.—The Georgian. May 10.
The above clipping la full of horse
•ense, as full as an egg can be of
moat.
If the Democrats of Georgia would
only drop all their conventions amt go
to the people end let them speak
through a general white primary vote
and name all your officers and all your
committees In this way, all would be
well.
First, adopt the Australian ballot
law and use It In your primary nomi
nations. aa well ax In your elections.
X«u will be astonished at the resnlts-
no law that the Carolina! or Missis
slppl have passed Is equal to a white
primary or an election with Austral
ian ballot to eliminate the negro vote—
he simply quite, dors not go to the
primaries nor the election. After the
first experience, when the negro goes
Into a booth to prepare his ballot with
two or three names for governor, mem
bers of congress, legislature, Judges,
sheriff, tax collector, tax assessor,
magistrate, constable, etc., he simply
stands appalled, and nine times out of
ten Is so confused that he does not
know what to do—the chances are
that he will not put a cross before
hair the name* he ought to, and the
most of the crosses ore at the wrong
side.
Again, the primary system of nomi
nations eliminates the "boss;" there la
no place for him to work. Could
Georgia and Alabama and Tennessee
and Kentucky, Mississippi and Louisi
ana and Texas aud Arkansas and Vir
ginia and North Carolina and South
Carolina have selected their delegates
to the 8t. Louie convention two years
ago, through the primary. Roosevelt
would not today be president. The ne
gro has long since' ceased to vote ex
cept w hen he Is paid for It. and with
the Australian ballot there Is no place
to make payments—the result is, he
does not go to the election half of the
time.
I remember to have read In a Geor
gia paper only a very few years bark
that at some election held In the state
that the most of the afternoon of the
election day waa spent by,a treat
many negroes, walking around with IS
and $10 bills pinned to their coat col
lars. that bad been pah) them for their
vote. The white primary and the Aus
tralian ballot puts a stop to all such.
The primary for all nominations in
stead of "hoes" ruled conventions to
th* hope of our country.
We have run th* negro out of poli
tics (n Florida hy totting not only
Populists, but lifelong Republicans,
who will promise to support the ticket
rote In all our primaries. In this way
we have pul the Immortal Broward
abreast with Folk. LaPoltette, Weaver,
Douglas and Hears!. Tours,
A. H. STEAGALL
F>-
*****
Appreciates Th* Georgian.
Colquitt, Go., May 14, 1108.
Hon. John Temple Graves:'
May I tell yon, please sir, bow grate
fully glad I am of your triumphal re
entrance Into your own peerless realm
of Journalism?
The classic beauty and nobleness of
your editorials, their loyalty to truth,
to purity and Justice, the dauntless
heroism of their attacks against the
“hydra-headed" vlcee, menacing the
peace and sanctity of social and do
mestic life, their knightly defens* of
the helpless and the Innocent should
make The Atlanta Georgian, an hon
ored guest, In every heart and home of
our dear Southland.
On* charming feature of your paper
Is Its elevating altruism. This, with
its fine spirit of sunny optimism, makes
It a magic "Sesame" to the hearts ot
Its many readers.
The Justly merited encomiums which
greeted the advent of Th* Georgian
were not surprising to Its hosts ot ad
miring friends, who welcome with
grateful pride every utterance from the
tongue or pen of the South's most
gifted eon. Ood speed your noble
work! Respectfully,
MISS EMMA 8. COWDREY.
Let Professional Men Contribute.
Mr. John Temple Graves:
The newspapers have done admirably
thorough work In soliciting donations
for the exposition, but It seems to me
they have been somewhat partial In
their favor*—that they have .sought
the business men much more regularly
than the professional men, notably the
lawyer* and physicians.
Now. of course, some lines of busi
ness will be vastly benefited by the
exposition, but other* wilt receive only
tli„ Indirect benefit which wlll'come to
all citizen* of Atlanta. Even the em
ployees of many firms are giving. If a
young employee can contribute, the
young M. D. or lawyer also could. It
xeima to this humble scribe. There
are lawyers and physicians here whose
annual Income Is considerably larger
than that of even some Whitehall
street merchant*. Yet the Whitehall
street merchants are the pack horses
of Atlanta In the matter of public giv
ing. Exposition* may come and expo
sitions may go, but giving with the
Whitehall street merchants goes on
forever. I am like the rest of the
wort-1. If I am soliciting subscriptions
for any public cause, from a straw
berry festival to a world's fair, I call
on my merchant friends with smiling
cheek and levy tax upon them.
But when It comes to asking law
yers or physicians, my courage falls,
even though It be my own legal ad
viser or my own family physician
horn I desire to approach.
Now, this la manifestly wrong, both
as a matter of Justice and of pride.
It goes without saying that as fine
professions as that of law and medi
cine are not composed of laggards, who
wish to Idly enjoy life's successes, but
contribute nothing to them. They want
to do their full part, of course. So I
suggest classified lists of contributors.
If I am not mistaken this has already
been used to a small extent, th* hotel
men and perhaps on* or two other oc
cupations having given under their re
spective headings. Why not extsnd
the Idea to all lines of bualnsss? Why
not give classified lists of all bankers,
lawyers, physicians,
i„ ■,-to'
etc., with the amounts contributed In
dlvldually? Then nobody would be
alighted.
Very truly yours,
JULIA O'KEEFE NELSON.
DOCTRINE OF THE ATONEMENT.
Editor The Georgian.
I beg space to reply to an article by
Rev. Dean Ellsnwood- In the May 12
Issue of The Georgian, headed ''Vica
rious Atonement a Dangerous Doc
trine," not that I think the' doctrine
needs defense, for It has stood the at
tacks of centuries, but to enter my
humble proteat against what I believe
to be the truth (sa I understand God's
word, Interpreted under the light and
guidance of God the Holy Ghost), be
ing held up before the reading public
aa a dangerous doctrine, as deserving a
place only In the remote history of
the human race, as one that Is dally
becoming more abhorrent, as one that
will not save.
I am or the opinion that the secular
press may be used to help religious
news, and am quite willing for any
one to express, their opinions and con
victions concerning their beliefs and
doctrines through this medium, but I
do not believe that the secular press Is
the place to denounce and belittle
the religious beliefs of another.
I once heard a very learned minister
say "that he could prove from the Bi
ble. by Isolating passages, that It wax
a man's duty to hang himself,” and In
proof of the statement said "the Bible
telle us that ‘Judas went out and
hanged himself;’ It also says ‘Go and
do thou likewise.'"
The author of the article above has
attempted to do away with the doc
trine of the atonement, In very much
the tame way that my friend proved
that It was a man's duty to hani lm-
self.
He asks; “What said the great Mas
ter of Life?" Listen: Not every on*
that aalth unto me Lord, Lord, shall
enter Into the kingdom of‘heaven, hut
If* that doeth the will of My Father,
which to In heaven.
What to the will of My Father, which
Is In heaven? Listen ngaln: And In re
ply he goes to tho Old Testament for
an answer to one of the prophets of
the Hebrews tor answer tMlcah tth
chapter and eighth verse), to the time
when ths Lamb slain as a sin offering
had a place amongst the history and
developments of religious conceptions.
Why did h# not answer the question
asked by tue words of Jesus himself;
namely, "This to the work of God, that
ye believe on Him whom He hath sent?
(Jfchn 6th chapter and 29th verse.)
Running from the beginning to the
end of the Bible, like a golds* thread,
to the truth that “without the shedding
of blood there Is no remleelon ot sins "
And In the epistle to the Hebrews we
are warned "not to trample under foot
Jesus Christ, nor count the blood of
the covenant an unholy thing." And
yet Mr. Ellsnwood tell* us. In the arti
cle In question, that "the average man
or woman nt adult Intellect and highly
developed moral sense, doss not wel
come vtcarlou atonement, and further
adds that "this doctrine finds no basis
of fact In the actual experience of the
human heart."* And that "to the hu
man heart It to dally becoming more
Tits sunbeams, lost for half a year.
Slant through my pane their morning rays;
For dry northwesters rolil and rlpnr,
The east blows In Its thin blue base.
And first tbe snowdrop's bells sre seen.
Then close against tbe sheltering wnIL
Tbe tulip's born of dusky green.
The peony’s dark unfolding ball.
Tbe golden-chtllced erocne burns;
Tbe elms have robed their slender spray
With full-blown flower and embryo leaf;
Wide o'er the clasping arch of day
Soars like a cloud their hoary chief.
See tbe proud tulip's flaunting cup
Tbst flames In glory for sn hour—
Behold It withering—then look up—
How meek the forest monarch's-flower!
Cat with tbe May-dew on their I.
The radish all Its bloom displays,
I'lnk as Aurora's finger tips.
The scarlet shellfish click and clash
In the blue barrow where they slide.
The horseman, proud ot streak and splash.
Creeps homewsrd from his morning ride.
Here comes the dealer** awkward string.
With neck In rope and tall In knot-
Ilough colts, with careless country awing.
In lasy walk or slouching trot
i thee thy Western hills.
I hear the whispering votes of Spring,
Tbe thrush's trill, the robin's rry.
Like soma poor bird with prisoned wing
That alt* and sings, but tonga '-> fly.
Oh. for one spot of living green-
one little spot where learea can grow—
To lore nnblamed, to walk unseen,
’’’’mJUvw*”"
Mrs. Ward’s Geography.
From Tho Now York World.
"Fenwlck'e Career" Mrs. Humphry
Word sends Vhoeb* Fenwick to "a fruit
farm In the Hamilton district, Ontario.”
where she finds employment as housekeeper.
“It waa an apple farm running dawn t«
Lake Superior.'' As lake Superior Is a
little matter of four or five hundred nil let
friim tbe Hamilton district of Ontario, the
farm mutt hare lieen an eitemlre eatat-
Usbment. Little wonder that i'hoelie 1 wn«
ao dead tired at night aometluies that
she couldn’t undress, and "would alt down
on the aide of my bed to rest my feet.
SNAP 8HOTS.
store*
rhapo so. And yet, to those in
m the Lord has taken away the
stony, human heart and given a heart
in r * - ' "■ - -
Teits la no walling place.
Some people are ao systematic that they
reduce ell thetr complaints to writing.
Straws ahowewhirh way the wind blows,
and arc good for other purposes
Hartford. Conn., has a prominent rltln-n
tunned Uabb. lie Is noted for bis eloquence.
It will not be overlooked' that to tackle
Itnndsrd Oil Is flow a popular thing to d".
It seems that even the rellroad prealdenta
enn get together on that Allison O) AWrl* b
(?) amendment.
The new Huraian cabinet ha* It* Stjrco*
Inaky and It* Hlutkamaloff. w l b ® , Ji er f J*
can abalte ’em all off and atlck In U U*
question. . '
The revival of the Morfan-Cromwel*
match relieve* the monotony of ameudlnf
“be rate bill Just a little.
The Wbltecan* teem to have • j* r ? e
Jority in Franklin county, Mloataalppl.
Education la supposed to teach one that
e knows about as much as anybody else.
people who live In earthquake
ways Imlld their house* of some material
that will shake down on them. k
Judging by the great"mimber eftoaocent
by.tenders who have been kitted of ”
cent years. It would seem that the supply
would become exhausted.
It la not considered ao bad not
ny thing aliout llie history of the I *•<«
tales, hut not to know th* rule* of bare
st) I* simply tho limit.
There are many modern prophet, who
are willing to risk their reputation '' .
telling the time of earthquakes, atorei*
and other disaster., but none of tbren
seems willing to ha sard a girre
Unie of the completion of ths Isnxni.
caush—Dallas News.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM-
By Prtvats Leased Wire.
New York, May »t.—Here are *om*
of the vlaHor* In New York today:
ATLAXTA-J. H. Allen. T. W.
Guthrtght, Mrs. J. Loweneteln. M- «-
Lowensteln. C. C. Nichole. Mtae ».
Chandler. H. Hale. F. O. Lowe, J. »•
Banders and Miss E. Scott.
AUGUSTA—W. P. Danforth.
MACON-J. T. Redding.
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