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The Commoner.
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VOLUME 12, NUMBER 29
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Nows Horn In tho Pittsburg Post:
In tho rolo of a dofondor of the
Christian religion against atheists
And of an oxnonont of that religion
to Its folfowors, William Jennings
Bryan, tho thrico defeatod candidate
of tho democratic party for tho presi
dency, and whom many members of
that party aro dotormlned to make
tho standard boaror for a fourth
campaign, attractod tho attention of
n considerable portion of tho pooplo
of Pittsburgh' and tho borough of
Greonsburg. Ho gave convincing
ovldonco to thoso who heard him ftiat
not all tho ablo preachers of tho
country aro drawing salaries as tho
occupaulB of pulpits.
It will not bo nows to thoso who
havo followed Bryan's career to
learn that ho Is a deeply religious
man and a great religious orator.
Ho has many times spoken or writ
ten on religious subjects, and given
testimony to his belief that the
Christian religion is a groat boon to
tho world. But his appearance In
this vicinity in this connection was
exceptional. At throe great meet
ings in throo groat addresses he
poured forth a wealth of clonuence
on tho subject, which to tho minds of
hundreds of thoso who hoard any
portion of it proved him to bo en
titled to rank among tko world's
great proachors.
Throughout 'tho day, too, he re
fused to, dovoto any considerable por
tion of his attention to politics, al
though invited to do so at every
turn. lie would not talk politics for
publication and ho hold no political
conferences.
lined tho legislative program that is
to guide tho destiny of 100,000,000
men and women, tho American na
tion. This same man stood on a rough
board platform In a Pennsylvania
town and preached the gospel of
Jesus Christ for two and one-half
hours to 5,000 men of the mines and
mills and factories. They listened,
these workingmen of Greonsburg, as
tholr lawmakers had listened tho
day before. In tho groat, low evan
gelistic tabernacle the long rows of
men sat motionless, as tho speaker
told them how to live. Ho preached
them a sermon, a revival sermon.
Ho justified and defended tho exis
tence of a God, tho infallibility of the
Bible, tho saving power, of the
Savior, the joy of a Christian life.
It was not an appeal to the emo
tions. It was more than that. Every
sentence was clean cut, logical, se
quential. It was an appeal to in
tellect. And thoy listened. They never
smiled, thoy forgot to applaud, they
forgot to nod approval. There was
not even the subdued, restless mur
mur associated with nearly every
crowd.
News item In Pittsburg Post:
Senators and representatives of the
United States listened to the voice
and hooded tho advice of William
Jennings Bryan in Washington, D. C.
Together, ha and those, men, out-
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Editorial in Pittsburgh Sun: It
was as a defender of "the old faith"
of tho .Christian religion that Wil
liam Jennings Bryan, "thrico de
dofeatod candidate for tho presi
dency," swept Pittsburgh and west
ern Pennsylvania with his "peerless
oratory," speaking in several
churches. And yet it was in lan
guage so plain that a child could
understand practically every word
of it and in -a style of oratory that
appealed with earnestness; not once
did ho employ the art of oratory for
the mere effect of it. He simply
pointed oiit that for more than 1900
years tho Christian religion has been
a living force in the uplift of hu
manity, and that the faith in it is
higher today than ever it was. This
ho offered as the conclusion drawn
from his own study and observation;
he will forsake it only when a better
religion and a bettor Bible than that
on which it is founded are pro
duced. Ho invited comparison of the
teaching of ChriBt with that of Con
fucius, of Buddha, of any other great
religious teacher which has done
the most good? That was the test,
ho said.
He invited the same comparison
of tho Bible with the other sacred
books. Which, is tho best as judged
by the effect of it?
In these comparisons ho saw
Christ and the Bible superior to
them all, and he challenged the
world to show influences bettor than
theirs.
Speaking of faith, he said the man
was short-sighted who could see no
further than his intellect. It is the
things that he can see with the eye
of faith that are the greatest. There
are miracles being performed every
day an'd all about us; we can see the
effect of love, but we never saw love.
We can see the effect of life, but we
never saw life. If one would reject
Christ because of tho miracle
claimed for His life, he might as well
reject his own life on the same
grounds.
Then Mr. Bryan spoke of those
wno try to solve the universe. Ho
himself has been unable to solve the
miracle of the radish that grows in
his garden. Ho doubts if the scien
tists havo solved it, either. His con
clusion is that man will find mystery
all about him and all the time. It
is not necessary that ho know all
things. He has been taught enough
to know that confidence in the wis
dom of the Sijpremd Intellect ba'ck
of all things is sufficient .purpose for
his own life "He exists becaiiBA fhrn
is a reason fou ihist existence, and his.
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