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REFUSES A MILLION.EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF JAMES EADS HOW.DteltaM to Aeeopt *n Immfiue Iohvri-tanoa—Ha Frafara to LIrm Among th«Foor and Lowly— Eudtlion FollowIn Jib Klaji*.Jaraea ISaria How. of St, Louis, has laid claim to unique and extended notoriety by giving up his inheritance of 11,000,000 ill order ihat he may obey the command of Jesus and follow his example of living among the lowly. This is perhaps the moat remarkable example in America ot the practical application of the doctrine of the Savior. Other tieh man sit In their cushioned pews of Sundays and listen to high-salaried ministers explain how Christ did not mean jus: what He naid when Ho advised the wealthy young min to give his all to the poor. James EadB How isn't that, kind of a Christian. He holds that Jeaus either meant what He said or He did not. If the Savior was in earnest there la ODly one road open to the rich man. If He was not in earnest then the wordi are mere empty sounds. In fact. Bays Mr. fTow, no ingenuity, however stimulated by a desire to blind one’s eyes to the truth for the sake of gold, can extract from the verses In Mark any meaning but the one meaning which was clearly In the mind of the Redeemer.Mr. Haw is the grandson of James B. Eads, who built the great Mississippi bridge that bears his name, and the jetties near New Orleans, which opened the big river to the deep bottoms of the world’s commerce. His father was the late J. P\ How, the vice-president of the Wabash railroad. The young man’s share of the familyhim and asked him what kind of ' Christian work he was doing.Trying the best I can to get avay j from the Christ and the church that you preach and practice, Mr. How replica. -And it is the harcest tblng I ' have to do.The minister stared. Are you not a Unitarian?” he asked.No.’’Then you are not a Christian?”I think I am more of a Buddhist than a Christian,” the self-extinguished millionaire answered. Sometimes 1 think I am more of a Christian than a Buddhist, and again more of a Buddhist than a Christian. I don’t just Allow which.The minister turned uncomfortably red in the face and walked away sorely grieved. That kind of liberal Christianity he was not accustomed to and H ms.de him feci nervous. Mr. How was too deep for him. That man.” j the preacher said, puzzled, “is actual- ! lv doing what Jesus has told him to 1 do.Mr. I low has not the appearance of a fanatic, He is fanatic in no sense of the worn. Ho i? eonv.need that his only hnppii.(.-s can he found in just ihe way r»f ilFe he has chosen. Ills ascetic, or at least, abstemious, habits have given him a somewhat gaunt iook, but his Uco, with its heamineSB and its strong humility, is more Chrlstlike than half of the Christ's heads painted by I he masters. Prominent c itizens ; have taken him up. and will see that j his interest money is judiciously bestowed upon the poor, according to Mr. , How’s dearest wish.CRN. DEL. PILAR.One by one the supporters of Aguln-aldo are falling from him, some by sur- f rendering to our troops, some by cap* l ture and some by death. One of those of whose services the Filipino leader
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Philipsburg, Montana, US
Fri, Feb 09, 1900
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