Moses Judson was a member of the Bexar County School board from 1918-1939, part of the time as Board President. His legacy is much greater than most people realize, since he drilled the first artesian well into the Edwards Aquifer Formation (the well was located on the grounds where the San Antonio Country Club and the Botanical Gardens are presently located, which is ironically not far down Hildebrand from where the football team representing the school named for him would be a part of some pivotal moments in the history of San Antonio area football). Just as the Moses of the Bible struck a rock, thus providing pure water for all the people (cf Exodus Ch 17), a Moses of Bexar County struck the Edwards Formation Rock, thus providing pure water for all the people, and permanently transforming the developmental potential of all the San Antonio area. He is perhaps as good an example as any of how you don't need a college education to have some common sense, do the right thing, and develop and use whatever talents given you from the Heavenly Offices, for the betterment of your fellow man, especially the young. Taking a great interest in especially the rural schools, he would tour the schools, even at the age of 75, and be the first to note some particular deficiency or need, and suggest practical solutions. Indeed, such practical (aka common sense) solutions tend to be Laws unto themself, given that True common sense has only One Source, just as the Law issued through the Biblical Moses was reflected by his common sense and practical solutions. Although there is no record of the Biblical Moses' grave, it is known (by a few people, at least) where Moses Judson is buried. Excluding the fact that Judson Rural School District No. 8 was named for him, Moses Judson would certainly take a great deal of interest in the affairs of the Judson ISD and the High School to be named for him. Judson....one of the tiniest of mustard seeds that grew into an expansive tree so all the birds of the air could nest in its branches, finding shelter (cf Matthew 13:31). OR, perhaps an oasis at which a spring of wisdom and common sense, taken from the Ultimate Source, originates, watering the rest of the world, the trees, alongside the stream with leaves providing medicine and healing for the world (cf Ezekiel Ch 47), and the birds of the air taking seeds from the fruit of those trees for planting elsewhere.

The "seeds" in this case would be the "Rocket Pride" that the "birds" from that Judson "tree" take elsewhere, provided that Rocket Pride is as defined at this link (click HERE). As defined at that link, Moses Judson also practiced "Rocket Pride." He had originally planned to go to medical school; however, finances prevented that. Certainly, knowing that pure water could "heal" or prevent many of the diseases and illnesses he would otherwise be treating as a physician, he instead was quite successful in accomplishing his goal through other means. He didn't let this setback deter him from his dream. The water, from the Edwards Formation Rock that the Moses of Bexar County "struck," probably provided healing and life for an unimaginable number of people above and beyond what he ever could have done as a physician. And, provided that common sense be used in its use, the spring of those healing waters can, God willing, continue to be the "gift that keeps on giving" for the San Antonio and surrounding area. This goes for the waters issuing from the Edwards Formation Rock that Moses Judson struck, this goes for the School District and High School to be named for him, and this goes for the "Rocket Pride," practiced there and elsewhere under various other names, which is, succinctly put, to "always have a dream," and to always "do your best, don't sweat the rest," so that "winning (or success in this case) will take care of itself."

Click HERE to see where Moses Judson, the namesake for Judson High School, is buried at City Cemetary No. 4 in San Antonio.

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