The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 29, 1907, Image 7
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V ' ??' *? ( I i ' i i I dark. Tlx* 111' l<
* y V >. on iiii- shore nl
? J < (!;<? -low Mow i.ik Mi cam
, v, : -i , 111> 1't?'11 in I in' shadow
^ ** " of r!i? ? |>111 c l<j.??.;!, uii'I'T
t Iii- i.'u :. pi lug nil?ill.
\ ii/lii i.i!.;.! i i?.i slowly from r h? ?
? ;i .'i 'A In..-; j'l-i awnki*ii"i| from
Its \"}iit? i nii'l it maki'.i tliir
fdiad<;\'. oi i Iii' i'iii i'^i sharp* r ami
< 1: 11 ai.d cover* (In- surface of I fl ? ?
xiM.ij!' \\ ii h a :.l i vr \ .sliiiniiii'i Silll
li'-S, it 111 ood ill;; ?I II f < I, rci;(IIH OVir.'
it 11 Mom u| I iii in ha hit a ills a r?' sf til
i. Ii . | i .i,, i i. '? IIa p< ? o! I lie poor I i I I In
< o a i ?. iiai iilv <1 1st iiiK !i i sha l?|f;
<?111; in !?? a 1111 ili< if !?. I he fnitii glim
111 ? -1 nl a I i: ? 111. Saw ami then a door
ii|h f,:- ami unr hi'.ifM for a moliii'lit
ill' hark of a v.' a l r 111 ill do*;, ami then
flu same |x ;u'ful stillness. At In
tertills tlm figure of a wanderer
< iiffi;<a from tin' dark rlin of tin'
Ion.^1, a rider. a peasant's rart with
cn-ahing wheels th??y arc all people
of tlit; village husl-Miiing to thi; church
theie lo hegln worthily the coining
lent i vn I.
In the midst of ilif village, on a
military hill, stands 11 i?? church; the
windowh an* bright, ami the tower,
gray with age, rl.scu iilgh into the
mist. The molderlng stairs rreiik;
the old hcllrlngcr Is mounting them
wiiii feehlA steps, and after a little
time a new star appears ahove, his
11k,ill -the lantern in t lit* hcllrlngur's
ha ,o<l *
M is lirtnl work for 111?? f?1 ? I man to j
dim!) 1 huso steep steps; th<> atfed
11 mi Iik r? ? I !!??? ilii-lr olliee; his eves an1 i
dim; ol<l ;i? ? has done it.s work on !
him. |i i.i lime fur i ho a^ed man l?? >
>; <? Id rest; hill death dues flol ' ?? > 11 n ?. ]
11<? has i liitdi '-ii ami Grande hil- j
?I r> - it >.?((. fur huw many, uhl ami
><>unt;, ha- I!? ? lollel tip' 1. II DcaOi !
?i" ins to l;:iv(i foirv'tten him am! life j
is hard.
< >i i ? ? i i has lie ruin.', tin* I'aslor peal; j
h< linmvs iim lotwtor how many tinios
In has awaited i * i ?? appointed hoar]
up I en' in i ho tower. And now It Is
to In- done a.;ain. ii Cod wills. Willi
heavy step ilie old man n-aihes the
railiiiK of the tower and loans on
It.
'tiouml. hi the shadows, he sees
the craves In the cemetery;
their lilai'li crosses secinilm like
*/;:? hr-i thi-ii' dead Mere and
(! , ! ? ? ';ro?:p; of hip-lies. still leafless,
>*.;: \ ? ? th*'ir slemh-r Hlvorv branches
in the wind The n-vi \ iiv, odor of
tie- v-mmu-; buds on the 11 . ? . and the
p! a , e ol the <*? >nie!?-j' \ lie up ) i k ? ? a
hrea'h of ; prin^; to the lonely figure
on I lie tower.
Wiiai will this new year bring
him? Will he salute next Master
nn i' 11 the juyful music of the hells, or
will he I ii > sleeping over there in that
ditant corner. and will a black cross
adorn the little mound'.' As tiod
will! Ho is ready, lint now he mast
announce t lie com I in; ureal day. "To
*',nd t-e honor and I hanks^iviii);;" his
lips murmur the words; lie raises his
eves lo the starry heavens ami crosses
liiiusi.il' with simple pielv.
' Wasslli!" an old. treniblitu; voice
< alls t rom below.
llo looks down from his post,
f-t tains his eyes, hut can see noLh
111 c
''What do you want? line I am "
lie cries, as ho heads over the rail.
"Can yon mil see me."'
"No. Is it not time to ring the
hells? What do you think?"
Wassili rolledw. "N", not yet; I
km>w w hell "
lie knows well; he needs no clock;
Cod's stars tell him when the time
lias come.
Heaven and earth, the white cloud
that moves slowly across the lace
v>f the sk\. ! lie dark forest that moves
and murmurs below, the ripple of the
invisible stream all he knows and
loves; a whole life Is hound up with
(hem. Things lone, f.>r:;otteii at He
til Ills l!le:::oi> ; |-,ow he r.ilin' uj> llel'e
for the His! time wiih his father
i!'-,ir Cml! how lone. a.;o I hat was.
ami yet it s'-eim. >?> short ho seems
h:tnse!i' a litlle Idne e\ed ho> wtlli
fair, cut line, hair t" ? d !?> 11??? win I
V.it, la r 1.1 s dec hint he n.i? the niativ
) f t h? people a il l t:i co: i a . ? s : oeiiicd
so tiny, and the lore;,! *,.> t a i off. ami
the plain >.o la:-;*" \m! 'he father
la:;;?l5e?| and raid ' Vei ii is so m ar."
it he pointed to t 1-e \ lM.l>',e helow.
Such is life. \ h'tu; as \? e are
1' sri'ili!! f'full?:iS. NnW It Mi S i
>? ?<n?? as If ii lt.i l just |
i?> t?i I1I1M1 almost i<? tin* Kia\?? 1 hut ,
i? ? has chu.-tt ii for If ov?*r ynu '
f?? I". \\*? ? 11' thank it is t i in (? to
H<' hurt passed upright ly
in oiiKl) u har<l lif<-; 111?? dump eurth i
> lit:-* motlnr, soon, if (!o<| will, lie
v. ill n .st in h'T hoKuin.
Hut now It Is llcrio. once iMor?*
W'a.srtlll looks ni? to iho stars, l>ar?'HJ
An Kastcr Greeting From Br'er KabblJ
Drawn by H. Toraui.
"Who Said Kaster Kggs?"
his head, rrosses himself and st'i/.fs
tilt* ropes.
Now, through the air rewound a
sharp stroke, a tu'cond, a third, a
fourth, one after another, rising and
falling, now sharp, now soft, in a
111 ii?" r 111 pi-ul.
'I'Ih' bells are i-"I!<*!?>', the Horvlco
ha?, b?'gun. in ftik-i* years Wassili
would descend the stairs and place
l?or very early. f*^s lhp? In
ymjtli hail In'ra bright and ? lear
gr?-w dim. and the expression of fcftt
a:.<1 aiixi* t\ tin unoxpe? -t.<! stroke*
(.1 fate tool- the pln? i> of the earlier
|ii uli' ;tt:<! ? u'lfMi'iico of the >??;111ic
wife. A in) Shi' F?ajij>!u? where
it' \ son t'ad litfii 1. (? them, the'
j,,v . .1 t h?? ir age , lint ho
hi >. ha.! !>? ' ii I .! ;.v* ',.t. ;l;<* |j? s ill
111 ? * li
\ : i?I 1 hen stand? t!:?? M< h \ I1 :i f;?k
'iMiii i am! l i fts himself t?? the earth.
;:ti'! i! and makes ihe
1,4 II ?'l 111- ? I hill 1m l.\ 11 it .tl
i(? In* i.i.i' dry M-.Wf ,?f
\v> it?i jrliaiit> an<) uli'm>, .tin!
: ') hy lleS In lilt* liod iiS to nu n
X^assilis heart urown hot ami even
uyuolv pictures lock dov n in anger
??n human mit-er> and human lies All
(his Is behind him. so (at behind hlin.
Now his only world is ihis old hell
luwor, high up. whore the wind howls
and playa with the boll-ropes "tiod
wiil judge, vengeance is His," w his
pers tlx- old tuan, and heavy tears
toll down his withered ohoeks.
"Wassili! Are you asleep?" some
one cries from below
"Who rails me?" asks the old man,
nnd start?*d from his bench. "Dear
(lod' have l really been asleep?
Nev?T lias this shame come upon
me."
Quickly, with practiced hand, ho
seizes the rope and gives a look hp
low, where, like ants upon their heap,
the people are moving about busily.
Wassili In hlft tower rises the joyful
cry, "Christ is arisen from the dead!"
He rings, and the newly-arisen wind
solzes the tones, and, with wide
spreading wings, carries them up
ward and the echoes, far and wide,
repeat the solemn music of the hells.
Never has the old man rung the
bells so wonderfully. It seems as if
some of his emotion has communi
cated Itself to the cold metal and
inspired them to sing In joy and hap
piness. lo laugh and to weep; the liv
ing tones rise to heaven, up to the
COME UNTO ME.
himself in a corner near the door to lis- ?
ten ami pray; but now the weight of
voars is heavy on him. and he re
mains above. To-day his limbs seem
unusually heavy, he sit.-* down on a
bench, and as the sound of the bells
(lies away, lie sinks into thought. ,
I of what'' lb- hardly knows. The
| belfry is but scantily lighted by hi;;
| lantern, the bells themselves are but
I dimly seen in the ^loom. l'rom be
|itea!h, in the church, one can hear
faintly the sliu;inu of the coii;;ifv,a
tliili, while the wind plays with the;
I b>-!l ropes. The old man's head sinks
? >a his breast as broken visions ol
.tla- ; mp' !l<>at through his mind
"They are sin-.'inj;." he says, and
j'll'll lie SeeS himself ill t lit*.' f ll tt fC ll.
i I'rotn i lie altar eotue the voices of
si'i-.uiu- children ami the lmnl voice
' of the < I M ;e-|.'St . I "a 1 lief < I rei-.or. d?.ad !
| Ion: Ion ; a >. Iltiudn d.< of peas- i
] ants raise and bow tie :: heads and
j make the sii;n ot the ? loss, all w-ell
?.? ? w 'a ta. . all dead now There '
j i?; lis sti fa. -d fat h<f. and beside j
him the .-M r brother. /eab?u lv j
| i : sinf, h: i i > ?' t' a:i I o!i?-n .sighing:
'. ':. I 1- 11 .! I: ???It -MlidS. y o.iliK,
;';i\ *id ' : l ? . lull ' >! i, neon a io i s
i i.fpe. ami ambition of hap iu-'ss. and
? . and the fii'iua \ i ?.?1 whet- Pt
th:s ha ppi Mess'.' The old mail's'
tho|:,ll' - tlaille up sii.bl.'lly. like the.
Pane- ot an e\:>i-in:- lire, ar.u illumine
? v.ms me<k ::nd corner of a pa?*! 1 it?*.
' i
Me.ts ireli toil, sorrow and < are
[where |< thai e'vpeeted. hojied-for
| happines.. So; row fi.; tVle furrowed
| that young tace. bowed \he straight,
I strorn; back, and taught him to sit-,h
| like t he elder brot her.
| And there, to the left, among the
I women of the village, she stands with
head devoutly bent in prayer. She
was a faithful, loving wife to him.
Cod rest lit: soul! And she, too, had
had many troubles to hear*%are and
toll and woman's hard lot had aged
Hy II DIKTIMlMI.
brilliant stars, which appear to shine
? ?veil more brightly, rs the tones peal
? nil again and again, resounding from
earth to heaven, in love, and joy, and
peace, and heaven and earth re-echo
"Christ Is arisen."
Kven the old belfry itself seems to
:<hare in the joy of mankind, and the
wind whirii fans the cheeks of the old
man sinus joyously "'Christ is arisen."
The old heart fo/gets Its sorrow, a
life of care and toil. Wasslli has for
gotten that his life, his hopes of hap
piness have been nothing but an
einptj dream; that he is alone in the
world, old and feeble. He hears the
sounds which sing and weep rise
through the gloomy space up to the
starry heavens, and sink down to the
poor earth. He sees himself sur
rounded by his children and grand
children; hears the happy voices,
voices of young and old uniting in a
churns, and sinning to him of that
hope, and joy, and happiness which
his long, weary life has never offered
hit)). The old man pulls the bell
ropes, tears roll down his cheeks and
his heart heats fast in his visionary
joy.
Before the church the people are
standing together and talking; never
has the old sexton rung the bells so
wonderfully.
Suddenly the big bell gives one
might y stroke and stops; the small
hells, confused, end their play with a
sharp discord, then a few vibrations
and silence.
Step reverently- the old bellringer
has rung his last peal - Translated
for the Springfield Republican.
WherctasltirliltostoineFrom
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low peo|?!<? who >??< ihc ?.? u!: itf ''. ?< |
(of lilies (hat Will be u^i?! ?>.. v ('? ' O !
till the d A>rninciit <'f chuV< 1. w .'.I '??'
all/e what has bo? n the !..! ??
| illg J llese |o\ el\ llow <M H {: <>ni ? ! i J
J wlifro the\ were ^imw n. > *< what
1 l itre has been mvessarx to tor. e theni
into bloom for this ti111>? ??!' w.?r An < i
I i<*n uses for ail kind* ? ? 1? ? ora;on.
t>itl ospecially for 1\jim< . i<? v. ! mes
many li 1 i?>s or Howois a- any other
country. a florist has tu.-n l'.? ard to
?>ay that this is not mi imports! fad.
but au original one. rii*? li!u-> that
">*' jpriiliarlj Knuor li. <?- are in
\*taotp in their native soil In lb : imida
at (his time of j ciir, and > <? t there, in
I fit* ltd of llnWiTs, ait American worn
tin was astonished * f? ? jcars ngo to
find Uiat no flowers were placed upon
the altars of the cliun lies on liaster.
although the worshipers could look out
through opon doors ami wiinlnns to
whole Holds white with lilies.
A hyiislml of (In- Krmii ruction.
The morning is a most beautiful one.
1,-The morning conies aftor the night:
so the resurrection will i'oiih' after
tho night of this world has passed
away. The morning is often longed
for: so the saints of iJod long for :t:.d
greutlj desire that the day of th??:r
eonsummate fdessedness may come.
i> I'lie morning disperses the darkness
and brings light, which makes mani
fest all things: so the resnmvt >n sLall
make manifest the hidden things of
darkness, >h ltevealing the ehara? t. r
of men: <'_M Laying opon their hearts:
(.'?! Clearing up many of the mysteries
of life; ili Discovering the di.iYereuci?
between the righteous and wicked,
ami showing their tlnal destination. I
Toward morning the morning star ap
pears, giving notice of approaehing
day; so towards the ifiorning of the
resurrection many sign* and womler.s
shall appear t.Matt. lM::t.'ti. When
the morning has tome, the sun rises
and ushers in the day: so at the res
urrection. Jesus, the Still of Highteotis
ness, appears ami brings the day of
eternity, t?. The morning brings joy
and gladness; birds sing and the < hI -
dren awake; so at the restureetion
ijoy and gladness shall be to the right
eous; saints and angels shall join to
sing the harvest home. 7, In the morn
ing people arise from their beds: so all.
good and bad. shall come out of their
graves. S. We can often tell what
kind of a day we shall have b\ the
kind of a morning; so. they that have
part in the first resurrection' shall
reign with Christ, but those who have
part in the second shall be cast into
outer darrfftcss.
Knhbit and Hare Cousins.
The Kgyptlans called the hare "tin,"
which had two meanings, "open" and
"period." Now the moon was the open
eye of the night, hence the hare be
came the type of periodic*occurrences.
As an opener It was associated with
the opening of the New* Year, and ?|so
with the opening of a new life In youth,
llence it is obvious the hare should
have become associated with the Mast
er egg.
In this country the hare is almost un
known, but its "second cousin." tho
rabbit, abounds. The negroes have a
superstition regarding the little animal
that is rather apt. They believe that
the left hind foot of a rabbit that is
killed in a graveyard, in the dark of
the moon, possesses rare talisinanic
virtues. Mrs. M. f,. Hean.
The Kaster I'arado.
- Life
1!m? Kmli I?? in i? 11 ?? I '.mf.
I'll.-li' is a ureat diversity <>t" opinion
[ anions the enrions in sm li matters in
I regard to the origin an.I endda tu:i I it*
I ii!f;inii:c of tin' Master >i;u. '!*!??? ??-j:i?
! whs oiiee regarded a> a symbol of the
| world. a ml ? aneient j apiii temples in
| < onse?|iienee ww sometimes built in
[:in oval form. This typitiea; ion is
i I'ntiml in almost every Oriental eosnm;;
I on \. The enu. as :i saieivd symbol, iw
Mill u>eil in llie rites of (lie Keltein,
whieh are unquestionably of lt?*aI
origin. Many writers, however, believe
the custom of making presents of dyed
etj;s at Kaster to he a relic of ancient
t'atholleism.
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j nit ? ? ?' ?
x , , 11,, s. i iii."H ? ill i Ik I haw*
| ? ? i, 1 x ; ; ? "I ?Iiv??11
i ,t I ? - : it-' I'III'? 'I
S tU ?? t'l -I ? I: :i 1 ? :l II. ?' \i one mill
; I,,', i..\ ui. ???. m .?i> ? i "i ,l"' i,;,s'
! . m tin nr-li the icU 'ol
th<
w i i 111111 l ? y ill'
Ki't 1 r;? \\ i MiiM? II I lenderson, pa*
..I I I., I . \ . si-.: :>'.il..llI'l esh> l?T
Ml . 11: > 11 not commit
'hi v ?r?: nt i< u to broaden t lie !
v, .i t <? ? wo 11 w iiidi is t h'1 ob
<?t el tin*- * -i*i ii(1 to cause
i i,> c.>v< . . I mi ?ertalit <!t>?l 1
,!),-ins it. i<? ?I j ?>. to t'ovcr, all thai '
lii'Ki i?l 'lUliiaii nii?'!< aniiess wlllcll |
strikes i ? i? - very nii i> ol our coin* j
nion The command Ill's hard
?ia,) ?. t\ 111 against i li"' social crime
of utai i'al ililltl' lit) . '"I' also in the
I j u h i of ih'1 messages i ? i Christ, it
condemns. with no um crtnin bound.
;tll Uio^e iiwn ami woitien ill whose
hearts ami adorns lust receives tree
rein
The <'i>:? p 1 <>f <?ur Lord insists on
cl anness of act and mind : it censures
uuspai uiglj and scathingly the viola
tion by any ami all men, married or
single, Hod's law of purity.
The s.-M-ntii word, with our Lord
behind it. forbids three sin/, and the
three ar? these: Jirst, the nullification
of the marriage bond bv infidelity,
with all os attendant evils. Second
ly. the pollution of t lie purity of per
sonal and public life by men and wo
men who are without restraint or
lawful tie. Thirdly, the degradation
ami destruction of the spiritual and 1
physical elements in man through un- j
bridled lust in the heart.
And now let us to the points. The
covenant by and between two human j
beings? one man and one woman ?
to live together in the holy estate i
of matrimony, is the most sacred
I contract man may make. Rest
ing as it should always rest?be .
it not unholy and the child of lust ?
upon a fj-owin;.; and a gracious love
one for the oilm;- it is the grandest
of inter-human agreements. I'pon
its sanctity and preservation, as tin*
pledges of two people to life-long j
faith', done ami given in the presence ?
of Almiuhi > <o>d. the glory ot our j
l-"iii her and the happiness of two ?
soul* depend. As a civil contract it j
?s ihe basis of sound political and j
social life. I'pon the inviolahilily of)
the marriage contract the health of ;
the state, the integrity of the home, j
entirely depend. .Marriage may, be- ,
fore Hod. and should, throughout this j
land and our world, be Invalidated .
only upon full and siHi'i m proof of j
infidelity b> . iiler party. They wlioj
arc in gitib should b-- denied further j
rights to marry. The graining of ah- j
solute divorce with p'-rmi-sion to re-j
marrv. to'.any caiis-'ot h< r than proved .
unfaithfulness, is unwise, unsafe, un-j
justifiable and tin-Christian. Legal j
separation and legali/.- 1 immorality ]
are two very different things. Two'
people of sach uncongenial disposi- [
lions, as pre-. I ml a happy coinnton !
life, had much better pursue indc- j
pendent careers. ltut the dignity,
the important the sanctity of thej
wedding vow demaml that it shall not j
be permitted to be used as a cloak '
for licentiousness. Tin* disgrace of
divorce is a menace to the perpetuity j
of our Institutions. The ease with J
which absolute release may be pro-j
cured does small i red it to our brains. J
or to our righteousness as a nation, j
The sin and the shame that are j
bound up in our system of licensed |
polygamy will tend to our own undo- j
ing, do we not watch out. The wrong j
of Mornionism is a great one; but j
if contemporaneous cohabitation be
a bad thing ?and it is?what must
be our judgment upon that consecu- |
tive polygamy which pleads personal \
convenience tat her than religious con- j
viction as its best excuse? If an j
elder of the Mormon church is to be
kept from the halls of Congress be
cause the civil law forbids polygamy. >
what should be our attitude toward j
that other leader in our national af-!
fairs whose whole life contravenes
God's moral law? * Yes, my friends,
Mormon polygamy is vicious in prin- |
ciplc and fact, but not more so than I
that system of legalized vice that the
laws of our country now permit. The
sacredness of the marriage covenant i
nv.'st be protected. That marriage
shetild be the crowning of clean love, j
; ml that it binds till death, cannot be !
(???ereniphasized. The si al of .mrc af- j
fiction is of as much account to those '
who will iv> thronuh life together and '
to society at largo, as the l?*vx il seal;
of th?> stat--. Kumhuunnlally love:
should 1)0 the motive of a life
union of two souls. Of this ' li?? j
siate takes no nothw The bureau
of vital statistics has more int
est. as a law enforcing body, in the
question of how old is 11>?? woman,
than in the motives that lead the man .
to weil her. I'.nt (!od looks at '))<?
matter with a different ey?-; a:;d in
llis sisht no marriage is of g.ril re
port that is not hased on tlie union
of two souls in holy love. Tin ,
courts may declare the oilvr mar-'
liaue 1< ual. hut the hand of ,l?dto\ah
? will stamp it as uii'deau. "Tl<n.i
| shall not commit adult ry" rinus
I the .Messianic m-ssaiv and the law
puts <Iod to sliame. 'I -iv and th
Levrrv^vjtere in \tii":ira, \\'.< may
the siu>v\v of it all. <'hil lien in tlm
midst of 'xj'i ik' d uniia,ipy bourns,
horn and rt'aVyd to a loritago oi em
barrassment toNy,v |Jm least, and in
to immoral family'nyiidit i"tis to say
the most. 1 mostrait'ivoi:c*> is
wicked and it -should be Yu'.obfhi ted
must no: put lie at a premi
um, nf?i- make \ i<-.- easy.
No less guil?\ in the eyes o7 P.ol
Is the man who >i-.-I'ls his life to via.
There is need to-day jor a trlear,
string note from the church ailing,
men to purity in living. Men must I e ;
made to s^e. to know and to feci that I
chasteness is as ? ss-ntiai for men :\f
for wom?n. Away wi;;. that godless
theory that what i? tominnieutally !
wrong in morals for wom.-n may ho i
conveniently right for men. Cod hrs 1
no two systems of morality?the one
for the men, the other for th?? women,
lu His sight thcrv is neither male nor ?
female, f<>r tint law is equally unto
both. Tin" degradation of man by
ilia it himself i* unfair to God t id
utterly without honor. And t ho sad
thing of ;tll i ihni men will do wl;h
oui t hoiic)11 <>r f.ii'i' i he evil that tin y
11111 .Tr:*.tn. has shown us cleaily
tluit in tin f'hii.tian economy that
man Is vuill> of <uii" stated ajjj who
harbors 111.??? ? v. iihin his heart. Ann
although in tin* la.si analysis tho
man who < uhiiums ?>v-*rt sin Is guilty
of > i l; 11 i !i i'. lo a i' deglVO I halt
Hie man who hill pollutes iiis mind
with <vU d. sir.-s an-' unholy I bought
\ i'i hoi m an* (i i iy disobedient 10
I he will ol Cod ami the way of OHV'1
is i In' highroad unto death. And 1
am not sure but that more of us are
K' i i I (> of flu' la! ler Infi Ingetlient of
tlh' law than ol (Ik* former. Mail) a
man and many a woman who would
not dan- to go i he full length of op?'ii
? ?vil, will <lo iheuiKcives real damago
and endanger the safety of their im
inort a I souls through tho harboring
of ungodlv, sensual thoughts. And
of two things I am very positive of
which tho Urst Is this: that It Is hard
er to keep the mind clean than to re
train from outward evil; and tho sec
ond i:> this, that pu?e thoughts will
induce and produce uprightness of
act. if as James said; it. is easjor to
control a horse than the tongue, |l am
sure thai it is easier to control the
tojiguc than tin* mind. And the truth
of Cod Is this, that steadfast endeav
or for purity of heart and mind will
meet with an re success and will as
sure nobility of action.
Wo need a sanctified purity of
life. 1 am disgusted and would
he disheartened, did I not trust in
God. over the amount of unblushing
criminality I see and meet in my per
sonal experiences. Men who are sure
that immorality is fair for men but
woefully wrong for the wives of men.
Women who boast that the men they
know have seen the seamy side of
life and who love them better for it.
Mere girls who think that the only
way to reap wheat is to sow wild oats
? a theory that only works in the
seeding and harvesting of sin. Moth
ers and fathers who are so lost to
shame that they desire their sons to
indulge themselves in a little of all
sorts of evil that they may be men of
real experience. Such nonsense as it
is, and oh! the folly of it all. For
sooth the only way to cleanliness of
heart is through the depth of sin?
they would have us think. The only
way to Christ is through the depths
of hell.
Ii is not so. 1 know Ignorance is
not necessarily virtue. And con
trariwise, I am heartily in favor
of the proper and godly instruc
tion of our youth of both sexes upon
the mighty and central truths and
mysteries of human life. Hut the
true way to wisdom is not through
vicious and degrading personal ex
perience with sin, but rather at our
mother's knees. The right way to
knowledge is through the true and
noble teachings of men and women
whose experience is untouched with
sin No man is a better man because
he has drunk the cup of sin to the
dregs. The only experience that is
eternally worth while is the etpori
ence that, is good, upright, inspiring.
Resistance to temptation is of much
value to give power; but a fall into
sin does no man the highest good.
We want to Insist that morals
arc most of importance in this
world. No unclean man deserves the
hand and the loyalty of a pure wom
an. None but tho clean deserve the
lair. The man of unchaste life de
serves ostracism as much if not more
ihan ih'* woman who has sinned.
Those llagrant polygamists who
Haunt their sin before our faces un
der the guise of legal marriage de
serve our scorn no less than does the
polygamy of Mornionism. The man
of unclean life has no right to the
hearts of the true womanhood of this
country, and for my part were I a
woman I would rather live and die
unmarried and earn my bread by the
sweat of my brow than to risk my
earthly happiness into the hands of
any man of immoral life, no matter
what his wealth, position or ability
might be. The womanhood of this
country should preserve the virtue of
this land and should put a premium
upon nobility of character and sancti
ty of life.
The need to-day is not so much
for schools for the culture of
the intellect and for instruction
in the arts and sciences?the.
need If? rather for colleges where
the art of pure living and the practice
of virtue may be taught. The world
wants not more brains first, but more
character. The importance of clean
living and high thinking must be
taught and preached as paramount
and fundamental?for they are the
centre and the circumference of all
life. The integrity of the marriage
relation must be maintained. The
demand for a moral manhood as es
sential to any and all success must
be enforced. Men must be made to
understand that purity is the stand
ard itrue worth, and that clean
manhood is real, might.
We must ednotrte our jouth to the
value of goodness. We must teach
our girls that character is more of ac
count than any material acquirement
or i o.ssession. We must tell our boys
that manliness is not recklessness,
but i ctitude; that only the pure life
;s. And t 11 them why!
Mow to Lose (.'round.
c.o;l hath a thousand keys to open
'uousa:id doors for the deliveryliee
<t itis own wh.-ti it has coma to i ho
rest i \ti-. !niiy, i^et us be fast'n
it.l and ?are for our own part, which
.tad suff'-r for Mini, and lav
'? 'd s part <.ii Himself, and leave ,t.
'here; duties ar? ours, events aro
ill" Lord's.
V- !i"ii oiir faith goeth to meddle
witii e\ .nis, and to bold a court (if 1
s|;akt upon Clod's provi
? and ):? i!inuelli to say, "How
v'-ili Thou tio this or that?" we lose
? Mind. \\ e bjive nothing to do
:h't-e; it is our part to let the Ai
rtight v e-crcise His own ofT.ce and
M.ur His own helm.? Rutherford.
Your Opportunity.
Hod has made you after His own
plan, and He places you just wnere
lie wishes you to work with Him to
bring about the highest results for
yourself. lie has given you every
opportunity. Mako yourself what
? t>u will ? remember It lies with you.
(!o;l can mako no mistake*!?Alic%
rreemau Palmer.