Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-12-28

Years passed on and the child grew to
manhood. and doHlhenesd the worlds re-
geSsratssu by dali.ag around him taS
fisherman and tcaching them the lessons
| 9f "a Divine Wisdom. but which. TO she \
worldly wise, seemeda a com pound Of folly |.
and blasphemy. He never undertook TO
reason the world into anew theology. Hei
wrote no ~broks:= The only account we /
have of his whiting at all was with. his fin
ger: in the =dust; that the 6rst passing !
Ebreeze would obhtArate forever. But he
wrote his doctrines in more enduring forms
than in books--he engraved them upon the
living heart of humanity:
:. e.taught men. to be kind. loving, gem
ttle, forgivingc pure and good. e And be-
cause this was contrary to, the perverted
Idispositions Of degenerate race, they cru
icifi ed him, and thought thereby to lblet
out his name and memory, from, the earth
forever. But, instead of this, although
eighteen hundred years have passedr=alvI
though ejTemple. tl,e,pride Of the world.
to which the people Of all Judea, on the
night of his birth were going to worship,
has been in ruins for years-although the
u mighty Roman Empire has been broken.
} scattered, and almost forgotten IN the in.
: teryening ceuturies--although systems Of
d philosophy and religion have risen. four
D ished, been exploded. and their proud
founders, who wrote volumes in their sup
!, port, are forgotten. yet. on Saturday next
!, the whole civilized world will, in some
i form. keep and celebrate the anniversary
: of the birth of the Great Teaeher-will
. celebrate Christ- -Mass-the birth day OF
. Christi And, il preparation for that Gel
: ebration, our city is now scene of busy
:. excitement. r' p 1855! U4
ir A few. with purified vision. will again
q see the messengers and hear the announce,
.a ment Of ''peace on earth, and good win tc
= man" Many, with Haunting price and
: ostentatious show, will crowd the churches
and in the temples 2rofessedly erected tC
teach his Precepts, will glorify themselves
and worship Mammon. Thousands, as i
j. in madness Or insanity. will. spend the da,
IN in dissipation and revtlry. The church
at the theater. the gambling hell, the grog
.s shop, will ali be patronissd by our hetero
of geneous population. And it is well, per
s.; haps. that most who will SO spend the day
h, will do il simply because tits holiday
e. without a, all thinking. or perhaps know
On ing its real meaning. If they did think
to reflect, and know, and thenlso spendit,
h. would be proclamation indeed.
sy But those most intensely interested. al
ou ter all, are Young America" TO the lii
mt tie ones, any holiday is an event. and, uu
st. fortunately, as think, our country has nc
enough of them. Our Fourth of July
and our Christmas, are really all we have
and between these, interyenes an age I
the small folks. But when itdoes come
~ won't they have good time, though?
a.. But, how yariously it will be observe
by, and what difference of effect its oil
b. servance will have upon the after lives
IN the swarming millions of young hear
to which will be made to throb with varie
to emotion on its occurrence. One such da
,ur with its associations, will do more to stan
m and fix the color and current of the aft
led life than the teachings of the schools
ny all the months between.
cir The we'll regulated household gatherir
ms round the "Christmas Tree" all Il
1e- pure and eleyating influences Of home al
49,, friends, and refined social enjoyments, W
y. stereotype on the plastic forms of hapI
~ childhood impressions that will go wi
.no them through life, shielding them from
Thousand forms of low and degradi
vices. " I l-as-' .s-,.-. ID.
The vicious, depraved, the fallen, a
alas! even the unfortunate, will be thro'
;, into such associations as will tend to 81
-, them still deeper, and accelerate their pl
+, ress TO utter abandonment and hopele
degradation. t9I
ars But the bottom of the last page Of +
,;ro sheet admonishes me that my stipulat
ov- space is filled before had well co
vid menced. will not violate the contra
.v. and must, therefore, close. 1 thought
the give you birds-eye view of passing even
nm. but like many another fair purpose, it
,se failed of accomplishment.
? to There is comparative lull in the VIII
and pool of politics, although the papers g
TO keep up the windy warfare. The "Enq
ded rer'' has ventured most decided diss
the from the President in his recommen
and tions of the tariff revision, and takes
the most ultry Southern Calhoun doctrine
and that subject. This is likely TO be r.