The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-05-14
VOL. XIX---NO. 50.

| HOPE twin born with faith, Is mortais'
best friend We will not attempt to ana
| lyzc the various meanings OF the word, or
! portray it, effects upon the human family.
We viii leave the disappointed hope to
! the dreamer, whose waking is the true
mood IN which to give the likeness its
| darkest coloring We will leave the blast
/ al hope Ia the silence OF its own agony
! God pity the heart that has been convuls-
ed amid the darkness and storm of such
an hour, and the life that is left when the
tornado has passed
We will leave the ten thousand aimlesY
hopes to the poets pen, and he may weave
his song over the withered flowers that
have been scorched 10y the sun of reality.
We Will speak Of the actual and the real,
Of that hope that leads the heart to good
affections, the mind To great thought, and
the hand to stern deeds; a living, breath
ing hope, based upon reality, upon promi-
! -cs that have never failed; hope that
viii cheer man iii his darkest hour, give
strength to weakness, light to ignorance,
power to moral faculties. Hope on, hope
ever" VIII ring in the ears until each full
tlnent leads higher and higher, and even
death itself will be a portion Of all that
has been true and good IN life.
Charity i. the last, and though placed as
! a pillar, i, the apex OF all human excellen-
Gle. There il no word in the range OF
language 50 Ini-applied Charity looks at
man he Is, and the circumstances that
surround him. His nervous sensibilities,
hi, natural appetite,, llis education and his
temptations; gives credit for good endeav-
or,, seeks paliiation for bad acts Charity
excuses what II cannot explain, and gives
due weight to the motive a. well as the
act While odd Fellowship hates the sin,
IL Ia, charity Tor the sinner: while IT uses
III il, family til. right 10 advise with, to
demonstrate with and 10 punish, il eXcus-
-. until wooiuL is met with peIversencss,
! advice with ScorE. rcmOnstrauce with an
! ger. and reprimand wiki antagoni>m. and
/ even when Law must have It's course,
she exclaiIns, " bear little longer. For
! some men IL l. scarce virtue 10 bc good
but for the tempted and the tried charity
has a broad mantle. Ii i, useless to en-
large II We all had charity, how many
fallen and lost ones. OF both sexes, III all
grade, OF life. mi ght bc brought to a true
and useful action.
/ Do Won call these doctrines, a express
ed III this faith. this hope and this chrrty,
a. Utop.an and and impossible? Let me
ak YOU. DO you not know some one who
lived near this faith. whose heart was
a. fu.l OF tins hope, and whose soul was as
much .Inbued with this charity a. his fell
low creatures. a,ld the circumst tances
around him would allow Has he not
stool a, a land mark? lake "A score of
such men, how much firmer they would
stand Increase the number until whole
I cUmmuuit, would act Is one heart and one
soul: 1t tAi, cCIuIuuuIty spread and COM
b b.nc. a-ain spread and combine; how long
would il be before the turbid waters Of
( this ocean %; human passions would cease
u fret and wash deeper the guilt between
u and happiness? TO Ia, and t. this gen
Grafton, these pertect!ons may seem i'm
: possible, but He who said " Do unto 9TH
eg> a, ye would have others do unto YOU,
never gave command impossible TO fulfil.
Ladic, should | ever forget your cheer
ing presence my al ire>s would be but half
I completed Should / ever forget your in
trg,,t III Til, subject, il would be 10 forget
Your ella, u AL equal share with Us III all
. that make, lie happy. Should | ever for
7 g, your influence. and power wife, mo-
th,r. sister and citizen, would be to forget
: history and the every day transactions of
/ lie Ii suIne Of my remarks should have
a seeming OF praise. you shall not be in
,u,.,. hs tiItt,ry II they have a seeming
cf blame. they will be none the less truth
iuily spoken. according To my kuowlegc.
Woman has no just estimate of the in
tlucnce he wieid> over the lit, and soul of
, humanity. She i thinking, acting,
/ piact.cli human being. equal TO man III
/ ali that il required uf her; superior Ill
! strength OF affection. III endurance, IN mo-
/ raj tu:I- and only inferior 10 man in ply
/ steal strength, and i'll that mental effort
| arising from strong physical organization.
| Her sphere is peculiar, and different from
man =. Her duties REQUIRE self-sacrlfice,
and il l. this that gives her such power
| Men i'll general, from sheer thoughtless-
/ Ness. have bat li,rle knowledge of this
} power, and less OF Just appreciation Of the
nature, wants and trials of woman We
/ lord, of creation may arrocate all power to
/ ourselves. and all superiority. Warriors
may bind or shatter kingdoms; Senates
( NAV settle Federal or State affairs; legal
! decisions may convulse communities; but
( there l. a silent power within the circle OF
/ the home, that has a mshtier influence
/ than all these. for that influence conf
menceS III the cradle. and only leaves off
when they begin | should not say leaves
oil. for death alone close. the influence of
wife. mother, sister, friend Let every
man here trace his life back to its first,
sell-conScious existence, and he will find
| nearly every good thought and deed, near
, ly every kind word, came from woman,
/ while all his bad ones, all his unklnd
words. have been from the world.
| | need not enlarge. This much has
| been said to show why wedesire her aid in
! thi, cause 1t is because of this power
! Who has such deep interest in the
! successful development o. our principles,
! and who has such need of a thorough
knowledge OF tho doctrines and aims of
odd Fellowship?
Ii disease or accident prostrates broth.
er it i, his right Ga right for which he has
paid y 10 receive pecuniary relief and per-
sanal attention. Mother. perchance some
| son, dear to your heart has wandered
! from home in search OF wider held Tor
! action for advancement, and before he
has made a home, place or friends, disease
| or accident lays him down, and it may be,
| in poverty. Would it not relieve your
| heart to know that IA band of brothers sur
! rounded him with plenty, with kindness
! and with care? Would it not add much
to the chances of his recovery? Would
il not soOthe much of the hearts agony
| to know Gfthe decree had gone torth) the
dark pathway of death WAS made less ter
rible by kind voices and ready hands p
/ And would not his sleep be less weary in
his far oil grave, if laid gently down?
| Wife by your side may now sit one
whose breast is your pillow, whose arm Is
your support, whose heart Is all your own'
| whose voice of cheer makes every burden
LIGHT, all life, all JOY, all hope Do you
not know that all the wealth of your heart
| i. not premium sufficient to insure all this
happiness. Death is inevitable, That
breast will cease to heave with the heart
warm tllrobs; that arm will be powerless;
that voice will hush its merry cheer and
loving tones; the lip, that gave back your
nr.ssure. worms may revel upon; and the
eve into which you now gaze, and SEQ
| hope, and joy and watchfulness, may be
closed in a long chsngeless sleep, and the
d.,r form be hid away down in the cold