The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-03-22


"Brick" Pomeroy thus afFectngly and
eloquently muses. on the return OF satur-
day night. tho blessed ending OF week Of
weary labor:
There is great white counterpnne ~
snow on the ground thia Saturday night.
Gods charity, covering a multitude OF
sins! Would that human charity would
thus do-would whitcn over the little bun.
nooks and ridges Of life which caR be reEnov.
ed from one place only to riso again in anoth-
or Tho week just paused has bOen a short
one. Too short for many one 10 setne
with himself yet he has gone home. How
tmo flies. Has IL always went by thus
| rapidly If oil the Saturday nights God
has ever given us were before Us, what an
array OF crime would be seen. Yet the
day comes whom they will all loom up with
| their debts and credits to curse OF biese.
| DO you ever pause to think, readeri II 90,
pause again. II not, begin now. Draw
| your chair TO tho FIRE. Turn tire light so u
will not hurt your eyes. Pull tlfe curtain
down at the cornor. Listenl A footsteP
on the creaking snow, Some laborer g0-
ing 10 his loved ones. Weary aud heart
tred--may God warm his httlo home with
love. Look back over the past week. II
is not far A room with six folding dooral
0pon all of them. Turn the rooms into q
hall--look down it's short walls and SEQ in
memory tho pictures you have hung there
on. Another footstepl How tho boot
oreaks as tho snow is crunched beneath
its weight. Listeni A lighter step.
Some wife who is Fastening homo to greet
her husband with the marketing for the
morrow. Tired man. He sits and rests
with little hands in his whiskcrs-
eyes peering into his--little heads oue
either shoulder--stars which rama him .
Major.General in the service OF lifel Hold
them closer to you-kiss them foRdly to-
night. Who but God knows who win be in
shroud, coffin, or grave, ere another Sat-
urday night comes nroundf af = Rftt n.1t
Another step! The other way! Some
husband with heart full of ruined hopes go-
ing to meet at the beer table. Some fools
ish youth swift stepping by, anxious 90 join
the revel. Pitied husband. Twas not thus
, few years since. Who is to blamst Let
us who know not the cares and shadows Of
the heart not do that which God has told
, us not to. Let us not condemn. lie viii
reward aud no win punish. The stap dies
away around the corner. So her hope dies
, away, So his hearts thoughts have died
/ out. Why will he leave his hreside this
Saturday night over all OtheTss Home
: once had charms. The eye now so inAifF-
. erent once lit its way to his very soul. The
t lips now cold except in petulancy, once
: put their rirh fullness up to rOvcl in tho
loved kiss. The tongue which now speaks
l but to chide, once knew no language hut
that of love. 1t was many Saturday nights
ago perhaps but it was once. Why 20
|. to nghtG Is there no! some nice corner In
l. the heart whero the old love--the old hope
/ the old pleasure lingersf Must you 60
e to nightP Once you would not have left
c for an hour Who has poisoned the feast
o Who has bittered the springi Talk IL
: over this Saturday night. See who has
f slroulcd the Pet and buried the Darling
y of years ugone. Go no. elsewhere for hap.
4, piness. 1t is not to be found in the wine
u cup. The glass of poison docs not contain
o it. The allurements Of tho gaining table
. give no happiness. Rest this night. II
you love each other, Sit beside zach othes
eye TO eye ut iimes--hand upon OF in
hand at times. Read to her or him yo,.
% love. Roal this little chapter tits kind
5, ly meant even for these who diif5F from us
20 Look back and see how much happier yon
It have been than you might have been-how
!, much happier you might have beon thar
II you are. Do not blame. Do not chill the
rivulet into an iciclc. paa
: Good wife, don't let him go. Make homo
l. happy for your own sake. Give him love
= for lovc-kiss for iss--conhdence for con.
iidence. tje to him as you wore when you
won him Call back the glance, tho word
-the old caress-the electric touch, and
o sit down together to bless God that you
et have each other to love and live for Tot
r. new resolves be born tonight. They may
et die before another comes around but lei
e. them be born. God sent us hcre to b
ID happy. We live to make ourselves miser.
re able. God gave us Saturday night fol
of lovc and refIecfion IIa payA ra the, 9ah
n, bath for rest. lie gave us six daysfor ID
k Dor. And you. brother readsrT-conrad,
TX in lifes battle, must yon go from the HON,
r. you haveY II may not be quito pleasant
but can you not help make u sof Saw
Your earnings. Save your heart
:" Save your man bood. Keep faitl
W with yourself. Give this night 4
us rest-to morrow for worship. and give &
v God heartfelt blessing fer the merceI
rs you have Some Saturday night win b.
n your last. We pray this may not. & t