The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-12-27
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Practical Suggestions.

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DEAR READER: Winter has CONE
again. Not to be praised for its yerdant
fields, its vernal bloom, its singing birds,
its gentle zephyrs, its bouuteous har-
vests, its autumnal glories and gorgeous
sunsets; but for It's healthful and in
vigorating atmosphere freed from poison
and malaria, for the glory and splendor
of its nocturnal heavens, for skates,
jingling bells, merry voices, and for its
long evenings which afford time for
mental, moral and religious improve
ment Those silent moments, though
noisless, have been busy. To some
who sleep in yonder church yard who
were with us last year, they have COUNT
ed their full measure, and to our every
account they are counting on and on
through all the days and nights, heed
less alike Of i'll and well spent hours.
How fitting the time for retrospsctioh
and review, in order to live wiser and
better! AS citizens, neighbors, parents
and teachers, we need wiser heads and
better hearts. AS we look over our
country, what field we behold for the
exercise and display of that principle
"that worketh no i'll to his neighbor."
1t is said we enjoy Peace, So we do.
But unless founded upon the principles
that make peace in its true sense, it will
be only truce.
Why is it that we hear so much Of
taxes, of bonds, of greenbacks, of banks,
currency, finances, &c? Not because of
peace but of that other principle, war.
+" But war is necessary" Possibly it
lis, but there can be no necessity for
"Me necessity" Good boys never
fight; neither would good peoples and
nations The peaceful pursuits to which
man should direct bis attention, are
ample to employ all his talents and
abilities, and to absorb all of the dol
lars and cents. With what satisfaction
do we contemplate the achievements of
science and art! The Atlantic able
and Pacific Rail Road are but ideas
worked out into practical form. Is it
extravagant to expect that ere long we
shall be in daily intercourse with other
Planets! Would the fact transcend the
present discoveries in science and as
tronomy? Certainly not.
Then let us labor for the great end of
our creation. When all our people
shall become good, then viii our laws
be right, our taxes right our states
men right, our Presidents right, and the
people know how to vote right; for
wisdom is inseperable from goodness.
"But how can l do good 2" In a
thousand ways The fire burns low in
that widows cottage--the cold pinches,
and no fuel. How load Of wood
would gladden. her heart! Those little
bare feet-what joy would Il new pair
of shoes create! Then that little
scantily-clad girl, tripping along the
sidewalk this cold morning-the present
of nice little book which contains some
thing useful would be cherished for
mouths; and then that little boy on the
pond, watching his fellows upon their
skates so wistfully, would not a new
pair of skates make his heart dance
for joy9 Would you not sooner be the
donor of them than eat a supper of
oysters? Then there is hard working
mechanic toiling for the maintenance
and education of his family, but in
spite of his utmost efforts small
mortgage has fastened upon his home,
sickness and high prices are no argu-
ment with the inexorable officer, sixty
days and it must go at the drop of the
hammer; can you not induce two or
three of your friends to join you and L
paw the interest and get an extension
of time? Then the library in that
Sabbath School runs low. Good,
wholesome mental food can be had,
but it requires money. Then that boy
has broke the cord to his sled and his /;
fingers are numb and he can't tie it,
can't you give him kind word and tie
it for him? And kind words-are they
not a good currency in which to deal?
DECEMBER, 1867. w.L.c. t
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