Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-06-18
The HERALD
Who is Clean p

Why we are made of the dust of
the earth and are obliged to live in
world ofdirt, instead of being ethere-
al creatures, dwelling in q realm
where nothing more impure than a
ray OF light ever entered, we don't
know. But we do know that here
we are, and that the frcer we keep
from earth-stains, the better it is for
US. Yet who among us is wise p
Who is clean =? Surely not he who
cheweth tobacco, and squirteth the
juice to the right of him, to the left of
him, and on every side of him, or
permitteth it 10 run down his shirt
front; or who useth napkin instead
of handkerchief, then layeth il on
the table, OF scenteth the room with
his unwashed feet, the moment he
entered therein. Nor is she cleanly
who goeth about in a white-grey
wrapper, highly diversified with ink
and grease spots; vino ownoth not a
tooth or nail brush, and who taketh
not kindly to soap and water, whose
front steps are seldom swept, save
by the winds of Heaven, or washed,
but by the kindly rain: whose win.
dows are semi-opsque; whose car
pets have not been taken up within
the last five years, and whose sit
ting-room is furnished with NANCY
chairs, sticky SOFAS filmy looking
G glass, dingy bird, cat. q novel,
and baby, all greatly in need OF
scrubbing.
Who IS pure-minded
Not he who findeth pleasure 10 low
jests and songs, and who delighteth
in the society of those who boast of
how much bad whiskey they can
hold. Not he who writeth scurrili
GUS articles for the press, or publish
eth them when written. He may
be an intellectual giant;but verify he
is unclean, and should be stunned as
were the lepers of old. There is as
much difference between him and
trul y great man, as there is between
"a lake whose crystal waters strength
en- and delight, and some vast offens-
i've sea whose waves treed pestlence
and death.
Who is pure in heart ?
Not he who taketh advantage of
his neighbours lack of business expe-
rience, and feeceth him soundly,
then laugheth and braggeth of his
meaness.
Not be who layeth the blame of
his own misdoing upon another, like
one Adam, who, when closely ques-
toned about certain kind of apple
he had eaten, was SO ungallant AS to
say:
"The woman whom thou gavest to
be with me, she gave me of the tree,
and | did eat.
He is not pure hearted who grind
eth the face of the poor" because he
can; or letteth them alone when he
might help them as well as not. Nor
is he pure in heart who looketh into
his own, and perceiveth sundry and
divers denominations, but goeth not
to work to get rid of them.
"lt is very well to preach, but
quite another thing to practice, says
one. 1T is 80 difficult to keep one s
face and hands clean,-especially out
West"
Granted. What then? Why, if
you are of the right stuff, you will
wash and scrub all the harder To
do difficult things is what you are
for, mostly. Life is, or ought to be, a
hand-to-hand conflict with Apollyon,
and other foes to peace and purity
An occasional skirmish with them is
not of much use. But they who
wage perpetual war against them
will sing songs of victory in that
world where all tho saints and angels
are robed in spotless white. - In0, in
Chicago Tribune.