Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-25
NUMBER 80.

only thing worth living for, and his plans
ana aims and contrivances are all to
please men, he is wise for the generation
OF the children of the world; for the gen
Grafton of the children of light he is not
wise.-F. ". Robertson.
a WRITER in the Orerldpd H0pfL2y re-
lates the following: This tradition which
| tell you,' said Refs HasSan, "is many
centuries old 1t states that there was in
Paradise a temple built of precious
stones. Man dare not utter It's splendors.
Deep in the midst of Eden ii stood, anSl-
built-a dazzling sanctuary. Our pa
rents sang their vesper songs in the twi-
1ght shadows OF lis courts; fer there were
plilared halls and cloisters of emerald and
pearl, where fountains sprang alott in the
silent moon; and long, luminous vistas,
where, hand in hand, these two lovers
walked in sinless beauty. Then there
were pinnacles and domes of sapphire,
blazing in the sunlight by day. and gilt
tering IN The starlight by night From
court and terrace, waters welled out, and
the Tres crested cascades fell down to cool
shady dells of asphodel below, for the
temple was placed far within The priva-
cies OF that valley OF Eden whence the
four rivers flowed eastward However,
sad to relate, upon the day Adam fell this
glorious temple was scattered into mill
ION OF fragments, and sown broadcast over
the earth. These fragments we now
light upon, and gather up with cost and
care, and call them rubics, emeralds, sap
phires and diamonds; but they are, after
all, only that primeval palace. The sun
set splendors and the diadems of princes
the milky way in the heavens, and the
a.lrl
of maiden's hair, are alike but the
costly dust of that lost sanctuary-the sad
remembrances of departed Eden "
The POWER OF A GREAT EXAMPLE
There Is nothing that will let the light
into the soul like personal influence; moth
ing that can lift one up out of the dark
ness, and lead one into the divine and
quickening light and baptize one in the
spirit of faith, hope, love and charity, like
the magic power of a great example; moth
ing that can inspire, eXalt and purify, like
the magnetic rays of healing and helping
that beam out of the eyes of noble men
and women. If your life has been deep
and broad in its experience then you have
seen lives that were better than yours;
lives whose pure light shown on YOU
from serener hight than you could reach,
and touched you and warmed you through
and through just as the dropping flowers
some chilly morning, have looked up
through the thick fogs and caught a
glimpse of the bright sun, which scattcrs
the mlsts and opens the glad blossoms to
the warm ite-giving light Whose life is
not, sometimes, wrapped around with
togs? Who has not looked up from his
little life world and seen no cheering sun
above him-nothing but a heavy, leaden
sky hanging over? And then, perhaps
you have almost doubted the sun itself
doubted goodness and doubted God--un-
Ill you have seen the clouds break away,
the t"gs lit, and doubt vanish before the
beautiful radiance of some shining exam
pie. | tell you that | believe, more and
more, that what the world needs To reform
and redeem it is, not so much a sound
theology, or profound philosophy, but
holier, purer, diviner lives-lives that
shall be the light Of men.-W. II. Spencer.