The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-07-01

help him on. The longer we live tho moretls
we learn that men arc weak aud that causes
| to the world unseen make them SO. Looking
over the list Of men who are not perfect, W
have pity and sympathy now where ii on
ignorance we had harsh words o. contempt n
the yearsapa The decentralization the ma,
tton feels, men sympathize with an unwit.
tingly.a The struggle Of the poor to obtain
food Is greater now than ever before in this
country. The hopelessness of effort tllat.fllls
the hearts Of thousands who toll make their
souls weary and the will weak. Tho crowd
ing habits Of the extravaganza Of meif and wo-
men who labor for the froth Of fashion is driv-
ing wives to selfishness and husbands to des-
pair. Decentralization is followed by discon-
tent. uneasiness, hasty words, angered actions
and despair Husbands and fathers, as they
go deeper and deeper into slavery for the sup
port Of growing monopolies and d grasping
aristocracy become more sensitive as they feel
their position. Their hands being first on the
pillow they feel the result before their wives,
unless the wife be in soul and sympathy with
the husband. The condition of the one is not
always the condition Of the other. The
festival of passion still fingers in the soul Of
men. As birds fly affrighted and children
hasten away when comes the tremor that tells
of a storm, SO do men feel the invisible agita-
ton of panic and poverty. Then it is that
woman Is the sister of God in the work Of sal
Walton. Then will her hot, rasping words
drive a man to the woods or to closer herd
ing with his sex in places where men may
meet, Or hercareful gentle influence hold him
to his home and to the heart Of sympathy for
which men crave, and lie will live to make
all about him blessed, and to return with
interestaall the love and kindness given him.
To-day the nation is frotful. To-day, men
upon whose shoulders are personal, political
and positive responsibilities are fretful as the
magnetism of sympathy honors its positive
law. While the nation is in debt, taxation
enormous and human interests SO generally
lost sight of by those in authority, men are
sore, feyered and ready for revolt. The
curse of war is left-upons thes laud. Hearth
stones are holding the echoes of battle-fields.
What the country needs is not agitation, but
rest. The laborer needs peace as day needs
the quiet evonti,ae. Iiie ocean Is lined witt,
rocks upon which loving husbands have been
driven when ILL., tired and weak, by the hasty
words of wives and the interference Of neigh
bors who look to laugh moro than to sym
pathize. Men are not blameless but that ele-
ment being nearest the fire Of business is ever
and eternally in need Of sympathy, all the
more when the times are hard and business
profits SCARCE. Judging others from oursel
and from the cravings of q heart that means
to be honest we reach out in sympathy to
men in distress-to souls in grief--to those
who are being prayed for, and whose names
are made sinful shuttle-cocks for religious
battle-doors. ss
| This is not the hour nor the time to beat
the air, and drive men farther into them
selves. Nogood will come from, forcible ap-
plication Of religious zeal or mistaken senti-
ment. Men do not often become better by
singing them out and stamping those as
vicious who are but weak and mistaken from
too much work or thought. Every step taken
in anger must be retraced in sorrow, with feet
tA1SSSiO SpCdho tut
storm, the earthquake, the strandfng of
vessels and rending Of rocks. There is Of
wildness but not of beauty in this. A few
days ago; some vines thrust their tips under
the door Of the sanctum wherein we write.
Leaves and buds came quietly tfnder gentle
Influence. To-day there is wreath OF leaves
and beautiful flowers in our room growing
from the roots outside. We have treated the
vines kindly ard now they give us beautiful
reward, as there is IN this life and million
times more in the Land Of the Leal Where
agitation is not SO radical, and whore peace,
good will and harmony prevails as people
adapt themselves to each other--as we pray
that all hearts may to kindness and charity
this beautiful Saturday night. Brick'' Pom
eroy.
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