The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-02-01
FROM TOW1.

EDITOR ADVANCE: In this valley of
hard work and strife for life, Of mag
:goty sqnirming after the good things
Of the flesh, how. often one ne
elects lbuts not forgets) his friends !!
Weeks pass, and bring us little more
than q good resolution or two, -: the
paving stones, {" etc. Yet, is it not bet
ter to pass ones time in forming good
resolutions, than in performing bad
ones? And, by-the-Way, is not the
world at large running pretty much af-
ter this fashion, Had not. some of the
shysters in our political middle better
's2'esolve and. re-res0lve'' even if; they
: die the same?'' Surely, the, buying
and selling, the bartering of trusts for
gold Or fame, will bring its own reward.
Is it not enough to make man blush?-
y / had rather 0e a dog and bay the
moon than such 4 Roman" And
(pardon me for touching upon our home
brOils,) may we not claim some Of the
same stamp? In a different way per-
haps, in 4 way that i" refines' - the dis
honorable squabble, insomuch that it
emanates from those protesting to be
followers of the Prince of Peace, and in
the language of one of our best men,
all done in the name of christianity. y
Is this thing, like the possessed swine,
to be driven by its own evil spirits, to
its own certain destruction? Perhaps,
i'll the course of human events the great
mass of humanity, like the sea, is puri-
fed by action. And perhaps our little
fish-pond is become foul and heaven
gives it agitation to throw off the i'm
purities. Perhaps it has taken in some
thing unclean that the moral stomach
of our community is trying to eject
Such being the case, it will bubble and
seethe until it's foulness will grow
beautifully less" and glimmering,
like the ignis fatuus, lose it's identity
in some cOngenial swamp. Far be it
from me, my dear friend, to say aught
against the church, but we are told ''by
their fruits We shall know them.'' So
they, having failed to keep the inside of
the platter clean, are compelled to hang
out the sign that che who runs may
read" Having committed the offence
Of taking in impurity, and the still
greater one of trying to gloss it over,
they are now paying the penalty. 30,
their offence is rank, it smells to heav-
en-" and heaven will never forgive the
offence while they retain the fruits of it.
Why can we not become more charit-
able toward each others faults, live in
harmony as brethren should, and quit
this turmoil, that, let it look to the out
side world as it will, is yet wearing and
tearing the vitals of our community.
Love puts on an Angels power,
And Faith grows mightier than the grave.'
1 see the usual disparity between the
ADVANCE and its opponent is rapidly
increasing; which all lovers of the law
and good morals will hail with pleasure.
So many compliments are pouring in,
that it seems unnecessary to reiterate
those Which hear at this distance, and
their name is legion. "The morals of
your community are safe, so long as
your paper is 50 fearless in denouncing
evil" is a remark frequently hear
from intelligent sources, and it makes
me feel proud that have an interest
there.
Grasshopper, that inexl,austible theme
is subject Of discussion here as with
you. Eggs enough and to spare; in
fact, people are as liberal with them as
with advice and kicks. More d niger is
apprehended from the hatch than in
Minnesota. AS far as weather is con-
cerned, old Boreas reigns supreme.
CORIOL.