The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-04

Ihe Gosrds IS by the fre-they're warm,
| know"
No BLANKET wraps the 1.-The, half naked
But love, that teaches bIrtisto rob their breas,
To warm their younslinss-!ove, Gevises
To shield tbs youngIing from the bitter blast.
The warm boards laid about the weary child,
| He turns a smiling face, her face towards
| Mother" he says, soft pity IN his tone,
"WEat DO the poor boys DO that have no
| boards"
| What nope is there in the present and
| iuturt" We must have true estimates of God
| AMI man TO appreciate LOOK al man! Great,
| IN his own { tiInaiion! He can do wonders
| liz builds boats he calls sale; bridges he
| thinks secure; corquers nature: Gigs to the
center o. the earth for its treskures; nlss t.
| he-ven; puts bit and bride on lightning and
| makes Il his Mercury; snnihi!stes space and
| talks with his fellows everywhere; makes
| .sEss and eIu pires; speaks W rus that cannot
| touch of the Omnipo.ent finger and all Is ruin
| and death.
50, il viii not Co TO leave God ont Of your
| calculations. Pain, loss, sorrow, ruin teach
US TO LOOK higher.
Thank God, then, for the life still left us,
never 50 strong ~ now We hear much OF
ruined lie, and We may think ours 20, but
thank God as long as there is life there is
hope Wehave lost The past, but are masters
OF the present; can yet, with The help of God,
build "a fair life edifice. We may never make
| much stir among men, but We can do better
secure a HARMONIOUS and happy life within
the SOU. some say too late" Time is a
life b AT, win ropes at the Prov, and none
HCnn the steGTn. success is born OF failure.
For the mDIel for true manhood found and
Alven ia Christ. Men mas say what they
please about the Savior, but for all that Is
pare, true, honest and hei pIul, no where can
TIE world fird hissqIai. true helper in
the best sense Of the word. A friend that
never deserts.
Then, let us cultivate m ore faith in human
itE- Nisanihrnpes and cNnics point the DIN
couIsge-corruption in nigh places; but l
stiIi believe humanity Is Improving Why,
see the change In prison life aud treatment OF
men. thank God for this. l sha!l believe
the world is growing better till see another
Noah building his ark.
The sure-t way 10 make a rogue is for every
hDfy TO call man SO. The opposite also
true.
Christ was a man, ard 1t has hallowed hu-
manlty. Why, have the profoundest res
Get for the iEeanest man in the wor d, not
for u hat he Is, but !or what he may be the
q vine possibilities in him.
And speed the day the Golden Rule shall
be the rei'gion OF every man and the church
and goDi men must 20 forth in Chrlst's
nsne not looking to See whether men are
but loving and working for them because
they are brethren.
Lastly, the outlook is more encouraging for
the future of our country. Look at her his
tory God had done too much for ner TO de- |
seTt her now. He is working out the prob. |
lem OF civil and religious liberty. be ex-
poets every man TO DO his duty. have moth. |
ins 20 say of politics, but principles.
said Josiah Quincy: 1.-The great ccmpre-
henSive truths written IN letters OF living |
light on every page Of our history, are these: |
Truman happiness has no perfe ct security but |
freedom; freedom none but virtue; virtue
none but knowledge And neither freedom
nor virtue has anr yigor or mortal hope
except in the principles of the Christian
fam, and in the sanction OF the Christian
religion"
here Is my hope, that In all the mutations |
of life, both personal and national, above all
politics, shall be the love to God and man, |
carried out and obeyed by all ; upheld by a
firm trust in righte ousness that eXalJeth any
nation, or any Individual.
The speaker then closed with the following
illustration: ''Since had the pleasure of |
addressing you last Fourth of July, have
been out amid the mountains IN colorado. |
Among the many striking experiences Of the |
trip was the journey from Denver 10 Lead i
vile. After riding half day over that /
modern marvel of civil engineering, the |
south Park railway, which climbs the noun
night, until 1t reaches ten thousand feet or 1
more above the Sea, We took our seat in a 4
coach and passed weary but glorious hours in |
ascending the snowy range, and working our /
way over the Mosquito Pass. ON aud on, up
and up, on tue edge Of niGhty.pIecipic,s /
where foot out of the way would send us !
down hundreds of feet; past the timber line;
by the craters of prehistoric, extinct VOL /
canoes; delayed by break We finally /
crsvled upon the peak. All was midniE bit |
darkness about us: rbove the stars. But l
away below US, what sight. The mighty
valleys seem. ii alive with The shining links
OF the miners. miles away ; and far off lay |
Leadville, only seen by its numberiess lights,
which IN ade tue plains below Us look as The !
starry skies had fallen and we're twinkling
b. nra our feet
=. But how were We 10 safely find our way |
down 10 the valley below" No moon, no |
iEntarB, and a narrow, rocky, winding way,
from v nlc.I one mis- step would hurl Us down +,
u arresGful death One of the passengers 1
wore a long, white rubber coat. Placing him
before the six mule team ana bidding him
walk carefully down exactly In the middle rs 1
ne should be bile TO See II. we drove slowly /
on. Mile alter mile, hour after hour, We fol- 1
lowed that white vIsOn- until at length we /
came 10 the plains below IN safety We
thanked God.
I" Ny friends such a guide through the dark
vaii!es and over the winding, dangerous
paths of life i Jesus Chris Have YOU wan.
derei and toiled and fallen in the past? Put /
Christ with his white robe OF parity before |
you and brayey push on You may follow /
your guide and fear evil. life and hope
are still before you. Thank God for that but |
take no man Tor moral. Remember the 4
bitter lesson of the past aad out o: crushing /
c. feat shall come victory, II you Will be ieye \
that only God IS great"
a certain pschs dead i've thoasani years.
once from his haren Il ii In sudden tears,
And had this sentence on the city's gate
Deeply eugrayen "Olly God Is great"
so these four words, above the city's noise,
Hang like the accents of an Angels voice,
And eyeTmore, from the high barbican
Lost is that oity's glory; every gust
sits, with Crispe leaves, the unknown
pacha's dust:
And all i ruin. save one wrInkled gate |
W Iereon IS written, '.Only God is great" |
AT THE POOR HOUSE. l
\ very excellent dinner was served 10 the |
county poor at the county farm by the worthy |
Superintendent, q. w. IL. Moore, who is al. |
ways noted for his iiberaliiy to those under |
his charge. He furnishes the following card |
for publication: |
LEvESwoETH COUNTY FARM.
NOVEMBER, Is, ls7s.
Editor TIM S:-T5asing you for the many
cpuJte5ieS SHOWN me IN your paper, L ask |
space In your columns 10 return the thanks
OF myself and vile, together With the thanks
OF all connected With this houss, TO Mr.. Nc
Gini'y, Mr.. Redng, Mr.. Butts and Others of |
your city, tor delicacie. furnished for our
thanksgiving dinner; asp TO the Kansas
COnse rvsfory OF Music for the very excellent
music performed 10y fifteen of their number (; |
aud 10 Mr.. George Chilly for furnishing trans. |
pUT;atiou. q. W. II. MooRE, |
Superintendent.