News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-29

IN contact. many, very banS, Will
e be looking up to us for example, and
/ what beautiful picture to hang in
e the castle. If only our influence is
}. for the right, what halo of light will
e be spread about it, lighting all around
g it. Then a grand question it should
be to ask ourselves: What kind OF
o an influence am l eXerting over those
d with whom l come in contact; such
n an one as | should like to have known,
!, if nv secret thoughts were untolded
l. and spread out before me? We are
all of us more or less initiative beings
v and all can and do exert greater OF
:. less influence over those with whom
: we come in contact day by day.
/ Some of us may say, "My influence Is
j. so small it does not amount 10 any
thing" but remember
The smallest bark on hfes tempestuous ocean
e win leave a track behind forever more;
It The lightcst wave of influence set in notion
@ Extends and widens to the eternal shore.
. We should be uary then, who go before myr
- And We LIQUID tllse our bearing carefully,
Where 4l%i6eT7 roar and fearful tempestS
One mistake may wreck unnum-
, bered banks that follow in our wake,
, and what a niche would it be in the
grand foundation if by one mistake
of ours many barks that were sailing
on tempestuous seas should be strand
ed on the quicksands of sin, and snf-
< fer an irreparable loss. 1t is not nee
L essary for our acts to be proclaimed
aloud from the hill tops. Many of
: them can be done in silence, for the
work that an unknown good man does
is like vein Of water flowing under
ground, secretly making the ground
green. In many cases it is much bet
ter to do well than to say well, "for
by their fruits We shall know them, !"
= and surely we do not wish to have
: our fruit blasted. Will not the mem
DRY of Washington, Lincoln and Gar
field live forever? Have they not left
behind them monuments which are as
!, adamant? The Scottish people treas
ure the beautiful works of Burns.
and many hearts have been cheered
: by reading 1.-The Cotter's SATURDAY.
Night" England has her Tennyson,
while we of America have our Long
fellow, Whittier and other poets of
great renown. Their names are per-
petuated forever, for they have placed
before us something that will benefit
the human race. Their writings are
found in nearly every home through
out this broad land, a1d their words
are quoted so often. Truly their
works and influence do and shall live
I after them.
In the circle of friends here gath
cred tonight, who can tell of the en-
during monuments that have been in
the past, or may be in the future,
built by this order. These unseen in
fuences are at work, silently it may
be, but surel V, and from within the
sacred precincts of this lodge room it
may be that for the past twenty-five
years many have been made better by
some influence here at work of which
none but its members know. Within
the cells of prison little flower was
found peeping from among the crew
Ices of the floor. How it came there
none knew, but it cheered the heart
of the lone prisoner within those walls.
Very tenderly was it cared for by
him until it budded and blossomed,
thereby making his heart glad. All !
can any of us tel! of the pictures that
may have arisen in his mind, sug-
gested by that little flower? 1t may
have been that if one kind word had
been given him, or helping hand ex-
tended to him in by-gone years, that
he would not now be within felon's
cell, branded by the whole world.
Within the deep recesses of our
forests little springs come bubbling
forth from the earth, and for what
purpose? They are hidden from NOR
tai eye as much as is the ore in the
mountain side; but were they formed
in vain? Do they not give moisture to
all around? The tiny violet growing
by their sides would wither and fade
if the roots did not receive moisture
from it. The little birds MARBLE forth
their notes Of praise to their Creator
for these springs, not seen, yet their
purposes are good.
Another block which will fit in our
enduring monument is friendship, and
yet another is brotherly love; also
benevolence. Without these our lives
would be incomplete; almost aimless.
1t is true none are without friends.
but by our actions we should strive to
gain more, and certainly if we wish to
reclaim the fallen we should be friend
, w and charitabIa.to thono
What is meant by brotherly love?
Is it to live for self wholly. To think
those who have had fortune smile
, upon them to have the precedence?
Hardly, you will say. We would
. have men live for one another, not
for selfish motives, but because a di-
vine relationship exists between them.
We should throw the mantle of char
ity around all, in sickness or distress
be willing to aid, but not cast our
!, brother aside. IF we think that he
has not as good advantages as our
selves or some of our associates, "do
noble things, not dream them all
day." remembering that he most lives
who thinks the most, feels the noblest
and acts the best. What better ex-
ample of brotherly love do we find
than that of DR.. Kane while in those
Arctic regions, when all of his COM
rades were suffering with cold and |
hunger, keeping up good courage,
going among them and aiding all in |
in his power, and then unfurling 10 |
the breeze those two flags side by side
one Of freedom and the other of
friendship, thus showing to those who
should come after him that the two
should exist together, and that the
bond of brotherhood was found all
over the continent, whether in the lev
Arctic regions of the north, or the
warmer ones of the south that this
foundation was built of blocks purer
than Parian marble, stayed by dur
able timber and supported by maies-
tic pillars. AS we place these blocks
upon this sure foundation of good
name, let US delve and toll to keep
them unsullied, and let the browning
masterpiece overriding all be charity,
and as the miner digging for gold,
breaks the barren surface, and from
far beneath brings up the precious