The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1886-12-22
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Domestic Moral, Religious and Pol.
itic --- Some Philosphizing For
The Benefit Of all Whom
it May Concern"
IL our ing uires shall lead us to the in
evitable conclusion that the whole So
cial fabric IL but mass Of convention
alities, with a predominance Of fraud,
deceit and villainy to give the putrid
carcass strong flavor, then we should
say that the cause of this fact IL, man
kind have never fully accepted Truth,
Virtue, Righteousness and Justice, but
are mostly given to Lust, Greed, Rap
inc, Seduction and WrOng-being set
against the Word of God, and strong to
resist the eternal laws Of the universe
and to do battle against Jehovah.
How many neighDors are neighbors ?
Give the number of husbands true to
their wives? How many yirtuous wives?
Is there any genuine love or friend
ship?
Men talk about Progress, Civilization,
Religion, Justice. IL our progress any
thing more than gross materialism, aud
the concentration Of wealth and power?
Is that civilization which robs the
greater part Of the human family Of
their natural and God-given heritage
in the Land, which institutes Private
Ownership in that which God created,
and thereby deprives Labor of the pow
er to create for itself by the Withholding
of the gifts and the bounties of Nature?
IL not religion, for the most part,
cant, theology and hypocrisy? Do we
not see many wolves in sleeps cloth
ing, who go about seeking whom they
may devour? And how much Is the
world acquainted with justice?
Does not the longest purse or the
heaviest hank account bring down the
scales ? And cunning wretches, full of
hate, malice, corruption and cruel
tyranny, triumph over virtue and hon
or.
o, yes, the social evil" is great, hut
who mitigates IL? Husbands, who
have virtuous wives, do not Save few
rare EXCEPTIONS any more than those
who do not have such, nor no more
than those whose wives are given to in
fidelity. Ditto, with regard to wives,
although the virtue Of woman is vastly
higher than that of man. IL, indeed, he
has any.
Good husbands make good wives
(sometimes) and mce rersd But the
great trouble il, the husband is not so
tender and considerable, so trustful and
cOnfiding with the wife as he should be,
and the want of tenderness and conf
deDce brings on deception and aliena-
ton. --
/! we had fewer bad men, we would
have more good women.
We have read about Sultans, Khe-
dives, and other Mussulmen, having rs
many as 5000 wives-and of some peO-
pie in this country, who have but one
wife APIECE, although they are familiar
with many wonderland we have new
er been able to ascertain the need Of 80
many females. Indeed, our ''Old wo-
man" IL, sometimes, zone too many"
for us! But, then, some men have
their assets in stocks and bonds, while
others stake stock" in women and
things. Well everyone to his taste!
y, wives love your husbands, and
husbands, love and cherish your wives.
keeping yourselves unto them; for this
fidelity to the one wife and woman will
make her and you happy. And you
can glide down the vale of life, hand
in hand, heart to heart, to rejoice. when
ready to cross over the Dark River OF
Death, that you each loved the other
the best of all the world; that loved,
toiled, sorrOwed, rejOiced, each with
and for the other; that you have lived
and loved righteously unto righteous
ness, and to Home Eternal with the
Blessed Redeemer, circumscribed only
by the Glorious Majesty ofOur God!
Husbands, fathers, brothers drink nc
more whisky Tor any other distilled
poison) that robs you of money, friends
aud sometimes of wives and children
that destroys mind, body and soul, and
leaves you forever doubly damned o
God and man!
Be frugal, industrious, kind, loving
aud just; faithful to wife, children ant
country, aud diligent in the service OF
God!
For duty, love, obedience, live for
ever; and men nor devils can destrO,
, you never!
8 II all of us would not try TO he NOR
Just, we would soon have better wOrl'
I of mankind; would not have to moral
lie In this strain; would not speak, o
have to speak, OF the frightfully low
grade of morality In the cities, and u
the increase OF crime in the country
y everywhere; but would commend tn
y growth of the principles of Justice, mer
u cy and humanity.
But, after all, we are one OF the phil
osophers who think that some are borl
= good, some bad, and some devils from
= the beginning, like Judas.
Well, we send missionaries abroad 4