West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-02-09

unusual life pushes lbs disciples into valetudi
narianism and the grave. Along the walks
OF prosperous iifo death goes a-mowing-and
such haryests as are reapedi Materia meiica
has been exhausted 10 find curatves for these
| physiological devastations. Dropsies can.
GERS, consumptIons, govt aud almost every
iinnrmity In all the realm Of pathology have
| been the penalties paid. To counterfeit the
DAMAGE pharmacy has gone forth with medi.
cament, p1nacea, elixir, embrocation, salve
| and catnplasn
Tonight with swollen feet upon cushioned
ottoman. and grooming with aches innumer-
abe, viii be tho votary OF luxurious living,
not half 50 happy as his groom or coal HEAVIER
wrong fashion IL the worlds undertaken. and
drives thousands OF helrses to Greenwood
ana Laurel Hill and Mount Auburn
But, worse than that this folly IL an intel
lectual depletion This endless study OF
| proprieties and etiquette. patterns and styles
Is oe-dwarhng to the intellect. never knew
! n woman or n man of extreme fashion that
! knew much. How belittling the study OF
the cut OF n coat. or tho tie OF n cravat. or
| the wrinkle i'm n sleeve. or the color OF a rib
bon HOW they are Worried IL something
gets unneu, or nuuE swry. or Is not nicely
| ndInsted! With a mind capable OF measuring
| the height and depth OF great subjects: also
| 10 unravel mysteries 20 walk through the
universe, TO soar up into the infinity of Gods
httributes-hovering perpetually over n new
s.yte ol COAX have known men reckless
ms 10 their character and regardless OF inter
es's momentous and eternal, exasnerated by
The shape of n vest button What Is the
matter with that woman wrought up into
theagony of despairi Oh, her muff is out of
| fashonl
Worse than all-this folly is not satisfied
until II has extirpated every moral sentiment
and blasted the soul. a wardrobe is the rock
| upon which many IA soul has been riven. The
| excitement OF luxurious life has been the
vortex that has swallowed up more souls than
tho Maelstrom Off Norway ever destroyed
ships. What room for elevating themes in a
heart filled with the trivial and unroali
VINO can wonder that in this haste for sun
gilded baubles and winged thistle down men
and women should tumble into ruin! The
travellers TO destruction are not all clothed in
rags On that road chariot jostes against
chariot; aud behind steeds I'm harness golden
plated and glittering they go down, coach and
four, herald and position, racketing on the
hot pavements of hell Clear the track Ba-
zaars hang out their colors over the road; and
trees OF tropical fruitfuness overbranch the
way. No sound of woe disturbs the air but
all is light, and song, and wine and gorgeous
ness The world comes out TO meet the daz
cling procession with; Hurrahi hurrah!n
But suddenly there is halt and an cutlery of
dismay, and an overthrow worse than the
Rel Sea tumbling upon the Egyptians.
Shadow OF gravestones upon finest silk
| Norwood squeezed into impaired gobletsi
Death with one cold breath whitening the
leaves and freezing the fountains
In the wild tumult OF tho last day-the
mountains falling, the heavens flying, the
!
and the boom of the last great thunder peal
and under the cracking o a burning world
what will become OF the disciple OF unholy
fashion!
But watch the career of one thoroughly
artificial. Through Inheritance, or perhap.
his own skill, having obtained enough for
purposes of display, he feels himself thor
oughly established. He sits aloof from the
common herd, and looks out of his window
upon the poor man and saws: "Put tina.
| m iota w I'm,
| Sabbath day he finds the church but mourns
! tho fact that he must worship with so many
OF the lneegant, and says: "They are per-
! fectly awful!n THAT man that Won Dut in
my pew had coat ON his back that did not
cost 80. He struts through life unsympa-
thetic with trouble and says: II cannot be
bothered Is delighted with some doubtful
story of Partisan life, but think that there
are some very indecent things i'm the Bible.
| Walks arm in arm with the successful man
| of the world, but does not know his own
brother. Loves to be praised for his splendid
| house, and when told that he looks younger
| than ten years ago, says: "Well, really: do
| you think so ~
But the brief strut of his life 1, about over.
Upstairs he dies No angel wings lowering
| ABOUT MIN; no Gospel promises kindling up
| the darkness; but exquisite embroidery, ele-
CANT pictures, and bust of Shakespeare on
| The manteL The pulses stop: the minister
| comes in to read OF the resurrection that day
when the dead shall come up-both he that
died ON the floor and he that expired under
| princely upholstery. He is carried out to
burial Only few mourners, but a great
array of carriages. Not one common man mt
the funeral. No befriended orphan to weep
tear on his grave. No child of want press
| ing through the ranks OF the weeping saving:
| him.
What nowl He was great man Shall
not char1ots of salvation come down TO the
other side OF the Jordan and escort him up
10 inc palacef Shall not thu angels exclaim:
Turn out! a Prince is comingn VIII tho
bells chimei Win there be harpers with
their harps and trumpeters with their trum-
| pets.
mol no! MOI There will be sbudder os
though n calamity had happened. Standing
on heavens battlements q Waterman will see
something shoot past with fiery downfall
anu shrek: Wandering star, for whom is
| reserved the blacknes5 OF darkness fOreverl"
But sadder yet is tho closing of a woman's
HE that has been worshipful Of worldliness, all
| tIlS wealth OF q lfetimes opportunity wasted.
| nhhJ tragedy! woman on her dying
pillow, thinking Of what she might have done
Ior God and humanity, aud yet having done
! nothingl Compare her demise with that of
Harriet Newell going down 20 peacefully
uIe in the Isle OF France, reviewing her life
| tiine sicrlhceS Tor the redemption Of India:
or at the last hours OF Elizabeth Hervev
| having exchanged her bright New Eng
land home for a life at Bombay amid
seoHd heathenism, that she might illumine it,
dark valley, 10 has not dark spot on il: all
| IS nght, HghtW or the exit Of Mrs Lennox.
railing under sudden disease at SMYRNA.
! breathing out her soul with the last words:
= On how happyl or the departure Of Mrs
sarah ID. Comstock, spending her life for
inc salvation Of Burnah giving ND her chill
dfen that they might come home TO America
| 20 be edcatcd, and slying, as she kissed
! them gOod-by, never TO SEQ them again: "Ob
Jesus, 30 this for Theeln Or the going OF
| lO,OOO good women, who, in less resoun1ng
spheres, have lived not for themselves but
Tor God and the alienation Of human suffer.
| ing. That was brilliant sceno when. in
| l4SJ, in the campaign for the capture OF
| FONDA, Queen Elizabeth Of Castillo. on
| horseback, side by side with King Ferd naud
role out to review the troops As she in
I bright armOr rode along the lines of the
! spanish host and waved her jewed hand
70 the warriors, and ever and anon uttered
/ words OF cheer 20 the worn veterans who. far
| away from their homes. were r.skng their
lives for the kingdom, It was "a spectacle that
| lliumines history. But more glorious will DO
/ the scene when that cOnsecrated Christian
| woman crowned in heaven shall review the
| souls that on earth she clothed and fed and
medicned and evangelical and then intro
/ duced into the ranks celestial. As on the
| white horse n victory. side by side with tho
| king, this queen unto God forever shall ride
past the lines Of those in whose salvation
she bore part the scono will surpsss any.
/ thing over witno tsed on earth in the life ~
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