Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-02
vAeAsoNDs OF TIDE AND FIELD.
Adirondack Murray on the wholesome
Delights of Outdoor Life.

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Adirondack Murray on the Wholesome
Delights of Outdoor Life.
What a splendid freemasonry this is
of outdoor lifei How gentle and gen
erous its rivalries! Which head shall
dive deepest in the cool depths OF
speck the white surf farthest from
shorel Which rod shall lift the heav
Test trout or gun show TO its credit the
fullest bag of gamel- Whose deck shall
shine the cleanest, or whose white sails
shall lead the feet to evenings anchor
agel Whose table Of bark shall boast
of the tenderest venison or lodge front
display for ornament the noblest spread
of antlersl Whose rifle is truest TO the
camp when food is scarce, or is silent
longest when game is plenty and the
harder over FULL
These are the generous and healthy
rivalries of the outdoor life which
stimulate but never fret. aud leave
both victor and vanquished healthy
and happy still. Compare with these
the scramble for wealth; the rivalries
for gain, the suicidal despair Of some,
the vain and boastful bearing Of others,
the bitterness and ruin of those who
lose. the arrogance of those who win.
the sneeriug envyings and ranking
jealousies. ripeuing TO hatred a. the
years grow ON, which characterize the
lives men live in store, office and street.
and note the contrast.
Who Of us frank spoken aud Kind
hearted vagaboud~ of tide and field. of
deck and camp, are euyiou> of auyi
Each ma we meet L. c,ur.de. fellow
picuicNer. brother mau partner of our.
in the sweet profit, of our healthy,
happy. natural life. Mid hammered
and light hearted wanderers. boys with
smooth or wriuhlei faces. gray headed
some of Us. but boys still. thank God,
canoei>t-. campers. yaclJ~meu, our fires
are lighted ou a thousand shores and
@ evening song floats over ID thou
sand lakes and island studded rivers
We are "a family Of natures saints,
Our spirits have been touched and soft
ened by the sweet grace of nature
We have been iuioctriuateI in the
truths that shine ont of star, and
which the blue heavens declare 40 noon
and night. The leaves of the caterhism
we have studied have been the hpwery
meadows, the voiceful slope, of noun
taius. the shining beaches. the whisper
ing leaves of trees. the thunder shaken
~tirInaueur, or the star lighted depth of
level waters. From these uu-Calvinis-
tic text books We have learned sweet
lessons of God, whose geurleues, We
saw in the very leave, We studied. Our
souls have drank the waters OF life.
fresh from native fountains. aud our
spirits have batied their scars in rivers
which flow from him whose voice is as
the sound of many waters.
All hall. Ye healthy blooded,
healthy minded. kindly hearted. gentle
hammered saints of flood and field, of
hill and river, of car and sail. Of deck
and camp; your smiling faces rise be-
fore me in thousands. and your voices,
in happy talk, in joke and song come
from afar and stir the silence around
Inc into laughter. Joke. laugh and
rest on, We thrifty vagabonds and gentle
l~oafers; into each hour you are storing
the honey Of health. on which in fu-
ture days Of toll and strain your strength
shall feed and I'LL itself with vigor. l
hail You, fellow saints, in this lower
heaven of God, where each happy one
is his " priest, each pure mind its
own creed, and the gentle wishes Of
each heart its only sum and sub
Of doctrine. - Forest and
Stream.