The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-11-09

can, But II 1t Is not entirely accurate
just at present, who knows how soon it
may become so?
A VOICE IN HIS FAVOR,
When any one or any thing has been
detested and villlhed for years 1t is a
pleasant surprise to find that after all,
there is something to be said in defence
of the execrated one. Even His Satanic
Majesty, we have long been told is not
so black as he is painted, perseverance,
energy and industry being creditable
qualities Though subject to diversion
from proper channels. And now even
the impudent, bellicose little English
sparrow, OF whom not even Mrs. Olive
Thorne Miller, bird lover and bird de-
fender, as she is could find not one good
thing to say. has found champion.
Blackbirds and crows have their friends
who assert that their good deeds far,
far offset the damage OF their petty
thieveries, and now defender Of spar
rows has come to the fore. The cham
pion is an agriculturalfst and doubtless
KNOWS that whereof he affirms. He says:
says:
"This cutlery against the English spar
row is an outcry of ignorance. / re-
member full well thirty years ago, when
our parks were leafless by August. The
sparrow was imported and first let loose
in Central Park They Increased rapid
ly, but the observer could see their pro-
gress in the better foliage Of the parks
as clearly as one can see the ravages
of Kansas fire." CThis is not an APP
propriate smile, but the man meant
well) Park by park got greener as
these birds spread. Central Park was
green in the fail, as it is to-day, but
| Madison Square Park and all below was
as bare as a mast Gradually they
| worked their way downtown, until even
now the Battery has leaves ON its trees
as late as this and the same is true of
our country resorts. / do not for mo-
ment deny that the sparrow takes his
1.-THE OF wheat from the farmer and fruit
grower, but i think the little rascal
earns It, True. he has been accused of
driving AWAY the robin, and bluebird.
I think the small boy with his slingshot,
and the phenomenal growth OF the city
were much more instrumental in that
exodus"
20 mostinnxe oaIb. boannrhsr cmfwy inf
Probably all this is true and in par
ticular the last sentence. 1t was proph-
esed some time ago that unless indis-
| criminate slaughter was prohibit
| ed an insect pestilence would descend
| upon us. And at last, the pestilence
came as witness our bare and blighted
| al, Enp IA re SJ1r IN or
| trees ought we not to protect our bird
| friends, defending from all forms of
abuse even the fat, saucy and ragged
| little British enigrant, who came not
| of his own will, but having come, stays
with us all the year round, and enliv-
| effs even a bleak winter day with his
chatter and disputes and squabbles.
GOLDEN GATE BIBLE CLASS.
One of the largest Bible classes in the
country is that in San Francisco which
is led by Mrs. Sarah b. Cooper a wo-
| man who nearly all her life has been
identified with educational and religious
work. From this class, composed of
the most intelligent men and women
| in the city, was organized the kinder
garten work of the Golden Gate associa-
| ton. There are now forty free kinder
gartens under the care of this associa-
| ton, with an annual enrolment of 1858
| children from three to six years of
| age, from the worstsquarters of the city.
| During the past sixteen years no less
| than 20,116 little children have been
| trained in these schools, and over $780,
900 have been contributed for carrying
on the work. Eighteen of the kinder
| gartens are permanently endowed. Mrs.
| Cooper entered upon this form Of edu-
cational work soon after 1t was begun
| by Kate Douglass Wiggin, and being
an enthusiastic teacher and leader she
did much to make the success of the
4 first school an incentive to the found
ing Of others. Miss Harriet Cooper,
Mrs. Cooper's only child, Is now the SUI
4 perintendent of this practical philan-
thropy. which comes near to solving
some social problems than many benev-
client schemes that come under the head
of Charities"
The lines inscribed upon the tomb
stone Of Professor Huxley are from a
poem written some time ago by the
VILE VI tic eIulllelit SCleutISt, 81 Sdy 3
the London Athenaeum. At his own
request a verse of her poem was made
his epitaph:
"And If there be no meeting past the
grave
If all is darkness, silence, yet tits
rest.
Be not afraid, We waiting hearts that
weep,
For God still 'giveth His beloved Sleep
And If an endless sleep He wills--so
best"
There is resignation expressed in these
lines, and perfect trust but not the
, looking forward to a joyful resurrec-
, ton. So, to many Christian heart
they will seem incomplete and unsatis-
factory. Perhaps the spirit of the en-
tire poem is not embodied in this one
stanza. Can any one furnish the poem,
or tell us where it is to be found?
HILARY.
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