Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-02

when they have risen to the
sinnacle of their purpose that for
each one of us our own God has
placed His crown of goodness
upon it leaving us to exclaim,
1.-THE steps of a good man are or
dered by the Lord and he de-
llighteth in his way" or in the
amusement to bow, saying:
| "What is man that thou act
mindful of him, or the son OF
imam that thou taketh knowled-
ge of him"
Our National Life has enjoyed
abundant bestowals of provi-
dence. AS nation we have very
| little to hand over to the Gre
dit of man for good outside OF
those who are hunbly disposed
to obtain a higher disposition in
human affairs. The smallness OF
purpose, the graspings and greed
the disregard for law, the jealous
les, spite and sinfulness, social
ism and in6delity are gnawing
hard at the foundation of our ma
ton, but while this is true, He
that regards the individual has
not forgotten the larger demand
upon His goodness and has
given us due consideration.
! Agricultural interests have in
no way been neglected tlthough
the usual 'large crop" has
not came to all. Enough, so far
as God had a hand in it, has
been provided until there has
been ''bread enough and to
spare. Fields of golden grain
around and other crops in the
ground to waste because man
refused or neglected to provide g
market.
| Business interests. Where ever
men of honor and principle, as q
result of Righteousness have beer
devoted, have stood the unfaith-
fulness of men at the same
time carrying many such with
them in the great world of traffic
are able to hold trade until shop
and store, mill and mine, felo
and forest resound with praise
to God whose goodness has
made such things possible.
/ Governmental interests with the
all seeing eye of God upor
them are not seriously suffering
Tis true that there are men who
tcare nothing for this part Of
National life and wink at laws
as though they were SO much
play stuff to twist and turn to
suit their own amusement, spite
or gain so that political despo'
tism runs high, party pledges are
broken, 4he best interests of the
whole ignored. Official oaths
mean nothing. Public conf
dence is betrayed, innocent suf-
fer for the guilty, murders,
thievings, scandals and Ii
centiousness put to shame the
pure and godly. But God is not
far away and by his goodness
sufficient men have risen in pla-
ces to stop the boodlers and
prize fights, overturn the works
of the vicious, while a Parkhurst
a Roosevelt or their like in lesser
proportions are laying their
hand by the strength and good
ness of God on the shoulders OF
those who soon will wallow in
the filth of their own iniquity
The flag of the free will wave un-
interrupted over the land of the
free, while patriots and refor-
mers in humble devotion exclaim
"Thou crownest the year with
Thy goodness. Thy pathes drop
fairness.
Religiously we have much rea-
son for gratitude, The fast dis
appearing of UNCONVENTIONAL pref:
erence, the common privilege o.
|worshiping God, is hore and
more making way to high reali-
cation. When our fathers came
this celebration it was with nc
little forboding they assembled
Fears might well take hold upon
them least sudden calamity come,
but to-day what privilege is ours
barring the scott and ridicule Of
the heartless, vicious or goddess,
our blessings are unbounded,
/ we can know in a larger sense