Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-06-29

earth. The true, the right, the per-
feet and the good are forms of reason
and attributes Of the supernatural. In
man they are developed in part. With
the exception of that single episode of
sin and sorrow the simple faith and
goodness of the community were con-
stantly noticeable. For exa5aple, 1t
was here that in his humble home
found man who has been building
flying machine for thirty years, who
said: "All OF my best ideas have come
to me upon my bended knees" That
indicates the temper of the people.
They all seem to realize that more
things are wrought by prayer than
this world dreams of; and that men
may learn all things by studying the
secrets of nature on their knees. The
atmosphere of the crags and peaks and
clefts seems charged and impregnated
with simple faith and loyalty to the in
stincts of truth and virtue.
The cedars of Lebanon which fur
nished the timbers of the first great
masonic temple grew upon hills less
prominent and less beautiful than these
blue ridges of the eastern portion of
the new world. And when the ark
settled upon Ararat the couples Of the
animal kingdom who were to rc-people
the earth had no such wonderful abid-
ing place; while in the visible valleys
far below the celebrated plain of
Esdraelon is rivaled in fertility, and,
like unto that historic splendor of the
ancient world of vegetation, far-reach-
ing beyond vision, the Cum berland val
ley is fair as the garden of the Lord, o
paradise excelled nowhere on earth
There are no great men here, but
many good men and women multiply
and rcplenish the land with their kind.
1t is better to be good than great. Many
young man in that country tolls
for ten cents an hour, supports himself,
and saves portion of his earnings for
the comfort of his old age. The steam
cars bring civilization with it's luxuries
and its vices to the doors of these
honest people, but they are living as
| Christians, in the world and yet not of
the world. The vices of civilization
sweep by and over them all, but only
the demon of the still invades the
peace and placidity Of their honest
homes. Even this insidious serpent is
held at bay by the women, for they
frown upon it, and in their temperance
societies the young ladies say: 'The
lips that touch liquor shall never touch
mine"
No man of the world whose heart
still beats responsive to the businesses
of instincts of the supernatural, can
attend q little prayer and praise meet.
ing there, without. feeling that the vain
pomp and glory of the cities with then
spires, minarets and costly forms OF
adulation, as substitute for alteration
are indeed travesties upon the simple
faith of Wesley, Knox, Luther and the
earlier fathers. Here one may realize
the saying of Bishop Keane that 'the
light of the dark ages was never ex
tinguished in the cell of the cloisterec
monk" There is no ostentation il
truth and love. Among the plain peo
pie of our land we may best append the
whole truth of the statement tha
kind hearts are more than coronets
and simple faith than Norman blood.
Up in that mountain town l met ;
magnificent woman, the most popula
woman in the borough. In her parlo
there was very fine organ, arount
which young ladies and gentlemen
often gather to sing the songs of prais
most popular in thGir religious meet