The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-08-02
Who Were Blame
less I?
WRIrrrs nY TASA GLrsN.

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And the ones who had loved her stand
over the dead,
All longing to find out the truth.
They all had loved Mildred, this fair
lovely girl,
Until village scandal it's darts at her
hurled,
The friends of her youth turned from
her with scorn.
And her lover took from her, the ring
she had worn.
Then Mildred, poor Mildred, her heart.
ache to quell,
Prayed for help from the Heavenly King /;
But scandal, like fire from the regions
ofhell,
Or poisonous serpents will sting
Till it has extinguished the last ray 81
light,
From the innocent heart, it intended
to blight;
SO Mildred was found, lying perfectly
dead,
With laudanum bottle, quite clore to
her head.
Now the gentle blue eyes forever are
closed;
The sweet lips will never more part,
And the ones who now gazed on the
beautiful face,
Were the ones who had broken herheart.
AS the words of the hymn, died out on.
the air,
An honest old man, with flowing white
hair,
Stepped forward, with emotions, he
could not conceal,
For the face of the dead to his heart.
made appeal.
He paused for one moment he could
not begin,
Not knowing what best he could say;
How couldhe do justice to this lovely:
girl,
he had known in baby.hood's day I
He believed she was pure, as the lilies
that grow,
And her soul nowin glory, far winter
than snow,
And this is the reason he could not
begin,
For hecould not condemn, what the
others called sin.
A woman sprahg up, as he paused to
reflect
Saying, stop, I have something to say,
There is only one here, that should say
these last words,
And I am the one If may.
For owe everything to this innocent
Whose kind, loving deeds will outlast
the sun,
Yet you, you! her neighbors. most
cruelty sapped
The life from her bosom, till the silken
cord snapped.
And now it IS finished. and what was
her crime
Listen now I will tell you the tale /:
She sought to redeem me from the
lowest'of sin,
And IN saved, for true love will prevail,
She walked by my side, when the rest
turned away,
Just to sayea poor soul, who had long
gone astray;
She was better than you, you VINO
slandered her most,
And / doubtnot, she's with the Heaven.
ly host.
The blight of my sin, ruined this limo
cent girl,
Through the. fire of your slanderous
tongue.
Let this be lesson, to every one here,
Know at whose heart your arrows are
flung.
Put yonrseltin her place. whom in pab-
lie you scorned
This beautiful girl, and from my words
be warned;
would not change places with those
who condemned.
And drove this sweet girl to an untime.
ly end.
Take this as lesson, and never con-
denim
Till you know condemnation is Just
Try to lift up the fallen it's human to
en-,
For you know we are all made Of dust,
And this is DE crime, her forgiveness
divine,
You can'tcallher back, you all should
repine;
Fly you'll heed this lesson, and never
give pain,
Could she know. she would feel, she had
not lived in vain.
The woman ceased speaking, shrank
back in her seat,
The eyes Of all present were wet
There had been enough said, in behalf
of the grill
A sermon. that none could forget.
One and all. looked with one awe on the
face OF the dead,
And felt that, with shame they should
cover their head;
They resolved that none other should
be ruined this way, Az
So the Pastor knelt down, and said,
Let us pray.
Clarksburg, w. Va, Aug. ., 1895.
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DR.. 81. r. Fish. Of Grayois Mills, Mo
q practicing physician of many years
experience, writes De Wits witch