West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-07-11

II bitter rnd before we can tast,.
| the delicious fruit within. So mus'
we be content to fOrsake IL passiy
lndolencs If wo would reyel in re
Elections that curry us from tn
visible to the invisible. from tn
material to the imma,erial. frou.
the human to the Divine.
The highest desire that can fiji,
| the human heart is the desire To-
know and seek the truth, not sim
| ply for the sake Of distinction OF
renown, but because Of its uplifting.
purifying and ennoblIng influence
upon the soul. Some would valuc
virtue above intellectual attain
ments, but true wisdom and virtue
are as inter. dependent and closely
related as the head and heart. Many
OF the most atrocious crimes record.
ed on the pages of history were per-
petrated under a false conception
of virtue and corrupt systems Of
Ethics. 1t was ignorance shrouded
IN the garb OF virtue that moved
Saul OF Tarsus in hispersecutions
against the church of the living
God, and which, after his CONVEX
sion. led him in chains from Judea
to Rome. Aye, which crimsoned
the Seven Hills with the blood of
martyrs and lighted The fires of
persecution in the dawn of the ref
ormation. and glowed over the
cihders of S1vanarala, Hooper.-
Latimcr, Ridley, Rogers and Cram
mer.
But thought, rightly directed.
Sits truth from error as the refiner
separates gold from the sand. It|
was thought that nailed the theses
to the church door at Wittenburp
that inspired the tongue of a Loyd
VIM. Garrison, a Wendall Phillips;
1T was thought, travelling by way of
the heart, that found the Magma
Charta and founded the English
Constitution on the Bible, carved
from the wilds of North America a
slsterhood Of States, planted free.
dom's banner upon every hilltop.
tore the shackels from the slaves of
England and America, bound the
earth with cords of steel, utilized
the silent forces of nature, filled
every harbor with ships of com
merce, covered the earth with a net
work of railroads, Intervene the
continents with an arterial system
OF submarine cables, lassoed the
lightning in the sky and untino
1t, sped around the earth as a
winged steed in an instant.
Those who would cultivate their
emotions need not blind the win
dows of the soul by pouring over
some classic myth, poem or drama.
they may but remove the curtain
and behold human suffering on ev.
cry hand; and those who would I
cultivate the Imagination and the
sense OF the ideal and beautiful.
need not first visit the British Mu.
scum, st. Peters, or behold Raph-
ael,s TRANSPORTATION in the Vatican
at Rome, but may behold a scene |
more impressive and sublime
even the Lord TRANSPORTED in their
own lives and hearts; they may be. |
hold the beautiful earth covered |
with carpet of green, quiet aud |
penslYe wales, and distant land |
scapes tinged with blue, and look |
into the sky and behold the wake
ful sentinels Of heaven constantly |
gazing upon scenes of transcendent |
beauty and loneliness. There is
music in the song of birds. in the |
gurgling of streamlets as they rip
pie down the mountain side, the |
rustic of the leaf, the unfolding OF
petal. All this vast and beautiful |
world, governed by laws expressive
Of design and unity, are intended |
for the expansion and DEVELOPMENT |
of the soul, and when perfected
back of the design, it may behold |
the Designer, beyond the effect the
cause, beyond the known the I'm
known, beyond the finite the In
finite.
Friends of sister Neotrophia and |
dear O.sOlia, aud lastly, fellow |
members Of the A. l.. l., on enter
ing the stage Of action If we would |
exert an influence IN and upon the |
woilI for good, VIC must not le
content to read and study passively
whatever happens to come TO our
hands, but we must think indie
pendently, take hold upon some
important and dominant idea and
follow it out.
In these lingering moments we
are disposed to think only Of the
good in the past, for truly our path
way has been 5trewu with garlands
OF peace and joy. Slcrod is the
memory Of our toachers and pro-
fessOrs who have had our best in
terest ut heart. dear 10 every heart
are these classic walls and old cor
rider, and every scene and land
scape that surrounds cold Beth
any" made sacred by the ties OF
love and friendship.
We have many reasons 10 be
proud Of our history, yet not with
feeling Of eHultatiOn or boating