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

dom he expressed when he penned tho
"ris only noble to be good. ~
Kind heprts arc more than coronets,
A And simple fnibh, than Norman blood"
EbThe world is self and self alone,
from surfaceto foundation stone. Kind
hearts are.r rare, and seldom found, be-
cause of the Gallons encystment of self
stishness.., And simple fifth is seldom
ss found IN cities Thegold and silver of
the chalice, supplemented by the pur-
pie and fine linen ST the modern Le-
vites, have driven faith in fear to the
mountains and plains where men and
women toll so hard and learn to pray
for their daily bread. Kind hearts and
X faith dwell together in unity, but they
shrink from the temples of the money
changers Therefore is it that the an
thems of the costly choirs and the
thrilling orchestrations of great organs
y are heard only by the rich and the
great in the poinp and the pride of
their worldly estate; while the poor,
whom have with us always, wor-
ship afar from the splendor of our
ssszachurches.NsIn the homes of the meek
and the lowly, kind hearts are devel-
oped, for, divested of selfishness, de-
voted to each other, hungry wives,
ferings upward to God, and bless, while
it sinites them, tho Christening rod.
E$FJust for a, change ofsair and scene I
kirsn Off for afew days up into the noun
tain regions of the new world, where
only three generations ago the sturdy
ancestors of modern Pennsylvania yeo-
manry dwclt amongst the savages and
carried rifles with them when thss
went forth to swing their axes, fell
trees, build log cabins for homes and
till the soil. There found kind hearts
more dear than coronets, and faith
faInore pure than Norman blood They
kah;.ve not learned the theological and
aasphilosophical, definition of love; but
they live the truth which manifests au
unselfish determination to promote the
happiness and welfare of each other.
This is love; and faith is its corollary.
Those Blue mountain men and women
have known each other since their
childhood. They have not had their
hearts rpspedand their brains racked by
the DEMONS of self, who dwell in cities
and thrive in the Inarts of modern bust
ness thrift. They truly live and exem-
plify their faith in the new command
ment that ye love one another" as lit
tie children.
But this was not Utopia. There is
no perfect place on earth, and the best
localities and best peoples only approx
innate perfection. Rev. DR.. Briggs
roes so far as to say that because the
hands of men have written the lines of
the Bible, even the good book has
marks of human imperfection in it.
And SO up there in the clear and pure
air of the mountains, beneath the blue
M..skies aud twinlsling stars, there are
manifestations of evil; but it is singu-
lar fact that they come from the demon
of the still. Ii temperance could who'll
ly prevail there would be a schoolhouse
on every hilltop and no saloon in the
valley. But, alas, the saloons are
There. and they have the same effect
upon the honest yeomanry of the hill
country that the fire-water of our fore
fathers had upon the simple aborigines
who met the white men with corn and
water, and were repaid in fire and
flame, with bullet and Saber.
On Saturday night just before mid
night, when all the lights in Waynes
boro had been put out or turned dowr
low, and when the people were sleep
- ing the sleep of innocence and dream
ing of their church, Sunday-school OIL
Epworth league meetings, the peace o.
old Church street was broken by the
shrili cries of woman in trouble
mingied with the cultural profanity o
a,naan in fury. The solitary police
man of tho town, whose most aggres
sive labor is the wearing of brass but
tons and large hat, was sent for anc
soon reached the scene He ascer
J,stained chat saloonkeeper had had th'
hardihood to drink some OF his OWL
poison and had gone home to kill hi
stepdaughter Having ascertainec
this fact, and having received the as
sssEinoe ofAthe drunlsard that he woul,
be quiet, this valiant solitary police
man, following the example Of th
Tammany officers who were under oh
legations to many saIoonkeepers 70
sTGfgse liquor, folded his arms and Wake,
away without malsing an arrest
- So much for Utopia. This was tn
only blur TO mar the scene; butYt wa
enough To demonstratet the truth of th
saying that there N none perfect o.