The Newtown bee., 1897-03-19

ther. 1 know it is fact that there are men above reproach in the. political world and men undoubtedly and thor oughly honest in business dealings, and men and women pure and clean in the very midst of social life. 1 will go further still. 1 say that even those with low ideas and worse achievement do yet corrupted politician, whenever and wherever found, that men conspicu. ously honest in business and of pure in, tegrity in Klaces of trust and responsi- bilitY arev truly honored and respected even by men who themselves could not be so trusted, and that the purity so be- yond reproach in some men and. women in society still commands true respect and receives abundant honor. ~a+ -
 So it is, too, of home life and of marri- age. Loose laws of the different states nsregard tosdiyorcesahds most reprehen- sible habits among the people have long been invading the sacred precincts of the home and been making a traVesty ot marriage, which is a divine institution. Yet still the inviolable purity of married life, and the love of one man for one wo- 1n rf ia tho aanpnfn6 ideal and is so acknowledged and recog- nized to be, and even impure men bow the knee in respect bordering upon worship to the purity of womanhood. What men most prize after all and recog nfze of the best and highest worth Is not fabulous wealth, nor unlimited power over affairs, nor military achievements, nor civil prominence, but character.
 Perhaps you have read Hawthorne's short story of "The Great Stone Face" which well illustrates the true value of character. On the perpendicular side of the mountain, visible always to the in- habitants of the valley near, was the form of she Great Stone Face precisely resembling the human countenance. The valley was supposed to owe much of it's fertility to it and there was tradi- tionIthat at some future day child should be born who was destined to become the greatest andsnoblest parsonage of his time and whose countenance in manhood should bear an exact resemblance to the Great Stone Face. For long period such a man had not appeared. Finally Ehere was a rumor that the man foretold had come at last. A MT Gathergold was
 building large mansion near the town and when he came to occupy it the people l imagined that he, so great in wealth. ! must be the one, but he was lacking in character and they were disappointed Afterwards came renowned soldier and illustrious commander and though
 widely known for his achievements he, too, lacked the qualities suggestedby the countenanceso of -bhe Great Stone Face. And the peopieiwere disappointed again. Then after another interval came an eminent statesman. But he with all his nigh performance lived vague and empty life, endowed with no high pur- pose.
 After him came poet, bat though his words had power and a certain high sound they did not accord with his life and the people were disappointed again. Finally they found the prophecy to be fulfilled fn an aged man who had lived among them from his birth.
 st9 NOT A DAY HAD PAssEE v but the world was better because this
 man, humble asThc was, had lived. He never stepped aside rom bis own path yet would afwas sfeach blessing to his
 neighbor. Tnsouahts for, undesired
 came the fame which so many seek, and
 made him known in the world and be- yond the limits of the valley in which he
 had awelt 30 quietly. His words had power because they accorded with his ithoughts and, bis thoughts had reality