The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01

elries, and the worse than Bel
shazzar feastS and the more than He
rodian dances and the scenes from
which the veil must not be lifted. You
need, however, in order to appreciate
the purity and virtuous splendor of
Nictoria's reign. 10 contrast it some
what with the gehennas and the PAN
demoniums OF many of the throne
rooms of the past, and some of the
throne rooms of the present | call
the roll of the queens OF the earth, not
that | would have them come up or
come back, but that | may make them
the background of a picture in which |
can better present the present septua-
genarian, SO soon TO be an octoge-
her example SO thoroughly on the
right side that all the scandal-mongers
in all the nations in six decades have
not been able to manufacture an evil
suspicion in regard to her that could
be made to stick: Maria Of Portugal,
Isabella and Eleanor and Joanna
OF Spain, Catharine of Russia,
Mary of Scotland, Maria Teresa
Of Germany, Marie A~ntoinette of
France, and all the queens of England,
as Mrs. Strickland has put them before
us in her charming twelve volumes;
and while some queen may surpass our
modern queen in learning, and another
in attractiveness of feature. and an
other in gracefnlness OF form. and an
other in romance of history, Victoria
surpasses them all in nobility and
grandeur and thoroughness of Chris
tian character. hail her. the Chris
tian daughter, the Christian wife, the
Christian mother, the Christian queen.
and let the Church of God and all be-
nign and gracious institutions the
world over cry out, as they come with
music, and hammered host, and million
voiced huzza, and the benedictions of
earth and Heaven: What wilt thou,
Queen Esther"
Another thing l call to your atten-
ton in this illustrious woman's career,
is that she is Il specimen of high life
interrupted. Would she have lived to
celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of
her coronation and the seyenty-eighth
anniversary of her birthday had she
not been an example of good principles
and good habits? While there have
been bad men and women in exalted
station and humble station who have
carried their vices clear on into the
seventies and eighties, and even the
nineties of their lifetime, such persons
are very rare. The majority of the Vi
cious die in their thirties, and fewer
reach the ~forties. and they are exceed
ingly scarce in the tifties. l. ngevity
has not been the characteristic of the
most of those who have reached high
places in that or this country. In
many cases their wealth leads
them into indulgences, or their
honors make them reckless, or their
opportunities of doing wrong are
multiplied into the overwhelming, and
first presented 1.-THE wicked live
not gut half their days Longevity is
not Il positive proof of goodness, but it
is prima facie evidence in that direc-
ton. A loose life has killed hundreds
of eminent Americans. A loose life is
now killing hundreds of Americans and
Europeans. The doctors are very kind
and the certificate given after the dis
tinguished man of dissipation IS dead,
says, ''Died of congestion of the brain"
although it vas delirium trelnens, or
''Died of cirrhosis of the liver al
though it was a round of liber-
tinisln, o" Died of heart fail
ure,' although it was of ven
geance of outraged law that slew
him. Thanks. doctor. for you are right
in saving the feelings of the bereft
household by not being more specific.
Look. all ye who are in high places Of
the earth, and see one who has been
piled by all the temptations which
wealth and honor and all the secret
place OF palaces could produce, and yet
next Tuesday she will ride along in the
presence Of 1000, 600 people, if they can
get within sight of her chariot, in n
vigorous old age, no more hurt by the
splendors that have surrounded her for
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