Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-06-30

veil must be lifted. You need. how
ever, in order TO appreciate the purity
and virtuouS Splendor of Nictoria's
reign to contrast il somewhat with
/ the gehennas and the pandemoniums
or 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 back. but
that may make them the background
OF picture in which | can better
present the present septeuarian, so
soon 10 oe an octogenarian now on the
throne OF England. her example SO
thoroughly on tne right side that all
the scandal-mongers in all the nations
IN SIX decades have not been
Die Cto manufacture an evil sus-
picion IN regard 10 her that could
toe made 10 stick; Maria OF Portugal.
Isabella and Eleanor and Joanna OF
Spain. Catherine OF Russia. Mary OF
Scotland, Maria Teresa OF Germany,
Marie Antoinctte of France and all
the queens OF England. and Mrs.
Strickland has put them before us in
her charming u volumes; and while
some queen may surpaSs our modern
queen IN learning, and another in
attractiveness of feature, and an
other IN gracefulness of form.
and another in romance of history.
Victoria surpasses them all in nobility
and grandeur and thoroughneSs OF
christian character. l hail her the
Christian daughter. the Christian
wife, the Christian mother, the Chris
tian queen. and let the church OF God
and all benign and gracious institu-
tons the world over cry out, as they
come with music and hammered hosts,
and mil!ion-voiced huzza, and the ben
edictions OF earth and Heaven, What
wilt thou, Queen Esther"
Another thing | call 10 your atten-
ton in this illustrious woman's career
Is that She is specimen of high life
interrupted Would she have lived
to cele brate the Goth anniversary OF
her coronation and the 7Sth anniver-
sary 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 nincties OF
their lifetime, such persons are very
rare. The majority of the vicious die
in their thirties, and fewer reach the
forties, and they are exceedingly
scarce in the fifties
Longevity has not been the char
acteristic OF 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
a
tiplied into the overwhelming, and it
Is as true now as when the Bible first
presented 1.-THE wicked live not out
half their days Longevity is not
positive proof of goodness. but il is
prima facie evidence in that direction.
\ loose life has killed hundreds OF
eminent Americans. A loose life is now
killing hundreds of eminent Americ-
ans and Europeans. The doctors are
very kind and the certificate given after
the distinguished man of dissipation
Is dead, says: DIED of congestion OF
the brain although it was delirium
tremens, or, Died OF cirrhosis OF the
liver, although it was "A round of lib
ertinism, or Died of heart failure. -
although IL was the vengeance of out
ragged 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 We who
are in high places of the earth and
see one who has been piled by all
the temptations which wealth and
honor ard :he secret place OF pal
aces could produce, and yet next
Tuesday she will ride along in the pres
ence OF 1000 900 people If they can get
within sight of her chariot, in vigor-
Gus old age, no more hurt by the
splendors that have surrounded her
for the IS years than is the plain coun-
try woman come down from her noun
tain home in an oN-cart TO attend the
SATURDAY. marketing. The temptations
of social life among the successful
classes have been so great that every
winter is a holocaust OF human nerves.
and the beaches of this tossing sea of
life are constantly strewn with physi-
cal and mental and moral shipwreck.
beware! all We successful ones.
Take good look at the vcnera BILE
queen along the strand, and through
ira algar square. and b. the Nelson
monument What is the use OF your
dying at 40, when YOU may just as well
/ live 10 be so? If you are doing nbth-
! ing for God or the race the sooner you
/ quit the better; but il you are worth
any thing for the worlds bettcrmcnt,
in the strength % God, and through
/ good habits, lay ont a plan for life
that will reach through most OF a
century.
How many people arc practically
suicides from the fact that their gor-
maudizing or their rcctlcssucss or
their defiance Of dietics and plain SAN
I itarv law cuts short their days, In
/ deed so great is the temptation Of those
who nave bountiful tables and full
wine closets that Solomon suggests
that instead OF putting the knife into
I the meat ON their plate they direct tho
| edge OF 10 across their throat Pro-
\ verbs xiii. j. When thou sittcst
/ 90 cat with ruler. consider dill
| igcnt.y what is before thee. and put a
\ knife 60 thy throat II thou be n man
given 90 appetite" ] believe more peO-
/ pie die Of improper eating than die Of
\ strong drink The former causes
no delirium or violence and works
more gradually. but none the less IA
I tally Queen Nictoria's habits. self
| denying and almost ascctic under "a
/ good Providence, account Tor her mag
| nifcent longevity 10 may be a homely
| lesson for "A seNages.mal anniversary
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