The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-08-07

Some Rambling Thoughts.
BY s'NEsfo.

Some Rambling Thoughts.
i BY ''NEMo."
Is there not in your neighborbood ;
person whose past has blot on 1t
and whose name is mentioned with !;
look of holy horror by cronies wher
together for chat? IL is OF sucf
persons | would write this week, ant
may my pen be dipped in power fol
the task.
II a man commits a crime, begiver
a fair trial, be found guilty, and bs
condemned, what becomes OF him? ii,
goes TO prison and works out his sen
tence. And then? Then he is guilt
less In the eye of the law, and he j:
as though he had done no wrong thing
His retention in prison has expiated
his crime; he is pure member of So
ciety. But what says society through
YOU? The answer by deeds is this,
1.-THE stain of that wrong shall stay
on him forever; he shall be hampered
in every way; he shall be prevented
! from getting position by NEEDLE.
some tongues reviviDg the story OF the
past; be shall be bounded by the voice
Of those who say, i am holier than
thou;' he shall be made to feel that
the world is too small for him to hide
himself, and the grave too shallow to
purify him; for the stigmata OF crime
shall fasten even on his children after
him"
~
If man commit a sin and no one
knows 1t, he is as pure as the unsul-
lied snow In the eyes of the world; but
il it be known, though he weep over it
until its very Substance is washed
by the flood of grief, though he ago.
nize with regrets, though he spend
his last effort to right a wrong, yet in
every neighborhood are those whose
memories are long as death or whose
hearts are hard as adamant, whose
cool, calculating ways save them from
thar, 80 disoa,or., 49, Dr. 90 :
sees, l say, will summon the ghosts
of mans past from the grave,
though it all be buried deep beneath
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Ii life OF probity be lived for %
years or more, and the deeds of good
be plentiful as grain in harvest-time;
if the citadel of character be held by
keen conflict with evil, until some
weary moment of sloth, and evil then
rush in through some unguarded
spot, though only for few moments,
the worid through ehe deeds OF the
connt for n .nay ~" 'o ~ oo ny
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,itu o. anu unud ~ 80, III oo,nns-
hasoro thana al mor ~ - oa,s sS"nos
ooioio one'n az, "orony vi oonhucnce
tbe nav momont hi; po "harao 0' ST. TO-
bruised and manoled noyor RI no voll
again SO far as the Leyites and Pbari-
sees care. never to live and move and
have full being again unless some
barred ont Samaritan with ooodness
far excellinp that Of these aIoof ones
comes to the rescue with svmnatby
and love.
~
II girl Kept intentionally ignorant
Vi herself, ny tnose VINO Train ner'ano
VINO know not tne difference between
ignorance ana purify, makes Jour pas
uhaer Inc stress OF 1eellngs tnat sne
does not understand and the pleadings
vi ule man VINO ougnt 10 De wOrJny OF
trust' tnen her own kith and KIN too
oiten turnon her IKE ravenlng beasts,
driving her out into the world TO more
wrong-dolng and certain destruction.
upon ner head, falr and inexperienc-
ed, are visited the sins OF omission
committed by tnose VINO raised no
warning voice 10 tell the pitfalls OF
lie.
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II the ALL Father takes note of the |
fall of sparrow, and tenderly bears
with our mis-deeds, giving solace to
the wounded spirit when even those |
who should cherish it turn from it,
how grlmly must He smile when He
s se nouic lnlces VI humanity, anu irai,
DIS small, usurplng the power OF God
\ nj lot n .r.~ L .x..I.