Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-02-03
1 Short Account Of Some Of the Most
Important Events in Its Life, and
II Brief Mention of come of lse Lead
ing Bosine.. Raen. both Pact
and Present. by
Continued from last week

Continued from last week.
In this Eagle, River History, we wish
to gently pursue our path; and, when
finding obstacles before us, peacefully
remove them if we cam II we cannot,
like the traveller through the woods,
we go around them, and gently contin-
ne our journey.
| Some readers, only few may have
found us rather sarcastical and bitter.
Did they know the depth of our hearts
kindness for all, they would think diff
ferently. A priest is not a man of war
but man of peace.
| We wrote our last articles without
an iota of animosity or ill-feeling,
much less of revenge. We were not
personally, either attacked or offended
and, by our heightened reply, we, by
no means, intended to offend our friend
" correspondent, A. G.. r.. We justly
think that there ought to. be no fight
over such sacred subject as is the
| Lords Days celebration in Eagle Riv-
| err.
| We, and A. G. r. may differ in form
and appearance, but not la reality and
substance. We wish tue sinless sane
LITIGATION of the "A hourso the whole
Lords Day, from midnight. to mid
night. There is too much common
sense and Chri stianity still Left in our
| people and magistrates, not to see. the
glaring insult hitherto defiantly offer
| ed to God. the ruin caused to- men. the
misery brought into families. the
standing scandal giyen,. to, reject our
Petition.
We candidly believe that a, fervent
Christian, not a merely 'sanctimOnius'
| one, spending few morning hours in
prayer, takes a good start for: the re-
mainder of the day; and,. that he will
strive to avoid during the balance of
the q other hours to break not even
one of Gods laws. A sanctimonious
man is sinner AMI hypocrite ait ALL
hours.
Dear friend, A. G. r., have. you no
true conception of the world frailties?
have you not, as yet, learned that men
need to be led kindly and gently; and
that wisdom and prudence, are worth
more, here below, than ALL the, gold of
California, Alaska, Labrador, or the
peerless diamond gems of the KimbeS-
ly mines? We are sure you know all
this and more, but remember the value
of patience. 1t takes time and pa
thence to move and reform men,, to fix
eddy fasten our Sunday chain on the
two Post Marks, 1.-TWO p, MS, from
Saturday to Monday, when our people
beneath that hallowed,. sparkling span
or bridge, WILL. religiously, restingly,
| ioyfully, not ssanctimoniously,'' re-
member to 'sKeep Holy the Sabbath
Day"
Thus far, A. G.. r., do we not agree?
Do not our views; harmonizeso You ask
all, no blame to you. We ask, in. our
first attempt. at least from to II. We
just read a German paper. of recent
date, the famous, nobly edited Milwau-
kee Seebote, from which we Gull the
following paragraph:
Neenah, January S.--'sThe clerks
here circulate a petition that demands
every house of business to be closed at
3 p. NJ, Saturdays excepted, and this
petition is unhesitatingly being signed
by all human, intelligent people"
| This beats and dashes our proposal
in Eagle River, into atoms, into smith
erings. The Neenah people and our
Eagle River people will wait for the
result of their petitions.
A. G r. and we stand on the same
noble platform, vindicating the Lords
Day, our day of prayer and rest. We
feel proud to have met and enlisted in
favor of our Sunday movement, such
an able, gentle, determined defender,
as unquestionably is our friend, A. G.
4 r. Our battle will end in victory and
our efforts will be crowned with the
success they deserve. We are fight
ing for God and His kingd ON, for -four
Father who is in Heaven, whose name