The age-herald., 1901-01-13

day her daily bread; it is heard in the bap- tlsm, in the confirmation, in the bridal, in the last sigh the soul breathes upon the touch of death; it is softly and with infinite tenderness lisDed in the soft shadows love blesses as tryst of hearts that are true, and is thundered in glad acclaim by the rumbling wedding train, speeding with it's present joys, it's hopes and higher purposes; it rests upon the closed eyelids of infancy asleep, and it rings out, high and higher and ever higher, proud notes of jubilation in the splendid anthem of virtue and faith and steadfastness triumphant!
 o joy, O joy, o joy of that divine essence of human faith-welcome!
 Did you ever receive a little childs well come, its abandon of gladness, it's exultant joy, it's flood of soul-light bursting from it's little heart in very rapture at your coming, my beloved? Did you ever give some little sunny-faced saint glad hail she toddled motherward when the shadows were deep ening? Marked you her startled wonder, the fitful shade of fright, before her little spirit could unite you and your greeting and herself into realization of gladness and then did you mark the little eyes begin to twinkle, the little lips part, the dimples deepen, and then the hurrying flashes of smiles, divine symptoms of laughters birth, quick and ever quicker coming until in- stantly in new incarnation of joy, trans figured into the tenderest, sweetest, most beautiful and most entrancng of all the created things of this life, little child in laughter, she speeds to wide arms and is crushed against a heart that would die for love of her? All the emperors ransoms, ev- CT gathered from mines of this old globe of goodness were tinsel of the toy-world measured by such a welcome as thatl
 An, the little saints of the world, the well comes the smiles, these make for the high CT and better life; for purer morals nobler aims, worthier ambitions, more useful ca reers, manlier and womanlier duties, aspi- rations, loves; they make for the jubilee of every soul amongst us, when there shall be more seal
 '"rake heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for l say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven"
 One touch of nature makes the whole world kin, and there is silent power for ever ldDOrlnS to make lHe uIlNSfSdl lONe- feast It is love of one another, inter- dependence in affection that love which is Truth as taught of the fathers and shall be taught today and every day around the earths splendid circuit.
 It is, Peace, be still, When the storm ragged with the waves of a world of waters and the mariners were sore troubled in fear of destruction, it was that which subdued the mountainous pillows. and which has calmed uncounted millions of stormy hearts throughout the long running of the stormy centuries, and Is calming faithful souls in every moment of speeding time-Peace, be still. As it was upon the wave in the dawn ing of faith, so it has been, is and shall be alway upon hearts that are true.
 And without this spirit which is welcome, which is smiles, love, faith, truth, worthi- ness before men and the angels, there can not be in this state of existence or here after any true and lasting happiness for any man or woman. any human creature that walks the measured paces to dusty death! Without this spirit there may be an hour, day, year of mere animal com fort, such experienced by the grass-fed OK which lies down at monday in the shade of a tree, but the hour comes swiftly when wide seas roll between the faithless and the fair land of joy.
 Farewell goes out signing and we'll shall 1t be with us, my beloved, if it now bear with it all seeking for virtues remunera- tfon, all lust for things which virtue for bids, all vain-glory and idle longing after the unattainable, all bigotry, intolerance accursed spirit of holier-than- thou, self assumed wisdom, and wanton denial of oth- CTS merits.
 Only fools account all others fools. And that man who would wantonly wound an- other seek to destroy his character or bring him into disrepute, misrepresent islander or falsely accuse him, lie against and causelessly charge him with offenses or in any manner whatever seek without absolutely just open and fair cause, to work another injury-that man would be lower than printed words could depict! Yet such as he live to curse society at large with their monstrous vices; and they are cited here simply to illustrate something of the forces arrayed against virtue, against the world-embracing spirit of welcome, faith, love- truthi
 The slanderer walks about constantly,