Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-10

putting them into companies and call
ing them by their names, his beautiful
statue standing in a park at Stockholm,
a rose in bronze held in his right hand.
During this month expired Francis Ba-
con, and Garrick, and Galilei, and Louis
VI, and William Pitt, and Francis JEFF
frey of the immortal pen, and Disraeh
the first, and Edward Everett, and
Bruce, and Catiline. In this month died
Peter the Great, the man of whom it
was written: ''He gave polish to his
people and was himself a savage. He
taught them the art of warfare, of
which he himself was ignorant. From
the sight of small boat on the river
Moskwa he erected a powerful fleet,
making himself an expert and active
shlpwright, sailor, plot and command
er. He changed the manners, customs
and laws of the Russians and lives in
their memory as the father of his coun
try"
But cannot read the epitaphs of one
out of a hundred illustrious graves in
this first month of the year. Many of
those well known gained half their re-
nown and did half their work through
the help of those of whom we know
little or nothing. Lord Herschel is
known all the world over and viii be
known through all time, but little is
said of her who was born this first
month of the year and without whose
help he never could have been what he
was-his sister, Caroline Lucretia Au-
gusta. She helped him hunt the worlds.
She repaired and adjusted his tele-
scopes. She ciphered out his astronom-
zeal problems. She was his amanuen-
sis. She planned for him his work.
She discovered seven comets and made
"a Catalogue of Nebulae and Star
Clusters" The month of January in
troduced her to the observatories, but
she has never been properly introduced
to the world.
According 10 my text, "This month
shall be unto you the beginning of
months; it shall be the first month of
the year to YOU" Through it make
preparation for the other IL months.
What you are in January you will
probably be in all the other months
of the year. Prepare for them neither
by the apprehension nor too sanguine
anticipation. Apprehension of mis-
fortune will only deplete your body
and gloom your soul and unfit you for
any trouble that may come. On the
other hand, if you expect too much. dis
appoin tment will be yours. Cultivate
faith in God and the feeling that He
will do for you that which is best, and
you will be ready for either sunshine
or shadow. The other II months of
the year 1902 will not all be made up
of gladness or of grief. The cup that
is all made up of sweetness is insipid.
Between these just opened gates of
the year and the closing of those gates
there will be many times when you will
want God. You will have questions to
decide which will need supernatur
impulse. There may be illnesses of the
body or perplexities of mind or spir-
itual exhaustions to be healed and
comforted and strengthened. During
the remaining 26 days of this month
lay in supply of faith and hope and
courage for all the days of the II
months. Start right and you will be
apt to keep right. Before the ship cap
tain gets out of the New York Narrows
he will make up his mind what sea
route he will take. While you are in
the Narrows of this month make up
your mind which way you will sail
compass and have the lifeboats well
placed on the davits and be ready for
smooth voyage all the way across or
the swoop of Caribbean whirlwind.
Rev. Solomon Spaulding was for
some time in poor health, and to while
away the time he wrote a preposterous
religious romance. One Joseph Smith
somehow got hold of that book before
it was printed and published it as rev.
elation of Heaven, calling it the Book
of Mormon" and from that publica-
ton came Mormonism, the monster
abomin ton of the earth. Rev. Solo
mon Spauldfng might have been better
engaged than writing that book of
| faIsehoods. However much time we
| have, we have never time to do wrong.
Harness January for usefulness, and it
| will take the following months in its
train Oh, how much you may do for
| God between now and the 31st of next
December! The beautiful weeping
| willow tree was introduced by Alex
ander Pope into England from twig
| which the poet found in Turkish
basket of figs. He planted that twig,
and from it came all the weeping will
lows of England and America; and
your smallest planting Of good may I'M
| der God become an influence CONT
mental and Internal ional.
Now that the train of months has
started, let it pass, January followed
by February, with longer days, and
/ March, with its fierce winds; and April,
with it's sudden showers; and May,
with its bloss oming orchards; and
June, with its carnival of flowers; and
July, with it's harvests; and August,
with its sweltering heats; and Septem-
Der, with its drifting leaves; and Oc-