Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-05
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] the Sprlngtlme, the chatter OF the clllt-
dren. the sublime chant Of the sea, the
solo of the cantatrice and the melody
Of the great worshiping assemblies mean
nothing to them. Have We devoutly
/ thanked God for these two wonders of
our hearing, with which we can now put
ourselves under the charm of sweet sound
and also carry in our memories the N
fantile song with which our mothers put
MS to sleep, and the voices OF the great
pr;ma donnas like Lind and Patti and
{, Nelson, and the sound of instruments
| like the violin of the Swedish performer.
or the cornet of Arbnckle. or the might
lest of all instrGmerrs. with the hand of
Morgan on the keys and his foot on 'he
I pedal, or some Sabbath tune like "Coro-
nation" in the acclaim of which you
could hear the crowns Of heaven coming
AQwn at the feet of Jesus? Many of us
have never thanked God for this hearing
apparatus of the soul That is one of
the ten strings of gratitude that we ought
always to thrum after hearing the voice
! of a loved one or the last strain Of an
oratorio or the elang of a cathedral tow
er.
Further, thsre are many who never rec
ognize Row much God gives them when
he gives them sleep. Insomnia is ca
lamity wider known in our land than IN
any other. BY midlife vast multitudes
| have their nerves so overweight that
slumber has to be coaxed, and many are
the victims of choral and morphine.
Sleeplessness is an American disorder. If
it has not touched you and vi can rest
for seven or eight hours without waking
If for that length of time in every
twenty-four hours you can be free of all
care and worriment and your nerves are
returned and your limbs escape from all
fatigue and the rising sun finds you
new man, body, mind and soul-you have
an advantage that ought to be put in
prayer and song aud congratulation.
Sleep is a gratuity from him who never
sleeps. Oh. the felicities of slumber,
Let all who have this real benefaction
celebrate it. That is one of the sweet
est strings in all the instrument of zen
strings.
Further, let us gratefully acknowledge
the power of physical locomotion. To be
able to go where we wish and all unaid-
ed-what a kindness! What multitudes
have to call in the aid of cane and crutch
and invalid's chair, and their whole life
is Underwent How hard to get about
with lack of strong and healthy aud sup
pie limbs Congratulated ought gu all
to be if you have the usual physical en-
dowment, and sympathized with ought
all those to be who can neither walk nor
climb nor enter upon any great actiyi-
ties. That is one of the thousands of
reasons why | hate war with complete
hatred 1t takes off with bullet or shell
or surgeons knife the capacity of men to
achieve their own livelihood or do the
work for which they would otherwise
be fully qualified. Brave men, self-sac-
rifcing men, for the rest of their life are
put on the limits and strangely suffer in
stormy weather from limbs amputated.
Give Thanks for Sound Limbs.
How much of the human family in ev-
cry century has been cut up and shot
to pieces and passed into mutilation.
American manhood had hardly recovered
from the decorations of the war of the
Revolution when it was called to be cary
ed by the swords and stabbed with the
bayonets and blackened with the gun
powder of 1872. Hardly recovered was
our American manhood from that when
the war with Mexico began its butchery.
Hardly was American manhood recover
ed from that before the Civil War took
J, hold of it and dug its grave trench
through the North and its grave trench
through the South. Hardly was our
American manhood recovered from that
when the Spanish war came, with its
malaria and crowded hospitals Thank
God that now four of the greatest ma
tions are allied in good understanding
the United States. England, Germany
and Russia-and if they will do the right
thing they can forever stop national and
international strife and put an end to
, wholesale amputation. There are enough
accidents in time Of peace to keep the
race mutilated more than it ever ought
to be. and the human family needs all
its arms and hands and feet to do the
work that God calls it to do.
Further, celebrate on the instrument Of
ten strings our llumined nights. They
spread their tents over us, and some 81
us hardly 60 ont to look at them. Dur
!; ing the nights other worlds come a
sight. The author C my text chimed the
silver bells IN che tower of the midnight
heavens, So ying. when | consider he
heavens, the work of thy nngers the
moon and he stars. which thou hast Or
dained. what is man that thou art mind
full of him?" We thank God for the day
we ought also to thank him for the night.
Worlds on worlds in sight of the naked
eye. but more worlds revealed by tele-
scope. At least one nigh. in his lifetime
1 every man ought to go Tito Astronomical
observatory and see what has been done
by the great World Builder. Thank God
for lunar and stellar illumination!
Further, on the instrument Of ten
strings celebrate the y possession of our
reason. A severe stroke upon the head
or a sudden calamity or any one of fifty
kinds of accident might dethrone our
reason ana leave us worse off an the
brute. for the brute has a substitute for
reason in what is called instinct, but a
mans brain shattered and he has neither
mind nor instinct The asylums for the
insane though all the time multiplying,
are not enough to shelter the demented.
Through the examining system employ
ed in many of the schools Of this cOun-
try there are tens Of thousands Of chill
dren having their brain depleted. Fhilos-
ophers at ten years of age, astronomers
, at eleven years OF age. biologists at
twelve years of age, They ii be first
on examination day, but last in all mat
tiers Of useful and successful life. That
man and that woman whose intellect goes
safely through the storms Of this life,
. in which so many have foundered, ought
, every day and every night employ one
Of the ten strings in gratitude for that
, particular mercy
The blessings of Friendship.