Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-27

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had been sitting on a little chair at
my Iatner's side for he had been anxious
| thdt should see and hear the great man.
now growing old. and that 1 should re-
| MemDer and be proud of having seen and
heard MIN. | gave by, father one swift
the room. - -
My mother sat at her window waiting
for her belated little girl, The clear
3nsntness of an autumnal moonlight
nIed the room and irradiated her spirit
ual race, uplifted to the sky. i ran and
s threw my arms about her neck. as If in
nisht from pursuing demon. ''Mother."
SAID breathlessly, Judge 49, saws a
man Is fool to pray to Cod No argu-
ment came from her gentle lips, no at
nere, she said quietly, ..and we will
ASK GOD to forgive him and teach him
peter things. We must remember to do
our friends. Poor faa Il poo oaty maS Sa o:sFs
Ine whole shock was removed and in
the moonlit room my mothers tender
, vEice asking forgiveness for the great
was TOO profound to be less than awe
inspiring and compelling of trust.
IN these days of strange doubts and of
wild analysis of spiritual theories by those
who can neither discern the things of
the spirit nor grasp any truth that Is
not material and palpable, it would be
vain 70 Try TO compute what destroying
impressions have been made by the light
criticism of the mornings sermon or the
ridicuie by a gay party of the utterances
VI uuii put devout man. There is some
, tntnS IN the light, positive unpremedi-
tateo speech OF two or three asserting
persons, especially if they state what is
novel and entirely at variance with a
cnliu previous Impressions. that carries
great weight. =
If 1t be the folly of keeping up old ira
ditlons, the nonsense of keeping every
seventh day holy" tearing away the
garment of respect from the individual
the association the how
are all like sparks kindling fire in the
hearts OF young uniformed minds. The
Quick quotation which will startle your
ears is as sure to come, as that the lis
tening ears have conveyed an impression
OF admiration to the unframed minds
The independent, unqualified opinion of
a young university man will outweigh the
teaching of years in a boys Judgment
And of boys especially, l would speak
IN regard to what they learn. The long.
drive they so ardently enjoy when they
are proudly one of party of men, though
they take pains not to spoil future
chances by being troublesome or intru-
siye, often sow seeds fertile enough 10
bring forth large harvest of strange and
poisonous fruit. The untrammelled
wholly free discussion of life and the
world which four or five congenial men
times out of ten, a wonderful educator to
a boy of twelve or fourteen. He learns
that famous business men are untrust-
worthy, selfish schemers, that the highest
tricksters, that the rich gentleman next
door made his money in some unworthy
I fashion, that the pretty lady whom he
saw In church is going to be divorced
from her husband, and why. He has
made a grand stride toward being "a
man of the world in a sense which
means knowing the evil thereof
Perhaps it might elevate and purify the
daily hourly chit-chat with which we
amuse ourselves. and our neighbors if we
sometimes measured it by this standard:
Would it injure an innocent, true
hearted young mind to listen to what we
say?' 1t might even produce a salutary
effect upon not only what we said, but
what we thought if we looked at our
shallow yet destructive judgment and
our often audacious criticism, by this I'M
usual light. We must even grow eau
tious as to harsh speech?
One of the most charming things ever
said of a charming woman, is the asser-
ton by her children that they never heard
her speak evil of any one. 1t is an en-
viabie reputation to win in ones own
household.-New York Post.