The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-10
SOME OF The ASSETS
OF THE COMMUNITY

sarily physical resemblance, but
| God-like, in intelligence, in the power
to reason, to think, to understand, to
love, 10 forgive, the disposition and
the will TO make self-interest a secon-
| Diary consideration. when the interest
of self comes in conflict with the gen
eral good and the divine scheme of
crea ton And we do have such, and
many Of them too. If a man commits
a crime or is guilty OF some gross in
justice, the fact is proclaimed from
| the house-tops, and heralded over the
country and magnified and enlarged
upon; and some there are, who say
that the world is being STEPPED in wick
edness, the good old days Of simple
honesty are gone forever; far be 1T
from me to have lived to see the de-
pravity of this generation; but they
do not reflect that for every single 1so-
lated case of wrong doing, there are
multitudes of courageous, conscien-
tious, unpretentious men and women,
going about along the highways and
through the by-paths of life. doing
good, relieving the distressed, minis
tering to the afflicted. lifting up the
fallen, tightening the burdens Of the
weary, pointing the door of hope TO
| the Respondent, and dispensing the
darkest clouds with sunlight of their
sweet and smiling faces: unobtrusive-
| w. it is true. and without public out
| cry and advertisement, for the true
nan who is counted as one OF the val
liable assets of community vaunt-
b.lJ h i'm
! self and is not puifed up.
| l like not the pessimist nor the
| croaker. He is valuable asset to
| the community who loves the sun
| shine and the flowers and the beau
| ties of nature which are showered all
| about him. and SO directs his conduct
that in his life we may see the reflec-
ton of a soul moulded in the image
OF the Divine and destined to enjoy
q greater inheritance in the hereaf-
ter for having rendered faithful ac-
count Of his stewardship here l like
the man who refuses to sit down and
brood over every little obstacle that
besets his pathway, but who FORCES
! brave1y on, with head erect, and hope
undaunted, leading his fellows through
| the vicissitudes of fortune, out
into peaceful valleys. warmed by the
sunshine of love, along which may be
traced the footprints of the lowly
Nazarene as He bore upon his shout
ders the cross, weighted down with
| the sins of the world and the weak
nesses and frailtes of the human fam
lily. 1 like the poet from whose pen
| fall words of cheer and comfort and
| consolation and hope.
'"They's been a heap O. rain. but the
suns out today
And the clouds of the wet spell is all
| cleared away,
And the woods is all the greener and
the grass is greener still,
1t may rain agin tomorrow, but l
don't think it will.
Some says the crops is ruined and the
| corn's drowned out,
And prophesy the wheatll be failure
without a doubt:
But the kind Providence that has
| never failed us yet,
Will be on hands Onc't more at the
leventh hour, III bet.
Does the medder lark complain as he
! swims high and dry,
| Through the waves of the wind and
the blue OF the Sky,
Does the quail set up a whistle in a
disappointed way
Err hang his head in silence and sor-
row all the day?
| Is the chip-munkS health a-fallln
does he walk or does he run
Don't the buzzards OoZe around up
thar Just like they've alus done
Is they anything the matter with the
rOOsters lungs or voice,
| Ort mortal be cOmplainin when
| dumb animals rejoice?
| Then let us one and all be contented
with our lot,
The June is here this mornln', and
the sun is shinin' hot;
! Oh let us fill our hearts up with the
glory OF the day,
| And Danish every doubt and care and
sorrow fur away:
VIVA tever be our station with Provi-
tlence fer guide.
such fine circumstances orr TO make
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