Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-12-19

xVaVS IN ia5F~ VI TESS extent reaches
ont f. men of his ilk. When minis
Tor FITS his own ck1.cA lie helns life,
o,.arv 60 christian church in HE
CITY When Il noble lawyer is true to
his clients lie has an unc0nscious Chris
nan influence over his brother LAWYERS
# the bar. The unconscious influence
If - physiciaH m3ldS other physicians
The influence % wives and mothers
sniritually bieSseS tie parents of other
homes as we'll as the lives of their own
children.
The unconscious influence of Il Chris.
tian man over the people of his day and
generation is very great. no matte.. how
bumble the position he occupies. Rut
if the unconscious influence of "A living
man upon his contemp lrarieS is great
Infinitely greater must that influence
he mon thousands ana tens of thou
sands of men ana women and children
after he IS dead. How multiplied must
no the echofng sounds of his voice lone
after the speakers lips themselves have
hean sealed in the unbrolen silence Of
the tomb,
we say that John Harvard'S life was
q mighty life for good From tie lite
seed he planted has grown mp the
greatest university in all America. He
was a poor clergyman who died early
in life. but the few hundred dollars
and the library of 300 books lie left to
endow Harvard college have had glo-
rious harvest. Thousands upon thou
sands of homes have been blessed by
that college gift long after John Har-
ward passed away. The history of John
Harvard will yet be the history of ev-
cry true Christian man. AS the Shad-
ows of the hills grow longer and longer
toward the east when the sun sinks
into the west, so the Christian mans
unconscious influence will grow great
er and greater even after his body rests
in the tomb 1t will grow greater and
greater because, it will reach not his
children alone. but his children's chill
dren even unto the tenth generation
and even generations afterward.
An Indian Legend.
There Is beautiful Indian legend
about the land of the shadows"
which relates how the living are infiu-
encing those who struggle and fight on
this side of the beautiful river of
death" \ young warrior was about to
be married, but just before the we'd
ding his bride TO be passed away. Her
lover was almost insane with grief.
He would not be and could not be
comforted. As he was grieving his
life slowly away he heard by the camp
fires of his tribe that there was a path
leading to the south which if followed
would bring traveller to the land of
the departed spirits. No sooner did
the young chief hear this than he de-
cided to go and seek his lost love. He
jOurneyed on and on until he left the
snow covered mountains of the far
north. He iourneyed on and on until
all the trees of the forests were full
of singing birds and all the fields were
fragrant with the incense swinging
flowers.
In that southland instead of the elk
and the moose and the grizzly bear the
faWnS came out of the woods to lick
his hand. He journeyed Oh and on I'M
til he came to Il great gulf of still wa
terS There lie found a shining white
canoe. into which he stepped and be-
gan to paddle out into the deep. No
sooner did his canoe leave the shore
than another white canoe just like his
own came alongside. in which was she
whom he loved. They padded on and
on toward beautiful island, where
there was q palace III which dwelt his
departed bride. AS he came toward
the island and was about to land an
angel stepped forth and said: Nay.
nay. Thou canst not come as yet. She
whom thou lowest will here wait for
thee. Go back to the land from whence
thou earnest. There thou must live and
rule over thy people for many years.
Live as she would have thee live; then
when thy work is done, and we'll done,
thou mayest return to thy loved one,
who here will wait for tEee." AS in the
Indian legend, so must it be with US.
If we are bereayed, as was the Indian
warrior, let us live as our departed
ones would have us live. If we are tax
en- away. as was the Indian maiden to
the LAND of the shadows" then those
whom we have left behind will be liv-
ing out the teachings and the exam
pies of our earthly lives. A redeemed
immortars earthly unconscious infiu-
ence pever dies. May Christ help us all
to do the work he has given us.
Copyright, 1904, by Louis k1opsch1
Good Rules For All.
4 cap worn at Il rakiSh angle Is no