Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-04-14
Correspondence of the Beacon.
Dear Old Ben,on

-Dc0f OHd DeuAOa
Your weekly visits 10 my sanctum
bringing me news from my nativ'
county and early associations, ar
much enjoyed and appreciated.
ft is true, learn through you
columns OF the demise OF some oil
acquaintance or friend. intelligence
not at all agreeableand pleasant, bu
on the contrary, -disagreeable anG
painful, reminding oae OF the inflex
ibility and inexorableBess of the laws
OF nature. Agreeable or disagreed
bile, the old familiar forms and faces
endeared by long association, yiele
to the inevitable. drop ont by th,
wayside. yielding place 70 the young
ever ready and anxious to supplan1
the old. Nor would il seem here ir
relevant to remark that whoever
fiatterS himself with the idea thai
the work. needs himself. and could
not get along without himself, hugs
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q delusion.
The so-called great and wise ap
pear as helpless in the grip OF mex
orable law as the litt. 'e and insignifi.
cant. Fate is no resl eesor on per
son. Oftentimes the lii We ana ln
significant, so termed by t. S ~orio'
persist long after the disapp, fance
of the so-called great and "ase
where, it may be asked, shall "t
look for immunity from the crue.
lnsensate grip Of fate? Where are
the heads, hearts and hands that
ruled and guided old st. Mary's
when l. as a boy, contended with |
environment for existence? These
familiar forms and faces, no longer |
visible, with voices forever hushed |
to these neither regions" where
are they? Gone with the countless
millions of the past Whittier?
Unto this universe. and why not knowing.
Nor whence, like water willy. .nilly flowing.
And out OF IL. as wind along the waste,
know not whittier wiily-ailIy blowing"
Your versatile and philosopbic
correspondent, Azzana, whose sage,
salient sentences and serio comic
ontpourings amuse and instruct us.
and who assays, with one grand
stroke OF his pen, toSweep from under
the foot OF the skeptic every vestige
OF ground on which he stands and
have him vainly striving to answer
thatsignificantquery, Whittier? We
are fully cognizant OF the fact that.
with the masses of the denizens of
regions, the attitude of
the skeptic is unpopular, but that
proves nothing. The honest skep-
tic loves, desires and seeks the truth.
and demands something more sub
lunary than the superstition of an
tiquity. And If Azzana will helm
time out of the nebulous regions of
doubt and uncertainty, into the glo-
rious and unObstructed light of the
truth and certainty, he will render
a service Ofincalcuable worth. Alas
poor man
NE hangs between in doubt to act or rest,
IN DOUBT To deem himself god or beast;
lndoubt his mind or body to prefer:
Born but TO die, and reasoning but to err:
in i
The glory, Jest, and riddle OF the world"
Pardon the depression But, we
couldn't refrain from reminding
friend Azzana that there is still such
entity as an honest skeptic, and still
substantial ground for skepticism.
We hope for more utterances from
the Oracle of st. Inigo's.
Since, whom good nature and en-.
vironment have inclined to virtue
and piety, imagine themselves good |
and claim credit for it. We deny
their claim of merit, and that they
are entitled to credit or commenda-
tion. Shall We give credit to the
rose for its fragrance; honey for its
sweetness the bee or ant for its in
dustry, or the nightingale for It's
song? We might go on ad infini-
tum. We hold that whatever a man
may be, should be attributed to her
idity and environment. Enough.
perhaps, of this. Ye Editor finger
eth his blue pencil.
Balmy breezes, gladstone sun
shine, the croak and monotono,,s CO.
AK of the denizens of lake and pond
the deepening verdaney OF field and
forest. the cheer and charm of the
carols OF the inhabitants of the airy
regions, all, betoken the return oil
Joyous Spring, that season of the
year when Dame Nature arrays her
self in richest, most gorgeous and
attire, indicating and
suggesting to her children and yo-
taries the Importance, yea, and the
necessity OF worshipping an her
shrine.
The husbandmen of the Eastern
Sho, the land of the strawberry.
fruits and flower, have put aside /
the amusements and recreations Of
Winter and turned >their .+.o..z