The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-04
The Mothers Hope.

:
more eloquent or more beautiful
than the following uttered in one
of his speeches in behalf of Judge
Parker during the recent cam
paign:
Democracy does not go as far
sometimes as we would like to
have it; but, my friends, we must
not expect that we will have every
thing as we would like it. Ask a
mother as she holds in her arms
her baby boy what her hope is, and
she will tell you that she hopes
his heart will be 30 pure that it
could be laid upon pillow and
not leave stain; that his ambi-
tion will be 30 holy that he can
whisper it in an angels ear, and
that his life will clean that his
mother, his sister, his wife, his
child. oan read a record of his
every thought and act without a
blush. Thatie the ideal that every
mother has for child, but ask her
if she is going to require that per-
secution in him. and her great
heart will tell you No. she will
say it is her hope, but that sne
will make him as good as she can,
that she will follow his footsteps
with daily prayer. that her bless
ings will rest upon him wherever
he goes throughout the world, and
that she will hope. yes hope. that
when he dies the world will
be better that he has lived. That
is about all that she can say to you.
And so, my friends. if you ask me
if my platform has-allthat ]. want
init, 1 say no; you ask me if my
candidate stands for all I would
like him to stand for, no. But
shall L throw away the good he
promises because 1 cannot get all
that I want? By what other
means can 1 secure more, than I
can secure through the election of
Parker and Davis? There is no
other means by which l can bring
to my country at this time more of
good than will be brought through
their election
"Reformers must be patient II
is slow work, this work of reach
ing humanity, Why, remember
that just about the time they re-
ported from the Philippine Is-
lands that the Philippine army
had divided into squads, and that
] the separate sections of the army
I had hidden in the woods and
formed maranding banks, but just
about this time l read in an ENJOY.
olopedia about 1 900 years ago the
Anglo.Ssxons were doing the same
thing A thousand years ago; We
have made progress, but there ii
much ahead of us yet.
cit is only two OF three decadel
since we we're perseouting peopl,
y for conscienc sake. We are doinf
better now, but we are yet fa
from the goal If they tell yol
that we have reached point wher
we are 30 good that we oan eros
an ocean 1000 miles wide in orde
to force Christianity upon peopl
who already believe in Christ, tina
we are SO good that we can cros
an ocean in order to force upol
people belonging to another brancl
] of the Christian church the doc
trines of our branch. if they tel
! you that, answer them that as Ion
as in any great city you can get ]
| larger crowd at $5 ticket to Sc
, prize fight THAI you can get
listen to sermon, there is eneug
in this country yet to do withou
crossing the ocean. We must b
patient.
"You ask me if the Democrat
ladder reaches the skies No: br
3 as 1 look upward 1 see no ladde
whose top is higher than ours.
plant my feet on the lower rount
+ 1 will climb as far as the ledds
8 reaches, and then 1 will pray to tt
God of Hosts that He may give I
T strength aud wisdom to build,
! higher and higher. until its top
. lost in the clouds
Negro attendants in the bal
house at Hot Springs. Ark, wei
b on a strike because, a white ms
d was employed. aud their plac'
were quickly hlled.