The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-02-24
Home Circle

on al cVeTldSUlUR Uuc UdIl-
ner of intelligence and right, is direct
ed to every member of this depart
ment would you but grant it audience.
Let no cloud again darken your spirit
or weight of sadness Cypress your
heart. Arouse ambitions shoulder
ing fires. The laurel may cen now
be wreathed destined to grace thy
brow. Burst the trammelS that i'm
peed thy progress and cling to hope.
The world frowned darkly upon all
who have ever yet won flames wreath,
but on they toiled. Place high thy
standard, and with a firm tread and
fearless eye press steadily onward.
PerSevere and thou wilt surely reach
it. Are there those who have watch
ed unrewarded, through long sorrow
full years, for the dawning of a bright
err morrow, when the weary soul should
calmly rest. Hopes bright rays still
illume their dark pathways, and
cheerfully yet they watch. Never de-
spair. Faint not, though thy task
be heavy, and the victory is thine.
The past year has been one Of blood
shed and carnage. In all parts of
Russia men, women and innocent chill
dren have been murdered by the tens
of thousands, but yet Christianity is
advancing, is rolling on and it is going
to warm the hearts of all nations and
all nations viii baSk in its light.
Men may shut the window blinds SO
they cannot see it, or they may smoke
the pipe of speculation until they are
Swallowed under their own vapOring:
but the white light Of the gospel
made up of all the beautiful cOlOrS of
earth and heaven, violet plucked from
amid the spring grass, the indigo OF
the southern jungleS, the blue of the /
skies, the green of the foliage and the |
yellow of the autumnal woods, the
orange of the southern groves and the '
red Of the sunsets, all the beauties Of |
earth and heaven are combining to
keep the ball Of Christianity rolling.
Great Britain is going to lead all Eu-
rope to the foot Of the cross; the Uni
ted States is going to bring all Amer
lea to God: these two great countries
will combine and take Asia for God
and then the three with their COM
bined strength win bring Africa into
the fold and the world will be redeem
ed. The good homes of our land are
the little yeast cakes that keep the
moral influences working. Infldelity
and atheism are receiving their death
blow from clubs in the hands of the
good mothers of u land.
Only a few days ago l read how a
kind look and a tear of sympathy upon
the face of d clergyman led to the CON.
version of a poor convict. Such kind
ness is easily bestowed, and yet how
often it is withheld, W from those
whose souls are yearning for our SYM
pathy, those who know so little of
gladneSS, but have tasted to the very
dregs of life'S bitter cup. Yes, if we
would be truly happy we must become
SO busy and interested in trying to less
en- the suffering of others that we will
forget our own misfortuneS. AS we
journey through life, let US never hes
itate to turn aside into the path of
self-denial if duty calls us there, for
there is always a blessing in duty, al
though it may often seem to interfere
with pleasure. But whoever is truly
noble and worthy will keep this prin-
ciple uppermoSt in his mind. Let US
do our duty while the years come and
go, and, although their lovelieSt season
blooms but to fade again. let benevO-
lence, pure flowers, never fade from
the path we tread and we may be
sure that within our SOULS hope and
contentment. if not actual joy, will
ever bloom in all the freshness and
beauty of glorious spring time.
The eighteenth century will stand
in history as the age to which the
doctrine of the rights of man devel-
oped commanding strength and pop
ular sway. The French Revolution
in Europe and the American Revolu-
tion in this country, spread democrat
ic ideas broadcast. The nineteenth
century did very much to confirm and
establish these principles, but it did
much more to secure the rights of
woman. At the close of the preced-
ing century, housekeeping and serv-
ing were about the only occupation
open to m Today there is
any occupation which she is
not free to enter. 1t is quite gener-
ally acknowledged that she has the
right to do anything that she can do
well, and that, too, without any sur
render of her womanhood. Whatever
other great things the twentieth CEN
tury shall achieve, we feel quite sure
that it will be characterized by a more
intelligent appreciation of the rights
of children, and better agencies and
methods for their training and devel-
Opment. 1t will be the Renaissance
OF childhood.
OUR CHILDREN.
Home should be made the most in
tereSting and best loved spot on earth,
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