Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-06-06
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in a sphere of utility unoccupied by any
other institution, the JOURNAL asserts a
particular claim to the privilege and
distinction of fist rendering welcome to
the guild Of nobemen who will be here
next week.
1t is impressed with the Significance
it foresees in the demonstration to be
made, for it has felt a solemn pleasure
in seeing men save property, and pro-
founder happiness i'll seeing them save
life.
Eneas carried his father to safety
through the flames of burning Troy
an achievement immOrtalized i'll story,
lyric and sculpture, yet greater deeds
have been done with less incentive to
ishably memorialized, shine resplend-
emily in some heroic galaxy.
We repeat-it is pleasure to witness
and a JOY to record instances of sublime
daring and unseltish sacrifice for the
safety and welfare of others, but since
the altruistic spirit has ennobled and
energized mankind, it is "A delight cat
home" in all civilized human nature.
1t animated Washington and stirred
him to prayers, work and accomplish
ments which easily place his name high
est on the roll of heroic patriots.
The JOURNAL assumes also to tender
a volume of welcome from the ladies
1.-The better half" of humanity-the
half which neither "actives'' nor "hon-
oraries'' can do without. The person..
tication of all that is generous and gen
tie III human nature, what would be
hospitality without them? Indeed, it is
to be questioned whether there would
be, without the women, a word 50 splen-
did i'll any vernacular. Even more,
would the mighty force we call Chris
tlanity' be employed at its gracious
work i'll the world but for the majority
allegiance of the women?
An extreme question, perhaps, but
when we reflect that the elementary
quality of Christianity is hospitality, "
it will be difficult to speak of one with
out implying the other. Woman is the
handmade of both She welcomed and
fed the Lord
And 50 she has ever been, and. as
Bayard Taylor, the great traveller, once
wrote $50 she is everywhere.
In Frostburg, therefore, the ladies
constitute class unbrolen who believe
that the Fire Department ought to be
universally encouraged and literally
sustained. More than men, if possible,
they hold that the Eiremen, as already
intimated, stand between danger and
our property-between peril and our
lives, and stand there day and night
while we wake and while we sleep.
Better and nobler work no other men
do. The sentinel upon the watch-towers
of beleaguered nations; the MueZzin
upon the minaretS of Mahomet; the
sleepless Aztec who looks in every sun
rise for Montezuma, or the crude aStron-
omer, standing constantly eXpectant ON
the fartheSt promontorv reaching away
into the South West seas, looking for
some ornamental signal which will dis
close the brilliant mystery of the Zodi-
acal Light-ea of these makes his
office noble by unrewarded devotion.
But the men who hold themselves
at all hours ready for actual, rational
duty are and always have been the real
heroes OF their age and race.
The stalwart men "always with us"
and those coming are voluntarily organ
lied illustrations of cooperative pur-
pose inspired by fraternal sense of duty
to their fellow men, and they have
chosen sphere of service made almost
Divine by that sublime hcroiSm which
risks life for life
The people upon whom they want
should continue, therefore, to stand bv
them-not grudgingly, but with open
hearts to entertain every request and
open hands to crafty it,
Our duty thus consummated, we can
look to our Firemen with more and
more assurance of defence with more
and more prid" in their work and
achievements more. 10y far, than did
the PaSans of Mythology who vainly
appealed to mute Neptune to stay the
high tides of the sea, and then for pro-
lection from storm and fire they looked
unavailingly to the flaming shield of an
un answering Jupiter.