Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-08-20
Example Of Noble Love.
Charlotte News.)

TIMES of men; who are willing to
ridicule the sacredness of mar
riage, whose soul, through FEAST
ing upon the darker side of life,
has become STEPPED with doubt
and skepticism concerning the
noble sentiments and institu-
tions, this story is notwrit. Poor,
stumbling, purblind man, hedg-
ed in by limited vision, too often
iaucies thatall is evil because the
little comes in his narrow range
of vision is something blurred by
sin and deception. We judge, too
often, by what wehave seen rath-
er than what, if we had only
stopped to think, we KNOW.
How many times have y O u
heard men assail the church?
How often has the sanctity of
the maj riage institution been dis
credited in yourexperience? What
sacred thing have you not heard
attacked by some grovelling pes
simist with a blurred conception
OF life? The man who depricates
the potency and sincerity OF the
church--of religion. cites as proof
iorthis falicous, though, perhaps,
sincere, position, the fact that
hypocrites intest the sacred cir
cles. This man, holding a high
seat in the synagogue is cited, as
illustrative of the "wolfin Sleeps g
clothing" or that crook convic-
ted is referred to us having once
been @ member of this or that
church.
The ionoclast of society who
sees naught but corruption and
deception in marriage, will give
you many examples OF marital
unhappiness; will recall t h e
growth OF divorces-will hold up
oneexample OF infamy commit
ted in the name of sanctity, and
expect you to Judge by this Illus
tration the entire Institution.
Narrowness, ignorance, preju-
dice, then, are responsible for the
attacks upon our churches, upon
society and it's institutions. Pes
simists are usually the outgrowth
of thinking along one line-the
pitiful product of mental limita-
tiOns.
In the opposite class from those
above described is the author of
the great truth "There's lots OF
good in the worst OF U.s." etc.
And in this other class-occu-
pying that pure realm where the
nobler impulses are law; where
love, mans guiding star, bears
fruit without danger of blight
from the frosts OF prejudice and
narrowness-is the old veteran of
two wars who has given up his
official position to spend the ev-
entide oi his life with the woman
he promised at the sacred altar
never to desert.
The story is one in a thousand.
1t cannot be read without inspi-
ring a better feeling toward man
kind. 1t is another reminder that,
with all the evil and all t h e
doubt and suspicion, the power
of love is still felt in the land
Read the story which comes to
us in the form of a press dispatch
from Los Angeles:
LOS Angeles, Cal, Aug. 4
Determined that he would not be
separated from his wife who is a
leper and has been confined at
the county hospital. Brigadier-
General David X. Wardell, retir-
ed, veteran of two wars, has sto-
len her from the institution and
rushed her across the Mexican
border where, he declares, he will
live with. her until death sepa-
rates them. No attempt will be
made to bring them back, as the
officials say they both threaten
ed to end their lives if forced to
llye apart"
The above story OF devotion
and nobility is not one remote.