The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-01-30
aAYsIDE MUSINGS.

\ l'' meet the friends of our youth
b. " Isnse of many years, how en-
b Us IS to find them in comfort
~ instances and pursuing the
y ne that have proved so con-
y " -uman success. l have been
= .,e4d In taking hundreds of my
BY the hand during the last
Many Of them live in the
5smanded by the aristocracy
sent age. A business man to
% must live in the same style
whom he wishes to do bust
n-.rbsr we invite a man to
+ Hcs or church we must
r. GOOD surroundings as he has
h However much we might ad-
.rr, to nature in the matter of
.nrroundings, the most la
r ~. use is when we take the hand
,,jna intimate friend, palsied
He has forgotten his God
.raung mother. The words he
-.r the influence of drink when
mentioned l would not care
,gss' here :
..,,rred within the knowledge of
now in my room. A man under
.s-s,.s Of drink asked his mother
1osr Being refused he dealt her
eog He was hung for crime
- f.mself IN his sober moments,
more than any other person on
Theft souls are as badly charred
b ,an ire as their stomachs. The
y. ~-fgses food and the soul at
,,,g. little signs of life. The
h nv lends library are conclu-
,.rc4 that he continued to live as
che nohIest of men for many
l. sftsr We parted company at the
| v,r. Academy. An unhappy sec
[.,r.age was blamed for his down.
Brt IN the library were evidences
.,i ogslities IN that much blamed
f.3v,te 4 beautiful set Of books
i,.at American Men and Women
|, skpoweiged to be present from
Es,opd VIII, who had gone into bust
Lr another part of the city. Was
Erns downfall caused by the i'm
ssslsction of a life's companion or
| the work of the pleasant social
l The inst wife's children are de-
Unattached to their drunken father.
4 mother. being dead, he is all they
\ to remind them of happy child
\ They have seldom, if ever, been
srct To be sure they see the
knDbs Of human genius in the way of
Esrst But their notion of the
H. ideals Of human nature is very
r.
| Ynsmber an old neighbor who was
Emns the first time | saw him to get
Fm5sd There was only one way to
kits money, his family, his life, and
(a7ss g quit drinking. He was equal
be acssoa and quit. His last days
4 qert in acquiring all that is en-
trs human character. Was not
h. pesslre Of the social glass coun-
.2e= 5y The misery of that strug-
/ IRE there any pleasures in the
ggss Il stimulates body and
7ratlral activity. 1t is not a
M- lo-s got nourish. Every viola
aatgr= 5 an injury to body or
r-l,1 The social glass reminds
Of boy 2 aging with fire in his
r. zrn ! can do no harm unless
EG spark in the hay. Why not
@rsalere else? Why not get
s-g -,'- some more natural source?
a erHag Jan. 18th l attended
4 1au They are so fearful
a- 7.sout being fully guided by
.f.LE nee that they sit in
Drug tteir meeting for worship.
.rr. luaic meetings are des-
ay.-r r .afer TO become extinct.
a-5ns believe as fully in
sl7-. lv Light within and prac-
a-if gently. In the after
aQ-l Methodist Sunday
ea9her, instead of spend
a.af living into the mysteries
'.5 vita the creation of man, dis
regard TO the man of the pres
as We See him. He proved the
guy 81 'e human race by telling
74ca' atoms which have unearth-
paS1 cues IN which a high degree
''llsll2H had been developed. He
MOI ,h7 few clements which enter
@lfosino0 Of earth or star or hu.
wy A human body has been sep
a'~ The dement's and each ele-
pS'el % jar by itself, but the
''s force, the soul, no man can To-
-'''Fiov OF comprehend.
~'aF evening a portion of the nerve
'" 0l .d~ church met to discuss
~" OF the oflicers of the church.
s-ah loiy was given as an illus
Ia'a organ has it's duties to
Loef must perform its duties
a." Seeing. or hearing, or speak
"7 WORK defective. The trac-
' long our railroad system
as ln iIIustration. One man