Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-12-11

1 l wondered as I passed people thh
l had never seen before nor wout
see again, what we wererall seekin;
as we were pushed this way an
that by the mob of people on th
busiest corner Of Boston's blsies
street" / don't mean what @,
were looking fer, but what weTt
our aims and intentions? | PED
, pie were shopping for the PM
; pleasure of spending because moDgi
used for other things was now
leased, the spirit of Christmas Va
lost. This year the ChristchiE
looms above the horrors Of war ai}f
beck ons us on TO higher ambitions
for the betterment OF America. y@.
Now that we have kept our fess5sz=ss
fires burning for the boys whaa
they return, some of them brokeG
in body, but more perfect than ever
in spirit, we must keep our heart
fires burning to welcome them to IS
country made great through the
vision of a sacrifice. l say vision,
for God saved us from the reality
which France has suffered. #
In the Thanksgiving service
which l attended at the Old South
Church Sunday morning, the
preacher SAID that in the past theirs,
] had been great hosts of people dos
ing nothing, and large groups Of
other people helping them to Go
nothing, in fact there was grestti
leisure cIass-but o.day things have
changed. Labor has been shorn of
its old prejudices and stands the.
great medium through which We
learn the true values Of life. 4
Ruth and | stood on thesedgs osI
the Charles river this afternoon snds
looked across the gray.ereen SER
ace lit by the dying day, over:to3
Cambridge, the home of Longfeliow.l
and Emerson. Through the blues
gray mist could be seen the piet,lF-a
esque arched bridge which seemsd3|
TO float between earth aud sky, a5la
to the left of it, the Boston schokA
of technology, one of the Newt
England homes of higher ll led: lesa r;
fractions there are in a great city,
all according to how one views
them. One conld spend the time
in the shops, and come home onlya
devotee Dame Fashion, knowing
only what she taught for a season
and then being cast aside by her
when her whims of fancy turned to
other colors and other shapes.
Certainly one can be forever a
patron of the great music, the great
paintings, sculpture and arnhltec,
lure, and art will but cherish you
and lead you on to greater reVeIa'
tions Of truth and beauty, which
Keats says are all we know and
all we need to know on
earth" Even before and above
art, though, comes persons
we'll grounded faith and the foster
ing of religion, being a follower
of God first and the arts aftcrward.
Art is but a conscious seeking after
the truth Of God and the heart of
humanity. When person narrows
the source of his inspiration, he
narrows the art which he is trying
to perfect.
The nations heart should go up in
PRAYER in the words of Lonella 9.
Poole:
"For strength to help the fallen up,
For grace to hold the healing cup
Unto the worlds sore need.
70 not in vain the awful price
OF this vast human sacrifice
The cross meath which we plead.
If through this bitter, bitter flood
Of scalding tears and sweat of
blood,
At last though scourged and bruised
and tried,
The nations chastened, purified,
Snail closer draw to Thee.
There is so much to do and feel
here that | think if ] had thous-
and hearts and minds l could find
still more to absorb, so | must slft
the wheat from the chaff, and grow
through the choice of the best.
A Bostonian, on being asked
where Boston was on the map, re-
piled that Boston was more a con-
dition than situation.
That is what l think about Edge,
Ga T l,o,o oop,a from, tho hest