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

l wondered as I passed people TIM
l had never seen before nor woult
see again, what we wererall seeltins
as we were pushed this way anS
that by the mob of people on tn
busiest corner Of Boston's blsiess
street" | don't mean what st
were looking fer, but what weTe
our aims and intentions? If PEG
pie were shopping for the PMS
pleasure of spending because moDsf
used for other things was now y
leased, the spirit of Christmas w:
lost! This year the ChristckiSa
looms above the horrors of war aijTl
beckons us on to higher ambitiqEs
for the betterment of America. IS
Now that we have kept our hess.5sESs =:
fires burning for the boys whaa
they return, some of them brokef5
in body, but more perfect than ever
in spirit, we must keep our heart
fires burning to welcome them to g
country made great through tho
vision of a sacrifice. l say vision,i
for God saved us from the reality
which France has suffered.
In the Thanksgiving service
which attended at the Old South:
Church Sunday morning, the
preacher SAID that in the past, there
had been great hosts of people d03
ing nothing, and large groups Of
other people helping them to@d6
nothing, in fact there was a great
leisure cIass-but today things hare
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 the edge sp6I
the Charles river this afternoon ands
looked across the gray.green sefgI
ace lit by the dying day, overtoa4
Cambridge, the home of Longfellow4
and Emerson. Through the blle1I
gray mist could be seen the pietlE-I
esque arched bridge which seemsda
to float between earth and sky. asl#
TO the left Of it, the Boston sehgkl9
of Technology, one Of the y y sgs ,gsst
England homes Of higber lqsg.,;f - ~
fractions there are in a great city,
all according to how one views
them. One could spend the time
in the shops, and come home onlya
dcvotee 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 arrhitec-
ture, and art will but cherish you
and lead You on to greater revela'
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 a PERSONS
well grounded faith and the foster
ing of religion, being a follower
of God first and the arts aftcr~ard.
Art is but 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 l had thons,
and hearts and minds l could find
still more to absorb, so | must sift
the wheat from the chatf, 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 q situation.