Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-09-24
Dear M. B. Friends.

| am quoting from memory a
stanza from a remarkable poem, writ
ten by Dergshaven, a Russian, which
was translated by J. Bowering. The
author was born in Kasan, Russia,
July 3, 1743, and died July 6, 1916.
1t seems somewhat significant that
his first name was Gabriel. There
are eleven eight-line verses in the
poem which bears as title, the sin
gle word, God" Reverence is eX
pressed in every line. Years ago |
heardean elderly gentleman repeat
the entire poem when addressing
Sunday school.
We have never yet introduced in
to the. column the subject of re
ligious or party preferences, and we
are not going to do so now, but hav-
ing reached this point lin my re-
marks" | looked up the definition of
denominationalism, and find this:
1.-The opinion that education should
be carried out through religious
bodies" so we can recall how the
colleges and academies in our coun-
try have been under the auspices of
different religious faiths. The
churches are awakening to the fact,
that through their influences and in
terest, general education may be ad-
vanced, and the spirit of unity can
make it success.
| have made rather long pream-
BILE before using the stanza promised.
o thou Eternal One! whose presence
bright
All space doth occupy,-all motion
guide
Unchanged through times all-devas-
tating flight!
Thou only God-there is mo- God be-
side!
Being above all beings! Mighty One,
Whom none can comprehend and none
explore!
Who first existence with thyself
alone
Embracing all, supporting, ruling
Being whom we call God, and know no
more.
| am wondering what new feature
we can introduce into the column
that would be of sufficient interest to
it's readers to cause them to give us
their opinions on the subject matter
Any suggestions will be gratefully re-
ceived A brief review of some book
or magazine article which has inter
ested you; some new experiment in
cookery or labor-saving Inventions;
an outing or visit you have enjoyed;
mention of some current events;
Farm Bureau and grange work;
what you saw at the fall fairs that
interested you. Did you ride on a
Ferris wheel? How did you like it?
How about the merry -go-round?
That rem&ds me of "The Legend Of
the Little Horses a story in the
October Pictorial Review. Some of
you have read it and learned of the
magic effect the little horses had on
Pierre.
Last, but not least, J will remind
you that cooking is always with us,
so recipes are always IN order.
To go back to the reunion bit.
You see, this was the first che Grand
ma Disable had ever attended, and
it was a great pleasure to have her
with us. Those of us who have seen
from her home the wonderful view,
stretching so far, far away, can un
derstand that she has broad views
of life, though so many If the past
years she has not been able to leave
her home to enjoy social gatherings.
Like others of us this year she
has been storing up some OF these
outings to live them over again
when the winter months almost make
us prisoners, and some years make lis
quite so. am sure she will not mind
my quoting from kind personal let
ter received a day or two after the
reunion.
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Dear Aunt Madge;
AS l haven't the courage to write
for the column, l will write this to