R eason . OF VOL. 3. Our Father in Heavers. BY CHARLES STEVENSON. NO. 25. SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JU N E 29, 1899. But wafts som e faithful p ray e r on high. slight change of circum stances is dispensable. to tu ----------- rn into conflicting T he beam s sm ile on, am i heaven serene - apt r ............- ---------------o in ter Still seem s as though no p ray ers had and disagreem ent. S trict ad- And the breezes m u rm u r as still th ey wave God, have m ercy !” a m o th e r cried, \ s she hum hly k n elt at th e i ra- “ W hen m an is jiow erless. H eaven can not sa v e.” dleside, —[Selected by B. 1‘». Rockwood. • i i G od,have m ercy and h e a r my pray r, And take mv babe in thy ten d e r care. The^Anael of Death is in th e room, Justice. a n.l is calling aloud for my babe to com e. Thou, thou alone h ast power to sa v e, IN F IV E PA R TS. o God, have m ercy! tis all I crave. O berence to the principles of political equity has preserved sm all states in - - - m id st o f pow erful n e ig h b o rs, Light and knowledge threaten its u tter destruction; for darkness, ignorance, and su p ersti tion are entirely unnecessary to the true happiness and wellbeing of m an; and more and worse th an th a t, they are extrem ely deleteri ous, except it he for the aggrandize m ent of a com paratively inconsider able portion of the heritage. They m ust, they will he dispelled— it is co n trary to the n atu re of things th at they should forever exist. whose greed of conquest is restrain- ed by their hesitation to incur the odium of wanton aggression. Bel gium, H olland, and D enm ark have thus preserved their national in d e • • • BY F . L. OSW A LD. , ri„v grave 'n e a th th e w illow ’s shade, pendence in Europe, as J a p a n and Telleth the answ er th e M erciful m ade. Acheen in the East. In C entral “ <) F ath er in H eaven, protect my boy P A R T I I . — R EW A R D S O F CO N FO RM ITY . Africa the honesty and sim plicity But what shall lie set up in the From the wiles of folly, from s in ’s decoy ; From the snares of tem p tatio n on lite s U S T IC E is the royal a ttrib u te of the agricultural E thiopians has place of existing religion? has been dark sea, . ,, of noble souls; the most in proved a m atch for the cunning of asked. G uard h im ,and keep him pure for thee. So a m other praved as her d arlin g one alienable crown of their the predatory Moors, who con Set nothing up as dogm atic and W ent forth to b a ttle th e world alone— stantly quarrel about the division Men w h o would defy the Alone save th e blessing his m o th er gave, prestige. arb itra ry , but cultivate a m oral And th a t p ray e r to God to k eep a n d save. power of superior strength,"or envy of their spoils, and, in the vieissi- principle in the breast of m an, w ith • * ’ . . * and depreciate the superior gifts of Hides o f their civil wars, have again A m u rd erer’s gibbet, high in air, out reference to, and to tally inde Answered the ten d e r m o th e r’s p ray er. genius, will do unbidden homage to and again been obliged to p u r pendent of, any sep arate existence. A father ami m o th e r k n elt th em down the m ajesty of superior justice. chase ihe alliance of the despised Let him rely upon no superstruc- Together before th e E te rn al One, ‘ heathen.’’ tion th at is not founded upon known And with tru stin g h e arts im plored th a t ‘•Mars is a ty ra n t,” says P lutarch, The practical advantages of in in the epilogue of “ D em etrius,” Heaven . facts. Instead of a long and in Would guard th e flower its grace had tegrity have been recognized in the “ but justice is the rightful sover com prehensible creed, let his motto given— Wouht keep th e ir blossom ing d a u g h te r eign of th e w orld.” “ The things proverbial wisdom of all nations, consist of these words: INJURE NO pure , but are not C'mfin*d to the affairs one . W henever the question occurs And guard her aye from th e te m p te r s which kings receive from heaven are not m achines for taking towns, of commercial interc >urse. In the with respect to the omission or com- lure, And from every Rtain would keep her or ships with brazen beaks, but law long run, honesty is the “ best i mission of any act in the affairs of free As the lilies th a t bloom in e te rn ity . and justice; these they are to guard policy,” even ?n avocations where life, instead of referring for sa n c And it is not the the perversion of justice m ay seem tion to scripture, to the church, the A self-slain lost one, seduced, b etray ed . and cultivate. most w arlike, the most violent,and t promise a tem porary advantage m inistry, to custom or fashion, let Was th e only answ er Heaven m ade. san g u in ary , hut the ju stest of A lawyer who refuses to defend a him ask him self the sim ple ques A beautiful m aiden k n elt to pray For th e life of a loved one far aw ay— princes, whom H om er calls the dis wealthy knave against a poor p la in tion, “ Is the thing in itself rig h t . Away in th e fields w here life am i d eath H istory • has I tiff will gain in self-respect, and and proper to be done, or not Hang poised in th e scales th a t tip w ith ciple — - - of J u p J ite r.” a b r e a th : more than cnee confirm ed the test ultim ately also in professional repu- done?” as the case may be; and as “ 0 F a th er of M ercies, protect th e h e a rt of suprem acy. The reputation of tation, more than he has lost in his best ju d g m en t shall dictate, so Of him I love from th e foem an’s d a rt. When the death-bolts ride on th e charg incorruptible in teg rity alone has direct em olum ents. A politician let him govern himself. This course ing field, . ., , Be thou his stre n g th and guide and m ade poor princes, and even pri who refuses to resort to chicanes would ensure salvation econom i shield.” vate citizens, the arbiters of na- m ay miss the chance of a s h o rt cally ; and instead of man in h e rit * • • * .. lived trium ph, hut will sow a seed ing the costly necessity of redem p lions. A m angled corpse and a soldier s grave Was the answ er th e F a th e r of M ercies King Hieron of Syracuse thus of prestige sure to ripen its even tion, it would he r e n d e r e d needless gave. to him , by his refraining from evil, arbitrated the disputes of his w ar tual harvest. The night was dark on th e o c e a n ’s breast ft is im possible to calculate the Plato, Phocion, And the waves rolled high in wild u n re st, like neighbors. W here a stately bark was d ash in g on Philopoem en, Cato, and Abencer- W hat W ill You S u b stitu te for am ount of benefit to th e fam ily of Toward a b re a k e r’s c rest, w ith h e r ru d Religion? m an, in every point of view, were age. settled in tern atio n al quarrels der gone. they to direct their united energies Around the c ap stan , in wild desp air, which the sword had failed to de The crew had g ath ered an d joined in BY H O RA CE S E A V E R . to these im portant points, instead cide. The prestige of uprightness prayer of wasting them upon a system To him who only had power to save has m ade honor alm ost a syno And deliver them froPi a w atery grave. T is said by those, who, having th a t will be found to he hut as a nym of an “ honorable,” i.e., hon » • • • • been driven to their last stro n g broken reed, and a zeal for which, A crash and a gulping wave alone est reputation. The com m ercial Was the answ er of th e O m n ip o te n t One. hold in the cause of religion, in m any instances, haa alm ost integrity m - — erenants liivv it » *wy of Hebrew — — - has i overcome rnce-jealouses and reli- and who, finding it no longer tena- eaten them up. In his pecuniary At noon of n ig h t, in th e c ity ’s h e a rt, When slum ber reigned over hom e and gious prejudices, and in America ble upon its own in trin sic m erits, resources, in this country aloue, m art, The firetiend b u rst from his secret place the worship of w ealth does not pre- are about to abandon its defence, there would he a saviug of m illions And w rapped all th in g s in his fierce vent an u p rig h t judge from rank- th a t it would he b elter, infinitely of dollars an n u a lly , if m an would em brace. ing high ah ,ve a w ealthier, but less better, not to rem >ve th is long- abandon his servility to the church, Oh, then how m any a frenzied prayer To heaven for safety re n t th e a ir! scrnpulous, altorney. sanctioned curb upon the evil pas- and learn and follow the philoso ro r hom es! for lives! for lo v e s !— am i The consciousness of a just cause sions of m ankind, even though phy th a t is according to N ature and then The flames th a t crisped them sneered, is an advantage which, more than there should he nothing real in it; R eason.—[Occasional Thoughts. “ A m en” ! once, has outweighed a grievous th a t it would be vastly preferable • • • • • Homes, friends and loved o.ies crisped disadvantage in wealth and power, not to dem olish th is ancient het gi and charred M inisters who a tte m p t facetious Told how heaven th e prayers had h eard . l t biased th e fortune of w ar in the round about the innocent and ness in the pu lp it usually display a From the earliest daw n of n a tu re ’s b irth , battles o f L euctra and Lodi; it en- goodly disposed, even though it Since sorrow and sin first d a rk e n ’d eart h, abled the Scythian herdsm en toan- should he found to he but a base- wit as nim ble and sp rig h tly as an From sun to sun, from pole to pole, liihilate tlie veteran» of K ing Cyrus. lean fabric, or, a t b e s t , fountjed upon elep h a n t dancing a polka. I n j u s W here’er th e waves of H u m a n ity roll, tice, however, it should he added The breezy rol>e th is p lan et w ears and the Swiss jieasants to rout the mere inference. Has quivered and echoed w ith countless chivalry of A ustria and Burgundy. Now it so happens, th a t in order th a t, though their w itticism s are prayers. Each hour a m illion knees are l>ent, A ju st cause enlists sy m p ath y , and, to m ain tain th is curb, so called, wofully wearisome, th eir argum ents A m illion prayers to heaven are sent. as a bond of union, surpasses the the perpetuation of tgnorance, ab- are alm ost alw ays am using.—[Sec There’s not a su m m er beam but sees '«line hum ble su p p lia n t on his k n ees; value of common interests, which a solute ignorance, in the mass is in- u lar Thought. J I T here’s not a breeze th a t passes by