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.
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T he beam s sm ile on, am i heaven serene - apt
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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
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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 ­
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, 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,
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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 ­
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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
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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, .
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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