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'Joy ood glodncu ill: every hurt, pain to forgotten tot I 590, sorrow io soothed And mingled with I tinge of (lotion. theqodfomot' thonlouzoick Mimi-Ind with dingo; brighten, out} theirood eye: turn lovingly to tho light, ood' hop. drown: out despoir. Thou who hon ohivopodwith cold throughtho long-moths of] winter find their Icooty gumcntl comfortoble, Ind they look with pity onthe pnpomd rictug ofgreot coats ond chino] ”Maggot! fool In honedt pride thot there iI Io httlo hotwoeu that god the warm on of Spring. linthomoupfthq greotooot ond myflingovonhoo is 3110 W with hopo, Ind hoendnm tho prohotioouy m of. “ Wooriug them o little longer" like I mu, oud hon thot ho too will man Ihed hu coot Ind come out o gorgoou bounty. .Th; M 0! we clung: from cold vrnwr u; Mug Sprig; is wonderful to contemphge, end it I abject of fide loop, for the axial. Contemphte the condition of m “QM though alongqold winter-.51“ not} beat I: 3 (mt whole, remembering thin the nu fed, welk M [011% 3!, die exception and not. tha rule. Thighof Mime-and; of dumb beat; up! huepib- 3 Ned at 3 lb! M in open Kidd: whflo the fierce blush of Iii-hr blew; think of thir shrunken, half finned cogdiiioncâ€"hhw v‘elh, how hungry how forlorn. Think of goo; humanity who h, thomnd’have grow-n allow ”it nickxiu smoky, duk roomg- think of their thin, mfilofiwl, lll- fed bodies and their disheartened adult. How may poo; mounts wiglggreaciloivin‘g henna bl“ wen their duliug children sufl'cr for ’lghl, for ulr, for yumgh, {or foodâ€"nickel) and die for ad: of these. Hpvi may 3 have hem in; mm, llug‘beclfforcéd to enâ€" 1‘ dure the night .of the suflcring will: whom he would gludly dle m span“, How many iuvurulilé sick in hi)3}d»_ ml, in poor houu-pjljuil, i'u lhc lnylwnys mul lxigbwdyn, have only kopt’tlu! Hiilkfk of life glinuncriugqliku the lite}! fifekeriug flam of u ln]nylm$c all i»; mnuumul, witll out one my uf hope, OT jux, nmlmiught lmtalc’spair unrl i’mpnth-nco to be gun“. They urv a nfigblyfiout, nlul u) the" the first HUM) of llw blue birll i~4 like a mmso-ngwr from hcxn'e'u, prumiéiup, in pllive Yul billing MM, gnuiul wnrnnh; in plane M: «l‘kngy11urlu.vs~. lu :qll'I‘Ll liyllt ‘. fur iln pltru‘ L'l hung: r, fruit mul brpud; in plum of Mic-1:: \-‘. plwljwln “wk. ’l‘w llav Ftflrwrl In ad il nut-nus grwn llt'llln: um lvul‘hllng lurnnkd. melting “if, lmlmy lu-vl-nm Inn. mum lam-Is. "vow! Inact‘ Rm] (um Ind-QM! Why-Au. “U! Ill. THOUO I“. Inna-M1 can»... Wye-Iguan'MhmI-honr' ~(Mbc In: 4i a..." “-0.1“. awn. «.6 «am... hid: nbef and tinting; To p:- pgnpcrol son and 42mm. or hm, ”who. pr 11., blue Lido-flu n‘mdc 5nd joy. ‘ ‘ ‘ n‘nghhud Pm tho com. 8mg. :52 ”MAW. bidmefittmpflp‘n‘fic‘d‘lhfi bu been described. In]: cmlm, bod: mun Ind bent, shivers aim in (be wan sunlight in honor, in eonumpht'wn of the manhunt have put, mm In old nu, my a innlid,’ a filled with gnfihh 0.5“ one. note by may be mind to breach. Null, $3“ (W My-w' “in!“ nix of Spring, end Itnnger ntill the hutbced beater ud manhunt feel: e gentle emotion Ital over hit- like _n lovely bird picking or begun: it: gentle wingl «(that some solid rock. But it 'u to the young heutof the gentle mldeu, with their teu‘er eyu end graceful motion; to the beohful youth, with than true Maul ell nppreeuting eyel, that the blue bird- given e nemt null peculinr quver to bin not“, thou for whom they were intended, need no interpreter, nod none elu een understand. The long winter, thunk God, in put. The ‘ blue bird proclniun 3t Sprung 1â€"4. the bountiful flour put: on in choibest betuty, let humanity [not in coming with it: but end purest neturv, let pence, joy and love fill ell hum. “ The other mnn"-â€"the writer of the nboveâ€"Jortumue- lady exhumed himlf just before the :rrivel of those ungeninl thy: of hit week with their icicle: sud snow- |hownr|, tad will probably not return until lome “ bar bingern of Spring" more reliable than blue bird- cud edlwra “ tell us (hit the Spring la near." '0'. 0!’ 'l'lll ‘ISULI'I 0' '1‘" lll‘l'IKOI. Probebly no one in Highland Perk in nnewnre of the feet thet n eenel of pl‘yer netting- hu been in progress here eince the first of Januryfiihich have been mompenied with certain good eflecu. Even to thou who ere d‘upoeed to deny thnt the providence of God he: wrought in our midst n most wonderful work, 1 it Inn-t be eleerly evident thnt town, .0 e community, there have accrued, during the prayer: of theee meet» ins-flood reenltl which we con ucfibe to no known netnrnl eenee. We do not propose, however, to search for the due Cell it the ‘efl'ect of religion, of enperflition, of ‘ fentuy, of delusion, of whet you will, you mnlt neverthee leu admit that the efl'eet in here. Let u look nt thin efl'ect from u purely eociel etnndpoint, end consider the temporal, not the spirited, good resulting from the meetings. ' \ _.. . ',‘ ,i rm. meg bu been gworom, private ga genmi.~ Oerhii; porno l‘ among Ill have experienéed n definite plunge of purine, which rhqs idflueneedjhem to dept 3‘ Hair Coune 0T iiving And to model their aims 3nd action: tfler-nagrer mid higher eremplu A‘h-n before. To Lhodlelvea thin éhnnge hu Lil-cud] been of prepent good. It bu given hmdth 00 their views, depth to their 'thrmgh‘s, figor to their conscieuqe'l, rciidhce to their par. poser, bu nude” them better cifimm, Iud itid hardly 'ufg to predicthow much of future bleuihg it Int, bring. 1.! i; Hue (Int- lho uumbcr of these pat-ion: human in compurilou with our whole “compuuity. But it isldrge enough m make an importaut pun ofjt. ’ And through-' out the 11qu o!" {héir'iuflucncef difl'erint 19M: euch in- dividusl, the “foe" of their chunge of purpose 9nd of life in diuincdy felt. Neither can it be deniea‘that the introduction of an element of hopping” .into a commlr uhy in of uubutnutifll good. And should you ask any 'of '1.th pérsorns u to the effect in ‘hemnelvet gt} this spiritual Chang», nu 1111-} (all itror (his mental ohnnge as; you rnhy prcfur to 1mm? 1!, llxuy‘ivlll,‘ without lt,\’('1'.yl.l(n),' ml! you that it has bmu‘gllt to thmn gladuess, a ccmfiu V real and pyncn 3nd Nunfort and contentment, whivh tboy ‘ find of run! advantage. i . - The general 'ignod mm of flu" winnings has Ben} primarilykmuml nnd intvlL-vmnl, u'hhrmgh ”ms" primnry itm‘cu (nnlmt fun of fil‘cuntlury mind rmmh in mngy othv‘r morn patent if nut. mun: ymctivul Ilin‘minm. Thun- has in...“ thrunghwaHm runnuuuifi' :\ gun-‘rul n:1::\'milm of fl‘w mum] Mm nt' Hm pc‘qflu. h Ic'ntmdnfr wwHy Hmmh 1: gun-41,, quiet, be (In. m i. eeerte on; mum‘s mp. 1... may 4w be? a. bu' a :0 m pd miifi: ciuu ‘e‘tho II p uni tit‘l‘Igâ€"md Oct n ol‘ Cod iod lit: 80:“ (y, “splay, Mun]. it, hug ever haunt-on. u n discount. BM it n Info to nun that they We devnvenl pet can. {umber line. the Map begin. 1: «mid kudly ho otbuviu. No uptu- o! phfl-ofly, no cod. of n1. pie-ecu ”high nth-hddnonmyuuu‘ Chnn'nn religion In in “.0140: ml. " Ind m in genre] whiny. And however (u abort of their under-d die proleuon of this nli‘ion my come, it u eel-haul] the bet met the munpdon by tho. of new “din their W .nd new devotion to their (mun, u in the count of“ "tings, [an 5 direct undone, to him fie non! mm 0! Quit own fives not only but of the whole community, of whip}: they (on: u connidenblo put. I The iutellectnel eflect of the median coneiete Inninly ;n the improvement of taste end in mtel refinement, though 1n eome ceeee theee ere eceompenied with marked increeee of vigor end brein power. Thie elect in difi enlt to trece or exemplify without. illnetretion We do not meen to neat thet mentel power in dependent on or the electo! religion. But we do eeeext that religion edde to the mind meny green end exerte upon it e benefieent el‘ect Yon mey teke two men in the ordi- nery welh of life, of exeetly Iimiler mentel cepecity, ‘ end let one experience the feeling end eeenme the pnr- ' pone unelly included by Christina in whet they term e “chenge of heert," end you will find thet in one yeer'e time there in e wide difl'erenee between theee men end thet th'e mentel etetnre of the Chrieden eonvert ontetripe the other. He hee e eleerer conception of life end'ite' dntiee,’of the world end it. neueree, of the future end ite poelibilitiee, he hen better intellect“ tutu end die? .oernment, he prefere better boob end leek: etron‘er mentel pebnlum then the other men. And thieefl’ect in him he: ite influenee marked end menifeet in hie sommunity. Kind 1e not e light that you an hide under I huhel. When it in mede ln individnele better or , stronger, thet efeet' 1e epeedily diecemehle in the circle oftheir eeqneintenee. ‘ wWe present theee few crude thought: on e greet In!» ’ jeet ee enggeetione, beeenle we do not believe thet our _ citizens, Christine or non- prot'euore. Cetholic aim : tent, whetever they mny be, begin to eatimete the meteriel edventegee which theee meeting- for the leet three month: heve brought to them individnelly end ‘ collectively. . , It in mi. thnt when we touch upon thou “nut-39:, m jut commence to tell the “my of the good don. by these meeting: in :goncien of Divine Providence, the immunity of good in their Ipin‘itutl elect on this com munity. Bnt tint does not he within one purpose now. , A. 0. FAY. - A. O Fay, 8511., now of Xenia, 0., was one of the earliest citizen: of Highland Park. 111: wasnmong the first to come, 11nd,:xluct11ntly to all, among the“ tint to have us. He belonged to that amall hand which made, up our little society 111 the first years of our history. “(bile he was one of the fint to go awny, forced 51710 do by 1.11.1111“... changes, he will he one of the last t1: be forgotten or to lose his well earned plane in the in 111-1 oi those who knew him when in re. "1*, “ith his 311ml \1ii'1-,\1lin shun-11 all our (Iteem with llfl’ hnslmnd, 1111111 Highland l‘11rk 11 Vihii. during l11st1n1111th, Mapping nt the 11111151! of Mrs. A. K. 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