Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1918 — GUARDED AS SACRED THING [ARTICLE]

GUARDED AS SACRED THING

Trust, Once Accepted, Must Be Held Inviolate in the Bottomles* Depth* of the Soul. » There is nothing adds so much to the strength and power of character as unflinching loyalty to a sacred trust “Not to be trusted!” What a blow these words would be If they wCfe true of many of those we treasure as jewels among our friends. Unlike the secret —of which, when only a hint of It appears, It Is quickly scattered abroad to tingle, the ears of the curious—the sacred trust is silently iand safely guarded in the security of the. lips that are sealed, and the pen that would unfold Is inkless! It is lodged where the eyes of the curious can never penetrate, nor the mischievous tongue reveal its mysteries. Nor is it to be found on the honored parchment, and with those who are highly paid for trust’s protection, but is written In Invisible words, and the bottomless depths of the soul. Safe •it is from the “spite thrower’s dagger” —safe in tnought, where no whisper or sound can steal its sacredness; ever conveying, ever adding strength and courage to the trusted. It is the only armor needed to find the worth of “friend.”—W. Stewart Royston.