Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-11-08
THE OLD FOLKS.

have thankIesS child"
al suppose | must 90 down and see the old
folks pretty soon, but il is dull Job" So id a
IaShlonably dressed young man 10 me, one
evening. The country is so dull, after living
in the city, thai dread 10 go there there is
nothing to look ai, and nowhere 10 go but
mother is getting pretty feeble, and ought 10
CO..
perceived tha; the old folks he so disre-
SpeClfully spoke Of were no other than his
own father and mother.
l could get along with one day well enough
he said, but The old folks are never satisfied
unless | stay a week, or three or four days,
and get heaIlSck Of il, i. is SO dull. | used
10 20 and see them once or twice year, but
now ii is between t%o and three years since
have bern there. ! could go o(tener, bui il is
so TEDIOUS; and they make so much Of me, and
cry so when they see me, that il makes me
feel bad because do no, 90 as much as
ought SO sometimes | think will mol 60 al
all.
How little had this careless son thought oil
his aged paren and Jet how hourly had those
aged pare uts thought of him, and how many
ieIvrnt prayers had assembled 10 God for him
from that quiet freside. He knew not how
many evils those prayers had averted from his
umgra efnl head, or how many blessings they
hat poured upon hun.
But all SONS are not thus ungrateful. A
young friend of mine who has res ldel sixteen
yerrS ~ ,he same mt lropoliS, has never failed
twice year 10 visit his parents, and goes Of.
ten, or whenever il is possible for him 10 leave
his business. | accidentiy saw letter he
addressed 10 sls,er short lime since, which
shows thai young man can be immersed in
extensive business, and yet find lime 10 love
and venelae his mother.
! received a short note from mother, Re
writes, after hearing that she had been i'll.
am fearful she is not lhpTovlng. II she is any
w'rSe, or becomes dangerously sick, GeSSire
to know it. ! dread the thought that our
mother cannot be spared TO us many years-a,
the btSl,-il may be but few months. have
tnongh she has lived nearly her three score
and len, and nature has almost become ex-
h3usted, yet how should miss her; how We
all should mourn for her What o molhe,
she has been to US what an example wha
a christian | am sure Of ii; know thai
she has been my dearest object Of love and af
lection all the days Of my life. However
may have sirayed from her bright examples and
he: TEACHINGS, my Ii other woS always before
me, beckonug me 10 walk in the right way
and if have not prayed myself with the
lervor and devotion that | should, have al.
wayS felt that she was snppIicating for me-
How much she has cared for us What o
sacred tr asure, even 10 the end of our lives,
will he the m, morles o. our mother.
zee her now, a; she looked 10 me when
she sood by The bedside of one dying brother,
cheering him in his sulTerin.s /; and heor heI
her say "The same clock that told the houI
Of his bHll., is now telling the hour of his
death Wv hat scene was that! Weknow,
dear sister, that these things must be, and il
is not in melancholy strain that write,
but every indication Of the approaching end
of my mother, sirs within me all lie tender.
est impulses OF my heart Her removal will
Old age is but the threshold Of dealh and
after life spent as our mothers has been, he
por'als of mother world can have no deary
look.
How ennobling, how touching are this
young mans words. We cannot but respect
hun Tor his beautiful reverence and love fol
his mother. Yerrs cf life in New York, sub.
iec, 10 every snare and every temptation, en-
"a ed in all engrossing and extensive business
with lie heat and passion OF youth upon him
yet the one steady flame Of deep love FOR his
mother, burned uniimmed in his heart.
Mother she was, mother worthy of such o
son. She was a Christian mother. Would
you inspire similar love and reverence, be
lk her, an earnest and heartfelt follower OF
The blesse Redeemer.
Aud let every hearlless, neglectful son, re-
member the thorns Of agony his thoughtless-
ness implan, in the hearts of his patents. Let
him call 10 remembrance the helpless years of
his childhood, and all the self sacrificing love
that fills their hearts, and now return To Them
and TO God the love and gratitude which are
so justly due.
TAmericon Maecepra