The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-03-03

still--she makes no trouble now ,dema nds
no love, no soft words, no tender little
offices. A look of patient endurance, we
fancied also an expression Of grief ior
unrequitted love, sat on her marble fea
tures Her children we're there, clad in
weeds of woe, and in an irony we remem.
bered the strong mans words, She was
4, good mother in her day."
When the bell ceased toling, the
strange minister rose in the pulpit. His
form was very erect, and his voice strong
| but his hair was silvery white He read
several passages Of Scriptures express.
i've of Gods compassion to feeble man,
and especially Of His tenderness when
gray hairs are on him, and his strength
faileth He then made some touching
remarks ON human frailty, and Of depen.
dence on Cod urging all present to make
their peace with their Master while in
health, that they might claim His prom
ises when heart and flesh should fail them,
"Then," he said, the eternal God shall
be thy refuge. and beneath thee shall be
the everlasting arms Leaning over the
desk, and gazing intently on the cofined
form before him, he then said reverently,
." From little child | have honored the
aged but never till gray hairs covered
my own head did | know truly how much
love and sympathy this class havea a right
to demand Of their fellow creatures. Now
feel it. Our mother" he added most
tenderly, who now lies in death before
us, was stranger TO me, as are all these
her descendants. All I know of her is
what her son has told me to-day-that
she was brought TO this town from afar,
sixty-nine years ago, a happy bride--that
here she has passed most of her life, toll
ing as only mothers ever have strength to
toll, until she had reared large family
Of sons and daughters-that she left her
home, clad in the weeds Of widowhood, to
dwell among her children; and till health
and vigor left her she lived for you her
descendants" .,t.-
" You, who together have shared her
love and her care, know how well you
have requited her. God forbid that con.
science should accuse any Of you of in.
gratitude or murmuring, ON account of
the care she has been to you Of late.
When you 20 back to your homes, be
careful Of your words and your example
before your own children, for the fruit of
your own doings you will surely reap from
them when you yourselves totter OH the
brink OF the grave. | entreat you as q
friend as one who has himself entered
the evening of life, that you may never
say, in the presence Of your family nor OF
heaven, Our mother has outlived her
usefulness-she was burden to US New
er, never mother cannot live SO hong
as that No when she can no longer la
Dor for her children, nor yet care for her.
self she can fall like precious weight
on their bOsoms. and call forth by her
helplessDess all the noble, generous feel
ings of their natures" .-- %
Adieu, then, poor toll worn mother
there are no more sleepless nights, no
more days Of pain for thee Undying
vigor and everlasting usefulness are part
of the inheritance Of the redeemed. Fee
Bile as thou vert on earth, thou wilt be no
burden on the bosom of Infinite Love,
but there shalt thou find thy longed for
rest and receive glorious sympathy from
Jesus and his ransomed fold.
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