The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-02-28
0ne by One.
"Onc by one the leaves are falling,
one Gv one the moments tr;
Thus 10 thoughtIess murtals calling,
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"Onc bv one the leaves are falling,
one Gv one the moments t1r;
Thus to thoughtless Inurtals ealing,
They may soon be called to die
As our minister was ascending the pulpit
ON beautiful and bright Sunday morning OF
the mellow autunl the thorght occurred to
us "Will he ever dic?' lie had been doing
the same thing lui many, many; ana IN all
that time did not seem 10 have become any
older; vet we knew there was fatal cauker
at the root; the next summer he died, and
there was the mother of Isabella Graham
She sat in the same pew with US. lime
pagsed on. Neither did the seem to be
getting any oder; and when her minister
would come down from the pulpit, after
service she would make her way through
the crowd to shake hands with him, as If to
say: Il have been fed to-day. One day she
zgas seen to he at unusual pains to greet hun,
but it was for the last time on earth, for they
met soon thereafter in heaven! And there
was Elder Il. lie was in prime OF life; we
sat in the same aisle, met him many a time
IN the course Of years; never spoke to hlm.
never knew his name; but threw was holiness
and meekneSs and high intelligence in his
face. which at the first glance OF two caused
us to nut him down in the book oil our
remembrance as sainted man. And so IT
came that. having scattered Tor the summer
and coming back in the autumn this and
that familiar face was seen in the accustom-
cd new; but the weeks wore on towards
winter, and still the gentle, unprete4 ing,
unpresuming elder was not there; he had
gone to heaven just before US there used
to come an old lady, only Of sabbath morn
ing: so decrcpit, so feeble, that each day we
thought it would be Ecr last in the earthly
sanctuaty; but she came on. Winter and
snlng, and summer and autumn came and
she did, tool As ifyears ceased to make any
further impression. the trai and tottcrlng
frame. But we never saw her aganl.
Not month ego a mother IN Israel sat
behind us, 10 summers sun, no Wlntr. :
snow ever kept her away. The pcttgd child
of fashion anl futune tom earliest lE,2ncy
she still hncw no deeper joy, ar. c2nlde!,et
i duty and a privilege, as 1t was he
, lyiight, to ming.e her songs and PRAYER
viii. the CaurgiI on Garth and Iii heaven, a
! a token Of her being o-,c OF the chidreu 9
tkc Great King. Who shall say that sh
hasnot met with us for the last timSI An
there. tor. are the rofner brothers. AS K
many wears agCne, they walked SIdo by SIC
to the Sabbath sanctuary, WIN IN" *affi
quiuk step, the same open lpap!E, iHar'e'
look. their faces always ma1tItd WITH snll
as .s'@' Of peace @ within. Every sabbath unHi
mgly have they made their way to the elder
SPLENDID mansion on the avenue .apparen
II as jnJeyisihle in their home affection.
in their business and their princely charities
even to scores Of thousands at a time, an
that, too for these many years past hp
VI bat void there will be "ncn one Oh III
grrot and noble hearted twain shall come
the church alone; the "onc'' brother 'take'
| the other left, f." to be lamented as well a
'',uissed' BY Church which nun,bors bal q
long shall he who writes sing the last h>n,l
how IN the last bonediction, aid turn h.
back uron the earthly alter to come IN agai
no more forever; for like those before v
too, ale passing away
'one ky one;
-HcEs J0UnM