Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-01-12
OUR SATURDAY NIGHT.
wAIrIxe FOR THE DAWN

wAITISG FOR THE DAWN
Another Saturday night How
little do the weeks amount to. Now,
~ they are Of so little account as TO
roll silently away down the velvet
aisles of Gods time, of what account
is one poor mortalS The week just
gone has taken with il more than a
million of those, who, like us, lived for
some or for no purpose The weeks
are Gods coaches, taking us home
from the parlyl Coach after coach
rolls silently away, as Death, the
cunning driver, departs, without dis
turbing those be will call for in due
time How very consideratel As If
we were not ready at any time. Are
we readyi
Yes. At any moment Asst home
is not better than this waiting for the
dawn.
Why do men so dread deathg 1t is
but the burst Of sunshine over the
eternal hills. TO those who have
watched, it brings the morn. We
rejoice at the sunrise. for il brings u
bcttor day, with its new beauties
Only the one doomed to suffer for
crime breads the morn that frees him
with the penalty
When this thing you call death
comes, then will come our sunrise,
revealing splondors the pen is now
powerless to depict. Then will the
for the work all who are worthy will
enter upon.
Sometimes, when weary, we long
for the dawn. We would step at once
to tho glorious work in the future for
which, by orders from q Higher
Power, we are now in training. As
we all are. The future has not one
single terror for us Our fai.h is per.
feet. We do not believe in this thing
you call death. There is no endless
sleep. Nor endless slavery.
The little birdlet comes from the
shell. There is an ofiort-tho shell is
ruincd--the new world opens, and,
instead of waiting in tho nest, thing
of mystery, tho thing of life and
beauty, so 10 speak, annibilales space
and lives TO purpose.
And over there so shall VIC live.
We shall have worlds TO visit-great
deeds to accomplish--great thoughts
TO write great audiences 20 address
great distances TO travcl-grcat
minds to gather wisdom from, and
shall be free from that which retards
us here, both bodily and mentally.
We shall there enter upon the duties
we fit ourselves for here. The good
the pure, the noble, the ambitious, tho
ones Of heart, and soul, and brain, OF
progress, will thero be given work Ia
DO. Tho ones who here strive ior
good viii there be romodeled, for our
treasures thus are laid up in Heaven
waiting our coming.
Those who would progress here will
progress there. Those who improve
chances offered them here will have
abundant chances over there. Those
who grovel here will do the drudgery
there, and their torment will be IN
witnessing the great work and higher
commingling OF those who are earnest
while here, for this alone will talk,
position and precedence there.
Death is but waiting for the dawn
There is no lake Of fire paved with
skulls Of infants born TO perdition
There will be no sitting in rilualsiiy
groups over tnvre, WIN 1oiueu nanus
upturned eyes, and heart of cant
bigotry, and hnaticism. All this /.
left here rs Death drives away with
bis seven seated coach, filed will
millions! There is none Of this mar
row, illiberal, ungodlike happiness IL
the beautiful land just over the river
There wen be taken for just what
we are, aud were on earth. IL We
learn our lessons at school, and striv,
faithfully, we become men Of influence
II VIC throw away our books aud secl
the gutter, We will have no claims e
u seat with the learned. II we bury
our talents, no interest will accru,
over there, to await our coming
Then viii como mating and
marrying for eternity, Then viii
, come the work to do. Then viii
come that full love, confidence, az,
perfect happiness only those touched
/ in advance by the early sunbeam o
Immortality know of Then mind
will work with minGs--soul will he'll
soul-heart will rest with heart-tha
confidence in each which alone give
strength will be ours, and, like bird
released from cage prison, we shal
g enter upon, 10 accomplish. our duties
Then those who made their fight ol
earth will be rewarded by the plaudit
. OF those who watch MS who struggl
from distant banks, and we will b.
I welcomed, as we welcome one to th
shore who swims from wrccl,
carrying another Aud those VIII,
a think only of selfpreservation, VIII,
care nothing for life, and swim onl,
, for plundcr, can 20 with our contemI,
! to follow them.
Then will kindred souls meet with
and wander with kindred souls, as /
the great duty on earth, if each woulD