Middletown transcript., 1873-05-24
In q Hundred Years.


There is n sunrise. aud . lark's snng
and an opening daisy to every night. We
saw q mau to-day whose life was fsilprs.
He bad worked aud worked until tho
palms Of his hands we're wor, T. the
bonc he Ind devised. and plsrue,l. and
con,rivsd till his head hail almost aiurst
with aching be had agonized and weesi-
ed with fate till bis body was ruined and
bis intellect wrecked he has fought
gnmely but the odds were piled against
him. and cruel circumstances had drag
ged him to the ground. So there he, lay.
deserted by friends, bercfi Of fortuna; a
painting, grasring. fain'ing man. The
officers OF the law stood over him with the
terrible instruments Of their Office his
wife, weak and sorrowful. and h;s kun-
CRY eyed children were hndded around
her, their eager pangs half dullel with
wonder The officer. in the mama Of jus.
.icc. and by tho majesty Of the lw. lays
his hand upon the door lock and declares
that the scaniy furniture is siegsd in be-
half Of the State. and that the house must
be vacated at once.
The poor man rises from the led IN
which be is sitting his children hu.luled
around him. and his wife leans weeping
on his shoulder; he gazss around upon
what has been his home then upon. tho
cold and cherries snow then upon his
children His lips quivcr, red hnsh
shoots into his face, fathes there an ip.
slant, and dies out agnin lie strokes his
wiic's head softly with his hasd, and
murmcrs tcnacrly into her car: Cheer
up, Bessie cheer up; !, will all be tight
in hundred years
Yes thank God, there is m cnd Of all
this striving, an end of all this yearHing.
Beyond the shores where Jordan lays tho
sands in golden heaps, beneath Jeboyah's
smile there's an al! right" for those who
have missed it in this world Where tho
shadows Of tho valleys are chased back by
the gcl giimmers of Eden, there's. re-
dcmp,l"n for those who have been slav,d
in the flesh: Il reward GJr those who were
marrel on earth: cross oi homo. far
I those who d.cd in harness
Then let there be no f.tering. no halt
ing, NJ dropping. l'c not turned ABIDE
. hy troubles dluntcd by danger, Or per-
suadel by The song Of sirens Step up
sharply March on. AMI on. aud on.
. through violet beds and thorn clump-
/ Step brisk 10 The music Of ctrraiiv. aud
{ no matter what troubles lower over YOU
now, cheer your heart wil the promise ~
IL all coming i,'' IN hundred year.
The peer wretch II Herday couchci
the whole hope of life -thr anchor of all
our ycnturrs-in the icw words Of agony
,ha, filtered froia his pale bluc lips. And
yc, Christ died and the hill II Calvary was
rent, Just 10 give one rny u comfort to
,ha, poor man ta' TIE law in it's n,ajcs.
~, lad jumped "a The jansls and wound
el to Iii, death
And be will g 90, and On. thro' many
. dismal day. AMI through many a strug-
gs, thinking iha, i al viii bs rich, in
a hundred years Aud his ewes will
grow brighter aud hr.L,rr an,! lhc blood
will flush and dc 10 tho pal. checks of-
teugr. aud tie pinchei features &c. thin.
uer AMI ,i3iHacr. AMI the sei e his fesh
more and more hrca1bsre. I'LL he drops il:
altogether, and passing over the river lays
him down Oh the golden banks aud is bap-
tizcd in immortal eun,hrc lni Their.
thank God q, last his hundred yeprs aro
out, anil il. 'aii righ." With him