The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-24
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readers Of the TELEGRAPH, 1 am not yst
ready o endorse, therefore found nv old
steel pen waiting TO give short hstor,
of my father and family following with 8
[ Snort termon. Tae true iounda tion for Tie
soul to rest upon with safety, Then how /
found out 10 take care OF The body. espec-
tally the rheumatism, aud close by showing
where heaven is loca led and how to rcacn |
1t. Ny text, The honest man the noolesi
work Of God Although the text ls not
script ore in the full sense yet there Is 40
much implied, that it can be called twin
brother, s0me of which VIII be seen in the
promised history. FIRST then my fa,her !
Gas the lrishman said His father was a small
man but he measured well, said he was 81
feet and "a inches high My father was
only feet and inches high and SO feet
around Toe breast, weight 1875 10 $50 ibs..
was one IF three that .iiteu a cannon in |
Wsshington's army weighing l4oO gross
weight. though streng h is NO honor or
| toasI, YET his strength saved his whole
family of and others vice il life. Com
ing from New Jersey into Pennsylvania along
the AlegEany Mountains, where It was 1901
feet above the dug out road and 800 feet
below almost pc, peDdicular, the rain had
washed ont path across The track, as the
forward wheel ran into said ditch the right
wheel began To tip up, my la her sprang
with quickaess and caught the sinking wheel
and RICH ed the other and carried it across
and then served The hind wheels in the
same manner. My uncle, Thomas NJ Eirath,
drove tie horse team, put up the horses
and thussaved himself and fatheraLd mother
and children and team.
The aext time weGyer's shop that Joined
on fathers dive ling house took fire in the
night and Was reaching The DIVE ling. he.
the only one that awoke sprang and GUS, ed
each weaver in lifts and saved his whole
family from the devouring flames, myself
one of the number.
He was christian all through life, never
hac an enemy, and died al 63 in the triumpbs
of living faith near Cleveland. Ohio. He
had children, but none had his strength
save sister Phebe. 9 years older than me.
she posses:e1 in full. His elder sons were
samples for the world to go by, and hslf
sister OF me and sister to them was not a
whit behind. She is now living at 80 years
Of age and child of Heaven. Her name ia
writttn in tie great book of fe, and recorded
Ia the celestial city OF our God With uer two
brothers. The eldest settled down in the
hAiiAf that
and the whole town turned Out TO his funeral
III Michigan, and declared that they had lost
the most honest man In their town. All Of
nay sisters have made Heaven their great
impetus, AID l have aattering hope to meet
them all :here. And now to the text-Tbe
honest mau-What il all the world lived
according TO this text? Selashness would
sink In oblivion shades. There would be no
III ore show makers seeing the peoples money
dishonesty. No more GRADERS. No more
great sins In high places and God would be
all in all.
For II all were perfectly honest how easy
1t would be to influence them TO love the
worlds Receemer and rely OH his merits for
salvation aud become the true christian
without spot or blemish or airy such thing.
for man can carry Heaven or hell in his own
breast in this world, l mean the grem.
Provided he can face selfshness and conouer
IL ne would drive legion ri Devils from his
own bosom and make sufficient room for
the holes of holies to enter In and there
would De feast of fat things, and Heaven
and God would dwell there and conduc.
them to celestial sphere. Now few lines
about the hody. | was badly off with the
rheumatism, so bad was compelled to uso
crutches for even four rods of travel had
7 taken one or two baths in Bristol mineral
springs without relief. But began tn ,bi,L
the cause, had used said baths, In too cold
water, then went to said springs and took
q very warm bath and every five minutes
would call for more hot water as warm an
could bear it and remained In nearly one.
hall an hour. came home and in four days I
could walk miles in An hour without crntcb-
es, and since have done better yet, and as |
have done so all can do. There are manv
diseases which flesh is heir to that these
waters make sure work Of extrminaticn Of
Now in conclusion have promised to show
where Heaven !s located and silly how to
reach IT, 1 have already limited that we
carry heaven or hell in our own bosoms. the
germ. If we want good crop of grain or
any kind of fruit we must sow good seed and
cultivate well. and then look for d crop. for
sucn as ye SOW that also will you reap. Then
IN tnis world We reap according to our So w.
Ing and if failure we must lay it TO ourselves
instead OF cninch bug, for people find out
there is kinds Of seed that the bugs or wol ms
viii not NEEDLE with and If we SOW for the
spirlt we shall reap Joy, peace and happiness
NOT only In this world but in another,a thou