The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-02-18

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Be.wps a. rich man. He owned palaces
IN Walnut aud Chestnut streets, and novels
and courts IN fhe outskirts He had iron
mines III the Stare copper mines on the
Lakes samewhere he had gold on interest
ia Csliforuia. Ills name was bright upon
the records of rxepty banks-hc owned
stock ofAl. Kinds eslad haIfa dozen psl
pers 10 bis psy.9 Hellsnew bat Que crime
is-fo be ID debt without the power to pas.
lie knew but Qua virtue--to. get mnpey.
That crime Le. had never forgutteu---tbis
virtue be bad heyer Forgotten, ID tie long
way Of thirty-fye years. 2sf'a a'igA
10 hunt down debtor. 10 distress ~ te-
nant. 10 turn few additional thousands by
a sharp speculation--these were the chief
achievements of his life.
He was good man--his name was upon
the silver plate upon the pew door Of q vel
vet cushioned church.
He was benevolent man--for every
thousand dollars which be wrung from the
tenants Of bis courts. or from the debtors
who writbed beneath bis heels. be gave ten
dollars to some benevolent institution.
He was a just nan---tbe gal!ows and the
jail alsays found him faithful aud un-
swerving advocate. s .''A''
Aud now be Is dying man--sce a. he
sits upon the bed Of death, with the dollar
In his clinched hand.
OF holy dollar. object Of his life long
pursuit. what comfort hast thou for him
now. ia bis pain Of death
AT length the dying mar revived and
dictated his will. IL was strange tosee the
mother, and son, and lawyer muttering,
and sometimes. s..xrangling. beside the bed u
death. All the while the teststor clutched
the dollar in his right hand. -
While the will was being made the
preacher came-- even be who beld The pas
toral charge Of the great church. whose pew
doors bore sanity names on silver plates.
and whose seats ep Ssbbath day ercaned
beneath she weightof respectability, broad
cloth and satin. &
lie came and said Ills prayers-decTous
" and IN measured words. but never sHce
did the dying man relax his hold Of the dol
Can't you see I'm going;' at length
said the rich man. turning frightened
look toward the preached. y l-i 4 !. .'iisa
Theepfeacber. whorc crayat was on the
whitest. took book with golden clasp
from marble table. And be read:
And I say unto you. it is easier for .
camel to 70 through the eye Of needle
than for rich man to enter the Kingdom
Of God
Who said these ENTHUSIASTICALLY 2 fair
" shrisked the dying mao, sinking the
hand wsich elinehed the dollar At the prea-
cher's head. 49,
The preacher hastily turned over the leaf
aud did not reply
why did you never tell me Of this be-
fore! Why did you never preach from il
~ sai in your church Why--whyg
Tie preacher did hot reply. Int turned
over another leaf. But the dying man
would not be qaiefed
Aud 1t is easier for camel to 20
through the eye u needle than for rich
man to enter the kingdom Of God. is It?
Then what's TO become Of me? Am not
rich 2 What tenant did ever spare. what
dobtnr did ever released? Aud you stood
up sunday after Sunday ard preached 20
Us aud never said one VOID about the ca
mel.
The preacher. in search Of consoling
passage. turned rapidly ove the leaves. aud
in bis confusion came TO this spassage. which
he read:
Go 70 now. ye rich mes. weep and howl
for your miscries that shal come upon yon.
Your gold and silver is csukered, and the
rust Of them shall. be q witness against you,
and shall eat your fesh hs !, were ere. Ye
have hcaped treasure together for the last
days Behold the hire oithe lahorers Who
have reapci down your fields. which Is Of
you kept back by fraud crieth; and tbe
cries of them which have resped are enter
ed into the ears of the L.rd Of Sabaothl'
And yet you pevcr preached that to
me Z shrieked the dyingman.
The preacher, who hadblandered through
the passage from the Prophet which We have
quoted. knew not what 10 say. lie vas.
perchanse. terrified by iie very dying look
cf bis parishioner. Thn the wife drew
near and stroye to combrt him. and the
son (Eho bad been reading the willl at
tempted q word Or tso 4 consolation.
And with the dollarii bis hand he sank
into death. talking Of sick. Of rent. Of cop.
per mine and canal. of tenant and Of deb
Tor. until The breath lefihis lipssg Thus he
died. FlAih
When be was cold ths preacher rose and
asked the lawyer whethir the deceased bad
LEFT anything TO such aid such ia charitable
society which bad been ingrafted upon the
preachers church.
And the wife clSsedhis eyes aud tried q
wrench tho dollar from bis hand. but 10
vain. lie clatched iias though Il were
the only saviour 70 light him through ih,
darkness Of eternity.
And the son sat dosn with dry eyes and