The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-02-03

III we are not all tnaU Is lInplltu III
these clauses, then it will do us good
to ponder the text very carefully. Is
is not worth all it can possibly cost
to purge ourselves from sin when we
consider the result. meetneSs for
Gods service. have read some
where that the miners for gold pass
the earth containing the precious
metal. through pans containing quick
silver, as the only substance that will
retain the gold. When the quicksil-
yer is perfectly pure il will take from
the earth not only the nuggets Of
golden ore but even the fine impalpa-
bic dust of. gold that could be
obtained in no other way. But when
impure, and it becomes impure very
easily, not only the dust but the solid
gold escapes with the earth that is
washed away. One man with the best
Of modern appliances and q stream
of water with Il heavy pressure can
scarcely earn II living. He does not
take pains to purify his quick.
silver but once or twice i'm the season.
Another, working under great disad-
vantages, with only little rill of
water obtains Il competency in Il vein
far less rich. He takes the utmost
pains to keep his quicksilver scrupu-
lousy clean. In mining for the gold
that shall deck the Savior brow in
the eternity to come. here is lesson
for us. Is the quicksilver pure! Can
the Lord use as effectually in his
work. | come with no words Of cen
sure this morning. l would not have
you go away with an impression Of
harsh, rasping thoughts; but with an
impression of tender sympathy and
refreshing warmth, and hopeful cheer.
And so ] come with the brightest
thought that could be given to IL
redeemed soul. The Master would
like to use you in his service. Are
you willing! Are you ready! AS the
red man reckons time, forty moons
have waXed and waned since l first
looked you in the face. We have
mingled together in home life, in the
social circle, in church activities.
Some have become dead to sin, been
buried in the likeness of the Savior
death, and are now walking in
newness of life. a few times we
have stood together by the bedside
of the dying, and 10y spiritual COM
munion sought to give the help we
could not speak. a few times we
have stood ut the altar of marriage.
where the troth has been plighted
and VOWS assumed lasting us life it's
self. AS friend and pastor you have
taken me to your hearts. The amen
tiles of social life, the joys of Chris
tian service, the trials of the way we
have mutually shared. As pastor
now no more, as friend still, would
carry you with all the force of our
mutual love, into hearty service for
Christ under the leader that God may
send. 1t matters not what becomes
of us, SO far Us this world is concerned
if only we are always "meet for the
masters use, ready unto every good
work." DR.. Bonar has beautifully
expressed the thought of self-forget-
full, loving service for Christ, and
with the reading of his poem l will
close.
up and away, like the dew of the morning,
Soaring from earth to its home in the sun
So let me steal away, gently and lovingly,
Only remembered by what have done.
My name and my place and my tomb all for
gotten,
The brief race of time well and patiently run,
So let me pass away, peacefully, silently,
Only remembered by what have done.
Up TO the crown that for me has been won
Unthou8ht ofby man in rewards or in praises
Only remembered by what have done.
Up and away like the odours of sunset,
That sweetcn the twilight as darkness comes
on,
so be my life-a thing felt but not noticed,
And but remembered by what have done.
Yes, like the fragrance that wanders in fresh
ness,
When the flowers that it came from are closed
up and gone,
SO would l be to this worlds weary dwcllers,
Only remembered by what have done.
Needs there the praise Of the love-written
record,
The name and the epitaph craven on the
stone?
The things we have lived for,--let them be our
story.
We ourselves but remembered by what we
have done.
need not be missed, IL my life has been
bearing,
(Asits summer and autumn moved silently on
The bloom and the fruit, and the seed of its
| shall still be remembered by what have
done.
I need not he missed, il another succeed me,
To reap down those fields which in spring
have sown;
He who ploughed and who sowcd is not miss
ed by the reaper,
He is only remembered by what he has done.
Not myself but the truth that in life have
spoken,
Not myself but the seed that in life l have
sown,
shall pass on to ages, all about me forgotten,
Save the truth have spoken, the things
have done.
So let my living be, so be my dying;
So let my name be, unblazoned, uDknown;
Unpra ised and unmissed, shall still be re-
membered:
Ycs.-but remembered by what have DONE"
The Cost.
What was the total cost Of taking
the census.
Some Of the enumerators have not
yet been paid, but the total cost will
probably be something like $2,0S0,.
900. This is more than the last cen.
sus cost, but the population is much
greater.
Have you ascertained the precen.