Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-10

that the fir tree grows in the greatest
pr0fusiOu and psrfecefUn: tsod,. has
made them, it would seem, on purpose
to- adprn and besstdys lthese ts~asto
places. l. remember once conversing
with couple OF bright young English
men on the deck Of a HUDSON River
steamboat, who could hardly be con-
vinced that the beautiful and shaPely fir
trees that we saw ON 4 rocky ledge on
the west bank, nor far above Newburgh.
were lust rs God made them grow.
They SsuppcsedY that soncr ono had
trimmed and cultivated them. do you
not know some people who are hko'
these fir-some who 1--we in plain homes,
whose life is very lowly, who make no
noise in the world, whose lot u hard
one, but who so adorn the humble
home, and cheer and bless the lives that
are being lived around them. that Jon
cannot help feeling. somehow, that BOD
put them where they are for that very
purpose? o .They. bsautify and brighten
what would Otherwise be rs barren,
scure your life may be- you can make It
beautiful with the. beauty of the Lord
Jesus Christ, and can help 10 make
some home that would otherwise be bald
and unattractive bright and happy
place. -
\ How many little hands have been
busy this fall gathering the golden, or
russell, or bright red products OF the
apple orchards? The apple tree may
not be very graceful or grand. but It
has peculiar beauty TO our eyes. be-
cause of its usefulness. All through
the long winter we rejoice In its fruit
And know good many homcly peo-
pie, who dress plainly, and who make
no show in the world. but whose kind.
ness of heart, aud Willingness TO help
others, and daily endeavor to make
themselves useful, give a beauty 10 theic
life which is greatly to be preferred 10
the short-lived beauty OF n pretty face.
We forget how plain they are. They
come 10 look handsome to us. Tho
beauty Of the soul shines out in their
features, and makes the most rugged
face beautiful. o. ~ r..
My time is up, fear. but there Is one
other tree that i want TO speak of.
mean the oak. What-a sturdy. vigor-
Gus tree it isl You can depend upon IL.
from the stout trunk down TO the small
est branch. The lame man may lean
with confidence upon his staff of oak.
When the oak tree grows. rs IL often
does. on the bleak hill side. the rude
winds only make il take deeper root.
1t is n good representative of N type OF
manhood that we. love to meet We
speak of men who have "a heart of
oakn We mean those men who can
be depended on, who are true to their
principles. loval to their convictions of
duty, bold and firm in their defense Of
the right. steady and persistent in adj
vocating what they believe to be truth:
men who never desert friend In his
hour of need or prove false to any
trust.
A little English boy was left by his
father at the main entrance to the Bank
of England one morning, with orders To-
remain there until his father came out.
But the latter, being detained longer
than he anticipated. forgot his boy aud
passed out by another door. He did
not think about him until late In the
afternoons; but he said To n friend that
he knew just where 10 look for the
child. He was sure that the little fell
low. had obeyed orders. And sure
enough, when they got to the entrance
to the bank. there he was, tired and
hungry, and wondering win father did
not come, but with no thought OF yield
ing to his WEAKNESS and Of abandoning
his post. That boy had in him the max.
ing of a man with heart of oak.
81" Which of the trees that have been
spoken of will you take rs your repre-
sentativeP win you be like the hollow
hearted elder, the plant willow. the
unsavory ailanthus, the poison upas. or
will you try tn be like the modest iir
tree. which gladdens the waste places
OF earth, or the apple, which commends
itself by its fruitiulncss or the oak,
deep rooted and sturdy. and sound OF
heart?-Reu. John Teal, IA Clristian
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