The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-10-17
The immortality Of the Soul.

heartaches and promises and failures
The Immortality Of the Soul.
The following eloquent and I'M
pressive passage is sermon in itself
1t is the pithy utterance of a man who
always condensed his meaning in the
fewest words -the late George d
Prentice
1T cannot be that earth is mains
only abiding place. 1t cannot be that
our life is bubble cast upon the ocean
of eternity, to float moment upon
its waves, and sink into nOthingness.
Else, why these high and glorious as
pirations which leap like angels from
the temple of our hearts, forever
wandering unsatisfied? Why is it
that the rainbow and the cloud come
over us with beauty that is not of
earth, and then pass off, to leave us
to muse on their loveliness? Why Is
it that the STARS which hold their fes-
tival around the midnight throne, are
set above the grasp of our limited
faculties, forever mocking us with
their unapproachable glory? And.
finally, why is that the bright forms
Of human beauty are represented to
our view and taken from us, leaving
the thousand streams OpOur affections
to flow back in Alpine torrents upon
our hearts?
"We were born for higher destiny
than earth. There is realm where
the rainbow never fades. where the
stars will be spread but before us like
the islands that slnmber on the ocean,
and where the beautiful beings that
pass before us like shadows, will stay
forever in our presence.
He Knew EN- Both.
Brooklyn Eagle.
"The's considerable doubt in my
mind which / ought to vote for" re
marked the seedy man, rubbing his
elbows and staring through the
pigeon-hole at the busy cashier. "For
some reasons like Folger and for
Others Pm way up on Cleveland. But
it was fours." and he shook his head
gloomily. at was fours and no mis-
take!
"What was fours?" growled the
cashier.
"All three was fours," replied the
seedy man. rousing up 81 went in
with pair of kings clean. aud when
Folger raised, me and Cleveland
stayed right with him. On the draw
got the rest of the kings and lifted
things for a hundred. They were
there" and the seedy man sighed
mournfully.
"How did you come out ?" in
quired the cashier.
"Well, sir, Cleveland didn't have
any ready money and Folger was
strapped. but they were good and |
let 'em chip notes for the amount. ]
was putting up cold money, and the
first knew there were six or eight
thou on the board. You bet they
hung well. And I was on the prem
ises myself. It was pull and pinch
aud finally thy called. Ishowed the
kings, but they beat me-"
what did they hold ?" asked the
cashier. who never PLAYS. but likes to
hear ofsuch things.
cleveland had four aces" an
swered the seedy man, resting his el-
bows on the counter. eyes, sir. four
bullets was held by Mr.. Cleveland"
"Where was Folger? What did
he have?" demanded the interested
cashier.
"Folger was there. He had four
.jokersp He had for :act! We
were PLAYING with the odds and ends
of some old packs, and F.'lger had
come in with three jokers and drawn
the other"
"Where was this ?"
"At camp meeting out in Iowa. a
year ago. Folger was running tenn
perance and Cleveland was doing the
orthodox gospel"
"What were they doing out there 7"
demanded the mystifed cashier.
''They were preachers; the Rev.
Ephesus Folger and the Rev. Wei
come r. Cleveland. l know 'em.
They laid me cold, and Pm puzzled
which to vote for"
"You're way of! explained the
cashier. "Those men never preached
nor stocked a poker pack on a man."
"Sure" exclaimed the seedy man,
rather startled. 81 thought they
were the same. By the speeches
nominating them at the conventions !
supposed of course they were minis
tiers of God, and by what the oppo-
sition papers say, | was sure they
we're the men who set it up on me at
the camp meeting. | say, couldn't