The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-09-22

to the young man, self control; to the
young lady, refinement Of character; TO the
wife, patience for her trials and a sweet con-
tentment when the day is done; to husband,
the consciousness Of manhood aud self-re-
spect and 10 the old grey-haired sire about TO
depart for Paradise via the great
UNION DEPOT OF THE GRAVE,
lie gives light to illuminate the sepulcher's
path and light up the everlasting hill beyond.
Jesus Christ is the most liberal paymaSter a
man ever set type for Young gentleman,
would you like TO set In with us : There are
cases for all and plenty OF work.
When an inexperienced hand begins II is
natural he should show proof full OF errors.
He intends to follow copy and tries, but fails
through ineSperienee. For an old typo to set
''dIrty proof is inexousabe. So when a
young man starts into moral type setting he
must not have his expectation too high, there
will be many an error in his proof, however
hard he tries to follow copy. But 1t is indeed
bad thing for men who have been type setting
for the Lord 80 or 50 years to show up
whisky smelling breath or hot temper, or
hauowness and sourness in his proof lie
will have to be very humble before the Divine
foreman will pardon it. Correcting proof is
more familiarity known as repentance. On this
side Of the hour Of publication is the time for
correcting proof. That
GRAND OLD EDITOR,
the celebrated George ID. Prentice, in the de-
lirum OF his last moments, called up as the
Freshman Death was about to lock up the
forms" Give me an "h" for ~" All
how many OF US would like, when we come to
die, to revise the proofs OF our lives and
change many vice Tor a virtue No editor
allows the printer to invent or substitute copy.
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he wanted to write. Certain 1t is that no hui
man hand-no convention, no synod, con Ter
ence or council dares to alter the New Tesla
ment, for it was written by inspiration, and Is
profitable for doctrine, correction, reprooi, in.
struction IN righteousness and thoroughly fur
nishing the Christian type setter copy for all
good works. here is great variety in the
chirography OF copy-some is very difficult to
comprehend. This, Of course, should only be
given to experienced compositors, such as the
Ninth Chapter OF Romans Tor such a ripe type
setter as Moses f.. Lord-that magnificent star
in the Christian brotherhood and world Of let
ter. These boy comp ositors, like your humble
speaker, who undertake to "set up" the
Book OF "Revelaiions" will show
PROOF OF MANY ERRORS.
Not exactng but merciiu yet Just;
our Foreman is our best friend; he IS 10
fullest sympathy with us for he served
an apprenticeship himself under his
father. He is, therefore, "high priest
that can be touched with the feeling Of our in
hrmities." How glad am that he and not
some fallible man is to judge of my work, for
he can estimate intentions and comprehend
mitigations which the world can never under
stand. All we can afford to trust him. Let
us do our work well and he will measure up"
for us accurately. All correction OF proof
must be made before that final lookup. For
when the columns Of our character are taken
from the galleys OF our daily lives, having
been daily emptied from the "sticks" OF
habit and emptied into the chases OF life's last
possibilities, and grinning Death, with pom
derous mallet, drives the quoins up until the
pulse stops beating and the eyes are touched
with the death-glaze, then all revision OF proof
is forever closed, and as locked up
WE co TO PRESS,
and-,hen.
On that Great Publication day--the final
iudgment-the angels of God and the immor-
talzed spirits in heaven will read the great
white sheet that you and are engaged it set
ting up tonight. What a day that will be
when The secrets Of mems hearts, the white
sheet Of character, will be thrown off to be
read by all other men and the hosts OF an
pelic messengers in heaven