Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-29
AcHARAcrsR,sr,c SERMON.


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I'll. Mich, .a,,o- o,,h. nail, v;.-
,,ad The country sunday ana hv so,ne mic.
t.re attended church and fnrr,.hs. IN.
following svnonsis of the sermon which
hit, o6 nrettv fairly the wav I'm which
,ome a,sconrss arc c.ns,ruc,od For nr,.
dental reasons VIC vitbho,d the name NJ
the nre.cber. hu. he hogan a. rol,ows
Rrs,bren IN. words of NV toxt
ola Mo,her Hubbard shs NOR, % ~. ans,
board,
To get her poor dog bone;
"u' '" h n"n BUG so' 'n''e Tue cupooafa WAS
And SO the moor dog had hone.
These beautiful words. dear hsends
carry with them a solemn lesson. Inro.
pose this evening to analvze their meaning
and tn attempt IN annlv IL lofty nc II NAV
he. to our every d.v HE.
Old Mothter Hubbard abe went IN the eun-
board,
10 get her poor dog bone.
Mother Hubbard, you see, was old; there
being no mention OF others, we may pre-
sumo she was alone; u WIDOW friendless,
old, solitary widow. Yet did she despair!
Did she sit down and weep, or read nov
ell, or wiring her hands. No, she went to
the cupboard. And here observe that she
"went' to the cupboard. She did not hon.
or st;n or rpn or hmm orp.e ,nv o,har
ner,n.tetie .rtifce. sbe solely and merely
event, IN tho cunhoard
We have .een IN At sbe wo "a old and ,ors,x
and wo r,-,har SOC that shs noo- f..
marx Tho words arc ..the cunho.rdn M,
cunho.-a y ~ o,ha lar hand crnho.ra ,,
or mo or. ,hov. o. ,hs ono no,ow ~ ~.
ON. unaor an. 49,, h,,, ;r.. ~. o,,,h.rs
Tho ono hur,,,. I;,,I. .,nho.,a ~. 80.
widow ros.a.sad Ana INV a,d oh. 90 81
the cunbo.rd, Was n IN hiring forth golden |
goblet. mr. pl,t,srino nr.cions stones or
costlv ann.rel or fesst. ar any other .t,r,.
bute Of wealth, Itw.s to get her moor doc
a hone, Not only wa. the widow noor but
her doc the sole nrop of her ACE w.s noor
too We can imagine the scene The noor
DOC branching In the cornar ,ootinu w;s,.
r,,Iv a, ,hs .oi,t.rv cunho.rd and tba wild.
ow GOING N that cnnho.rd In bona In ar.
n..,.,;on NAV ne on.r I, .,,hn,gh
are NO, d;.t,nc,,v told ,h,, n w.s not half
onsn Or air. "a oman - Tor ,h., moor doo.
Rnt when .bs cot there the cnnboard was
bare,
And SO the poor dog had none.
When she got there. You see. dear
brethren, what perseverance 10. You see
the beauty Of persistence In doing right.
She got there. There were no turnings
and twistings, no slippings and siidings,
no leaning to the right or gatherings to the
left. With glorious simplicity we are told
she got there.
And how was her noble effort rewarded!
The cupboard was bare" 1t was bare'
There were to be found neither oranges,
nor cheese.cakes, nor penny buns. nor GIN
gerbread, nor crackers, nor nuts, nor iuci-
fer matches. The cupboard was bare
There was but one, only one solitary cup
board in the whole of that cottage, and that
one the sole hope Of the widow, and the
glorious lode-star Of the poor dog, was |
bare. Had there been leg Of mutton, a ]
loIn of lamb, fllet OF veal, even an ice
from CRAFTS, the case would have been
the incident would have been i
otherwise. But 1t was bare, my brethren,
bare as bald head. L
Many Of you will probably say, with all =!
the pride of worldly sophistry "The
widow, no doubt, went out and bought her '
dog a biscuit" All, no! Far removed 7
from earthly ideas, these mundane desires,
poor Mother Hubbard, the widow whom l
worldlings would despise. in
that she only owned a cupboard, perceived
Or might even say saw-at once the re- G
entless logic of the situation, and yielded I
to it with all the heroism Of that nature
10 reach the barren cupboard. She did not \
attempt like the stiff.necked scoffers of Z
This generation, to war against the newt b
lble; she did not try. like the SO called men +
IF science. to explain what she did not I'M a
ierstand. She did nothing. "The poor
log had none. And then at this point our '
Information ceases. But do we not know 3
efficient: Are We not eognizsnt OF E
noHgh:
We would not dare 10 pierce the veil that c
hrouds the Interior fate of old Mother 81
iubbard-the poor dog-the cupboard-or I
he bone that was not there! Must we i'm K
CINE her still standing at the cupboard p