The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-11-26

sdvlcs she gii nrYtf forget,
Hsf uo'hef said 10 hst tho DAY
bainf1 Too nafulNri HNuwt 10y
ehlid, Huu nfN gnng away fflW uf.
o. nInrtH Hs long ha Iuf in'hnI tn1
I ilylVu1 win Hil thai rnu can sfnH
| ip uf W my lime But THar bonn
viii b. nlsrnh0rn. fum iunN eN-
psfiene1 hnd NE h0sttD HIfvB God,
H. Is vnry hnlht wiin you noe, my
child, sud you msY tnluk yoi eau SGT
along vi hgut rel fiOl, nut ne NHGH
wal fOu0 whom yOU Will went Cod
and NY 49, fioa IL tAiallish e lnmiiy
altar, .and, II mood ne, conduct inc
worship goufsslih Tho counsel WIS
.aken ana that yOuug vito cOu-ecrAtUd
6Very room iu lhA mouse o. God.
Years pa.ltd on gud there Wer1 iu
toat home niihfities, bpi they wore
z lod and h1aituisl, sud slgrOys, nrt
they werH gasiortod, Marriages. Ea
| bright 40 ursUsp bloshOma could maze
tke n aud uuTiilsin which AL hgarts
were rivtI. rley haVo q family lO.
Ia the ormoiofy, Ont 81 tho place Is
illunipat. Il VIA st0rico Ot tpSuTftu'
| zion ana reunion, Tho cRildr0n ~
the hou'ehpld that lived have grown
up, boa they arc all Christians. me
father and mother leading the way
Aud ihI children follow Il. What caro-
che mother took OF wardrobe snd auH-
cttiIa Hud character AGA manners!
hUW gAHD sBH SON sriMEs WORNEDl
" hon tho head Of the househ lu WAS
uuilrtuunte So busin0sl bls seHtd pG-
al nor llgeIs were M NIB and u!sadinr
20 .no tips. And what .loso calculation
o. economics, Gud what ingenuity ia
rsht.in3 tho garments Il ia elder
children ior the youagor, and only
God Kept account " tGat mothers
-ideEcReg ana headauhaa auO heart
aches, and the ru % eluus prayers oy tho
sidG uf tho Bic L child's cradle aud ~ tho
couch OF this ono fully grown. Vhe
neiRhoors often nO'iCsd how tired she
looked, and old eGquainlences hardly
knew her in the erect, but without
complaint she waited and toiol aud
endured and accomplished al these
years.
The children are out IN the world,
an homer TO themselves aud their par
eAts. Afier while the mCtuer's last
sickness cOme5. Children aud grand
csllareu, sum nousd from star, come
softly int the room one By one, for |
aho il toe weak 10 SEQ more than one |
At time. Sha runs her dying fu
gerg through their hair and tells them
not 10 cry, aud that she is going now |
but they will ell NEST again in little
while In q better world, and tD9n
kisses them goodbye, ana "God bie0s
aud keep you, Dly dear child!' The
day OF the obseqlies ooues and the Of
4 1isting clergy man tells tho story of
wifely and motherly endurance, and
many hearts on eartn snd in hssven
leho the sentiSlt n, and ss she IL cor
-lea OF the atsge OF this Inorta. life
hore are cries OF "iaithful lnto dolGh,
,he hath done THAT she oeuld," while
al the voices OF earth
md heaven ~ lie plaudit OF tho GOO
Rho watched her from first 20 last,
aging: "Weli acme, good and taithful
ervSnt, thou hast b0sn faithful over ~
ow things, wll MAKE thes ruler over
many thlnga. Enter thou into the JOY
L thy Lord"
But what bscanie of
HE FATHER OF THAT HoUSEHoLp?
le atarted out ~ young man i'll
and had small income, aad
iaying got little ahead, sickness N
hs family swept 10 all away. 20
vent through ell the business panios
4 40 years, met many losaes and sut-
ered many bstrsyGls, bus KEPT right |
Il trusting in God, whsthor business
vas good Or poor, setting Ills children
good example, giving them tho best
1 counsel, and never u prayer did he
fer for all those years but they were
mentioned Ia it, He is old now, and
eaiizas it cangot bo long before he
must quit all these scenes, but he IL
Ding 20 leave his children sn inheri-
apca OF prayer and Christian priu-
" sarth eau mover touch, aud as he
.oos out of tho world, the church OF
Tod blesses him aud the poor ring his
tOor-bell 70 see il re ia any better, and
liz grave is surrounded by q multitude
Who went on foot and stood there be-
ore the procession OF carriages eame
Up, as xorne say there will bs no ono to
ske his place, and others say: "Who
will pity mo now?" end others re-
mark: "He shall hs held in eyerlast-
ny remembrance" Aud as the drama
# life closes all the deliberations and
'rav0s and eucoYes that Svdr shook the {
and the nrury Lanes ,
mi the Convent Gardens and thS day
markets ami tho cOliseums Of earthly 4
psctacle, ware lame and feeble COM !
'aI ed Will the long, loUd thnnderS Of 9
pproval thas shall break from the /
load Of witnesses in the piled up gal ,
cry OF the heavens. Choose ye be- Z
'y88n the life that shall close by be-
na hlgsed off the stage and the life {
hat ahail close amid the acclamxtions ,
a perlHi ana arCndnEelle'
D men and women on
THH STAGE OF LIFE,
AMY Of you In che frat act OF tho {
rama, and others ia the second, and !
ono OF you in the third, and o few in
az fourth, and here and there one in q
40 fifth, but all OF you ketween en- I
lance and exit, quote to you as the I
6roration Of this sermon, the most 9
lgEestive.gpassage that Shakespeare i
yer wrote, although you never heard
reeite6. The author has otten bSea l
lairaod az in6del ana athaistic, so the /
shall hs neG only religionslv (,
elpiul to ourselves but grandly vim '
ioatory Of the great dramatist. ] q
uote from his last viii snd testiment:
Gin tho name of God, Amen. 1 Will s
am Shakespeare, of StratIord-uFoh 1
won, in tho county OF Warwick, son I
eman, in psrfest health and memory 2
sod DO preised), Dc make this ny q
.st will and testament in manner q
nd form following: First, l COM
lend my soul into the hands OF God, i
~ Creator, hoping and assursdly be- t
ewing through the only merits of .
ssus Christ, nay Saviour to be msd0
ertaker of life everlasting" Then s
,llow tho bequests and tho signature, q
By me, William Shakespeare" "Wit- t
ssaes TO tho publishing hereof, Il. Il
ollyns, Jssse Shaw, John Robinson, t
.anmet Sadler, Robert Whattcott." O
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