The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-12-17

plaNded of the Lord Almighty
AFFAIR DIFFERENT PICTURE,
II Ia about lity years ago that, In n
com mparatiyely small apartment OF The
city, a newly married pair set up q home,
The lirst guest that was invited In that
residences was the Lord Jesua Christ,
and the Bible given the bride on the day
az her eapOuaaB was the guide OF that
household. Days Of eunehlne were fol-
lowed by days OF shadow. Did you ever
know a home that for ffty years had no
yIciasitudep The young. woman VINO
left her fathers house for her young
husbands home, started out with pa
rental bene0ictiOn and good advice ahe
will never forget. Her mother said 10
her the day before the marriage, Now,
my child, You are going away from ~.
OF course, az long aa your father ana |
live you will feel that you can come
homo 10 rs at any tlme, But your nome
will be elsewhere, From long expert
ence find II IL best 10 serve GOD, IL IL
very bright with you now, my child, and
you may think you can get along With
out religion; but the days Will come
when you will want God, and my advice
Ia establish family altar, and II need
be, conduct the worship y0uraelf" The
counsel was taken, and that young wo'
man cOneecrated every room In the
house 10 God.
Years passed on aud there were In
that house hilaritiea, but they were
good and healthful, and sorrows,
but they were comforted. Marriages as
bright aa orange blossoms could make
them, and burals In which all hearts
were riyen. They have family lot IN
the ce,netery, hut all the place IL lllum
mated with stories OF resurrection and
reunion, The children OF the household
that lived have grown up, and they are
ali Christians, the father ahd mother
leading the way and the children fol.
lowed What care the mother TOOK OF
wardrobe and education and chaTHc or
and manners How hard ehe some
lines worked When the head OF the
household was unfortunate In business
ehe sewed until her fingers were numb
and bleeding at the tips, Aud what
close calculation OF economies, and
what ingenuity In renting the gar
ments OF the elder children for lhe
younger, and only God kept account OF
that mothers aideaches and headaches
aud heartachea, and the tremuloul
prayers by the side OF the sick child's
cradle and by the couch OF this one
fully grown. The neighb)r5 often no.
tlced how tired abe looked, aud old nc
Qaalntances hardly know her In the
street; but without complaint she
waited, and tOiled, aud endured, aud ac'
complished all these years.
The children are out In the world, ON
honor to themselves and their parents.
After a while the mother's last sickness
comes. Children aud grandchildren,
summoned from afar, come softly IN
the room one by one, for ahe II TOO weak
TO zee more than one NJ u time, She
runs her dying Angera lovingly
through their hair and tells them not
to cry, and that she Ia going now but
they will all meet again In u title
while In n better world, aud then ki'sea
them good by, and God bless and
keep you, my dear chllGF
The day OF the obal Qnea
comes aud the on stating clergy man
tells the story Of wifely aud mOtherly
endurance, and many hearts on earth
and In heaven echo the sentiment, aud
az she IN carried of the stage Of this
mortal life there are cries OF "Falthtul
unto death, che has done what she could," "
while overpOwerinR oil the voices OF
earth and heaven Ia the plaudit OF the
God who watched her from Arst 10 last,
saying: Well done, good and faithful
servant; thou hNst been faithful over u
few things, | will make thee ruler over
many things. Enter thou into the Joy
OF thy Lord"
But what became Of the father OF that
householdp He started out AZ u young
man In business, and had a small IT.
come, and having got u little aheOd,
sickness In the family swept II all away,
He went through oil the business pancs
Of forty years, met with many los es aud
suffered many betrayala, but kept right
on, trusting In God, whether bnainesa
was good or poor, setting his children q
good example and giving them tho best
Of counsel, and never prayer did h.
offer for all those years but they were
mentioned In IT, He " old now, and real
izss 10 can not DO long before he must
qllt oil these scenes; but no is gOlng TO
10 we hls children an inheritance Of
prayer and Christian principles which
all the defalcatl0na OF earth can never
touch, and ~ he goes out OF the world
the Cnurch of God bleases him, ana the
poor ring his d Dor bell TO see II he IL any
better, and his grave " surrounded by u
multitude who went on foot ana Ntot d
there before procession OF carriages
came up, ~ eome eay there will b. no
one TO take his place, and others say,
"Wh0 will pity me nowp" and others
remark, "He shall DO held In everlasting
rem m6rance." And ~ the drama OF
life closes oil the yoclferatl0ns and
hrayOs and encores that ever shook
the amphitheaters and the nrnry
Lanes and the COyent Gardens
aud the HaymarkeIs and the Coli4euns
OF earthly spectacle we're tame aud feeble
co npared with the long, loud thuDdeIs
OF approval that shall break from the
cloud Of witnesses In the piled up gal
lery of the heavens Choose 20 between
the life that shall close by being bisged
of the stage aud the life that sbal close
amid the acclamatlone supernal and
archangellc,
OIL men and women on the stage Of
life, many OF you In the frat act
OF the drama, and others In the
second, and some Of you In the
third, and q few In the fourth. and here
and there one In the lfth, but oil OF you
between entrance and exit, quote TO
you as the peroration OF this sermon the
most suggestive passage that Shaks
pere ever wrote, although you never
heard II reclted. The author has often
been claimed 40 IDadel and Atheistic, 40
the quotation shall DO not only religi'
ously helpful TO ourselves, but grandly
yindicatoTy OF the great dramatist.
quote from his last Will and teetiment
In the name OF God, amen. i
william Shakspere, Of 5lratford, up
on Avon, In the county OF War
wick-Gentlemen: In perfect healtl
and memory (God be praiseo), do MAKE
this my last will and testament IN man