Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-02

because he cannot hear distinctly what they
say! How long they Will let HIM wear the
old coat or hat before they get him new one
How chagrined they are at his independence
of English grammar! How he hangs on
Seventy, and not gone yet! Seventy five, and
not gone yet! Eighty, and not gone yet! Will
he. ever go? They don't see any need of a
doctor in his last illness, and so up to the
drug store and buy him dose Of something
that makes MIN worse, and they economic
on coffin, beating the undertaken down -
the last point of charges, and giving note
for that reduced amount, which they never
pay. have Of1iciated at the obsequies of aged
people where the family were so lnOrdlnately
resigned that have been tempted to take my
text from Proverbs: THE eye that mOcketh
at its father and refuseth to obey its mother,
the ravens Of the valley shall pick it out and
the young eagles shall eat it,"
L congratulate those of You who have the
honor of providing for aged parents. The
blessing OF the Lord God of Jacob and Joseph
Will be upon you forever. l rejoice to know
that though my father lived in a plain house
the most of his days, he died in a mansion
provided by the fillal piety of one of his sons
who had achleyed fortune, with servants to
wait on hlm and carriages and horses to carry
him whittier he would go, arbors in which to
SIT during the long summer evenings and
dream over the past, musical instruments to
cneer him, and IN any room of that mansion
he was welcome, and when life was over, with
all the honors that his neighbOrs could eX-
press he was carried out to the village
Macpelah to rest beside his Rachel, who for
more than so years had been his companion.
Alter you nave earned q fortune share IL
with the old people. Tney probably inculcated
the principles through which you achieved
your success. Pay them back chris tian
percentage IN kindly consideration. Let
Joseph share with his father Jacob the pas
ture helds of Goshen and the glOries of the
Egyptian court,
And here | sound the praises Of that sister
hood who have remained unmarried that they
might administer to aged parents. The brutal
world sometimes calls these self sacrificing
ones by ungallant names, and they are said to
be precise and angular and queer. But If you
had had one-half Of the annOyances they have
had, Aantlppe would have been an angel COM
pared to you. 1t is easier to take care of five
romplng, rollicking children than one childish
old man. Among the finest specimens Of WO-
manhood in Brooklyn and in yonder trans
p0ntIne city are those who allowed the bloom
OF gIrlhoOd to pass in ministries to their pa
rents. While other maldens were asleep they
were soaking the old mans feet or tucklng the
coverllds around an invalid mother. " hile
others were at the cOtilllOn they were dane
ing attendance of rheumatism or spreading
plasters for the lame back of the septuagena-
rlan ana heating catnlp tea for insomnia. In
all our circles of kindred there was at least
one such queen of eli-sacrfice who had Jew
eled hama after jeweled hand offered her in
marriage, and yet by sense of flial obligation
was kept on the old place until health was
worn out and the attractiveness of personal
presence had vanished.
The world may give such a one a nickname,
calls her saint and ] call her a domestic
martyr. A dozen ordinary married women
nave not as much nobility of character as is
IN the smallest Joint of the little finger of her
left hand. Yet, though the world is 5000
years old, this is the first apotheosis of
maldenhood, though in that group of those
VINO nave declined marriage that they might
executive a special mission were Anna Ross
ana Margaret Breckenridge and Mary Shell
ton aud Anna EtherIdge and GeOrgiana Will
lets' the angels OF the battletields OF Far Oaks
ana Blackburn's Ford and Charlottesville
anu COOperS shop hospital, and though single
lie has been hOnored by the fact that the
three grandest men of the Bible-JOhn and
HauI ana Chrlst-were celIbates. Let the un-
grateful world sneer at the maiden aunt, but
God mas throne IN heaven already furnished
lOr her ascent, and in the vase that stands on
the side OF that throne are two Jewels, the one
large as the Kohl moor of London Tower and
Ghe oUher ike the largest diamond of GolcOn-
ia, the one cut by the lapidary of the palace
with the words: "Inasmuch as We did 1t to
father" and the other cut with the words:
Inasmuch as ye did it to mother"
WhlIe we see all around us outrageous be-
naViOr toward aged parents and we have set
iorth IN the Bible the unfllial demeanor of
Mlcah, the Ephraimite, who stole 100 she
kels from his mother. and 4 bs alOm's unnatu-
raj schemIng to dethrone David, his father
history Is agloW with many stories OF filial
Huellty Epamlnondas, the warrior, found his
g,reatest Joy IN entertaining his parents by
ne recital OF his victories. Look there al
1Eneas lying from burning Troy, his old
father, Anchises, on his shoulder. Death
was the penalty inflicted by the Athenians
upon unnlal conduct. See young Ruth e5-
cortlng across the wilderness venerable Ma
oml. see John Lawrence burnt at the stake
IN COlcnester while his children encouraged
MIN, crying: Lord. strengthen tbv servant
and keep thy promise, Christ. while vet sus
p9nued IN eXcruciatlOn provides for the old age
OI MS mother. "OVer the hills to the moor
mouse is the exquisite ballad by Will Carle-
Ton, VINO had talked with an old woman turned
Inn / aV1arr rIad hat
IN my text it is over the hills to a palace u
VIII go and see him before | die" resolved
= aeon, ana IN little while the decrepit shep-
nero Is treading the tasselated corridors OF
an Emperor.
For the most of you the old folks have made
.eI Ineir Iast visit to your house, or soon will
make IL, and am wondering if they will ever
visit you at the Kings Palace. hope so. All
Ine PROVISION has been made for your arrival
at the shlnlng habitation of the King "ButO
you say, i am yet IN the pit of sim" So was
Joseph once IN pit. But" you say, 81 am
III III prison OF fniquity;" so was Joseph once
IN prison. But you saw. 81 had
grown up without mothers care" So had
Joseph been denied maternal attentions
But, you say, Il am not in the land of nv
IhaIIvlty.T SO was Joseph far away from
nome. But" you say, Il have been exas-
pefated by betrayal" Did not JOseph's
DIotneTs sell MN TO passing IshmaeItish car
aVdn, Dut COD brought HIM to emblazoned
residence, and il you viii trust in Christ
Jesus 9h you you an Will be empalaced.
On, what day that will be when the aid
loIKs come from the neighboring mansion to
see you amid the alabaster pillars of the
ynIohe room, and find you living with the
Ming: Iney are coming up the steps and the
5Pauletted guards Of the palace rush in and saw.
our rather has come! Your mother has
GOMEZ" And when you meet them under the
t aIcnes OF precious stone, and on the pave
ment OF pOrphyry, the scene will eclipse the |
meeting on the Goshen highway when Jacob |
anu Joseph fell on each others necks and
Wept a good while. But how charged the
pa Iolks! Their cheeks smoothed into the
lesn OF little child, their bent backs
'sI t tsIdlentened Into lmmOftala symmetry and
Inelr step neet as that OF roe on the noun |
ISln as they say: I'VE heard by q spirit pass
ing Ihis way from earth that yOu were |
1lssiPated ana WayWard after we left the |
"Orld, out God has heard our prayer and now |
you are mere, ana as we went to see you before |
Nouieu !. now we come to see you after our as |
e F5ensIoh. M rather will say: "MOther, Josenh |
8 yet aIlVe," and mother will say: .tYes
'ather; Joseph is yet alive" and then they
VIII recall all their earthly anxieties in re- |
saru 10 you ana their midnight supplications |
II your Dehalf, and they will recite the old /
passage with which>o on earth they cheered /
'nelF staggering faith: 81 will be a God TO /
nee and thy seed after thee"
, On, the palace! The palace! That is what 1
oaXter called The Saints everlasting rest" /
lhat IS what John Bunyan called ''The Celes-
Ial city" That Is YOung's night thoughts" |
uFneu into morning eXultatiOns. That is
0rays elegy IN churchyard" become |
resurrection spectacle. That is "The cOtters'
saturday night" changed into cotter's sun
lay morning. That Is E'The shepherd of 1
salisbury plain" amid the locks on heavenIv
ms. That IS famine struck Paden- Aram ex-
,nanged Tor the pasture fields Of Goshen
.astle. '''0 0'i'0i 'iU