Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-11
SUNDAY EASY.CHAIR.
THE FUNERAL.

was walking in Savannah. past a church de-
cayed and dim
When there slowly through the window came a
plaintiye funeral hymn;
And sympathy awakened, and a wonder
quickly grew,
Till found myself environed in little negro
pew.
Out at front a colored couple sat in sorrow, near
ly wild;
On the altar was coffin, in the coffin was a
child
could picture him when livng-curly hair,
protIuding lip
And had seen, perhaps, thousand, in my hur-
ried Southern trip.
But no baby ever rested in the soothing arms of
Death
That had famed more flames of sorrow with
his little futtering breath;
And no funeral ever glistened with more SYM
patty profound
Than was in the chain of tear-drops that en-
clasped those mourners round.
Rose q sad Oh colored preacher at the little
wooden desk
With manner grandly awkward, with coun-
tenance grotesque;
With simplicity and shrewdness on his Eth
With the ignorance and wisdom OF crushed,
undying race.
And he said Now don be weepin' for dis
pretty bit O. clay
For de little boy who lived dere, he done gone
He was as dom Very very finely, an he preciate your
love:
But his sure nuf Father want him in de large
house up above.
'rNow. He didn' give you dat baby, by hundred
thousan' mile
He inst think you need some sunshine, an he
lend it for while
An he let you keep an love it till your hearts
was bigger grown.
An desc silver tears your sheddin's jes de inter
est on de loan.
Here's yer oderpretty ehilrun don't be max.
in it appear
Dat your love got sort o 'nop'lized by dis little
fellow here;
Don pile up too much your sorrow on DER little
mental shelves,
Sos to kind o set 'em wonderin' if dey re no &C.
count themselves.
"Just you think. you poor deah mounahs. creep
in long Ter Sorrow b way,
What a blessed little picnic dis yere baby's got
to-day
tie fellow round
In dc angel-tended garden OF de Big Plantation
Ground
AN dey ask him. Was your feet sore?' an
take Off his little shoes.
An dev wash him, an dey kiss him, an dey
say, Now. what's de news%
An de Lawd done cut his tongue loose; den de
An our folks down in de valley tries to keep de
hebbenly way
"An' his eyes dey brightly sparkle at de pretty
tings he view;
Den a tear come, an he whisper, But want
my paryents, toe!
But de Angel Chief Musician teach dat boy
Saws, If only dey be faitful dey will soon be
comm long
AN he'll get an education dat will proberbly
be worth
Sebersl times as much as any you could buy for
him on earth
He'll be in de Lawd's big school-house, widout
no contempt or fear;
While dere's no end to de bad tings might have
happened to him here.
$50 nv pooah. detected mounahs, let your
hearts wild Jesus rest,
An don go ter criticism dat or One W at knows
' de Best
He have sent us many comforts-He have right
to take away
To de Lawd be praise an glory, now and ever :.
Let us pray VIII Cdrfeton.
Home is the one Thing sweet on earth.
But home is built not OF stones, but Of
hearts.-BjshQp Alexander.
The worst that can happen to me, will be
"a tired pilgrim, and sweet welcome
home Samuel rutherford.
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds
on tablets of eternity.-Canon Farrar.
When you have given yourself to Christ,
leave yourself there and go about your
work as child in his household.-C. S.
Robinson.
What temptation there is to find our
religion in our circumstances! Who can
realize the profound truth that to live is
better than to have?-Dr Joseph Parker.
We have certain work to do for our bread,
and that is to be done strenuously; other
work to be done for our delight, and that is
to be done heartily neither is it to be done
by halves or shifts, but with a will, and
what is not worth this effort Is not TO be
done at all.-Ruskin.
Friend, have you ever dedicated 10 min
utes of your time to a consideration of
your destiny? Days to your ledger hours
to your amusements; years to your COM
mercial engagements; would it not be wise
to reserve some moments for your souls
outlook beyond the grave ?-Sprgeoa.
There is always q presumption that q
pure hearted will be a right-minded man :;
and it is delightful to see such one stand
up before the ambitious sophist, and dart
on his iugenuities clear ray of conscience
that scatters them like mist. The divine
light of a good mind is too much for the
INVESTIGATIONS of guilt.-Nutineau.
Never be discouraged because good things
go on slowly here and never fail daily to
do that good which lies next to your hand.
Do not be in hurry, but be diligent.
Enter into the sublime view of it. God
can afford to wait; why cannot we, since
we have him to fall back upon. Let pa
tience have her perfect work, and bring
forth her celestial fruits-G. MdcDOndtd.
After visit to California State Prison,
Joaquin Miller writes as follows, relative
to the presence therein of so many boys.
He SAYS We are face to face with the
ugliest truth in the United States. Twenty
five of these boys are only II years old. As
before stated. there are many others much
Younger. Here are As boys who are not yet
quite 20 years old; all native born, all
handsome, healthy and finely educated
lads, as rule. For my own part, | never
come full-face before any of these terrible
problems OF life without being more and
more persuaded of the wisdom and fore
thought of our fathers, and the divine wis
dom of Holy Writ In the sweat of thy
face shalt thou eat bread all the days of thy
life" There is more good, and a bigger
and better lesson in this one-half line of
the Bible, "Spare the rod and spoil the
child than all the books that have been
written in America.
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