Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-06-12

the sons of wealthy parents going out
into the world. inane, nerveless. dys'
peptic, or they are incorripible and
reckless; while the son OF the porter
that kept the gate, learns his trade,
gets u robust physical constitution,
achieves high moral culture, and stands
IN the front rank of church and state,
Who are the men migbtiest in our
legislatures, congress and cabinetsp
Did they walk up the stop of life in sill
yer slippers? O! no. the mother put
him down under the tree il tho shade,
while she spread the hay. Many of
these mighty men ate out of an iron
spoon and drank out of the toughest
earthenware-their whole life a forced
march. They had any luxuries
until, after a while, God gave them
aifluence, usefulness and renown as a
reward for their persistence. Remem-
Der then. that though you may have
poor surroundings and small means
for the education Of your children,
they are actually starting under better
advantages than though you had q
fortune to give them. Hardship and
privation are not a damage to them,
bat an advantage. A clipper likes a
stiff breeze. The sledge hammer does
not hurt the iron that it knocks into
shape. Trouble is a hone for sharpen
ing very keen z
Akenside rose TO his eminent sphere
from his fathers butcher shep. Rob.
ert Burns started as y shepherd.
Prideau used TO sweep Exeter college.
Clifford was a shoemaker, and the son
of every man of toll may rise to heights
OF intellectual and moral power, if he
will only trust God and keep busy.
One more encouragement: Your
tolls in this world are only intended to
be 6 discipline by which you shall be
prepared for Heaven. ''Behold, |
bring you glad tidings Of great JOY"
and tell you that Christ, the carpenter
Of Nazareth, is the workingman's
Christ. You get His love once in your
heart, o, w~orkingman! and you can
sing on the wall in the midst Of the
storm, and in the shop amidst the
showing Of the plane. and down in the
mine amid the plunge of the crowbar,
and On shipboard while climbing rat
lines. IL you belong to the Lord
Jesus Christ he will count the drops Of
sweat on your brow. He knows every
ache and every pain you have ever
suffered in your worldly occupation.
Are You wearyp He will give you rest.
Are you sickP He will give you health.
Are you coldp He will wrap around you
the warm mantle of His eternal
love. And besides that, my friends,
you must remember that all this is
nnlU nrana rat nYu- yrafafnYu anl in
troductOry. | see a great multitude
before the throne of God. Who are
theyp "O!" you say: ''Those are
princes; they must have always been
in a royal family they dress like
princes; they walk like princes; they
are princes; there are none of the COM
mon people there none of the people
that ever toiled with hand and foot"
All! you are mistaken. VINO is that
bright spirit before the thronep Why,
that was a sewing girl who, work as
hard a she could, could make but two
shillings the day. Who is that other
illustrious soul before the thronep
Why, that man toiled amid the Eyyp-
tian brick kilns. Who is that other il
lustrious soul before the thronep Why,
her drunken father drove her on a
cold winter night, and she froze into
heaven. What are those kings and
queens before the thronep Many of
them went up from Birmingham mills
and from Lowell carpet factories.
And now l hear a sound like tho
rustling of robes, and now 1 see a TAX
ing up of harps as though they were
going to strike thanksgiving anthem,
and ali the children OF the saw, and
the disciples os the shuttle are in glo-
rious array. and they lift a song so
clear and sweet, l wish you could hear
it. 1t would make the pilgrims bur-
den very light, and the pilgrims jour
ney very short. Not one weak voice
or hoarse throat in that great assem-
blaRe. The accord is as perfect as
though they had been all eternity prac-
ticing, and | ask them what is the
name OF that song they sing before the
throne, and they tell me il is the song
Of the redeemed working people. And
the angel cries out, who are those so
near the thronep" and the answer
comes back: "'The,e are they who
came out of great tribulation, and had
their robes washed and made white in
the blood of the Lamb"