Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-12-18
"INASMUCH."

you saw that You want n meetin- house Tor
the DO, : IN the vnlch up there,
land a Suuday-school WIN pctur 'oooks'
Well put me down i9r mar n,co % ,esr
bel eve II little chldreh' u hiVo' 10 neAr
Ia 10 wander round the ranch ut noon and
see the cattle feed.
sni / believe in vreachin', too-hy mel for
%preaehin born,
Who let alone tue huSAs OF creed anu meas'
ure out the corn.
fbe pulpts but a manEer where the pews
are Gospel fed;
md thew say twas TO a manger that the star
of glory led.
10 iii sub;cr be a dollar toward the maneer
and the stalls;
always = We the best I've got whenever my
partner calls.
to suspect
That oil the world are partners, whatever
their creed or sect;
hat life is a kind of pilgrimage, q sort or
Jericho road.
nd X ndness TO ones fellows the sweetest
law IN the code,
ko matter about the initials; from Il farmer,
you understand,
Who's generally had TO play II alone from
rather an Urinary aud
We never struck 1t rich, for farming, you
see, is SLOW,
ind whenever the crops are fairly good, the
pr ces are GlwaNs low.
dollar isn't very much, butlt heipst TO count
the
The lowest trump supports the ace, ana some
times wins the game.
h assists a tellow's praying when he's down
upon his knees
>Inasmuch as You have done it TO one Of the
leas, Of these
know the verses, stranger, 20 you needn't
stop to quote:
g a different thing TO know them or 10 say
them of by rote.
tell You where ] learned them. IL YOU Il.
step in from the ra n:
Twas down in Frisco, years ago; had been
there hauling gra n.
was near the city limits, on the Sacramento
p Ike,
here stores and sheds are rather mixed, and
shant es scatterin like.
OF the tkeiest place ,c be in, | remember,
the saloon,
h 18th grocery. market bakershon, and bar.
room all IN one.
md til made up the picture-my hair was
not then gray,
ut every thing seems as real as il 'twere
Yesterday.
little girl with haggard face stood al the
counter there,
ct more thar ten or twelve a. most, but
worn with or e. and care;
nd her vo'ce was kind of raspy, like a sort
of chronic co d.
lust the tone ven frd IN children who are
prematureiy ot
he said: ''Two b is for bread and ten. Ma
hasn't much to cat:
(he hopes ne xt week TO work again, and buy
us ali some meat.
We've been half starved all winter, but
spring will soon be here,
nd she tells us: Keep up courage, for God
is alwal near
hist then Il dozen men came in; the boy was
called AVA
10 shake the spotted cubes for drinks, as
'Forty.niners say.
neyer-h heard from human lips such oaths
and curses loud
9 rose above the glasses of that erazcd and
reckless crowd.
ut the poor tired 6 III sat waiting, lost at last
10 revels deep.
Dn a keg beside II barrel in tue corner, fast
asleep.
Yell. | stood there, sort of waiting, until
some one NJ the bar
aid; Hello! say, stranger, what have you
over thar"
(hc boy then told her story, and that crew,
so fierce u wild.
REV intent and seemed TO listen 10 the
breathing of the ch Id.
he glasses ali were lowered; said the leader:
boys. see here:
II day we've been pnurinl whisky, drink.
Ing deep our Christians cheer
Here S two doilars-rve got feelings which
ure not entirely dead
or this little girl and mother suffering for
the want of bread
Here's n dollar" Here's another" And
they all whipped in their share,
md they planked the ring ng metal down
upon the counter there.
Then the spokesman took q golden double
eagle from his belt,
Poflly stepped from bar 10 counter, and be,
sd the sleeper knelt:
took the two bits" from her fingers
changed her silver piece for gold.
See there. boys: the grill is dreaming" Down
her check the tear.drops rolled.
pne by one the swarihy miners passed il
silence to the street.
Gently VIC awoke the sleeper, but she started
TO her feet
With q dazed and strange expression, saying
"Oh. thought twas true!
Ma was well, and we were happy; round oul
door stone roses grew.
re had every tn ng We wanted, food enough
and clothes 10 wear;
md my hand burns where an angel touched
il s, II with fingers iair.'
IS she looked. and saw the money in he
fingers gliStening bright,
well, now. ma has long been praying, bu
she won't believe Ms quite,
How you We sent Gay up to Heaven, whcr,
the golden treasures are,
And have also got IN ange. clerkine ut you
grocery bar
hats a Christmas story stranger, which
thought you'd like to hear:
rue to fact and human nature, pointing gu
one's duty clear.
Hence to matters of subscription YOU vii
see that I'm alive:
ust mark of that dollar, stranger; / tn nj
III make 1t FIVE.
-Hiuidm Bruce, IN HdTprr's Mdgdsine.