Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-20

Cru tiles and uDkiudnesses changed sll
those splendid trappings into hollow
mockery. The planters OF solid silver,
the caske;s Of pure gold, the head dress
Of cleaning diamonds were there; but no
God, no peace, no kind words, no Chris
tisn sympathy Toe festsl music that
broke on the captive's ear turned out TO
be dirge, and the wreath in the plush
was reptile coil, and the upholstery that
swsyed In the wind was the wing Of de-
stroying angel. and the bead drops on the
pitcher were the sweat CT
EVERLASTING DESPAIR.
On, how many rivalrles and unheppi-
nesses among those who geek In sociSl
life their chief happiness! II matters not
how due you have things; there are other
people wno have it finer. Taking out your
ws.ch to tell the hour Of the day, some
one will correct your timepiece by pulling
on. a watch more richly chased and jew
eled. Ride in carriage that cost you
$500, and before you get around the park
you will meet with one that cost $4,000
Have on your wall picture by Copley,
and before night you will hear CT some
who hss 4 picture fresh from the
studio Of Church OF Bierstadt.
All that this world can DO for you in
silver, 10 gold, IN Administer plush, in
GobeIln tapestry, in wide halls, in lordly
acqaAintanceship, will not give you the
ten thousandth part of 5 grain Of solid
satisfaction. The English lord, moving
IN the very highest sphere, was one day
found seated with his chin on his hand
and his elbow on the WiuGoW-sill, look
Ing out and saying: 40, wish l could
exchange places with that dog!" Mere
social position will never give happiness
TO q Romsn's soul. l have hsd wide and
continuous observation, snd 1 tell the
young women that they who build on
mere social position their SOULS immortal
ba2piness are building on the sand.
Suppose q young woman e1peuds the
brightness Of her esrly life in this unsst-
factory slluzele and omits the present ep-
poltunity Of usefulness in the home cir
d; What q misttkel
So surely as the years roll around, that
home in which you cow dwell will be-
come extinct. The parents will be gone,
! the properly will go into other possession,
yeu yourself will pc in other relation
ships, and that home which, only year
ago, WAS full of congratulation, will be
exIiDguished. When that period comes,
you will lock back to see Whist you cid or
what you neglected to do 10 the way CT
making home happy. It will be too late
TO correct mistakes. II you did not
smooth the path of your parents
TOw1RD IHE TOMB
IL you cid not make their last
dsys bright and happy; il you
allowed your younger brother to go out
INTO The world unhalloWed by Christian
and sisterly Influences; II you allowed
the younger sisters Of your family TO
| come up without feeling that there hsd
been G Christian example set them on
your part, there will be nothing but Bit
| terness of lamentetion. That bitterness
viii be increased by all the surroundings
Of that home; by every choir, by every
picture, by the old-tlme mantle ornaments
by everything you can thirk CT as con
nected with that home. All these thing!
will reuse up sgon'zDg memories. Young
women, nave you anything TO do in tbs
way OF making your fathers home happy
NV is the tine to attend to it, or leaVt
u forever undone. Time is flying very
quickly away. I suppose you notice tA'
wrinkles are gathering and accumulatirs
on those kindly faces that have sc
lopg looked upon you; there Is
frost in the locks; ms
foot is not as firm in its step as 1t used t
be; AID they will soon be gone. TIT
heaviest clod that ever falls on parent
cuftia-lid is the memory Of an upgratefu
daughter. o, make their last days brigh
and beautiful. Do not act IS though
they were in the way. Ask their counsel
seek their prayers, and, after long year
have passed, aud you go out to see th'
grave where they sleep, you will INT
growing all over the mound something
lovelier than cypress, something sWeete
than the rose, something chGster than In
) lily-the bright and beautiful memorle
Of flisl kindness performed ere the dyini
hand dropped on you benedlctlon, ans
,, you closed the lids over the weary eyes o
the worn out pilgrim. Better that, il
the hour of your birth, you had oeel
struck with orphanGge, and that you ha'
been handed over into the cold arms
the world, rather than that you shoul
have been brought under q father
, care and mothers tenderness
at last to scoff st thsir example and de
ride their Il f fence; and on the day whe
you followed them in long procession t
; The tomb to And that you are followed b
still larger procession Of uuflial deed
done and wrong words uttered. The on
procession will leave its burden In tn
tomb and disband, but that longer pre-
= cession of CHASTITY memories will forcve
. march aud forever wall. Or, II Is goo
: time for
A YOUNG WOMAN
. when she Is Ia her fatheT's house. Ho'
careful they are of her welfare. Ho'
. Watcnful, lAose parents, OF Sll her Int
ests. Seated st the morning repss
u father at one end the table, children C
either Size and between, but the yeal
will roll on and great changes will
n Effected and one Will be missed from OF
Ie end he tab and another will be MISE
u from the other end the table. God phi
It that young Woman's soul who, in tn
q dark hour, has nothing but regretful rec
u objections.
.e go further and advise you not to d
IS pend for erj0yment uponj mere person
N attractions Il would be sheer hyoocris.
j. because We may not have 1t ourselves,
ID despise, or affect to despise, beauty
of others. Waen God gives it, He gives
ss as blessing ana IS a means at usetu
Il, ness. David and his .rmy were cpmir
is down from the mouutsins to destr'
I, Nsbal aud his focks and VINEYARDS. II
lg beautiful Abigail, the wife Of Nabal, We
SO cut to arrest him when he came doT
e. from the mount ms, and she succeede
m Coming to the foot Of the hill, she kEe
- n.vjd uoith mis- army of sworn men car