Telegram-herald., 1888-02-20

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Is c1la ca ais hand &l4 Lls sltse~ ca 10
~lndes sla, lsokisg cat aaa ssylag "OA,
visa oolld e1ekangs pl&ess with tsst dos -
Mere social position ~ neFsf give hSppi-
n-sS 10 woszzas ~11l have hzd vide
ard cont saoak 0bsersst'on And / tel the
young ~oFaen thzt they who build on mere
social position tsslr sos.l Immortal happiness
are building on ths S-aa.
Sgspose thai n young woman exFen8s the
brightness 81 her early - la tais unszatlsfsc~
tory struggle aud oHsitf the present oppor-
tunlty q usefulness la the hone circle. what
. misIake
80 surely as the years roll around that
home ia which you now dwell ~iii become
extinct The parents wlD be gone, the prop
erty VIII so into other possession. yoa your
sell Viii be Ia other relationships. and that
home which, oaiy year ago, Was full cf
congratulsLoa. viii be extinguished When
that period comes you viii look back 10 sea
what you did, or what YOU neglected 10 do IN
the way of making home happy. IL viii be
too late ~ correct mistakes. II you did not
smooth the path Of your parents toward the
tomb; II you dii not make their last daYs
bright and happy; II you allowed your
younger brother 10 go out into the world,
unhallowed by Christian and sisterly infiu-
ences, If YOU allowed the younger sisters Of
your family 70 come up without feeling that
there had been a Christian example set them
on your part, there viii be nothing but bit
terness OF lamentation That bitterness will
he increased by ali the surroundings Of that
home; by every chair, by every picture, by
the old time mRntel ornaments, by every
thing you can think OF as connected with
that home. All these things viii rouse up
agonlzing memories Young women, have
you anything 20 do Ia the way
of making your fathers home happyi Now
is the time 70 attela to ii, or leave IL forever
undone. Time is Il ing very quickly away.
| suppose you notice ths wrinkles are gather
ing and accumulating on those kindly faces
that have so long looked upon you; there is
frost in the locks; the foot is not as firm in
its step as 10 used 10 be: and they will soon
be gone. The heaviest clod that ever falls
on a parents coffin lid is the memory of an
ungrateful daughter Oh, make their last
days bright and beautiful Do not act as
though they were in the way Ask their
counsel, seek their prayers, and, after long
years have passed, and you go out TO see the
grave where they sleep. you will find grow
ing all over the mound something lovelier
than cypress, something sweeter than the
rose, something chaster than the lily-the
bright and beautiful memories OF filial kind
ness performed ere the dying hand dropped
on you bencdiction, and you closed the
lids over the weary eyes of the worn out
pilgrim. Better that, in tho hour OF your
birth, you had been struck with orphanage,
nd hot rod ho,, lr.1 trfs. he
cold arms of tho world, rather than
that you should have been brought up un-
der "a fathers care and mothers tenderness,
at last TO seof at their example and deride
their influence; and on the day when you
followed them in long procession TO the
tomb, TO find that you are followed by still
larger procession Of unfiliaI deeds done and
wrong words uttered The one procession
viii leave its burden in the tomb and dis
band; but that longer procession Of ghastly
memories will forever march and forever
wall On, it Is a good time for young wo-
man when she is in her fathers house. How
careful they are Of her welfarel How watch
full those parents of all her interestsl Seated
nt tho morning repast, father at one end the
table, children on either side and between:
but the years will roll on, and great changes
viii be effected, and one will be missed from
one end the table, and another viii be missed
from the other end the table. God pity that
young wonans soul who, in that dark hour,
has nothing but regretful recollections.
20 further and advise you not to depend
for enjoyment upon mere personal attrac-
tions. IL would be sheer hypocrisy, because
We may not have it ourselves, 10 despisc, or
affect to despise, beauty in others. When
God gives IL he gives 1t rs blessing and as
n means of usefulness. David and his army
were coming down from the mountains TO
destroy Nabal and his flocks and vineyards
The beautiful Abigail, the wife of Nabal,
went out TO arrest him when he came down
from the mountains, and she succeeded
Coming 10 the foot of the hili she knet.
David, with bis army OF sworn men, came
down over the cliffs. and when u saw her
knceling at the foot Of the hill no cried Haltl"
TO his men, and the caves echoed it: "Halti
halt!n That one beautiful woman knoeling
NJ the foot OF the cliff had arrested all
those armed troops. A dewdrop dashed
back Niagara The Bible sets before us tho
portraits Of Sarah and Rebecca, and Abishag,
AbSalom's sister, and Jobs daughters, and
says: They were fair to look upon BY
out door exercise. and by skiilful arrange
ment Of apparel, let women make themselves
attractive Tho sloven has only one mission,
and that to excite our loathing and disgust
But al1 for those who depend upon personal
charm for their happiness. Beauty Is such
"a subtle thing, il does not seem 20 depend
upon facial proportions, or upon the sparkle
Of the eye, or upon the iush Of the cheek
You sometimes find il among irregular fest-
ureS Is Is the soul shining through the face
that makes one beautiful But alas for
those who depend upon mere personal charms.
They Will come to disappointment and % a
great fret There are 50 many different
opinions about what are personal charms;
and then sickness and trouble, ard age, do
make such ravsgcs. The poorest god that a
woman ever worxhips Il her own faoe The
saideSt sight ia All the world Is a woman who
has built everything on good looks, when the
charms bcg % vanish On. how they try
30 cover the wrinkles and hide the ravaecs
q time. When time. with iron shod feet
steps on a facs. the hocf marks remain. and
ycu cannot kiie them. Il IS silly - try %
hide them I think the most rcyGlsive fool
in al the world IS an Old fool.
Why. my frisnsls. sh1uld you - ashamed
- 10 getting oili it j. a sign--it il prima
facia evidsnoe that yoB have BEHAVED toler-
ably VEL OF you wouid not hsrs lived 70 this
time The rrande~t thing think, i eternity.
ard that is made up 4 counties years
" hen the Bible world ~ forth tbe atfac-
tiv-ness ~ Jesaz Christ. r. ssys. Hs hair
was wafe snow But when tas cslcr zoes
from fae cheek and tee IusteT from the eve,
AMI tts 'ue from tns sser. an8 TIE zrace-
faEsess from ~ gsst- a.ss. for those who
have tg3t their tre sn5 tnsir eternity Uge1
good saokS Bgf Al t-e rasszrs ~ veare can
m: take oet -f oa='s fsos bsni zrltT ara Eini-
nszs. and compassion, aad faith tufars
vo-sr krrrt aad rrn eu1+nr- vour face The