The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-28

cothRaple creatures, who must answer for every
moment OF time and every word, thought and aC-
non. o, Lord, many wonders hast thou shown me:
my ways OF dealing With me and mine have not
been common ones; add this wonder to the rest.
Can, convert, resenerate and establish sailor in
tue talth. Lord ali things are possible with Thee:
g!oIify Thy Son and extend HIS kingdom by sea
and land; take the prey from the strong | roll him
over upon Thee. Many friends try to comfort me;
miserable eom!ortels are they all Thou art the
God OF consolation; only confirm to me Thy pre-
c;ous word, on which Thou causetst me to hope in
the day when Thou "a DIST 10 me, "Leavc thy father
LIS callir(n vii preserve them alive Only
hand as 10 all temporal things. wait for Thy sal
Walton. Amen.
With such a grandmother, would YOU not
have right to expect George w. Bethune?
and ali thousands converted through his min
lstry may date the saving power back to Isa-
bella Graham.
God fill the earth and the heavens with such
grandmotherS; we must some day 60 up and
thank these dear old souls, Surely God will
let us go up and tell them of theresuts of their
influence. Among our first queStionslin heaven
will be, "Where is grandmother" They will
point her out, for we would hardly know her
even if we had seen her on earth, so bent over
with years once and there so straight, so dim
OF eyes through the binding of earthly tears
and now her eye as clear as heaven, so full of
aches and pains once and now so agile with
celestial health, the wrinkles blooming into
carnation roses, and her step like the roe on
the mountains. Yes, L must see her, my
grandmother on my fathers side, Mary Mccoy,
descendant of the Scotch When first spoke
to an audience i'll Glasgow, Scotland, and felt
somewhat ditident, being stranger, began
by telling them my grandmother was Scotch
woman, and then there went up shout of
welcome which made me feel as easy as l do
here. l must see her.
You must see those women OF the early
nineteenth century and of the eighteenth CEN
fury, the answer of whose prayers is Ill your
welfare today. God bless all the aged women
up and down the land and in all lands. What
happy thing Pomponius Atticus to say when
making the funeral address OF his mother:
Though | nave resided with her SiXty-seven
years, l was never once reconciled to her, be-
cause there neverhappened the least discord
between us, and consequently there was no
need of reconciliation" Make it as easy for
the old folks as you can. When they are sick
get for them the best doctors. Give them your
arm when the streets are slippery Stay with
them all the time you can. Go home and see
the old folks. Find the place for them in the
hymn book Never be ashamed if they prefer
styles of apparel little antiquated. Never
say anything that implies they are in the way.
Make the road for the last mile as smooth as
you can. Oh, my, how you will miss her when
she is gone. l would give the house from over
my head to see mother. l have SO many
things would like to tell her, things that
have happened in the twentv-four
years since she went away. Nom
ing, noon and night let us thank
God for the good influences that have come
down from good mothers all the way back.
Timothy, don't forget your mother f mice, and
don't forget your grandmother Lois. And
hand down to others this patrimony of bless
ing. Pass along the coronots. Make religion
an heirloom from generation to generation
Mothers of America, consecrate yourself to
God and you will help consecrate all the ages
following! Do not dwell SO much on your
hardships that you mss your chance of WELD
ing an influence that shall look down upon you
from the towers of an endless future. / know
Martin Luther was right when he consoled his
wife over the death of their daughter by say
ing: Don't take on SO, wife; remember that
this is a hard world for girls" Yes; l go
further and say: 1t is q hard world for women.
Aye, go further and say: 1t is a hard world
for men. But for all women and men who
trust their bodies and souls in the hand of
Christ the shining gates will soon swing OPEN
Don't you see the siokly pallor on the sky?
That is the pallor on the cold cheek of the
dying night. Don't you see the frightening of
the clouds? That is the flush on the warm
forehead of the morning. Cheer up, you are
coming within sight of the celestial city.
Cairo, capital OF Egypt, was called "City Of
Victory" Athens, capital of Greece, was
called ''City Of the Violet Crown" Baalheck
was called getty of the Sum- London was
| called "The Cityof Masts.' Lucian's imagi-
nary metropolis beyond tho Zodiac was called
"The City of Lanterns" But the city to
which yon journey hath all these in one, tho
victory, the crowns, the masts of those that
have been harbored after the storm. Aye, all
but the lanterns and the sun, because they have
no need of any other light since the Lamb is
the light thereof.
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