Sharp County record., 1888-03-08

lHa ----rd 7uHaI0wad bv Christian and
sfs-arfr f1Hrercas: IL you allowed the
Younger sisters Of T0r family 20 COME
N without feeling TIT there had been
0r7-lsrfq0 -vzupLs SCI them on your patI'
there will be nothing but bitterness Oh
Larerratt1u. That bitterness VIII le N
creased 1v all the surroundings 0L LAaI
home. bv avarv char, by every picture
5v the -LL--tms uauCel ornaments oy
svarT thing v0r can -htnE1f as connected
With that home. AL these things VIII
r0r=a I'D ag0niziug memories. IouHg
women. have YOU any thing 20 Do n -le
wav Of making your fathers home nap
1v2 Vow IS the time 10 attend 70
IN. Or leave ID forever uIL0na. lime IS
Hvtnr very quickly away. 1 suppose Tol
10ttce the wrinkles ara gathering and
accumuLating on those kindly races
that have so long looked -p0n y0u'
hare is frost N the locks; She
foot Is not As firm n its step as 10 Used 90
be: and thsy viii soon be gone. Ll7
heaviest cL1d that ever falls On 1aTeub's ;
g0+F71-riI IS the memory Of an II-raIeLl
daughter. .. make their last days bright
and beautiful. Do not -Ct Is though they
were q the wav. Ask their counsel seek
their 0ra7ars. aud. after long years nave
7a=sed and YOU 20 OUT to see the grave
where 5LeT sleep YOU VIII ind growing
al over the mound something -o7-lar
than CYPRESS. something sWes-ar tlan me
SWEEP rose, something cLa5Ger that lL7
-iL--5he bright and beautiful memories
If fIi1I Kindness performed ere the dying
hand dropped on YOU q 5aEa- cl.01-
md YOU closed the Ids over the weary
svas of the worn out pilgrim.
Better that. 4 the hour Of -Jlr birth,
70u lad been struck " -L Ir-1Lu1-ar and
that 71u dad been handed over .l11 the
cold arms If he world. rather than that
YOU should have been brought I'D under
tlthars care aud : mother tenderness
ut last TO scott 10 their example and de-
ride their u1ueuca: and on the 1IT
when YOU followed them in .1lE process
sion 20 -La tomb 20 ind that YOU ara fol-
lowed by 1 still larger procession Of IN
iIlaL deeds done and wrong words IT
tered. The one process ION will leave It's
burden N the tomb Ind iislaud; bgG
that longer recession Of -ua=t.T mem
0r-as will forever march and forever wax.
Oh. iG 51 good time for 4 young woman
wusu sns IS 4 her fathers house. How
careful they are lt her welfare. How
va1ch1uL those parents If all her inter-
ssrs. Seated az the morning re7lsr,
father 15 one end Of the table, children on
either side and between. b-5 the Years
viii roll On and great changes VIII la II.
iacrai. and one viii be mi ssad from one
sud Of the table. and another VIII be
missed from the lJlar end 7t che table.
God pity that Young vo-au'5 soul who,
N that lark hour, has nothing but regret
tuL rec0L LLscu1us.
20 further. md advise -Cu not 20 ia-
pend for suI0vueur mon mere persona.
attractions. It would be sheer hypocrisy,
because We NAV not have q ourselves. 70
tsspse 1r affect 10 issptsa. beauty Ia
others. When God gives 10 he gives I'd as
2 blessing and rs ] means Of usefulness.
David and ais army were coming down
from he mountains 10 issGroT Nabal and
his 11cks and vineyards. The beautiful
[ Abigail the wife Of Nabal. went out 20
arrest him when he came down from The
mountains, and she succeeded. Coming
TO the foot Of the hill, she z1eLt. DAVID
with his army Of sworn men cuus
l down over the cliffs, and when he
saT her EuaeLiuE 1t the FOOT u
the hill ls cried ssEaI5'' TO his men.
and the caves echoed lt: "Ealtt
/ Lal5N That me beautiful woman 5useL-
ing &c the foot Of the cliff had arrested oil
l those armed troops. A IewtrrD dashed
back Magma. Tie Bible se-s before Is
! the portraits u Sarah, and Rebarca and
Abishar, A5saI0m'5 sister and Jobs
daughters, and SAYS. ''TLav were fair 10
I .COE UTOu.' Bv out door aEerci5 5s. and 1v
stll-f-- arrangement OF apparel. Let v1m-
en- make -Laus elves attractive The
sICTeu has only one mission. uut that TO
excite our bathing and disgust. But alas,
for those who depend 1u0u personal
charms for their happiness. Feau-v fs
such D subtle thing, it does not seem 20 ts-
pend mon facial proportions. Jr r-0r
the SPARKLE Of the eve, IT UPON the E-sr
1t the cheek You sometimes ind
5 among irregular features. Il IS
the soul shining through the face
that makes one beautiful. But alas for
those VINO depend uD0u crsre personal
charms. Chsv will come TO tfsauU0r1t.
usud and to grsGl fret. There are so
many different opinions abou what IRE
personal charms; and then sickness. and
trouble, and age, DO make such -rvarss.
The poorest god that woman ever -v0r-
ships s Ier own lace. Tie sadfesr sTrhr
n all the world Is D woman wlg has built
every thing On good looks, wher the
charms begin 10 vanish. o, how they -rv
20 cover the wrinkles 1uL hide The -av-
ages Of time When time. with fr0r-sEgd
feet. steps On face, the l00f-narizs re~
main. and TOu can I15 hide them. 1t Is
silly TO 5rv TO hide them [ think the
most repUlsI7g fool the world /; an lId
fool,
Why. ~ isTsts, --91hss Won be ashamed
- 8e getting Jlt2 Ii is i sr-u--.5 IS. --f-1g
iICJs evidence that -0u have behaved toll
srabv we'll, Jr you would not have lived
TO this time. The -rludss5 thing. Think,
Is eternity, and That Is made I'd Of COUNT
less years. When the Bible would set
forth The lG1raCri7eusss Of Jesus Christ.
If SAYS ''His hair vas white rs snow"
But whsu the color goes from the cheek
and lhe lister from the eye. and the spring
from the step, and the yracetqIuess from
the sal1, alas. for those who have built
their time and their eternity upon good
looks. But all the passage Of Years can
uo5 take out 1f ones face 5euiEui5-, and
Kindness, and compassion. and faith.
Culture vUur heart and YOU culture your