Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-08-18

though people there had a greater difference
II worldly circumstances now they are all
alike uncons .lous. The hani that greeted
the senator. and the President. and the KING
i still a. the hand that hardened on the
mechanics hammer Or the manufacturer
wheel. II Goes not make any difference no"
whether there Is a ulain stone above then
from which the traveller puils aside Tue "e7iS
:, rad the nane. or a tall shalt spflhRlnS
INTO the heavens as though 10 tell their VIZ
tues'tO the skies.
In that silent land there are no titles tor
great men, and th-re ara no rurnhiinSs or
Chariot wheels and there Is never heard the
foot of the dan. The Egyptian guano
" .Ich Il t1-,wn on The fi-lis in the east for
the enrichment Of the soil is the dust rase1
on. fron the 5epulchers OF Kings AMI lords
aal miZh-y nm Oh tn chagrIn OF thoss
men if they ha ever known that IN the after
are, of the world thy would have been
cal!ei Egyptian guIno.
tf how much worth nov Is the crown OF
Cislr Who bids for It, Who cares now
anvthIlg about the Ainphlctyonic council or
th. l1,,s Of Lvcur.us, Who trembles now
t-caus- Xerxes crossed the H4ilespont on q
hriIL- of boats: Who fears because Sebu-
chiIll.zzar thlnlers at tn gates Of Jeru>a-
lem Who cares now whether or not Cleopatra
marie, Antony. Who crouches before Fer
dInf.nl. or Bonlface, or Alarlc= Can Crorn-
well dissolve the English parliament nowf
Is william. Prince Of Oran re-. KING of the
" III III w., H." AtNNA
E3IZ beth may love the Russian crown, she
must pass it to Peter. and Peter to Catherine,
an catherine TO Paul, and Paul to Alex
anter. an | Alexander to NIcholas.a Leopold
pnt, TIL German sept-r into the haul of
joseph. and Philip comes down OF the span
lsh thron tc let Ferdinand go on. House of
Arason, house Of Hapsbnrg, honae of
stuart. house Of Bourbon, iuarreling
about eyerv:hin1 else, out agreeing
IN this The IA hon Of this world
pa.,eth away But have all these dlgnita-
re, gone: Can they not be callei back |,
have been in aosemblage, where | have heard
the roll called an many distinguished men
have answered. If | should call the roll to
day If some OF those mighty ones who have
gone wonder if they would not answer. l
viii call the roll | will call the roll o. the
KING, first: Alfred The Great, William the
ConIurror! Frederick II Louis XVI Nc
anawe~ Ill call the role Of the poets:
Rou i :;outhey' Thomas Campbell John
kca- t1a0rge Crabbc' Robert Burns No
answer. | call tn. roll Of artists: Michael
Angelo, Paul Nerone>e, VIII am Turnerl
Christopher Wren! No answer. Eyes
c'osei Earslaaf. Lips silent. Hands pat
,iet. sd.pttr, ? neil, pen, sword, put down
| forever WY should We strug 5le for such
ban! l.,
Another reason why we should culture this
spirit Of che .rfu'nes5 Is the fact that tIod
knows what IS best for His creatures. You
Know mat Is ittSU u ' oui iliti. L ~
youaio not as liberal with him as you ought
- he lie triticls,s your discipline. bur yca
l,ot oar the whole field. and you, loving
that cti.,l, do what in your deliberate JudS-
mont is hes fer him. Vow, tot ls the best
OF fathers Sometimes his children think
that he is hard On them. and that be is not as
liherai with them as he might b. But chill
urcn 10 not know as much as a father. |
mn tell Won Why you are not largely u flucnt,
an Why you bavp not been sranlly sbccesSr
nj u is because yon cannot stan | the mo
titon If your path had been SIN 10Th, you
walld have depended upon Your own
lureIoote1ness. but sol roughenei that
path. 81 you have to take hold OF
his hand. If the weather had been
MID, Won would have loitered along the
water courses, but at the first howl Of the
storm YOU Iuickened your paee h~eaven~ard
AMI wrappe ar,uml 20, the warm rob of a
Soviour's righteousness. What have l
done says the wheatsheaf TO the farmer;
what have | done til It you beat m 50 hard
with your %tiail:' The farmer makes no
answer, but the rake takes off the straw. and
the mill blows the chaf to the wind, and the
goldAn gram falls down. at the foot of the
yin imjl[. After "A while, the straw looking
down from the NOW upon the golden gram
bauiel up on either side the floor under
stands whv the farmer beat the wheatsheaf
with the Hal.
Who are thoSa before the throne: The an
swer came. These ares they who, ont OF
great trinnIation, hal thair robes washed and
made whit III the booI of the lamb.
Wou8d TO that we could un lerstand that
our trial, are the very best thin, for us. If
We had an appreciation of that truth, then
we should know why it was that John
Noyri. the martyr, n the very midst of the
flame. reached down and picked up one OF
the facets that was consuming him. and
kissal IT. ana said: blessed be Goa for the
time when [ was born for this prefer nent.
They who suffer- with Him on earth shall be-
glorifel VITA Him III heaven. Be content
then. with such thin : as you have.
Another considerable leading us to tn
spirit of tn xt is the assurance that TIN
Lord VII provide somehow. viii be VIII
holds the water il the hollow of his ham
Il tow HI children TO die of thirst. VIII be
who oHn> the catt g on a thousand hills. am
all the tarlhS luXurlance OF grain and fruit
allow his children to starve. Go out to
morrow morning at , o,c'ock in the wood
and hear the birds chant. They have had NJ
breakfast. they know not where they vii
4 ne. they have ~ idea where they Will sup
but hear the b RS chant At o'clock IN tn
mornjnr. Behold the fowls of the air
for they SOW not. neither do they reap, no
gather INTO barns, yet Your heavenl
Father feeieth them. Are you Nc
much better than they" Seven thouSan
people, IN Chr $ 5 time. went into the desert
They We're the most lmproNldent people
ever hesrl of. They deserved to starve. The
might have taken food enough to last then
until they .ut back. Nothing dill they tax,
\ llf. vhp an more W than all of ther
plt to -ethcr. asked his mother that mornln
Tor SOM tsvts of hrea AMI some tiShe,
They We're PIT into his sa bel. He went OF
lnto the desert From tins provision Il
! shven thousand were fell. ard the more the
atn tire lll ger tho loavts grew until the pr
VISION that tneyboy brought IN one sachel W;
} multiplied s1-Ie could not have carried II
fragment, ,tame III SIX S~Icllals so, YOU Sa
! 'utie- have hanged ami thu day OF mlracl,
has gone. / reply thai, what COL dill the
hv lnlr1cle, He does now in some ether Wa,
anihy nltura' laws II nave been Young
sail DAVID. but nov ] am Old vet hav-
J nevar seen the righteous forsakeu. nor II
! seed bN-IIH- lieal II Is hiyh time thi
ynu people VINO are frtttlng about world
circumstances an who are fearing YOU ar
comin4 - want. understood that the oath {
the etI "a cod Is involved IL the fact th.
You are = have noIgh to eat ami to W ar.
. A-aln rematk II 4 the religion of Jes,
! Christ : the %gtanie>t in !ue nee to make
: man ,ontent"i. ln,ie,nnitv against all tinal
: clal ana -plrItua harm Il calnns the spirl
dwlnilts the earth into lnsienlticance an
+. SWALLOWS MP the soul with the thought
| heaven @ We afo have been going abo,
from place II place expecting to find
chan - - TirTiiFn tan ~ Snnnptbiny 10 OF,