Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-16

arc nappy. The heart wrong toward Goo
and man, we are unhappy.
Another reason why we should come to
this spirit inculcated in the text is the fact
that all the differences Of earthly condition
are transitory. The houses you build, the
land you culture, the places in which YOU
barter, are soon to 20 into other hands,
However hard you may have it now, IL you
are Christian the scene will soon end.
Pain, trial, persecution never knock at the
door OF the grave. A coffin made out of pine
boards is Just as good resting place as
one made out Of silver mounted mahogany
or rosewood. Go down among thu
resting places Of the dead, and you will find
that though people there had a great differ
snce OF worldly circumstances, now they are
all alike unconscious. The hand that greeted
the senator, and the president, and the king
= still as the hand that hardened on the me-
chanic's hammer or the manufacturers
Wheel 1t does not make any difference now
whether there is plain stone above them
from which the traveller pulls aside the weeds
20 read the name, or q tall shaft springing
into the heavens as though to tell their vir-
tues to the skies
In that silent land there are no titles for
great men, and there are no rumblings of
chariot wheels, and there is never heari the
loot OF the dance. The Egyptian guano
which Is thrown ON the fields In the east for
the enrichment of the soil is the dust raked
out from the sepulchers Of kings and lords
and mighty men. Oh the chagrin Of those
men II they had ever known that in the after
ages OF the world they would have been
called Egyptian guano
VI how much worth now is the crown Of
C9sarf Who bids for iti Who cares now
anything about the Amphictyonic council or
the laws OF Lycurgusi Who trembles now
because XerIes crossed the Hellespont on
bridge OF boatsf Who fears because Nebu-
ohsdneEzar thunders at the gates Of Jerusa-
LENT Who cares now whether or not Cleopatra
marries Antonyi Who crouches before Fer
dinand, or Boniface, or Alarici Can Crom-
well dissolve the English parliament nowi
Is William, prince Of Orange, king of the
the Netherlands No, mol However much
Elizabeth may love the Russian crown, she
must pass 1t to Peter, and Peter to Catherine,
and Catherine to Paul, and Paul to Alex
ander, and Alexander to Nicholas. Leopold
puts the German scepter into the hand of
Joseph, and Philip comes down of the Span
ish throne to let Ferdinand 60 on. House of
Aragou, house of Hapsburg, house of
Stuart, house of Bourbon, quarreling
about everything else, but agreeing
In this: "The fashion Of this world
passeth away" But have all these dignita-
ries gonei Can they not be called backi /
have been in assemblages where have heard
the roll called, and many distinguished men
have answered. II should call the roll to-
loxy ~ a..f<
gone / wonder il they would not answer /
will call the roll will call the roll of the
kings first: Alfred the Great! William the
Conquerorl Frederick III Louis XVII No
answer. will call the roll of the poets:
Robert Southeyl Thomas Campbelll John
Keatsi George Grabbed Robert Burns! No
answer. call the roll of artists: Michael
Angeloi Paul Veronese! William Turnerl
Christopher Wren! No answer Eyes
closed. Ears deaf. Lips silent Hands pal
sled. Scepter, pencil, pen, sword, put down
forever. Why should we struggle for such
baublesi
Another reason why we should culture this
spirit Of cheerfulness is the fact that God
knows what is best for his creatures You
know what is best for your child. He thinks
you are not as liberal with him as you ought
to be. He criticises your discipline. but you
look over the whole field, and you, loving
that child, do what in your deliberate judg-
ment Is best for him Now, God is the best
Of fathers. Sometimes his children think
that he is hard on them, and that be is not as
liberal with them as he might be. But chill
dren do not know as much as a father !
can ten you why you are not largely an1uent,
and why you have not been grandly success
full Il Is because you cannot stand the temp
tation. II your path had been smooth, you
would have depended upon your own
surefootedness; but God roughened that
peth, 50 you have to take. hold of
his hand. II the weather had been
mild, you would have loitered along the
water courses, but at the first howl of the
storm you quickened your pace heavenward
and wrapped around you the warm robe of a
Saviour's righteousness "What have /
donefn says the wheatsheaf to the farmer,
'.what have done that you beat me so hard
with your nailr The farmer makes no
answer, but the rake takes of the straw, and
the mill blows the chat to the wind, and the
golden grain falls down at the foot of the
windmill. After awhile, the straw looking
down from the NOW upon the golden grain
banked up on either side the floor under
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Win tne nsiL
VINO sae tnoso peiore tne tnrone' Inc an
swer came; Inese are tney VINO. out OF
great tfiouiation, mao tneif ropes washed and
nlsne wniIe IN tne oiood o. tne iamo.
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our tfiais are tne very oess tning ior US. II
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We snouio Know "ny was tnas 1onn
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nanie, IeaeneN uo"n anu pieIeN w one =,
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