Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-10

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bic 10 comc-a great many aged grand
mothers. They sometimes feel that tn
world has gone past them, and they have
an idea thcy-are of little account. Theil
head sometimes gets aching from
the racket Of the grandchildren
down stairs or in the next room. The,
steady thcmsclvca by the banistcrs a,
they 20 up and down. When they get Z
cold il hangs on to them longer han i,
used TO. They cannot bear to have the
grandchildren punished even when they
deserve it, and have SO relaxed their ideas
OF family discipline that they would spoil
all the youngsters of the household b. toe
great lcnienCy. These old folks are the
resort when great troubles come, and
there is "A calming and soothing power in
the touch Of an aged hand that IS almost
supernatural. They feel they are almost
through with the journey of life and read
the old book more han they used to,
hardly knowing which most they enjoy,
the Old Testament or the New, and often
stop and dwell tcarfully over the family
record half way between. We hail them
today whether in The house Of God or at
the homestead. Blessed is that house
hold rhat las in it a grandmother Lois.
Where sh" is angels ar towering round
and God i3 in the room. May her last
days bee Ike those lovely autumnul day 5
that We call Indian summer.
GopLY GRANDMornERs.
| never knew the Joy Of having n
grandmother, that is the disadvantage OF
being the Youngest child OF the family.
The elder members only have that hcne-
diction But though She went up out Of
This life before ! began it, | have he ri
# hr' faith in Got. that brought all her
children into the kingdom and two of
chem into the ministry, and then brought
aI her grandchildren into the Kingdom,
IIGy> II he last and least worthy, Is il
not Time that You and | DO two things,
swing open a picture gallery OF ,lc
WrluhIed faces and stopped shoulders OF
me past. and call down from their hcav-
rn'y thrones TIE cody grandmothcrs, to
give them our thanks, and then persuade
the mothers of today that they are living
for all time, and that against the sides Of
every cradle i'm which ii child - rocked
beat The two ctCrnltiCs.
Here we have an untricd, undiSCussed
and unrNplJrcd subject. You often hear
about your influence upon your own
children II am not talking about that.
That about youI influence upon the
twentieth century, upon the thirtirth cen
tury ma, IA, fnrlirih century, unnn the
yrar lwo thnn.ouJ unon mo vrnr four
thousand. If the word lasts SO long. The
world stood nor thousand years before
Chris, came il in not unreasonable to
.uppose maj il nov stand four thousand
y.aro .Ct,r Iis rriy,l rnnr thonsYnl
I.ors Tho world swuro of in sin rour
ihou.,rd ,,s,s IT. ,p,y hr .yyirrtno L,rk
INFO righteousness Br me ordinary rate
of m~ynfpIr,ii,, "a trp world nnpul,.
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rrandmpth,s, any longer think that thyy
li' i'''t a. "hi III (.''r ,'!CN ""l OF SI3h'
ii,h' ''' "oi'u, j'oihE iial my hdNC no
!'.'I'"" j' u. ~. lnn'h'Is ol lnc laH'
century are lodaI IN inc Srhd''s' IN" par
.idP!c'le' thc pdIhc's' me puIpils, me
~nlhhIn4 houses, lhc professional cIlalIS'
the prisons, me ailnShouseS' the company
Oh lh'uhighl ~prlSahds' inc cellars inc
dlj'hcs ol TINS century. lou nave pcrn
thinking anoul me importance OF having
me rI@ht Influence upon one nursery.
on nave Dcrh thinking OF me import
ance 81 getting those Two htllc lcri on
the rlght PAIN. lou nave h"ch thinking
81 your chlld $ destiny Tor me c eighty
years, u II should pass ON 10 be an octo'
gcnhrlan. mat IS well, but my subject
sweeps q thousand yeaTS, a million yeas,
a quadrilliOn years. | cannot stop at Que
cradle, | am looking at the cradles that
reach all round the world and across all
time. | am not talking Of mother Eunicc.
I am talking of grandmother Los. The
only way YOU can tell the force Of a eur
rent is by sailing up stream. or the force
of an ocean wave. hy running the shin
against il. Running along with il we can.
not appreciate the force. In estimating
MATE - ~lNfLCEN'E
we UpnOral1y rlu .lDnp with il down the