Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-09

God will let us 90 up and tell them Of the re-
suits of their influence. Among our first
questions in heaven viii be: "Where is grand
motheri' 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 eye 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, | must see her, my grand
mother on my fathers side, Mary Mccoy,
descendant of the Scotch. When | first spoke
to an audience in Glasgow, Scotland, and felt
somewhat ditiident, being stranger began
by telling them my grandmother was a
Scotch woman, and then there went up a
shout of welcome which made me feel as easy
Is do here. | must see her
You must see those women of the early
nineteenth century and of the eighteenth
century, the answer of whose prayers is in
your welfare to-day. God bless all the aged
women up and down the land and in all
lands! What happy thing for Pomponius
Atticus to say when making the funeral
address of his mother: Though ! have
resided with her siXty-Seven years l was
never once reconcile1 to her, because
there never happened the least discOrd be-
tween us, and come Iuently 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,
how will To1igl bpp yNbpu che is
How much would | give to see my mother
| have so many things | would like to tell
her, things that have happened in the
twenty-four years since she went away.
Morning, 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 Eunice,
and don't forget your grandmother Lois
And hand down to others this patrimony Of
blessing. Pass along the coronets Make re-
ligion an heirloom from generation
to generation Mothers Of America,
consecrate yourselves to God and
you will help consecrate all the
ages following! Do not dwell so much on
your hardships that you miss your chance of
welding an influence that shall look down
upon you from the towers of an endless fu-
ture. / know Martin Luther was right when
he consoled his wife over the death of their
daughter by saying: Don't take on so, wife,
remember that this is hard world for girls. "
Yes: 60 further and say: 1t is a 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 sickly 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 fore
head 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" Baalbeck
was called = City of the Sun London was
called "Tho City of Masts;n Lucian's i'm
aginary metropolis beyond the Zodiac was
called 1.-THE City of Lanterns" but the city to
which you journey hath all these in one; the
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
he Lamb is the light thereof b"