Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-06-01
Have you forgotten to thank God for your
DAYS Of prosperity. and that through vour

have you forgotten to thank God for your |
days Of prosperity. and that through your
trials some Of you have made investments
which will continue after the last bank Of
this world has exploded. and the silver and
gold are molten III the fires Of q burning
ssvrld2 Have you amid all your losses ani
alscourageTnents, forgot that there was bread
on your table this morning. and that there
snail DO o shelter for your head from thp
storm, and there is air for your lungs, and
blood for your heart, and light for your eve.
and q glad and glorious and triumphant re-
zion for Your soul.
Perhaps your last trouble was a bereave-
mcr.t. That heart which in childhood was
our refuge, the parental heart. and which
q, been a source If the quickest sympathy
Ter SINCE, has suddenly b ONE silent for
ser. ard now sometimes. whenever in sud
len annoyance and without deliberatlon
sou say i will 20 and tell mother
1other:" or the father, with voice les,
tender, but as stanch and earnest and loving
= ever. w&tchfuI Of al your ways, ~exultant
.:er Your success. without saving much.
although the Old p=ople 10 talk it over by
themselves. lis trembling hand on that staff
ThIcI you now keep as a family relic, his
memory etnbainel II grateful hearts, is
'asen away forever.
Or, there wa. your companion in life,
irer Nf your JOYS and s0rroHs. taken. lcaE-
.ng the heart All old rum. where the chi
Winds hl0w over 4 vide wilderness Of deso.a-
| SON. the sands Of the desert driving across
ne place which once bioonied like the garden
ri God md Abraham m0urns for Sarah al
| tic cave If NaehrelaI. Gong along your
| path in lie. suddenly, tight betore you Wa
IN open grove People looked down and they
saw il Wa only a fcw feet deep and a f.
| is4t wide. but to YOU il WtS q cavern down
winch went al your hope> and al your cA-
pectatlons.
But cher up IN the name Of the Lord Jesus
Chris. the Comforter. lie is not going u
oT9ane yoa. DID the Lord take that child
utnf v0ur arms WhT, lie is going~to shell
IL II Gstter tnan YOU Could. Hy is Going to
ray it ii 4 white robe, and with palm
ranch it will be all ready 10 greet you Ut
our coming home. Blessed the broken heart
lst jesus heats. Blessed the im~portunate cry
nat Jesus compas-ionates. blessed the weep
rae eve from which the soft hand Of Jesus
y.5)c5 away the tear.
was sailing down the st. John River, Can
ala, which is the Rhine and the hudson COM
| mingled in ono scene of beauty and grandeur,
nd while Yves Oh the deck OF the steamer q
entienlan pointed out 10 nc the places OF in
crest. and he said: All this is interval
,ad, and it IS tho richest land in all the prov
m.cs OF New brunswick and Nova Scotia"
What said I. do YOU mean by interval
land2" We'll" he said. "this land is sub
merged fpr a part Of the year: spring fIeshets
I tfbItIc OGsf J, tltbi al tlitSc tItslilS aio oNNA
lowed with the water, and the water leaves
4 rich deposit, and when the waters are gone
no harvest springs up, ana there
5 the grandest harvest that was
ever reaped.' And [ instantly thought,
1t is not tie heights of the church
and it is not the heights of this world that Is
the scene Of the greatest prosperity, but the
.oul over which the floods of sorrow have
cone. the soul over which The freshets of
circulation have torn their way. that yields
he grea est fruits Of Righteousness, and the
argest harvest for time, and the richest
l0ryc t for ctornitv.' Bless God that your
soul is interval land.
But these rcrnlnisccnces reach only to this
morning. There will yet be one more point
OF tremendous reminlscence, and that is the
a>t hour Of lite. wnen sc nave 10 look over
Ill our past existence. What a moments that
rijEbai [ place Napoicol's dying lie minis
ence on st. Helena beside Ms. Judson's dy.
! reminiscencc in tic harbor of St. Helena
ne same island, twenty years after. Napo
son.sdying reminiscencc was one of deiiriuI
Head Of the army Mrs. Judson's dvin:
ra,ninisccnce as she came home from be-
visionary toll and her life of sclf-sacrliic'
o. God, dying III the cabin Of the ship IN tn
tarbor OF st. Helena, was: 81 always dlt
owe the Lord Jesus Christ" And then, IL.
historian says, she fell into a sound sleep 70
an hour, and woke amid the songs of angels
place the dying "Reminiscences of Augustus
Caesar against the dying reminiscence Of th'
Apostle Paul. The dying reminiscent Q
augustus Caesar was, addressing his attend
lts: Have | played my part well on til
stage Of life" and they answered liin in TIL
affirmative, and he SAID: Why, then, don
you applaud me Tncdyilg renliniscence 0
eul the Apostle was: i have fought
good fight. | have kept the faith: hence
orth there is laid up tor me q crow
of righteousness, which the Lord, the right
,ous JUDGE. viii give me III That day, an
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apptarlng.' Augustus CdaSar died ami
ponp and great surroundings. Paul uttere
his dying reniniscdnce looking up throug
the wall Of a dungeon. God grant that on
last hour may he the closing Of 4 useful life
t.nd the opening ot q glorious eternity.