Telegram-herald., 1890-06-08
GARFIELD



n0alnsr world t-al 4L salcl allle
npon lm ID aer aaFlF eyes. Content
hs Nas ta .ock zl.l -ss W.ll-l tls ooll-
pas ~ ner sle 81 heaven ~ n-ui
- f4.r as tnat voI-as mothers breast.
90 sullgll 4Ae t-s oeal.Y u ler
slnlle. 10 storm ~ tempest lzs Beg
froau a.s ou-y lorLla sas iaat
lear Mothers loFe Fl. ol- beyond
tha safsgy "a tae alns taat sheltered
llm. slualc.ls tlgs r-era Ferei
sweet slulds ald sights. and soldr1us
vsslGns % delight --s JoF ~ lFls "a
tle eaE.d or lle. a..1 al tle l-Affe-
that s seen where -te 81 borne noI
t1e surgag hloHs 10 rlst SEA. t-at
rods forever more q waves t0.s4rd -1l
dataat shores ~ tl4l strange land 49,
ela l0l see. bearing lls tossing laras
al Ireighled slips or many 4 ll-ea
Oll. he kleN ll not, and 50, BIS
-80gner Wa O. nlm hls native land, las
hope and promise. and the utmost
reach of every want % know. TIE
mother looked into hls baby face aud
bsalg Tor hlrl a future grand and good
Her love tor aim sas lke an ornament
terilg Ike a geal. Ald. yel. ler olly
wealth Nas 10 her a.l-enorac.ug love,
and .a the h0oes with wnlcn she g.or.-
led the coming years. As Hannah
clotned her child With llnen robe. white
and sp6tless a. the SHOW So she eur0bed
her chll1 with garment woven ot her
prayers. prlestIy robe shat made u.a
holy seem. Twas al size hat Der love,
her hopes, her prayers. From poverty
and sblect want the boy Went forth %
trv c0ncluslous ln the strain OK Ike, and
with ns empty hands o. realize tne
proDhecy her Matches love l41 made
Tor hml.
An. now the years speed on. ! look
q and tne chld. Behold. be stand
amld hunired other eager ones who
crowd the cnldhood Ot tne r1e-.
Around h.m beat thousand slls tat-
daah their spray, and. wave 0n wave,
are ever STRIVING % eugllt the souls ol
those Who All uuguar4ld are. A nun
dred others, shielded from tle storm,
or sheltered meath the kindly walls of
al that wealth can rear, are with n-m
ia that hour. lie, poor and Wretcnrd,
struggling with h.s Tot; they, every WISH
tnat could pleasure buy or gam OF
power. "a grtUfied before tle VISA Is
formed al books, aud costly robes.
and pleasures new and rare
all sights and sounds, al spacious
rooms VITA trappngs wOndr0us rcn,
and all appliances that could lend d
grace to f0rm. or steady childish leet
in mounting 20 the skies, are furnished
o. their guild, while he. alas. has none.
Only himself, bis mother love, and
those strange splrt hands, that, reach
ing out from prayer. steady a talteuug
soul % bear hlm safe along hrs danger
ous Nav. Again / look. The child
that stood n want has faded with the
wears, and ia his place a youth upon
whose brow the days have set their
mveuc sea- OF care. No need TO look
for long upon his manly face,
or sra his calm still eyes, O.
know that ns has had 4 work that
grappled with MS soul. and brought his
growing powers 70 feel the awful test.
And he has stood secure and safe. And
still his mother prayed and held her
hope in love
Alas no school had he; no masters.
learned in wisdom 3 wOndrous lore ant
~ the ways of men and times and ~
the mysteries that darken round the
hfe Of men. e'er came % teach the boy
what he go longed % know. Beside the
flickering freight on bis fathers
hearth, when the lOag days OF unre-
mittlng tOil had dragged the tdrdy
hours into the night, he, prone before
the fire, sought wGat ue could from
books he borrowed, uere and there, and
then retired % rest, or dream OF what
might oe.
Thus grew the boy into the strength
"a
90 every sldr. ns knew the way ne
came. il struggled with h.s lot, a1t
against tnc evils. strong and fierce. that
seemed to battle l1r h.s soul. boz soug1.
for macy we1ry years. nor .sucw day
of rest Misfortune gathered around
bis fathers humble home; fire. aul
wasting blood. and. worse shan these,
toe crue. greed OF men wo0 bore as
trust che wasted raECedness, toe
meazer store. which, even poverty ulil
save from ogt its wretchcdnsss that lt
may show Of r-ues have, wege
taken quite away. Aet. tlro-gl
90 au he bore 10 Ike mau
and gathered strength ~ wa3-
De overeame. Ih. very trl.s of bis
life became lls chosen friends. the best
be bad ant. opposition hard. unoend-
ing rs tne roCs. te broke beneath DIS
sturdy blows. ana maGo pavement COR
his fcet t0 mount CD l g1er things. And
still nis mother prsved. and heidi hor
bore u .ore. As Moses through ur-
trodden plains. ard over many D ror 81
belE6t. aud deco il tang ed vl.es basel
1t every step. countless evils n1rrl- all
tne wav. yer saw nv staIc to tle mortal
eve. ine Canaan ot tae promised .fut.
d sr1uf. huf fH.r. Hrft SD plr-lfI d.