The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-02-21

tue w1fe OF Louis VIII, France, hearing
: that there were some sons unjustly in
e5arcerated in the prisg went cut amids
the rabble and took a 3ick and struck tn
door as a signal that ley might all strikeit
and down went IL prison door and ou
q came the prisonlE Queen Maud, tn
wife Of Eenry L went down amidst thu
poor and wasr their sores and adj
ministered to tlfn cordials. Mrs. Retson
at Mafasorda Bpeared on the battlefield
u while tis m 2les of death were fiyinl
around. and AIRED for the wounded i
5 there a mani woman who has ever hear,
of The CiyifNar in America who has no
q heard of ae women of the Sanitary ant
4 Christian commissioners, or the fact that, be
: fore the fioke had gone up from Gettysbur,
4 and Sofh Mountain, the women of the
Nortl1het the women Of the South on the
BATTLEFIELD, forgetting all their animositie.
9 wye they bound up the wounded and closed
9 tFeyes Of the slains Dorcas the benefao.
~ come now TO speak of Dorcas the
lsmerted. When death struck down that
good woman, oh, how much sorrow there
was in this town Of Joppal 1 suppose there
I were women here with larger fortunes;
women, perhaps, with handsomer faces; but
there was 10 grief at their departure like this
at the death of porcas. There was not more
turmoil and upturning in the Mediterran-
can Sea, ditsiiing against the wbarves of this
seaport than there were surgings to and fro
II grief because Dorcas was dead There
are grea many who 60 out Of life and are
unmised. There may be a very large
iunefslf there may be great many carriages
and 6, plumed hearse; there rpay be high
sounding isulogums; the bell may toll at tie
cemetery gate; there may be a very fine
alerbc shaft reared over the resting place:
hut tile whole thing may be falsehood and
shaTa. The church Of God has lost nothing,
the world has lost nothing Ii is only
nuisance apated; il is only a grumbler ceas-
iog to find fault; it is only an idler stopped
yawning; lt is only a dissipated fashionable
parteel from his wine cellar: willie, ON
ne other hand, no useful Christian leaves
this world without being missed. The church
Of Col cries out Ike the propheti "Howl,
n tree for the cedar has fallen Widow
mood comes and shows the garments which
the departed had made. Orphans are lifted
ap to look into the calm face of the sleeping
benel'ictress. Reclaimed vagrancy comes
and X sses the cold brow Of her who charmed
1t away from sin, and all through the streets
81 JoIpa there is mourning mourning be-
lause Dorcas isdead-
When Josephine OF France was carried
out to her grave, there were a great many
men and women of pOmp and pride and posi-
ton that went out after her; but am most
affected by the story Of history that on that
day there were ten thousand OF the poor Of
france who followed her coffin, weeping and
wailing until the air rang again, because,
when they lost Josephine they lost
heir last earthly friend. Oh. who
would not rather have such obse-
qUies than all the tears that were
ever poured in the lachrymals that have
been exhumed from ancient cities There
may be no mass for the dead; there may be
no costly sGrcophagus; there may be no
elaborate mausoleum; but IN the damp eel
lars Of the city, and through the lonely huts
Of the mountain glen, there viii be mourn
ing mourning, mourning, because Dorcas IS
dead. blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord; they rest from their labors, and their
works do follow Them
speak to you Of Dorcas the resurrected
The apostle came to where she was and said:
Arise; and she sat upn In what short
compass the great writer put that-'She sat
up' Oh, whSta time there must have been
around this town. when the apostle brought
her out among her old friends How the
tears of joy must have started What clap,
ping Of hands there must have beenl What
singingl What laughteri Sound it all
through THIS laue Shout it down that dark
aiieyl Let all Joppa hear it'll Dorcas is res
directed
You and have seen the same thing many
a time; not dead body resuscitated. but
the good accomplished. IL man labors up
TO fifty years Of age, serving God, and then
lies we are apt to think that his earthly
work is done. No. His influence on earth
viii continue til the world ceases. Services
rendered for Gu tnever stop. A Christian
woman tolls for the upbuilding of church
through many an1ieties, through
many self denials, with prayers
and tears, and then she dies. 1t is fifteen
years since she went away. Now the spirit
Of God descends upon that church; hundreds
Of souls stand up and confess the faith Of
Christ Has that Christian women, who
went away fifteen years ago, nothing to do
with these things; 1 see the Towering out Of
her noble heart. I hear the echo of her loot
steps in al the songs over sins forgiven. in
all the prosperity of the church. The good
that seemed 10 be buried has come up again.
DorCas IS resurrectad.
After a while all these womanly friends
Of Christ viii put down their needle forever.
After making garments for others, some one
will make a garment for them; the last robe
we ever wear-the robe for the grave. You
win have heard the last cry of pain You
viii have witnessed the last orphanage You ,
viii have come in worn out from your lsSlC
round Of mercy do not know where yt-,
viii sleep, nor what your epitaph will BED
but there viii be lamp burning at that tom n
and an angel of God guardingit, and throug'O
all the long night no rude foot viii distYshI
the dust. Sleep on. sleep on Soft 3
pleasant shadows, undistnrbed reposel ST la
oni dr-I
Asleep In Jesus! Blessed slsepi lei
From which none ever wake to weep. Fl ~
hen one day there VIII be a SKY FeRdill he
nd whirl Of wheels and the fash of nm.
ageant; armies marching, chains elanki9 vi
anners waving. thunders booming, and ttitht
'hristian woman viii arise from the dut
nd she viii be suddenly surrounded-sIrc OF
aunC3ed by the wanderers of the street whom
he reclaimed, surrounds1 by the woundeSto
1uls to whom she administered DaughteA T
( Gcd, so strangely surrounded, what NEAR. -
hiss II means that reward has come, thsfol
he victory IS won, that the crown IS read{fh,
hat he banquet Is spread Shout it throut n,
Il the crumbling earth. Sing it throu9 L
Il the flying heavens. Dorcas is resJrrecta fol
In 1855. when some Of the soldiers cala u
ack from the Climean war to London, on
lueen Of England distributed among tho ovl
ear liui medals called ed -. Srl 1a bd mea fai
'ariiahlent and the royal family to sit
There was great audience to witness
distribution Of the medals. A Colonel
lad ;ost both feet IN the battle of Inkgiu
vas pulled in on a wheel chair; othsT
d Tipping on their erutches Then ttse IN
ross before them IN the name ,tod ba
aud uttered words of Spleu oe
alton to the officers and men, andsA ,oan 10
tied these medals, inscribed with 20
Teat battlefields, Alma Balaklavi the Dt
nan and Sebastopol. As the QUO
hess to the wounded men and the rect ~
ficTs, the bands Of music struck ,a,-f,- an
ionRl air, and the people with strefoi AOi 80
lin,din the song: VI
God save or gracious QueeF 20
ddoSe an. Ave ss o 5Ss.s 9nssa Vpoint- gu
Aid then they shouted ''Huzz31- Or
IN, Il was a proud day for thosa go,
ariors! But q brighter. better aseer6 o'
sr day viii corse when Christ SHAH Al,
los5 who have toiled in His servit tne l(
.ldiers OF Jesus Christ. He shall -
ire them, and in the presence Of oil ny
orided cf heaven He viii say: wal done,
5od and faithful servantr and then He viii
stribute the medals Of eternal victory, not
scribed with works Of Righteousness which
e have done, but with those four great bat
sfleds, dear to earth and dear 70 heaven,
sthlehenll Nazareth Gethsemanel Cal
,rTi
EXTREME low water in the Missis-
ppi recently unearthed historical
lie at the ferry landing at Columbus,
y, in the shape of huge, old-fash-
ned columbiad, which did duty dur
o the late war in the hands Of the