Connecticut western news., 1890-05-14
until beneath, he saw on one side the

until beneath, he saw on one side the Bethlehem where they put him among the cattle, and Calvary on the other side, where they put him among the thieves. As far as the excited and in- tensified vision of the group on Olivet could see him, and after he was so far up they could no longer hear his words, they saw the gesture of the outstretched hands, the benediction. And that is his attitude today. His benediction upon the worlds climates, and they are changing, and will keep on chang ing until the atmosphere shall, be commingling of October and June. Benediction upon the deserts till they whiten with lily, and blush with rose, and yellow with cowslip, and emerald with grass. Benediction upon govern ments till they become more just and humane. Benediction upon nations till they kneel in prayer. Benediction upon the whole earth until every mountain is an Olivet of consecration. and every lake Galilee on whose mosaic of crystal, and opal, and sapphire divine spendors shall walk. Oh, take the benediction of his pardon, sinners young, and sinners old, sinners mod crate, and sinners abandoned Take the benediction of his comfort, all ye broken hearted under bereavement, and privation, and myriad woes. Take his benediction, all ye sick beds, whether under acute spasms of pain, or in long protracted invalidism. For orphanage, and childlessness and widowhood benediction For cradles and trundle beds and rocking chairs of octogenarians, benediction. For life and for death, for time and for eternity, for earth and for heaven, a benediction. Sublmest gesture ever made, the last gesture of our ascend ing Lord. 'And he lifted up his hands and blessed them"
 GOD GIVE US GRACE!
 Is our attitude the same9 Is it the clinched fist or the open palm9 Is 1t wrath or is it kindness1 Is it diabol- ism or Christisme God give us the grace of the open palm, open upward to get the benediction, open downward to pronounce a benediction. A lady was passing along a street and sudden ly ran against ragged boy, and she said: ''I beg your pardon, my boy, I did not mean to run against you; I am very sorry" And the boy took off his piece of cap he had upon his head and said: "You have my pard- ing, lady, and you may run agin me and knock me clear down; won't care" And turning to a comrade he said: "That nearly took me off my feet. Nobody ever asked my parding before" Kindness Kindness Fill the world with it. There has always been too much of disregard of others. Illustrated in 1630, in England, when ninety-fve thousand acres of marshes were drained for health and for crop raising, and the sportsmen destroyed the drainage works because they wanted to keep the marshes for hunt ing ground, where they could shoot wild ducks.
 The same selfishness in all ages. Oh, for the kindness that would make our life symphony suggestive of one of the ancient banquets where every thing was set to music; the plates brought in and removed to the sound of music, the motions of the carvers keeping time with the music. the con versation lifting and dropping with the rising and falling of the music. But, instead of the music of an earth ly orchestra, it would be the music of a heavenly charm, our words the music of kind thoughts, our steps the music of helpful deeds, our smile the music of encouraging looks, our youth and old age the first and last bars of music conducted by the pierced hand that was opened in love and spread downward in benediction on Oivetic heights on Ascension day.
 | By new way none ever trod, | Christ mounted to the throne of God