Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-12-26

No mother ever more sweetly guarie! the
sick cradle than al, night long TINS pale
watcher Of the skv bends over the weary.
hearrslck. slumberiDg earth. Whose is this
black framed, black tasseled picture OF the
night /. Is the heirloom OF our family.
Ours, the grandeur Of the spring, the crrs-
ta!s o. the snow, the coral o. the beach, the
doors O the garden, the harn9nies Of II.
air.
You cannot see a large estate IN ore
morning. You must take several walls
around i. Thefamilv property Of taisroval
h1use q Je<LAAs 50 great that W. must take
several walks 20 get any idea Of its extent.
Let the first walk be around this earth. All
these valleys, the harveststhat wavein them
and the cattle That pasture than-all tha>a
mountains and the precious things hid len
beneath them. and the crown OF glacier thev
cast at The fee: Of the Alpine hurricaue-all
these lakes, these islands. these continents,
are ours In the second walk 20 among the
street lamps Of heaven, and see stretching
Of on every side a wilderness OF worlds. For
US thew shine. For Us thew 4 at a SAY
iours nativity. For rs they will wheei into
line and with Their flaming torches ali y
the splenaor OF our triumph on the day for
which all other days were made.
In the third walk 60 around the Eternal
City AS re come near il. bark to the rush
Of us chariots and the Welding peal OF is
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twelve, 4 is high noon. We look OF upo1
the chapiets which never fade, the eyes that
never weep, the temples that never close, the
loved ones that never part. the procession
tuat never naIts. tqe trees Lnal never WiGueI,
the walls that never can be captured. tue
sun that never se-s, until We can no longer
gaZ-, and We hid our eyes all c~zci3ia,
Eve hath not seen. nor ear heard, ~lialpae,
have entered into the heat o, man. the
things which God hatu prepare for then
that love Him As these tides Of glory
rise we Ia re 70 ratrsat AM hold fast lest We
be swept off and browne ; ii the emotions OF
g~ladness and thanksgiving AMI triumph.
What think you OF the family property:
1t IS considered an honor to marry Into q
family where there Is great wealth. Ina
Lord, tn bridegroom OF earth and heaven,
offers YOU His hear and HIS hand, saying
IN the word, or the Canticles. "R}se Up. ~
love. Ny fair one, and come away AMI
once having put on thy hani tne slg4e. ring
OF dis love, you Will b. endowed WITH al tho
wealth Of earth and all the honors Of heaven.
Almost every family looks back 70 a bone
stead-soine country place where vo.i araF
~. You sat on the doorsiil. Ion Lrer3tra
1'2t>tepo OF the rain on the garnet ROOT. Yoa
swung on the gate. You ransacl,el rnh
barn. You Wadei into the broo;. VII
thraShei toe orchard for app Is. ani f1e
~helGhborlnS woods for nuts. amt
everything arOunt the old homestead
Is OF interest to you. | tell Won IF tha ola
homestead Of eternity. In INV Fathers
mouse are many mansions. When W tal1
OF lnai>ions We think Of Chatsworth ani IL,
pd'h, hlLe miles IN circumference, and its
conservatory that astoni<heS the world. IL
galleries Of art, that contains the rrinulrns
or ihantrey, Canoya ana Thorwala1aa. Of
me kings and the queens who have w4}.eI
us stately halls, or, flying over tho heather.
rave hunted the grouse. BIr all tha .y+..
I@@ places or dukes AMI primes an [ queens
are as nothing to the family mansion ta.o IS
ALREADY awaiting on our arrival. III. hanl
% the Lord Jesus lifted the pillars an / syun~
Tue doors ana planted the PARKS. Anca,s
walk there- antthe gods Of all ages. IAa
poorest man III that house is a m,l!onaire
ana the Iowiiest a king, and the i,lnast
Word he speaks III an anthem and the snort
eot HE an eternity.
IL TOOK q Paxton 70 build for Chatswartl
q covering Tor the wonderful 93wer. (ir-
torla Regla, five feet III diameter. Kuf orr
lily or the valley shall neet no shelter lron
lhe ttiast, and IN the open gardens o. col
sAall put forth It's fuil bloom. aai al! heaven
Slail come 10 look att, and its aroma shalt
ne as lhouGh the cherubim had swung b-t5re
we thfonea thousand ~celsers. | nav a,c
seen 1t yet. l am in a foreign land. But NV
rather Is waiting for me to COME homo 7
nave brothers and sisters there. In ina
blpie | have letters from. there, tcllin- Ine
what a me place it is. 1t matters not mlca
10 me whether 1 am rich or poor, or whether
me word hates me- or loves me, or whather
1 90 by land or by SEA, If onlv NAV lift mr
eyes at last on the family mansion.
1t Is not a frall house, built in a month
soon 70 crumble, but an old mansion which
lS25 1lrm as the day 1t was built. Its walls are
grown with the ivy OF many ag4S-anl ina
uriis at the gateway are ab.oon with thu
century plants of eternity. The O1ean cf
Snt3o hath yyalla3 - loft. a.1 =
Mt-le Antolnette and Lady Huntington and
,ecll and Jeremy Taylor and Samuel Ruth
eFIofd anu John Milton. and the widow VINO
gave Two mites, and the poor men from tina
hospltal-these last two perhaps outshininr
all the Kings ana queens OF eternity.
= iaiuiiy mansion means reunion. Somu
o. your families are very mucn scattered.
The children married, and went OF TO st.
LOUIS or Chicago or Charleston. but per
maps once a year YOU come together at the
oid place. Ho~ You wake up tle old piano
'hat has been silent for years, Father anl
mother do not play IN i'll How you bring
out the Old relics, and rummage the gar
re1, ana open old scrapboo6s. and shout ana
iaush ana cry and talk over old times. anI
though You may be fOrty-tive years OF age.
act as though YOU were sixteent Yer
soon 1t IS goodbye at the car window. AMI
gootbFe at the steamboat wharf. But how
VIII We act at the reunion in the old family
lilaiio4ol ot heaven II Is q good while siaC9
you parted at The door of the grave. There
viii be Grace AMI Mary ami Martha ana
Charlie and Lizzie and all the i]larlings 81
Your household-not pale and sick and gasp
ing Tor breath, as when YOU saw them last
but the eye bright with the iu>ter Of heaven.
ana ~thecnaeE roseate with the fiusl 81 ce.es-A
tial summer.
What c~lasp;ng OF hanis, What en-
tracings! hat coming together OF liz t.
mp hat tears Of Joy You, say. 4
thought there were no tears in heaven.
here must be, for the Biol says that sol
snail "ipe them away" AID il there were no
tears there, how could He wipe them away,
Ihey cannot be tears OF grief OF tears o. lis.
appointment. They must De tears q. GA !
ness Christ will come AM say: 'Nnat
cS1ld@of heaven. j. 1t too much for the-s
Do>t thou breakdown under the g!a mess II
ms reunion linen | VIII hal9 Thea And.
VITA lis one arm around u AMI the ot44r
arm around our loved one. lie shall hold ~
up IN the eternal jubilee
W bite / Sn-as, soma o. sea- with b~9-an
hearts, can hardly hold your 1eaea. ya1
feel ash yon would SPEAK ont AMI saw. .Dh
hie>>ei day speAi on. I3Narl taaA ms,
with E~lsterei taet over the Iesar. .48- NJ
eyes tai! Tor Their weeping FAINT fr,-.,
listening Tor feet that Viii not come a3l tn
souni q voices that viii not soeas. >n..i
On, Oh, day Of reunion Ana then. fri
Jesus, be not angry wlth me Il af-.r .va
Just once kissed Thy bla~sal feet t.fr3