Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-02-27

wen as they can because they are not elo-
4uent and will not be q snowflake because
they cannot be an avalanche In earthly wars
the generals get about all the credit but in
the war for God and righteousness and heaven
all the private soldiers will get crowns OF
victory unfailiny
When we reach heayeu-hv the oraca oF
God may we all arrive taers--I do not think
we will be able to begin the new song right
away because of the surprise shall feel at
the comparative rewards gwen AS we arc
being conducted along the street to our
celestial residence we will begin to ask
where live some of those who were mighty
ON earth. We must ask is So-and-so
here And the answer will BE-: "Yes, /
think he Is in the city, but we don't hear
much OF him; he was good and he got in but
he took most of his pay in earthly applause:
he had enough grace 10 get through tue gate
but just where he lives | know not He
squeezed through somehow, although /
think the gates took the skirts of his gar
ments. l think he lives in one of those back
streets in one OF the palmer residences"
Then we shall see palace, the doorsteps OF
gold, and the windows of agate and the
tower like the sun for brilliance, and char
lots before the door, and people who look
like princes and princeseS going up and down
the steps, and We shall say, "What one Of
the hierarchs lives here" That must be the
residence of Paul or a Milton or some one
whose name resounds through all the planet
from which we have just ascended." NO,
no, says our celestial dragoman: that ia
the residence of a soul whom you never heard
of.
when she gave her charity her left hand
knew not what her right hand did She was
mighty in secret prayer. and no one bus
TOD and her own soul knew it She had
more trouble than ANYBODY in all tho lad
where she lived, and without complaining
she bore it. and though her talents were
never great, what she had was all conse-
Grated to God and helping Others and the
aSin bar
by especial raptures here. and the King Of
TINS country had that place built especially
Tor her. The walls began to go up when her
troubles and privations and CONSIDERATIONS
began on earth, and it so happened-what a
heavenly coincidencei-that the last stroke
OF the trowel of amethyst on those walls was
given the hour she entered heaven
y on know nothing of her. On earth her
name was only once in the newspapers and
that among the column of the dead, but
she Is mighty up here. There she comes now
out or her palace grounds in her chariot be-
ind those two white horses for ride on the
banks of the river that flows from under the
hrone of God. Let me see Did you not
AVE IN your world below an old classic
Which says something about these are they
Who come out of great tribulation, and they
nall reign for ever and ever%"
AS we pass up the street find good many
n foot, and say to the dragoman: "Who
re theseF' And when their name is an
ounced recognize that some of them were
n earth great poets, and great orators and
reat merchants and great warriors and
7hen express my surprise about their going
foot the dragoman says: In this country
eople are rewarded not according to the
lumber or their earthly talents, but accord
lg to the use they made of what they had"
md then 1 thought to myself: why, that
heory would make a snowflake that falls
heerfully and in the right place, and does
IL the work assigned it, honorable as
Mont Blanc SnOwf1aknS
Eyes, yes" says the celestial dragoman.
many OF these pearls that you find on the
of the righteous. and many of the
ems in the jewel case of prince and princess
re only the petrifed snowaakes of earthly
9mpest, for God does not forget the promise
lade in regard to them, They shall be Mine.
I'D the Lord of hosts, in the day when I
AXE up Ny jewels" Accumulated powerl
III the prayers and charities and kindnesses
nd talents OF all the good concentered and
'mpacted will be the worlds evangelization
his thought of the aggregation of the many
nails into that one mighty is another treas
re of the snow.
Another treasure Of the snow is the sug-
estion Of the usefulness of sorrow Absence
I snow last winter made all nations sick.
hat snowless winter has not yet ended its
lsasters. Within few weeks it put tens
thousands into the grave and left others
homes and hospitals gradually to go
own. Called by trivial name, the Rus
an grip" it was an international plague
lenty of snow means public health. There
no medicine that soon cures the worlds
lalarlas as these white pellets that the
ouds administer-pellets small enough to be
Omeopathlc, but in such large doses as to
3 allopathic, and melting soon enough to be
ydropathlc. Like sponge, every fake alb
RIBS unhealthy gases. The tables of NOR
Lllty in New York and Brooklyn imme-
lately lessened when the SHOWS of last De-
,mber began to fall. The snow is one Of
le grandest and best of the worlds doctors.
7 es, it is necessary for the lands prOduc-
veness. Great SHOWS in winter are general
followed by great harvests next summer.
cientific analysis has shown that snow con-
inns a larger percentage Of ammonia than
le rain, and hence its greater power OF en-
chment. And besides that, it is white
anket to keep the earth warm. An ex-
ninatiOn of snow in Siberia showed that it
as hundred degrees warmer under the
Ow than above the snow. Alpine plants
srished in the mild winter of England for
ok of enough snow to keep them warm.
now strikes back the rich gases which other
ise would escape in the air and be lost.
hank God for the SHOWS, and may those OF
abruary be as plentiful as those OF Deem
# and January have been, high and deep
Id wide and enriching; then the harvests
KIT Jul y will embroider with gold this en-
re American continent.
What mellowed and glorifie1 Wilberforce's
hristian character? A financial misfortune
at led him to write 81 know not why nv
e is spared SO long, except it be to show
lat man can be as happy without for
me as with one" What gave John Milton
ch keen spiritual eyesight that he could
e the battle of the angels? Extinguishment
physical eyesight. What is the highest
,servatory for studying the stars OF hope