The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-07-02
THE CHILDREN S,,r.x,p

s SAAkhnENEN SAEEP.
~ circle OF mutual friends few DAYS
ago were speaking of the MANY deaths
among the children. On last Sabbath the
Grcenvillc News contained an editorial that
beautifully expressed the sweetest consola
ton that could be poured into the bcrcavcd
heart:
Wherever people live there is a grave
yaru or cemetery near by, giving mute re-
mindcr that people die; and wherever
graves are clustered there are little mounds
under which the children arc sleeping.
When the day is done and the air IS
shauOwcd with the coming Of the night and
tho hush of the twilight mufllcs all the
sounds OF life, the babies go to slecp i'm
thousands of homes. TO tie soft rhythm
Of the mothers lullaby the white lids close
over the bright eyes, tired little forms relax
and the gentle, regular breathing tells that
the child is sleeping and ready to be laid
ny loving arms in cradle or cot TO dream
the dreams of childhood, to wake on the
morrow to the child's hopes and thoughts,
pleasures and SorrOwS.
80 oiten--so very, very often there
comes for the children that other Sleep
The sleep so bitter hard for those who are
lett waking TO bear, the sleep that leaves i'm
lhc liVihS hearts 81 ars Which can not heal
N''''' ''N'H W o'''H'h "DlCn llnn(r
ana hurt despite the soothing power Of Tie
passing years. Yet it is II sleep given by
Gou. The children sleeping under the
little mounds slumbcr at the bidding OF Him
who gave them life, and arc laid there by
nands all mighty but more loving and ten
der than the mothers own. They sleep
very peacefully and no cold of Winter
whcn tho snow heaps above them, no heat
oi Summer when the grass grows green
their petals in dying bcncdiction can mar
their rest. They sleep to wake to no trou
Dies or 1cars or tears, to know only happi-
ness lncllable and light and glory cvcrast-
ing-ln an endless day in which there will
pe no WEAKNESS, only glad waiting for
thOSc who arc to follow.
Looking on the mounds where the child
rcn sleep we know that upon each of them
.c;trs nave raincd, that for each of them
hcar'S nave ycnrncd with ycarning mex
pressure, that for each Of them hearts have
achcd almost to bursting--and how many
OIL them there arc! Some telling of the
SrlclS OF long ago, some of new SORROWS
some neglected and forgotten because those
VINO loved them arc themselves slccpng
or arc far Off, others kept, and dcckrd bv
caicSSlng hnnds--s0mc very lowly and
humbie, some with evidence that death is
not partial and that rich aud poor alike
must suilcr-thc resting places of the child
rem arc indeed many, for everywhere the
hand of the All Wise Father soothe them
10 siunbcr and tear dimmcd eyes gaze for
tnc last time, here, on quiet and peaceful
llttlc faces. Yet. looking upon tho mounds,
we Know that beneath each of them there
IS rest and peace that the little feet there
would have become very tired very many
'lihcS II they had been left tO walk through
Il iuiS NE; that the hearts now to know
h.tN. 4
and often t'Al each of them is a sure and
safe rctu:'. il,lu The sorrows and roins and
tears, from the falls and follics and bitter
ness which every life feels, and tells Of the
gong OF pure and SnlcsS soul to paradise
Ihe children are asleep. Those of us
who remain here to keep vigil. to live and
watch, to long vainly and to hidc the delay
rd coming Of the endless Slumhcr, must
wake and grow weary and suffer. But the
children sleep very swcctIy.
"A New Home for the NIanufm cturcr.,
Record.
The friends of the Manufacturers
Record may bo interested in the follow
ing news Item taken from the Baltimore
Evening News Of Saturday evening last:
The Manufacturers Record will erect
an office building on the northwest cor
ner of Lexington and North streets.
TAc owners Of the Manufacturers
Record have been looking around for
several months for suitable site, and
finally fixed upon this corner. 1t is con.
yenlent to the postoflice, and is one Of
the most important corners IN the future
Office contrc OF Baltimore. The purchase
of the corner lot and the one adjoining. |
fronting 80 feet on Lexington street, was
closed yesterday by the payment |
of the entire purchase price,
$50, 900, in cash. This is tho largest Mi |
cash real estate transaction made here in !
long time. The sale was made through !
Mr. llll"m q. II. Stump, real estate |
agent.
The corner lot. with frontage of 25
feet, ls occupied by the Blackstone Build |
ing, erected last year. This will form n
pant OF the new building, which will be
seven stories high, with frontage of so |
feet, 1t will hc one of the best office |
buildings i'll the city, finished through
out III hardwoods, and provided with Gle. |
vator, tircplaces in tho offices, and all |
needed convcniencos.
The continued additions to tho Office !
force OF the Manufacturers Record, |
both III tho editorial and business de- |
partments, made necessary by it's con-
stantly increasing business, has forced
upon 1T removal from its present quar-
ters, where it has squeezed itself into
every available nook and corner, In its
new building it will have ample room for
present needs and for future expansion.
How Is Our Juryl