The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-09-11

am Cyrus occupied the Persian em-
plre. ] was king over Asia. Bcgrudgc
me not this u,NNnment" But the
world, In after ars, plowed up his
sepulcher.
The world 81 ID its hands and
stamped It's T. honor of Charles
Lamb; but whl - say? III walk
up and down. u am happy, but
feeling nm not" - ' ,hc roll, and be
quick about II. Sam / johnson, the
learned Happy? mo. am afraid ]
shall some day get crazy" William
IIazlitt, the great cssayistl Happy
mo, ! have been for two hours and a
half going up and down Patcrnos,er
row with 10 volcano In my breast"
Smollett the witty author! Happy?
and ] wish 90 God that had such cir
cumstnnccs around me that ! could
throw my pen into oblivion" Buchan'
nm, the world.rcnowncd writer. exiled
from his own country, appealing TO
Henry VIII. for protection! Happy?
mo. Over mountains covered with
snow, and through valleys flooded with
rain. | come fugitive" Molierc, the
popular dramatic author! Happy? mo.
That wretch Of nm actor just now re-
cited four of my lines without the
proper accent aud gesture. To have
the children of my brain 30 hung,
drawn and qunrtered fortunes me like a
condemned spirit" | went To see IA
wording die.
As went into the jail saw It's floor
was tcssnllated, and its wall was IA pic
ture gallery. found his dcath-cham-
Der adorned with tapestry until IL seem.
ed as IL the clouds Of the setting sun
had settled in the room. The man had
given forty years 90 the world-his wit,
his time, his genius, his talent, his soul.
Did the world come In to stand by his
death bed and clearing Oft the Walls Of
bitter medicine, put down any compcn-
sation? oh, mol The world does not
like sick and dying people, and leaves
them I'm the lurch. IL ruined this man
and then left him, lie had n mngnih.
cent funeral All the ministers wore
scarfs, and there were forty-thrcc ear
ringcs in II row; but the departed man
appreciated not the obscquics
want To persuade my audience that
this world Is u poor investment; that IL
does not pay 80 per cent OF satisfaction,
nor 80 per cent, nor 30 per cent, nor
2 per cent, nor I; that IL gives no
soacc when dead babe lies on your
lap; that IL gives no peace when
conscience rings It's alarm: that IL gives
no explanation in the day Of dire
trouble, and at the time of your dcccase
1t takes hold Of the pillow-case and
shakes out the feathers and then jolts
down in the place thereof signs, and
groans, and cXccrations, and then
makes you put your head on IT, oh,
yc who have tried this world, Is il
satisfactory portion? Would you adj
wise your friends Ia make the invest
mcnt? No aye have sold yourselves
for naught" Your conscience went
Your hope went Your Bible went.
Your Heaven went Your God went.
When u sheriff under writ sells man
out, the official generally leaves few
chairs and IA bed, and few cups and
knives; but this awful vcndue in which
You have been engaged the auctionecr's
mallet has come down upon body, mind,
and soul: Going! Coma aye have
sold yourselves for nnughh"
How could YOU do so? Did you think
that your soul was mere trinlct,
which for II few pennies YOU could buy
In II toy shop? Did you think that your
soul, II once lost might lac found again
II you went out with torches and Ian
terms Did you think that your soul
was short.livcd and that, painting, IL
would soon lie down for cxtinctionP
Or had you no Idea what your soul was
worth? Did you ever put your fore
fingers on it's eternal pulses? Have
you not felt the culver of its peerless
wing?
Have you not known that, after leav-
ing the body, the first step of your soul
reaches To the stars, and the next step
Ia the farthost Outposts OF Gods uni.
verse, and that It will not die until the
day when the everlasting Jehovah eN-
pires? oh, my brother what possessed
you that You should part with your
soul 30 chcaply? "Yc have sold your.
selves for naught
But have some good news To tell
you, ! want To engage In litigation
for the recovery Of that soul Of yours
| want to show that you have been
cheated ont 81 H. | want To prove, ~ |
| viii, that you were crazy on that sub.
jcct, and that the world, under such |
had no right Ia take the |
titlc.deed from you; and II You win join |
me | shall get u decree from the High |
Chancery Court Of Heaven rcinstating |
You into the possession of your soul
"oh, say you, II am afraid OF law
suitsl They are 80 expensive, aud |
can not pay the cost" Then have you
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