The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-02-05

The husband is LETT without the wife,
Or the husband may be, is called away,
And the wife is left, to bear alone
LIES heavy burdens, and heat of day
With cheerful care, while her heart makes
moan.
God guides us all with a loving hand,
The path He chooses for us is best,
And it leadeth up to the better land,
Where all is joy and peace and rest,
And the path is ever strewn with flowers,
OF every hue, and with fragrance sweet,
Brighter and sweeter, because of the
showers
To cheer the way for our weary feet.
The blessings of life fall thick and fast,
More are gwen, far more, than the merit
And blessed the thought faithful, at last
A heavenly home we'll inherit,
God has blessed, and you to him have
been true,
As the years so swiftly have sped,
Unto others you've done as you'd have
them do,
By his hand been willingly led.
Ten children the Lord to you has given
Your joy and comfort, your hope and stay
Only one of this flock has been called to
heaven,
Nine are left to cheer you to-day.
And friends you count by many score,
Whose love and good wishes tonight
Finds expression in giving, and never
before
Has Gods word shown more precious
and bright.
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receive"
When the giving is prompted by love,
Such gifts to our friends we may surely
believe
Are type of our Gift from above,
The wish of your friends on this happy
day
As the golden gift they present,
Is that JOY and peace may attend your
way
'Tillthelast ofyour years have been spent.
That brighter than gold your last years
may be
And purer than gold. all your pleasure
And as free from pain, as the gold is free
After lire from the dross in its treasure.
Gods blessing be yours, may He. guide
your feet
Through the years that before you remain
May he guide us all, till at last we meet
In heaven, with Him ever to reign.
Mr.. Blodgett then joined the right
hands of the old couple, and with serious
face, was about to make some remarks,
when his equilibrium was entirely upset
by this question from Mr.. Hickman, who
is dry joker, what are you going to
do-tie us up for another fifty years."
When the laugh had subsidized the reyer-
end gentleman proceeded with his re-
marks, calling to mind the time fifty
years ago, when they stood with joined
hands, and minister before them, and
taking them through the years to the
different important anniversaries, until
the present. He concluded by saying,
It is well for us to examine the cord
that was fifty years ago tied into the
wedding knot that, was to bind you to-
gether, until death part, and see if it bids
fair to stand the strain still to be put up
on it, and in doing this we find that9the
original cord has been strengthened by
ten smaller cords woven into it, one of
these small cords was snapped asunder,
and God uses it as golden cord to bind
you to His heaven; thus the loss OF the
one small cord only makes the others
stronger" The remarks were very APP
propriate, and were followed by short
prayer. Mr.. Norris then stepped for
ward and presented them with a hand
some glass jewel box, trimmed with gold
colored ribbon, on the velvet cushion of
which shone fifty dollars in gold, rep
resenting he said, a gold dollar for each
year OF their welded life, and being only
slight token of the highesteem in which
they were held by their many friends.
After another season of hand shaking
and many good wishes, land don't men,
ton it, but some Of the gentlemen kissed
the bride-and some Of the ladies kissed
the groomJ the friends departed. Sank
Centre people have ALWAYS enjoyed the
reputation of being large hearted-this
only adds another proof that the repu-
tation is we'll deserved.
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