Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-11-12

forget the mercy OF God that has kept US.
from being blotted out for our crimes, and
that still multiplies our teuporal prosper
ItleS. Forward and upward. SEE you not
the finger OF Col in this protecting mercy
II we love the Lord AMI trust Him-and
you may all love Him AMI trust Him from
this moment ou-we no more understand
the rooi things ahead OF Us than the Child
at school =studyln, his A B c can under
stand what tnat has TO do with his reading
John Ru>kin-s 'Saven Lamps Of Architec-
tura, or Da1te's ''Divina Commeila.@ The
-atlsSactlons AMI JOYS we have As yet had
are ike the muse a boy makes with his
first lesson On Ire violin compared with
what was evoked tro II Als great orchestra
~ my dear and illustTpus and transcend
EFT but now iepartei friend, Patrick G:1-
more. when he liftei hA baton AMI all tha
strings vibratet. ana all the trunpa.s
peaiei forth, AMI all the flutes ~caroiei. and
ali the drums rolled, aud a / the hoofs or the
cavalry c-arge. which be I~lItatei, were in
:ull bat. Look ahead, The finger 81 so
| points fOrwari.
"Oh, tut" say some one. Il am getting
Ii. and | nav a touch Of rheuno-isn In
that foot. am / believe something .t-e mat
tor with my heart, AMI | caano. stand as
much IS | used to- Well. ! congratulate
YOU. for that shows You arr getting nearer
t. the time when You are gong 70 enter i'm
mortal youth and be strong enough to hurl
of the battlenents OF hea ven any banilt who
" unheard Of burglary might break into the
Golden CITY. But says some ole, Il teel
50 lonely. The most Of my friends are gone,
and the bereavements OF life have multiplied
until this world that was once 50 bright to
lne has lost its charm"
l aanrra trrlafA Cna, far whan von ~ eh0ra
will be fewer here t. hold YOU back an 1
more there u pull you IN. LOOK aneat!
lie llng + II Col IS poIntin.lforw2ri We
IT here II church, and by hymn and prayer
ami sermon and Christian association we
try To Get into a frame Of MIN that will be-
acceptable 10 God and pleasant 10 ourselves.
Bat what "a stupid thing II all is com
pared with wat 1t Will be when we have
gone beyond psllmbooH AMI sermon ana
Bible, AMI We stand. our last lmper-
lection gone, in the presence of taat charm
OF the uuiversa-the blessed Christian l
have Him look il our face.and say: II have
been watching YOU and sympathizing with
y,u and helping You all these years, and
now YOU arr here. Go where you please and
never know q sorrow and never snei a tear.
There is your mother now-she is coming to
greet you-and there IS your father, and
there are your children. Sit down under
this tree of life, aud on tho banks Of this
river talk it all over"
l tell you there will be- more joy in one
minute of that than in fifty years of earthly
"a 1-DoA IiC :. 1ICoAo l tlc 1dSSl
house ON earth, and know that you will have
a finer one in heaven. Look up the healthiest
person you can find, and know you will yet
he healthier. LOOK up the one who has The
best eyesighu of any one you have ever heard
of, and know you Will have better vision
Listen to the sweetest prima donna that
ever trod the platform. and know that il
heaven you will lift a more enrapturings son.
than ever enchante earthly au iltorlum.
Ny friends. do not know how we are go
ing TO stand 1T mean the full thrush O
that sp!enlor. Last summer | saw Mos
COW, il Solne respects the most splendid cit
under the sun. The emperor afterwart
asked me if | he'd saan it. for Moscow Is tht
price of Russia. Old hlm Yes, AMI that
had seen Moscow burn. | will tell yol
what l meant. After examining nine hun
dred brass cannons which We're picked on
of the snow after Napoleon retreate(
from Moscow. each cannon deeI
cut with the letter 'N," [ assembled q tower
of some two hundred and fifty feet just be
fore sunset, and on eacn platforn there wer,
bells, large aud snall, AMI | climbed VI
among the bells, and then as | reached tn
top all the bells underneath ma began t
ring. and they Ware joiuet 10y the bells o
fourteen hundrel towers and domes aEl tur
Tet>.
+ Some Of the bells sent out a faint tinkle o.
sound, a sweet Naturalization that seem9'
to bubble ia the an, ami Others thunderca
forth boom alter boom, boom a1Cer boom
until it seemed to shake tue earth and I'll
the eaveuS-soun>is so weir1, 50 sweet, s.
awful, SO grand. 50 charming, SO trt
mendous. s, soir, 50 ripping. 50 re
verberatins-an tney seemed to wreath
aud whirl AMI rise and sink an
burst and roll ant mount AM die
When Napoleon saw Moscow burn,
could not have been more brilliant tna
when | saw all tle fourteen hundred turret
utiame with the sunset, roofs OF gold an
walls OF nalachlte, aui arcllte.ture or a
co.ors MiugilnG the prowi o autunnal 10
ests, and the blue OF summer 1eavens, an
HE conf1a5ratlon OK morning s@le>, and tt
Green OF ricn mea lows, AMI the foam
tossing seas.
The minsling OF SO many cJlors with S
many sounds was an enhancement almO:
too much Tor human nerves, or human eye
or human ears.