Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-11


treza BethpAse 70 Jerusalem
THE CAEKwo9s MOTHER
What makes tkzt uloE ksr look so much
eisi<r thxa she rcAliy iss You aay she
ooSht not yet 20 have one gray line 10 her
hair. The truth is the family Was not al
WAYS as we'll OF as nov. The married
pair had = szrd sSrusGls - the start
Examine the tips Of the forcnnger and
thumb 0f her right hand. AID they will
tell yoa the story Of the needle that WAS
ilieS day IN and day out Yea, look At
tcsh bee hands. and they will tell the story
u The time when she did her own work.
hes own intending and scrubbing and
washing.
fea, lock into the face and Rad the story
Of scarlet feysrs and groups and midnight
wassEings, when none bat God and herself
in that house were awake, and then the
burials and the loneliness afterwArd,
which was more exhansttng than the pre-
cedlng watching had been, aud no one now
10 put 70 bed. How fair she once was, and
a. graceful as the palm tree. but ali the
branches Of her strength and beauty were
long ago torn OF and ihrown into the path
way OF her household.
Alas that sons and daughters, them
selves 30 straight and graceful and edu-
Gated, should ever forget that they are
walking today over the fallen strength Of
an industrious and honored parentage. A
little ashamed. are you, at their ingram
NAUTICAL utterance, IL WAS through their
sacrifices that you learned accuracy of
speech Do you lose patience with them
because they are little queruloas aud
complaining,
guess you have forgotten how queru-
4 1r...s md lain bar
were getting over that whooping cough or
that intermittent fever. "A little annoyed,
are you. because her hearing IL poor and
you have To tell her something twice! She
was not always hard of hearing. When
you were two years old your first call for q
drink at midnight woke her from sound
sleep IS quick ~ any one will waken 1t
the trumpet call Of the resurrection.
MATERNAL FIDELITY.
Oh, my young lady, what is that under
the sole Of your fine shoesi 1t is palm
leaf which was torn of the tree of maternal
fidelity. Young merchant, young lawyer,
young journalist, young mechanic, with
good salary and fine clothes and refined
surroundings have you forgotten what a
time your father had that winter, after the
summers crops had failed through
droughts or floods or locust, and how be
wore his old coat too long and made his
old hat do, that he might kesp you at
! school or collegei What Is that, my young
man. under your fine boot today, the boot
! that 80 well fits your foot, such a boot q
| your father could never afford to weari
1t must be leaf from the palm tree Of
| your fathers self sacrifices. Do not be
| ashamed Of him whom he come to town,
and because his manners are . little old
| fashioned try to smuggle him in and snug
| gle him out, but call In your best friends
and take him to the house of God and In
| troduce him to your pastor and say, This
| is my father" II he had kept for him.
self the advantages which he gave you
| he would be as we'll educated and as well
| gotten up as you. When in the English
| parliament a member was making great
| speech that was unanswerable lord de-
risively cried cut. II remember you when
| you blackened my fathers boots" "Yes,"
| replied the man.. land did not do il
wellf' Never be ashamed Of your early
surroundings. Yes, yes, all the green
| leaves we walk over were torn of some
| palm tree.
FORGET THE UNPLEASANT THINGS.
Ihave cultivated the habit Of forgetting
| the unpleasant things Of life, and chiefly
remember the smooth things, and as far
| as l remember now my life has for the
, most part moved on over q road soft with
green leaves. They were torn off two
| palm trees that stood at the start of the
road. The prayers, the Christian example,
the good advice, the hard work OF my
father and mother. How they toiled,
| Their fingers were knotted with hard
| work Their forcheads were wrinkled
with many cares. Their backs stopped
| from carrying our burdens.
They long ago went into slumbcr among
| their kindred and friends ON the banks If
the Raritan, but the influences they threw
in the way of their children are yet green
! as leaves the moment they are plucked
| from palm tree. and we feel them on our
brow and under our feet, and they will
| strew all the way until we lie down in the
same slumber. Self sacrifice. What a
thrilling word. Glad am that our world
has so many specimens of it. The sailor
| boy on shipboard was derided because he
would not fight or gamble, and they called
! him coward. But when q child fell over
board and no one else was ready to help,
the dcrided sailor leapcd into tho sea, and,
though the waves werc rough. the sailor,
swim ming with one arm. carried the child
| on the other arm till rescued and rescuer
were lifted into safety. and the cry Of COW
ard ceased and all huszaed at the scene of
daring and self sacrifice.
| WIDOWS HERolSH.
When recently Captain Burton, the
great author, died he left a scientific book
in manuscript, which he expected would
be his wife's fortune. He often told her so.
He said "This will make you independent
and affiuent after 1 am gone" He sudden
ly died, and it was expected that the wife
would publish the book One publisher
told her he could himself make out OF it
| elO0.OO0 But 1t was q book which, though
written with pure scientific design, shefelt
would do immeasurabls damage to public
| morals.
| With the two large volumes, which had
! cost her husband the work Of years, she
sat down on the floor before the fire and
I, said TO herself There II q fortune for
| me in this book. and although my husband
| wrote Ii with the right motive and scien-
! tific people might be helped by il, 10 the
vast majority III people 1t would be harm
| full. and I know 1t would damage the
world" Then she took apart the manu-
script sheet after sheet and pat 1t into the
| Are. until the last line was consumed.
Bravo, She flung her livelihood, her
asme, her chief worldly resources unoe-
the best moral and rei.eiouA ss:erests Of
the world.
How much are We willing to sacrifice for
othersf Christ is again on the march,
not from Bethpage to Jerusalem, but k1
the conquest Of the world. He viii surely
take It, but who will furnish the palm
branches for the triumphant way Self
sacrifice Is the word. There IL more money
paid 10 -dcatroy the world than to save ~.