The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-04-14

\, Un, my roung lady. what IL that under
1the sole Of your fine shoesi IL n 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 sur
roundings have you forgotten what time
your father had that winter after the sum.
Iner's crops had failed through droughts or
floods or locust. an how he wore his old
coat too long and made his old hat do. that
he might keep you at school or collegeP
What is that my young man, under your
fine boot to-day, the boot that 50 well fits
your foot, such boot rs your father could
never afford TO weary
It must be n leaf from the palm tree of
your fathers self-sacriflces. Do not be
ashamed of him when hs comes 10 town, and
because his manners are a little old fashioned
try TO SNUG gle him in and smuggle him out
but call in your best friends and take him to
the house OF God and INTRODUCES him to your
pastor and say: "This Is my father" IL he
had kept for himself the advantages which
he gave you he would be as well educated
and as well gotten up as you. When in the
English Parliament a member was making
a great speech that was unanswerable
Lord derisively cried out II remember you
when you blackened my fathers bootsw
Eyes" REPLIED the man. 'Ind | did not do 1T
wellY Never be ashamed of your early
surroundings. Yes, yes. all the green leaves
we walk over were torn oil some palm tree.
nave cultlNAtel tne naDlt or forgetting
The unpleasant things of life, nn1 chiefly
remember the smooth things, and as tar as
l remember now my lie has for the most
part moved over "A road soft with green
leaves. They were torn or 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 aud
mother. How they toled! Their fingers
were knotted with hard work. Their fore.
heads were wriukled with many cares.
Their backs stopped from carrying our
burdens
They long ago went into siumbcr among
their kindred and frieuls on the banks OF
the Raritan, but the infiu .lc ,s they threw in
the way OF their children arr yet green as
leaves the moment they are plucked from
palm tree aud we feel th'u on our brow
and under our feet Hnl they will strew all
the way until we lie down in the same SUM
her. Self sacrifice! What thrilling word.
Glad am | that our world has so many
specimens Of it. The sailor boy on ship
board was derided because he would not
fight or gamble and they called him cow
ard. But when n child fell overheard and
no one else was ready TO help, the derded
sailor leaped into the sea, and, though the
waves were rough, the sailor, swimming
with one arm, carried tine cali on the other
arm till rescued AM rescuer were lifted into
/ safety, aud the cry of coward ceased and all
huzzaed at the scene OF daring aud self
sacrifice.
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
aflluent after l am gone" He suddenly
died, and it was expected that the wife would
publish the book OHe publisher told her
/ he could himself make cut OF 1t SlO0, 900.
But II was book which, though written
| with pure scientific design, She tclt would
. do immeasurable 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 tle fire and said 90
/ herself. There is n fortune for me in this
/ book, and although my husband wrote 1t
/ with the right motive AMI scientific people
might be helped 10y IL, 10 the vast majority
of people it would be harmful, aud / know
1t would damage the world Then she
took apart the IN lnuscript sneet after sheet
and put IL INTO the lire, until the last line
was consumed. Bravo! She Hung her
livelihood, her home her chief worldly
resources under the best moral aud religious
interests OF the world.
How much are we willing 10 sacrifice for
othersi Christ is again on the march, not
from Bethpage 10 Jerusalem, but for the
-asnuest OF the world. He will surely take
eSorrespohsehce frdhi' a Gs4,a;hesTs aches
lose centSin stamDs TJE his