Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-12-02

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Lethe. the fountain OF forgetfuiness. ara .
healthfui draft. The history We have Of n,
world in ages past is always cne sided an
cannc be depended n History is fctier
illustrated by g feg struggling facts. In nj
the Pantheon the weakest goddess ia clio
the goddess Of history. and instead Of t.eiu-
represented by sculptors as holding q srra|
might better be represented as linpinr ).
clutches.
Faithful history Is the saving Of a fnV
things out Of more things lost. TIE In.o-
tality that comes from ponp Of ohsequies. d
granite shaft. or building nanet after il
founder. or page Of recognition in some an
cyclopedia Is an Immortality unworthy q
ones ambition. for II will cease and fs No in.
mortality at all. Oblivion, 4 hundre.
years. But while recognize this universe
submergence Of things earthly who wants e
be forgotten? Not one of Us.
Absent for a few weeks or months frr.-
home, 1t cheers Us to know that we ara -
-nenbered there. 1t IS q phrase we have al
p~ronounced. II nope you missed me-" Mee.
ing some friends from whom we have haer
parted many years. we inquire. Did VOL
ever see me hefore:' and they say. Yes
and call us by name. and We feel a delight.
Ia sensation thrilling through their hand
INTO our hand, and running up from elbow
! 70 shoulder. and then parting. the one cur.
rert o. delight a5een ling 10 the bow ana
the other descending 70 the foot. moyIn,
round and round IN conccutric circles until
every nerT Q an muscle AMI capacity ofboiv
and mind hni soul Is ~permeatei with do
light.
few days ago. visiting the place OF nv
boyhood, | met one whom l had no. seen
since We played together at ten years Of aga
and had peculiar pleasure in puzz.ihe his.
a little as to who | was. and I can hardly da
scribe the sensation as after awhile he mum.
rIp1 out tIaf me- Gpa Vas - ~
WIT. We all like to be remembered.
Now, nave to tell YOU that this oblivion
OF which have spoken has its defeats. and
thai there IS 10 more reason why we should
not be distinctly AMI wildly AMI cloriously
remembered five hundred million billion
frllllon quadrillion quintillion years from
now than that We should be remembered six
weeks. | am going to tell YOU how thetlliny
can be done and will BE- done.
We may build this "everlastinr ranan-
trance. as my text styles it. into the supar-
nal existence OF taose to whom we DO kind
nesses in this world. You must RI nenhar
that TINS intirm AMI treacherous faculty
"hl"h we now call memory is in the future
state 10 be complete ana perfect. Ever
lasting renembrance'" Nothing will sim
the stout grip Of that celestial faculty. Did
you heip a widow pay her rent? Did Won
IND Tor that man released from prison u
place to get honest work? Did you pick up
q child fallen oa the curbstone. and by a
stick of candy put in his hand stop the hurt
on his scratched knee? Did YOU assure n
business man, swamped by the stringencv of
the money market, that times would after
awhile be better
DID YOU Leaf a Mas1alen of the street into
a midnight mission, where the Lord said to
her :"Neither do [ condemn thee % and ain
no more?' Did you tell a man cleor do
couraged in his waywardness and hopeless
ana plotting suicide, that for him wassnear
by a laver III which he might wash. and q
coronet of eternal blesse1ness h8 might
wear
Nhatare epitaphs in graveyards. what are
euioSiuins IN presence ofthose whose breath
lsln their %nostrils. what are unread hihora-
phles IN the atcoves Of CITY library 7 oor
pared with the imperishable records Won
nave male in the lllumined memories Of
those to whom you did such kindnassns2
Forget them? They cannot forget than
Notwithstanding all their might and splen-
DOR. there are some things the gloriied of
heaven cannot do, and this is one of Thorn
ihey cannot forget an earthly kindness
done. They haye no cutlass to part thar
ttple. They have no strength to hurl 1nto
Oh lvlon that benefaction.
has Paul forgotten the inhabitants Of
Malta, who extended the island hosnito1;o,.
when he and others with him had felt ADA
TO a shipwreck. the drenching rain and rha
sharp cold! Has the victim of the highway
man on the road to Jericho forgotten tba
GOOD samaritan with a medicament Of oil
and wine and a free ride to the hostelrvy
nave the English soldiers who went un 10
Florence Nightingale?
Through all eternity will the Northern and
soldiers forget the Northern an; |
southern women who administered to tha
dyinS boys IN blue and gray after the awfnI /
1lShts III tennessee and Pennsylvania and
virginia and Georgia, which turned every |
house and barn and shed into n hosn;..1 .nI |
~hcarnadined the Su~squehanna, and the |
James, and the Chattahoochee. and tho 80
Vannah with brave blood? The kindnessas |
you 40 10 others will stand as long in the an |
preclatlon OF others as the gates of haav van |
stand. as the blouse of Many Mansions. |
VIII stand. as long as the throne of God will |
stand VIZ
Another defeat OF oblivion will ha found
n the character Of those whom we rese,na
dplIl or save. Character is eternal. SIM,
use o4Ea right influence we aid in trans
lornllfss a bad man into a good man. a dol
'toos nan lrto a happy man, a disheartened
"i Il - d courageous man-every stroke Of
mat work done will be inmortalized Thara
may never be 50 much as one line in . 49,
'aper regarding It. or no mortal tonrna NAV
'Nef "aiSper II into human ear, but woe-a-
yer THAT soul shall 90 your work upon if
nan go wherever that soul rises your WORK
- ~ < NAaii rise ana so long as that sonl
iasl your work on it will last.
20 you suppose there will ever come s,,o,
In ldlotlc lapse in the history Of that soul IN
ieaFen that it shall forget that YOU invita-
inh 10 christ that you, by prayer or gosnal
"old- turned MIN round from the wron, Vav
. the rlcht way! No such insanity will evar
'hi,e a heavenly citizen. 1t is not half as
ven on earth known that Christopher WraD
named and bullt st. Paul's as il will ha
,hoWn In all heaven that you were the in
tfuinenfallfy OF building q temple for tho
Ky. NHe1
"eteach @ sabbath class. or mr. . Chic
Ian tract In the hand OF a passerhv ar "a
i!y Tor christ IN a prayer meeting. or nraanb
sermon. and 90 home discourara3 ~
houSh nothing had been a~econplishe3 <vban
'e ha1 beer character building with a ma
sllai ina no frost Or earthquake or rollin,
1 tae centuries can damage or hrin, -.
mere Is no suoliner art in the world Than
With pencil Il rule and CON.
Inc archlteet sits down alone AMI in -.
nee. AMI evolves from his own brain = -. 8.
IRA ora National capitol. or = nas-
~ or IN leaves that table, ana th.. ~
ou' ana lnrols his plans. ana calls
sE.fr@ ana f2ASons ant artisans Of a1
: rN'@4'e his t@sicn. AMI whcnft is anishos :,
"'iA> around thu VAST structure ana go
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