Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-09-09

down from The MANSION a1i sy9-1 s6n Fo1 u
do sfnanes-to he Lords servants. / sup
$50 .ha usaa q. shaneu. had r. pay the hills.
ia. !. -a.tfa large hearted Christian svcnra-
shie@Stt the WORM # Shane-n that looked
after tho Lords messenger.
A.aia. this woman intha text vas great IN
her behavior under trouble.
Her cnly Hoa hal died on her lap Avery
fsrt-ht !iga. went ri: IL that household The
sacred writer puts It very terselv when ~
sav@. He sat n her knees unsli noon. ana
then h. dtei.t 1etthe writer goe- "a - say
that -he excla.-cat. 1T : we'll" Great IL
Prosperity. this woman vas great IN tronale.
Nne-e ara .hegee. that haze NJ. s@@sn flis-
..raf n the hot saa3@ 0t this great Sahara
Wit are the shoulders that have not been
teut under tte lar.en 81 crefE Nhereis
IT.. -lfr sailEn. o.er CLASSY sea tina. has nj
aft.r awhile been @aught IL a cyclone Where
j. ~. garden - earthly comfort tut trontle
fatn hsteh@i up it, fiery and painting team
.nI goa- through II with burning p4os.hare
al dlea-tert In3er he TeifiIS q a-eS OF
suffering me craa: hear: 81 the world has
lur-; xltt w.
Navigator. tell ia afsoIt fhc rivers. and the
Amazon aud ira Danute AM the Mississippi
have been explored. Int who fan tall the
d.rti 81 length - tha great river Of sorrow
s4a8a u2 ottear- All blood rolling through
ali Iar.1s AMI AL agfs. t"arl7- the wresS 81
families ani II communities and q empires
@f33fniT-. 1El11II-. Ee5atlfa- II IL ~ea
- = 5000 years Etna AMI Cotopaxi and
y-eivin- Eava been described. hut who has
EYER skpirhei tha Volcano Of suffering reach
tngur from i's depths the lava and the seoTia
ana p~euring-hatn down the sI!es - whcln
the n~atiorse Oh. II / could gather all the
h~aftstr1n-s. the nrokea heartstrings. into Il
harp | would pIay on il q airse such "a was
never sonnie3.
\Nvthoiogiets tell IL Of Gvrgon and Gem
faur and Titan. and ceoloyi,ts tell Us Of ex-
tinct species - monsters. bIt greater than
Gordon or n"ga'heriutn. and not belonging
t. the realm Of fable. and not IF an extinct
species, il a-uone'er with iron jaw and iron
foofs waking across the nations. gn3 his
tory and poetry ani sculpture. IN their at
tar II II sketch il AMI describe it, have
seemed T. sweat great drops okblood-
Eur. thank God. there are thos" who can
conquer as this woman ~ the test conquered
and says Il. is we'll Though my property
, Ia gone. ,~lo3r.frlmy children te gone. though
luv home iA broken w. though ms health
II. ~a"rificei, It Is welt. 1t IL we'll There Is
10 storm on the sea but Christ Is ready TO
rise in the hinder part Of the ship and hush
it. There IL no darkness hut the constella-
tions ~ Gods eternal love ran illuTnine it.
aHst though the winter comes out Of the
northern sky YOU have sometimes seen the
northern sky all ahlaze with auroras that
seem t. say Come mp this way. Up this
way arr thrones OF light. and seas OF sap
5 f'ibtiF. SiiiiI tAi'S LIZ ~ al Aiai lt,t GA.
Come up this way.
We may. like The ships, by 'cmyest be tossed
On t.rilons depths. hut cannot he lost.
Though satan enra4e the wind and the tide,
Tee promise assures us the LORD will provide.
heard an s>:ho Of my text in a yeryFdark
hour. when my father lay dying. and the old
country munster said 20 him. Mr.. Talmage,
how do YOU feel now as You are about to pass
the Jordan Of DEATH He replied and II
wasthe last thing he ever said Il feel we'll ;
faaf worry wall oil IL Welt =, ifti,r bic band
in Il benaiiction. u 4peechless henedictlon.
which | pray God may go down through all
the generations. It is We'll OF course it
was we'll
A9ain this woman Of my text wat great
in her application to domestic duties. Every
picture il q hom. picture. whether she is
entertaining an Elisha. or whether she is CIV
ing careful attention to her sick boy. or
whether she IS appealing for the restoration
Of her property every picture in her case is
q home picture. Those who are not liaci-
pies of this Shunerni,a woman who. going
ont 70 attend to outside charities, neglect tha
dnty Of home-the duty Of wife. Of mother.
Of daughter. 80 faithful1rnss in public ben
efaction can ever atone for domestic negli-
genre.
There has been many a mother who by I'M
d~efatigable toll has reared a large family Of
children. eqnipping them for the duties Of
life with good manners and large intellil
gence AMI Christian principle. starting them
cnt. who has done more for the world than
many another woman whose name has
sounded through all the lands anf all the
centuries.
country there were some ladies who got
regulations by presenting him very grace
fully with bouquets OF flowers on public oc-
casions. but what was all that compared with
the work Of the plain Hungarian mother who
gave to truth and civilization and the cau4
of 1riyerlat ji1arfr "a knsE,fhI Wa +tic
woman OF my text was great in her simplicity
When the prophet wanted to reward her
for her hospitality by asking some prefer
ment ron the king. what dil she say? She
declined it. She said II dwell among my
own people, as much "a to say Il am
satisfied with my lot. All / want i my
family and my friends around me. dwell
among my own people, Oh. what a rabuke
TO the strife for precedence in all ages
How many there are who want to get crea,
architecture and homes furnished with al
art. all painting. all statuary. who have no
enough taste to distinguish between cotht
and byzantine, and who could not tell S,
figure in plaster Of Paris from Palmer
, White Captive. and would not know a boy,
: penriltng from Biersta1t's .Yosemtte"-me,
who buy large libraries by the square foot
buying thesolibraries whom they have harsll
. enough education to pick out the day Of tn
: almanac. Oh. how many there are strivin!
! TO have things "a we'll as their neighbors. Il
! better than their neighlrrs. and In the strug
! gle vast fortunes ar" exhausted and bushes:
firms thrown into bankruptcy. AMI men o
reputet honesty rush into astounding for
geries.
/ OF course | say nothing against r~efnenen
: or culture. S7iendor 81 abode. sumptuous
ness of diet. layishne~s In art. neatnessjn 40
parel there u nothing against them In til
Bible or out Of tn Bible. God does no
: want IL = prefer mui h~vel t. English cot
taos or Yr4aYrti -1aar1Hf, - E~o.aI