Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-12-16
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FOR the next morning. ghi"h was the TT
ppm day 'Ordc"r a~GntlH.. Between sun
rise ana 2 O'Clock III the afternoon ~ that
dag Ait~ca d~"r .:er- snot. On tn" Zttt II
October our woois nai forests rcsouni with
The shock - Hr"arrus ana ar" 'rack@i ~
pointers AMI settlers h"eaus" the quail are
then a inwtui priza tyr II" sportsman.
On 2 certain 'ay II ail En1lami you aan
hear n" crack 81 u" sp1rt-rn.n,s gun.
because grouse huatiur Ia. teIun. and
every mantlnt "an Afford the tice AMI an
fnunition and .ahn draw q bead -ta~ts for the
t".!s. Xe,.opAon Gr.x eloquent iii regard
70 the art - hurtla-. II til" far past Ireo-
Iic, elephant mounted. chase the tier In"
American Indian darts hi- arrow = the iui-
talo until Tho frightened herd fall over thc
rork-. European nohlcs are otter found IN
tn" fox cha-r aud II thr stag hunt Francis
J VIZ called the father ~ huntin,. Moses
declares ~ Eirnro1. He wae t mighty
hunter before tie Lord Therefore. in Al!
ages Of the world. the imagery of ny te1t
onch - tie suggestive, whether Il means a
wolf after "A fox or n man after a lion.
Oh Jaro'. dying. Is telling the fortunes
- hia children. n" prophecies tie devour-
ing propcnsitles 81 benjamin and his de-
srcndants. With hl- dim old eyes he looks
of and sces the hunters going out 10 the
folds. ranging them All day, and AT n~ightfall
coming home. th- game -lung over the
shoulder. and rnlrhiny the door 81 I'll" tent
the hunters h"ciuto1 distribute the game. and
on"takes u COMFY. And another a rabbit, and
another a ror. In the morning h. shall de-
your tn" pr"v, and n night he shall divide
IN" spoil. Or t may D" a reference 70 the
hatits Of wild hea-tsthat sIar their prey and
then irag it back to the cave or lair and di-
vide II among the Young.
take myiryt, in the first place, as de-
R"rlptiye ~ tho4" people who in tt" morn
Ing ofthcir life give themselves up 70 hunt
Ing the world, hut afterward. by the grace OF
God. IN III" evening Of their life divide
among themselves the spoila Of Christian
character. Ihrr" AZ" aged Christian men and
women inthis house. who. ifthey gave testi-
ruony. would tell You that in the morning of
their life they Wer" after the world as in
tense ms a hounl! after n hare, or rs n falcon
twoops upon q gazclle. They wanted the
worlds plauiits ana the worlds gains.
They fcit that if they could get this world.
fpey would hav" everything. Some OF them
started out for the pleasures OF the world.
They thought that the man who laughed
loul"st was happiest. They tried repartee
hni conundrum and hurlesque and madr1gal.
Ih"y thought they would like to be Tom
Hoods or Charles Lambs or Edgar A. Poes.
They mingled wine and music and the spec
tacular. They were worshipers of the har-
l"quin. and the Merry Andrew. and the buff
foon. and the jester. Life was to them foam
ana bubble AMI rachinnation and registering
nnt ErlTarr. They were so fun of glee they
could hardly repress their nirth even on aol-
cfnn occasions, and they came near bursting
ont hilarlously even at tho burial because
there was something SO dOlorous In the tons
or rountrnAnre Of the undertaken.
After awhile mIsfOrtune struck them hard
on n" hack. They found there was some
thing they could not laugh at. Under their
late hours their health gave way or there was
"A death In the house. OF every green thing
their soul was cxfoliateI. They found ont
that life was more than Il Joke. From the
heart Of God there hlaz"i into their soul an
carnestncss they had never felt before. They
invoke 10 their sinfulncsS. an their immoral
ity, AMI here thy sit IT sixty or seventy
years OF age rs apIreciatiye Of all innocent
Slirth rs they ever were, but they are bent
on n style OF satisfaction which in early life
they never hunted the evening OF their days
brighter than the morning. In the morning
they devoured tho prey, but Mt night they
divided the spOiIs.
Then there are Others who started out for
financial success. They SEQ how timber the
rim Of mans hat is when be bows down
before some one transpi"uOus. They felt
they would Ike to sec bow the world looked
'Dt' ~ " iht' - . f''Nt u Aiooks lazy
thought they would like 20 nave the morn
ing sunlight tangled in Che heaigear OF q
flashing span. They wanted the bridges in
the park 10 resouni unde. the rataplan Of
thcir swift hoofs. They wanted a. gilded
~ruhlric. and 80 they started on the dollar
hunt. They chasci II up one street and
chased il Town another. They followed it
when II turrowel in the cellar. They freed
j. in the r0Qf.
Wherever a dollar was expected TO be,
they We're. They chased il across the ocean.
"hey chased il across the land. They stopped
hot for the night. Hearing that dollar. even
III III" darkness, thrilled them as al Adlron-
tack sportsman - thrilled ut midnight by a
looms lausn. They chased that dollar to the
money vault. They chased it to the Gov
rrnmrnt treasury. They routed 1t rom
IN Itr the counter. All tn" hounds We're out
AL the pointers ana The scttevs. Trey
lehpel the hedges for that dollar. tni they
rrtri "Iiark AWAY y dollar \ dollar
And whom at last th"y rtsae upon II ami had
actually captured 1t their eXtltrrDent was
like that ~ a %talroHar wlp has successfully
Hung his first hawk.
In the morning ~ f,r lie. ~. Low ;1ey
deSo.red the nrrr' E1i there a!tl" . oct
Tor timcto their soul. They found Oh, tina.
IN immortal nature cannot live IN haa.,
stock. They took M u Northern Pacific
i"ad, and there was q hole n I through
which they could look into .he IN certainty
~ all earthly treasl rs. They saw some
~1ia.ston. living q. the rate o 1875. 900 month,
l"apinc from a san Francisco wharf because
re could not continue II live m the sam,
-@tio. lk2y saw the wien ami paralviit
'etnkcrs who had changed their souls int
molten gold stamped with the image Of the
earthly. earthly. They saw some cr.Sat soul,
I v aware" turned into homunculi. and the,
%tii - themselves. Il viii seek after higher
treasure.
frogn tina; tins they did not care whe,he,
they wRikei or rode t. Christ walked wit,
them nor whrther-thev lived in a mansto,
"- n a hat lfth"v ,iwclt under the shade
"tthe Alnichty nor whether thew wer.
raaed n French hrcadcloth or in homespu,
J. they haithe robe Of the Saviour's right
'ousnrss nor II they wcG' san3a led Wit
morocco or caIfskin II they were shod viii
the preparation OF the Gospel. Now YOU =,
peace on their courtenance. Now hat nal
>avs w hat a fool | was 10 he eurhan..
wtththis world. Why. | have more ~satisfa,
ton N i've minutes in the service Of Go,
'1ai hahn ali The first years o. nv lf
While | was eSincetting. like this evenin
~ my day a great deal better than | did N
morning. In the morning grr.iilv &c
Nauret the prey. hut now il is evening. an
am Storiously dividing the spoil"
Ny friends, this world is a poor thing {,
Nunt. II Is healthful 20 10 out in the wood
GQt hunt. II rakinslas .ha luS.ar ~ ,ha ava