The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-10
OLD TIMES RECALLED|
kr BLESSINGS OF MEMony
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Nors in "Reminiscences. The Ds
Old Home and Mother. lH

k,r, "JYhie + wcs musing fre
ked"-Psalm xxx, 8. El
,re is David, the psalmist, with ~ fore
Sr OF his right hand against his emPe,
ksoor shut against the world, 60 nrged In
{emplation. And II would be WI for MS
kie the same posture often, ling the
against the world while wo si down In
N solitude 10 contemplate.
| n small island OF the coast pee passed
hbbath IN delightful solitude tor had
nod that I would have ono tly OF entire
before entered upon auhhnal work.
kucht 10 have spent the day laying out
! for Christian work, but infead OF that
k,ame a day OF tender remhisconce. 1
kved my pastorate. shods hands with
IA departed .riend, whom shall greet
when the curtains Of ffe are lifted.
Llays OF my boyhood cane back, and
Id years OF age, and was 3, and l was
fhere was hut one bouss on the island,
| vet from Sabbath daybreak. when the
|chant woke me. until the evening melted
the BAY, from shore 10 shore there were
ID memories, and the groves were a-hum
voices that had long ago ceased.
klth IL apt too much 10 spend all Its time
bking forward. Old age IL apt too much
bend all its time in looking backward.
De- In midlifc and on the apex look both
II would be well for US, think, how
TO spend more time in reminiscence.
" constitution OF our nature we spend
kof the time looking forward. And the
majority OF people live not so much In
resent as In the future. flnd that you
20 make reputation. You mean 10
Rish yourself. and the advantages that
|sxpect to achieve absorb great deal
hr time. But see 80 harm In this ~
not make you discontended with the
nt or disqualify you fer existing duties.
a useful thing sometimes TO look back
ID see the dangers we have escaped, and
y the sorrows we have suffered. and the
and wanderings OF our earthly pill
bce, and TO sum up our enjoyments.
! to-day, so far az God may help me, to
IN N1r memory OF the pnst, so that in
fvi, y you may bo encouraged and hum
hnd urged to pray
ere Is n chapel In Florence with n fresco
oido. II was covered up with two
y OF stucco until our American nnd
bean artists went there and after long
moyed the covering and retraced the
And l am aware that the memory OF
st. with many Of you, Is all covered up
b. 900 DELIBERATIONS, and propose this
Ing. 70 far AS the Lord may help me. 10
lway the covering, that tho old picture
ybhine out again.
kant to bind in one sheaf all your past
|ntagrs. and want to bind in another
! all your past adversities. II is "a prcc-
harvest, and must be cautious how
* the scythe.
hong the greatest advantages OF your
kite was an early home and It's surround
] The bad men Of the day. for the most
. dip their heated passions out OF the
ing spring OF an unhappy home We
not surprised that Byron's heart was a
,entration OF sin when we hear that his
her was abandoned and that she made
4 of his inflrmity and often called him
, lame brat" He who has vicious parents
TO fight every inch Of his way II he
III mE .ntain his integrity and at last
D the home OF the good In heaven.
|rhaps your earlyhome was In the city.
ny have been in the days when Canal
n, New York, was far up town. That old
|e In the city may have been demolished
hanged into stores, and II seemed like
ege to you, for there was more meaning
~ plain house, In that small house. than
IS In granite mansion or n turreted
PAL. Looking back this morning. you
~ ih1Sse Sgt y X h5s e s,ay YES esls byyts
f'l5il yilts ssts1Amother at the evening
The brc c}thers and sisters, perhaps long
Hfhered into the etles. then plotting
'iei on tte floor orlw rrthe table your
4 with a tirm voice commanding silence.
ksted hapf u minute.
those were good days n you had
ioot hurt, your mother always had a
1ng salyk to heal II. II you were
bed In theNetreet. your father was always
TO proteAt you. Tho year was one
b OF frolic Nnd nlirth. Your greatest
ble was IN April shower, more sunshine
Shower. Tho heart had not been ran
ed by troubles, nor had sickness broken
nd no lamb had a warmer sheepfold
tho home in which your childhood
b..
rhaps YOU were brought up IN the coun-
You stand now to-day In memory under
Nj tree. You dubbed II for fruit that
not quite ripe because you could not
|nny longer You hear the brook rumb-
alung over the pebbles. You step again
|fhe iurrow where your father In his
Sleeves shouted 10 tho lazy oxen. You
bten the swallows from the rafters OF the
and take JUST one egg and silence your
Icience by saying they will not miss IT,
the old well fetched up. You 90 for the
> ut night and find them wagging their
Is through the bars. Outlines In the
y and busy streets you wish you were
e again on that cool grass or in the hall
ne farmhouse. through which there was
breath OF new mown hay or the blossom
OH may have in your windows now beauti-
plants and flowers brought from across
sens, but not one OF them stirs in your
so much charm and memory us the old
and the yellow sunflower that stood
tlnel along the garden walk and the for
nenots playing hide and seek mid the
e grass. The father, who used to come
,unburned from the fields and sit down on
doorsill and wipe the sweat from his
w, may have gone to his everlasting rest.
2 mother who used to sit ut the door "A
le bent over. cap and spectacles on, her
g mellowing with the vicissitudes OF many
Irs. may have put down her gray head on
pillow In the valley, but forget that home
4 never will.
lave YOU thanked God Tor ~ Have you
learsed all these blessed "reminiscences
|. THINK God for Christian father. Thanh
,d for a Christian mother. Thank God fol
early Christian altar az which you wer,
,eht TO kneel. Thank God for an earl,
ristian home.
bring 10 mind another passage II the his
Nv OF your life. The day came wen yoi
up your own houshold. The days passe,
png in quiet blessedness. Your twaif sat n
: table morning and night and'talkctoye
Iur plans for the future. The most sinih
nt affair your life became the sublot o
ntual consultation and advisement. 'oi
ere so happy you-felt you never could b
~ happier. 4
One day u dark cloud lowered over yo
Uell.ng. and II got darker and darker. B
lt Of that cloud the shining messenger
od descended TO incarnate an immort
brit. TWO little feet started on an etern
,urnsv and Won were TO lend them. A ge