Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-29


rnaay with @ond vision closed their
eyes IN eternal night, and many who
| had good, artistic and cultured ear
| went down into eternal disc0rd. these
afflicted ones cried unto the Lord in
their trouble. and He made their sor-
! rows their advantage, and so the lame
took the prey.
IN the seventh century there was a
legend Of st. Modobert. 1t was said
that his mother was blind. and one
day wbi 1e looking at his mother he felt
50 sympathetic for her blindness that
he rushed forward and kissed her
blind eyes. and. the legend says, her
vision came Immediately. That was
only z legend, but it IS the truth.
glorious truth. that the kiss of Gods
etera love has brought to many
blind eve eternal illumina ton.
A step farther: There are those in
all communities who toll nightly for
livelihood. They have scant wages.
Perhaps they are diseased or have
physical infrmities. 50 they are him
dered from doing continuous days
work. 4 city missionary finds them
up the dark alley. with no fire, with
thin clothing. with very coarse bread.
They never rode in the street car: they
can not afford the five cents They
never See any pictures save those in
tie shown inflow in the street, from
which they are often jo>tied. and
looked at bg SOM one who seems to
sag in the look: Move on. What are
you doing here looking at pictures?''
Yet many Of them live on mountains
Of TRANSFORMATIONS. VI their rough
table he who fed tie Eve thousand
breaks tn" bread. They talk often Of
III" eopd time, that are coming. This
world has no Charm tor them, bat
Heaven entrances their spirit They
ofIen divide their scant crust with
some forlorn wretch who knocks at
their door a n ght. and on the blast of
the night wind. ae the door opens to
let them in, i, heard lie voice Of him
who said: Il was hungry and He
fed me. No cohort Of lIenven will be
too bright I" transport them. BY Gods
hello they lave vanqu;>hed the AS
syrian host. they have divided among
thein the >p"il>. Lame, lame, yet they
took the prey.
was riding along the country road
one day and saw a man on crutches.
nv"rtooIl him. lie was very old. He
was "oin" very slowly. At that rate
il wonld have taken him two hours to
go Il mile | said: '>Wouldn't Won
like 10 ride?" He said THANK
YOU, would, God bless YOU"
When he sat beside me lie said: "You
see | am very lame and very old, but
the Lord has been d good Lord to me-
have buried all my children. The
Lore. gave them and the Lord had :.
right to take them away. Blessed be
His name! | was very sick. and | had
no money, and my neighbors came in
and took care of me, and | wanted
nothing. ] suffer great deal with
pain, but then | have SO many
mercies left. The Lord has been
a good Lord to me-" And before we
had got far | was in doubt whether
was giving him ride or he Was Civ
ing nae IA ride. He said: Now. if vuu
please, III get out here. Just help me
down on my crutcheS, if yOE please
God bless you. Thank YOU. SIC. Good
morning. Good morning. fO" have
been feet to the lame, sir. a'ou have
Good morning"
Svartv men had GONE the ,.oad that
day. do not know whery they c,ma
out hut every hohble cf sl,,t old mn,
was toward tho sb;n;r,, .,,.,+a wen
his'old,erutch he had >trncil down many
Il Sennacherib of temptation which
has mastered you anG me. Lame. so
fearfullv lame. so ,;,-frypfJ,. lame. Int he
took the prey.
A stem farther. r,5,~re are !, all conn
munities many urnb,n, Durin,, on,
last war and in the wears immediately
following. Row innn- children nj the
north and south we heard saw: 'Oh,
my father was killed in tha war >
Have Won eyer uo1ired II fear Won
have not-l,u,v well hose children have.
tnrned Outn Start ,,s,r nnd.,. h, o.,,.,t-
est lisa,Iyaut,rr, i;o ornl,.n ,s,I,,,o
could do for ,hc,I w,.at their fathnr
wonld have done had he lived. The
sllirlni>ncr sat on. uirbt hv The I;,rht
of f;,ouots n fhu >r...p,, ,,-,.;tin(,
letter home. WHEN Il Sharp,hooter,s
bull., ended t!.r letter which was
nevrr folded. nryt,. pn>tnl and never
read. Tho... children ,.,nn mn ,,,,l,r
great di>aavu.:ta.~> No father. Ia tirtt
their way far t'.~m Perhaps there
was IN th,.. .,i5 FAMILY RnJ4, an ola
vellov. i..;t,r. pasted fast wbich told
th, story Of that fathers lone march
and how h, suffered ~ 1he ho>nit.J.
h,.t tl4,- l,,l,.a ut;t; f,,tha,. ,o !, 49,,
Eii,f,.. anal Ipry came 70 the story Of
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