Democratic messenger., 1894-07-28

structed engine. l must put il to the
very best uses, and l must allow moth
ing To damage this rarest of machinery.
Two feet. and they mean locomotion.
Two eyes, and they mean capacity to
pick out my own way. Two ears, and
they are telephones of communication
with all the outside world. and they
mean capacity TO catch sweetest music
and the voices of fricndship-the very
best music. a tongue, with almost in
finity of articulation. Yes, hands with
which to welcome or resist or lift or
smite or wave or blcss-hands To help
myself and help others.
Here is world which after 5000
years of battling with tempest and acci-
dent is still grandcr than any architect.
human or angelic, could have drafted.
have two lamps to light me-a golden
lamp and n silver lamp-a golden lamp
set ON the sapphire mantel of the day, a
silver lamp set on the jet mantel of the
night Yea. / have that at 90 years of
age which defies all inventory of valua-
bles-a soul with capacity TO choose or
reject, to rejoice or TO suffer, to love or
to hate. Plato says it is immortal. SEN
eca says il is immortal. Confucius says
il is immortal An old book among the
family relics, n book with leathern COW
er almost worn out and pages almost
obliterated by oft perusal. joins the other
books in saying ! am immortal / have
so years for n lifetime, 60 years yet TO
live. / may not live an hour, but then
l must lay out my plans intelligently
and for long life Sixty years added
10 the 30 have already lived-that will
bring me to So | must remember that
these so years are only brief preface to
the five hundred thousand millions of
quintillimS of years which will be my
ch,i II idcncc and existence. Now
understand my opportunities and my re-
sponsibilities
Falling and Rising.
IF there is any being in the universe
all wise and all beneficent who can help
man III such juncture, want him.
The old book found among the family
relics tells me there is God, and that
for the sake of his Son. one Jesus, he
will give help TO a man. To him ap-
peal God help me! Here have yet go
years TO do for myself and to do for 9th
ers / must develop this body by all in
dustries. by all gymnastics, by all sun
shine, by all fresh air, by all good hab-
its. And this soul l must have swept
and garnished and illumined and glori
g. l.., Ill lot 4 4 81, al n
that / can get God TO do for it. Ii shall
be II Luxemburg of fine pictures. II
shall be an orchestra of grand harmo-
nies. 1t shall he a palace for God and
righteousness To reign i'll. i wonder
how many kind words can utter i'll the
next 60 years. Twill try. lwonder how
many good deeds / can do i'll the next
60 years? i will try God help mc!"
That young man enters life. He is
buffeted; he is tried; he is perplcxed. \
grave opens on this side and grave
opens on that side. He falls, but he
rises again. He gets into hard battle,
but he gets the victory. The main course
of his life is i'll the right direction. He
blesses everybody he comes i'll contact
with. God forgivcs his mistakes and
makes everlasting record Of his holy
endeavors and at the close of it God
says TO him, We'll done, good and
faithful servant; enter into the joys of
thy Lord" My brother, my sister, ]
do not care whether that man dies at
80. 10. 80. 60. go or so years of age.
You can chisel right under his name ON
the tombstone these words: His life
was worth living
Amid the hills of New Hampshire in
olden times there sits mother. There
are six children i'll the household-four
boys and TWO girls. Small farm. Very
rough hard work 10 coax living out
of it. Mighty tug to make the two ends
of the year meet The boys 20 to school
i'll winter and work the farm i'll sum-
mer Mother is the chief presiding
spirit. With her hands she knits all the
stockings for the little feet, and she is
the mantua maker for the boys, and she
is the milliner for the girls. There is
only one musical instrument i'll the
house-the spinning wheel. The food is
very plain. but it is always well provid-
ed The winters are very cold. but are
kept out by the blankets she quilted. On
Sunday, when slAt appears i'll the village
church, her children around her. the
minister looks down and is reminded of
the Bible description of good house
wife: Her children arise up and call
her blessed Her husband also, and he
praiscth her.
A Mothers Blessed Life.
Some years go by, and the two eldest
boys want collegiate education, and
the household economies are severer, and
the calculations are closer, and until
those two boys get their education there
is hard battle for bread. One of these
boys enters the university, stands i'll a
pulpit widely influential and breaches
righteousness, Judgment and temper
ance, and thousands during his ministry
are blessed. The other lad who got the
collegiate education goes into the law,
and thence into Legislative halls, and
after awhile he commands listening
senates rs he makes a plea for the down
trodden and the outcast. One of tine
younger boys becomes merchant, start
ing at the foot of the ladder, but climb
ing on up until his success and his phi
lanthropics are recognized all over the
land. The other son stays at home be-
cause he prefers farming life. and then
he thinks he will be able TO take care of
father and mother when they get old.
OF the two daughters. when the war
broke out one, went through the hospi
tails of Pittsburg Landing and Fortress
Monroe, cheering up the dying and
homesick. and taking the last message
TO kindred far away. so that every time
Christ thought of her he said, rs of
old. The same is my sister and moth
err" The other daughter has u bright
home Of her own, and i'll the afternoon
of the forenoon when she has been de
voted to her household she goes forth
TO hunt up the sick and to encourage
the discouraged, leaving smiles and
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