Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-08-11

ns m - ahIs - take care !. father and
mother when they get old.
O;thn two daughters. when the war broke
CT. one went through the n0<ffa9 OF iitis-
burg Landing AMI Fortress Monroe. cheer
Ing I'D the d-!ng AM hones;cs. ana tas,nk
.be last message 10 kindred sar away. so iha'
80 ,ira CHRIS. thought 81 her He said. as
a. old. The same il Ny sister and mother
The other inu-hter hasa bright home o. fer
own. AMI II TIE afternoon - tho forenoon
when she lia. can devoted - Ter househoi1
she zoe. forth 70 hnn; Up the sick AMI 70
encourage the discouraged. leaving smiles
and benetictjon all along he way.
But one dav there star, Eve telecra-nsfIon
the village for these five atsenton"s, SAVING.
Come mother il dangerously III" But 'e-
fore they can lie reafv 10 start they receive
another tata-rnu. saving. Come mother IS
dead" Tn. 81! nei~thors gather IN n" 90
farmhouse 10 20 thu last III "a - rs>p"cf.
Put "a that farming s9r. and II" clergyman.
and the senator. AMI the merchant. ana IN"
| two daughters stand by thu caSke. o The
dead mother. taking the last look o. lfth-
,h-lr httl- children u SEQ on - more the
face o. lear Oil crantTa. | want 70 ask
TIA. crorsp aroun3 -" cask-t on" question.
dc you really think her lie Was worth iiv-
in.:' A lite Tor Got. 3 lie for Others. a
life OF un-olashness. a us"ful life. q CHRIS
tan life. + always worth Living.
| would not fnt il hart 10 perSuai" YOU
that tn. poor lai. Peter Cooper. making glue
for a livin. and then arnassinc a -rea. for
tame until he couii hurlt q phiian.hrophv
| which ia. hal its eea.o in n. 900 philanthro-
! pies ali over the couatry-I would Iot find
il hard 10 persuade Won that his life was
worth living. Neither would | ani il hari
- persuade YOU that tho IL" 81 Sisaunt1
Wesley was worth living She sent ont one
eoa TO oreauiz" Methoiisn anttthe other son
10 ring his anthems ali through the ages. |
would not find II bar 10 persuade you that
the life % Frances Leera Was worth living.
as She established IN England a school FOR
the scientific nursing Of IN" SILK. ANA then
when the war trok" out between France and
Germany went 10 the 'front.' and with her
own hands scr.l"i the mud OF H.
BODIES o the soldiers dying III the
trenches with her weak arm. standing on"
night in the hospital. pushin: back q Ger
man sol iier 70 ms roucn Is. ali frenzi"i with
! his wounds. he rushed toward tho door and
said Let me- go Let ne 20 70 my 'iieae
mutter.'' Major-Gener:Is standing back 70
.tt pass this angel Of mercy.
Neither wouiu | have mart work to per-
suaI" YOU that Grac" Daring hvet a III"
worth lirin--the heroine OF the lifehoat.
You are not wondering that the Duchess OF
Northumberland came TO see her. and that
people of-tii Nus t~hFi iFi
and that the proprietor OF the Afelphi The
atrp. in LONDON. offered her 800 a Might
lust to sit in the llfsaOat while some ship
wrecked scene was being enacted.
But | know the thought in the minis oil
hundreds who read this. You say. while
| know all theS" iivet lives worth living. |
don't think my life amounts TO much All
my friends. whether you live 4 life con
-pirious or lnconspiruouS. It Is worth living
II YOU live Alright. And ! want my next sen
tenre 10 20 down into the depths Of al
your souls. You are to be rewarded. no
according to the greatness OF your work
but according to the holy industries
with which YOU employed the talents yo'
really possessed, The majority OF the
crowns Of heaven will not be given to people
with ten talents. for most of them Were
tempted only to serve themselves. The vast
majority of the crowns of heaven will bf
given TO people who had one talent. but CAV
it all to God. And remember that our lif
here is Introductory to another. 1t is tn
v6stibule to a palace. but who despises tn
door of tho Madeleine because there ar
grander glories within? Your hfe if right
lived is the first bar Of an eternal %oratorio
and who d@splses the first note OF Haydn
SYMPHONIES? And the life you live now i
all the more worth living because it open
into a life that shalt never enl, an the las
letter of the wori time" Is the first lette
of the word eternity