Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-11-24

The little child meets. st the entrance Ct
HE manifold diseases. You hear the ehrll
ery O. infancy a. the lancet strikes into the |
swollen gun. You see its head In consun-
ing levers that take more than half o: them
into the dust. Old age passes. dizzy and |
weak and shor. traath.d and dim sighted. |
On every northeas. wind cons down pleur-
ises ard pn~euIoo.as. War Uirs lis sword |
AMI hacks away the life Of whole genera !
tons. The hof pitfalls o: the earth Rroan into
the ear Of God their plant. Asia,ic |
choleras and ship levers aud typhoids and
Ionion plaques make ths worlds knees
snoektogether.
}Pain has gone thror2h eva-y street ar fuc
avery ladder AMI down evers shah. I. ison
Tie wave. on the mast. on the beach.
Woun:s from clip Of elephants tusk and
at1~r's sting ana croco!ile's tooth AMI
ho-'e's ROOT. AMI wheal's revolution. Va
gather up II. in9rnities % our parents and
transmit T. our chl}iren the inheritance
ausnentAi ty our Own ~sickLasses. AMI they
a'd - them their own Disorders. TO pass the
inheritance 10 other generations. In A. D.,
262 the plague IL Rome suiote into the dust
500 citizens daily. In 54i, in Constanti-
nope, 1000 graTedigSers were not enouohto
burg The dead. In 1918 ophthalnia seized
the whoa Prussian army. At times the
earth has sEeiterai with suffering.
Count up:he pains Of A1steritz. where
80. 900 fell Of Font.noy, where 100 900 fell
OF ChaIon.. whers 900. 900 fell; OF Marius'
fight. in which go. 900 FELL OF the tragedy
Al ii"rat. where Genshts Khan massacrei
hsf0o. 90 m@n, and OF Nishar. where he slew
LAT. coo people ;otthe Is. 00o.000 this mon
at"r sacriacsi in fourteen years as he went
forth 70 10 "a he de.lared. to extertninate
Ict0e entlra Chinsss nation and make the en-
pire q pasture FOR catti-.
Think o'tne death thross OF the 5000 900
MN sacrificed IL on" campaign Of Aer1es.
| II nix 81 tho 120. 90 that persisted in the
eteI. - Ostent. o. so. 900 dead at Acre, OF
l,l01. 600 t4ai in the siege Of Jerusalem. Of
| l.@.1.G00 ofthe dead At Troy, AMI then COM
| pet. t.e rey.eT by considering the stupen-
dou~ e-eim1.c o. E1nuni Burke. that the
| loss IS var hal hn@n thirty-ive times the
| III r tIrn .rs@nt population Of the globe.
90 throlsn and examine the lacara,ions,
r." .11s1ot fractures. tho saber woun Is.
| the r.sh"- ottha bettleax. Tho slain ofb0mb-
sseil AM eSploie. mine an falling wall
and those e-strOr-i un!"r the qua car
ria--. an the hoof o. the cavalry hors..
| the burning ]t4irsts. IN" amp levers. the
'ro,.- thar -h!vsrel. the. tropical suns that
~rot-. Al! il up. gather it into one line.
"o'.prs9- !, into one wor1. spell it in one
-rti4f,!-. cirns 1t II ono chain. pour 1t
out in on" groan. dis'iil 1t into one tear.
Ave. the word mas wr.thel In 5000 years
81 suffering. WY doubt the possibility ota
'utnre wori | o suTrring when We see the
| l'A NiiF tt4't i!t'Tt - l!ilA ~ III IL
tr-"rter from S-va.topo'. coming over to
army % III. allies, pointai hack TO the for
r~-s and said. "Tnat place is O perfect hel>
our iex'coyraphers. aware Of the immense
necessity o. having plenty Of WORKS to ex-
press the different shates Of rouble. have
etrewn over their pages such words rs IAN
noyan"a, ; distress, ''gri.',' bitterness"
"Aeartache,' misery" 'twinge." ''pang."
torture" "sfN:ction.' .'4nyui.h." ..trihu-
IHtfJn. "Trctc4e.nae- woe But / have
a ..4d sound for every hospital. for every
s-ckroom. for every lifelong invalid. for
every broken heart. "raere shall! IL no
more pam THANK CT :. Thank Goit
No malarias float in the air. Notruiset
foo; treads that street. No weary arm. No
painful respiration. No hectic Hush. No
one can drink of that healthy fountain and
keep faint heartet or faint headed. He
whose loot touches that pavement becomes
an athlete. The first kiss Of that summer
air Will take the wrinkles from the old mans
cheek Amid the mn!titute OF songsters
lot one diseased throat. The first fash
of the throne will scatter the darkness
OF those who We're born blind. See. the
lam" man leaps as a hart ant the iumD
sinc. From that bath Of infinite delight we
shat step forth. our WEAKNESS forgotten
Who are those radiant ones? Why. that one
ha1 his jaw shot off at Ere iericksburg that
one lost his eyes in a powder blast that one
had his back broken Is atall from the ships
halyaris that one died OF gangrane in the
hospital. No more pain. Sure enough,
saw a we'll day, AMI Edward Pay.
son. whose hody was ever torn Of
distress. and Richard Baxter. who passed
through untold physical torture. ALI we'll.
No more pain. Here. too. are the Theban
legion. a great host OF G666 put to the sword
for CDrlst's sake. No distortion on their
countenance. No fires. to hurt them, or
floods 10 drown them. or racks to tear them.
All we'll. Here are the Scotch Cevenanters,
non"to hunt them now. The dark cave and
imprecations of Lord Olaverhouse ex-
changed FOR temple service. and the pres
ence of Him WHO helped Hugh Latimer GU,
OF the tire. All well. No more pain.
| set open the door of heaven until there
blows on You this refreshing breeze. TIE
fountains OF God have made 1t cool, and tn.
gardens have made it sweet. l do no
W that solomon ever heard on a hot day,
the ice click in an lee pitcher. but he wrote
rs II he ii! when he said. "As cold waters
10 a thirsty soul. SO is COOL news from a fan
country
C!anberinc among tho Green Mountains
was tired and hot and thirsty. and l shall
not forget how refreshing II was when, after
awhile. heard the mountain brook tumb
ling over the rocks. | had 10 cup.n 0 ehalice
20 l got town on my knees and iace t
drinN. On. We climbers. on the journey, witt
cnt loot AMI parchel tongues ana feveret
temples. listen 70 the rumblng OF sapphir
iraoas. amid lowered banks, over COLDER
saeIviaGs. Listen, The Lamb which IS il
the ml.-, o. tina lhronn shall lead them unit
llv.E- contains O. water ! DO NOT Offer i
TO va u = chaiIse. To take this YOU mus
teIli. 9 .8wn.on lour knees and on YOU
i&e.. al. FlG> oat - tnI- -r"at fountain o
Co.'S ea1k .,,a. All, -, / aear.
No.e" 'r3gl heaven, q, ..e Io!.e OF nan
wsters.