Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-02-03

n n EIe taV~a S7Sa! la - ~tLhG N4rJ10L
- heavens or i.r-d. in regard 1. - IN
tro,1srei door o: the ancient tabernacle.
Thou shalt MAKE \ hanging for the door oil
I've ten. o: blue AMI purple and scarlet and
n linen wrought, With neediewor<,
own - tho woDanly hands which this
ws"'t. - rs ss5staarie ere presenting
- a.@1oleai ta:r-es. sHets needle-
WORK. but there Was hoilibi -
cep. vanity All worldu.Sfe ana social splash
II that . seras na;he. .sii about ths neA
II ~r-s .sacsc;ii her, son, r6uli hing
}one iron tn uatti. Std I'm ~. sur-
tr sci % tnI that s,.-sa fought on the
vron- SIDE WORN his mother at the window
o nv.sxt N that awful exigeney hal her
ea.ei ~'nou.at On dry goots achievement and
se9ai display. God only knows bow many
eog, = have male ssipwreck on the ward
r. =. AMI tina: mother who sits AZ the win
aoa Watching for vatnCiorious triumph OF
millinery ant 1n- co.on AMI domestic pa
r.antty vi ATE. I while. hear as bad news
..esi a.. .hi.it.s ass ie tbs t.a'tis at life a.
s,sera nlatAcl hsafi iron The struggle q.
rslra"lot.
bat is sou still press the All stiou. Where's
ih6,lch 3ec. she AaE thef- sqr!a 81 tou
%-tarse' I.th her Likeness III you: face AMI
her principles IN your soul. Bd: You have
east her out. That wa. an awful thing for
AtHi ~ 8fAl Ncd AssNS I'm u iAA ~
er.nd,nc dissipa,ei LOOK you never got from
ier. II yoa bal seen any one strike her You
would nav. struck him down without much
..are whether the blow was just sufficient or
.,i.i but, rny hey ron have struck her
,iGAn-etruck her inIocenes ft"ni tcrf fHre
anl struck her principles FROM your soul.
yzu s,ruc,s her down The tent pin that
Jt". ,iroye three times into the skull OF Sisera
WAS not SO cruel rs the stab YOU have ma J"
.nor- than three n es,hrough yo%nrmo'her's
heir. Hnt she Is wstsnS yet. for mothers
! r. ssax t. Slse ub tnr,f b~cy.-~~.i-g "a,
,on- window. It may be a window on earth
Or 4: sone wtu low in heaven. And ofher-
may east You of. Your wife may s"H>
tiv"r.' anl have no patience with You.
iouc father may disinherit you and ssy.
Let him never again darNen the door o, ou'
sousa.' BH: there arr Two persons who DO
not -tt-tdt un-Hoi adj moth:
how many ~d,-.ppon.el mothers attn
= :hr window Perhaps the p:nes o. TIL
vn.ow are not Srea; g,ass plate. lev",
".Gel All hovarai over by eXquis't" am
r5qu.D. but the w.a1ow IS made OF snail
| pturs. | would say a,out six or eight o
hem. III summer VT athet with ;raillnE
Vine and in winter p:ctnted by the Haphae..
OF the forest. a real country window. The
mother sits there knitting. or busy With her
needle on homrly repairs. when she looks up
ana sees coming UeIUSs tuc UIIlkc ii tuc
meadow brook Il stranger. who dismounts In
'front.' of the window. He lifts and drops the
heavy knockef citht far nhouse door. i'Come
III - Is the response. He gives bis tiafiie an
says. Il have come on II sad er-ani." There
is nothing the mattar with my son in the
city. is there? she asked. Yes" he says.
Y Your son got into AN unfortunate encouute.
with a young man in Il liquor saloon last
night and is badly hurt. The fact is he can
not get well. I hate to tell you all. l am
sorry to say he il dead ''Deair r she cries
as she toiters back. 'Oh. my son my son
my son. Would God l hal die for fhes y
That is tho ending OF all her cares and ankle
ties and good counseis for that boy. That
is her pay for her self sacrifices i'll his behalf.
That is the bad news from the battle. So the
.tidings of derelict or CHRISTIAN sons travel to
the windows of earth or the win lows Of
heaven at which mothers sit.
But" saws some one. ARE you not mis-
taken about my glorif1ed mother hearing Of
my evildoings since she went away" Say.
some one else. "Are you not mistaken about
my glorilled mother hearing Of my self sacri
ace and moral bravery and struggle to DC
right?' No. Heaven and earth are in con
slant communication There are trains run
ming every five minutes-trains OF immortal
ascending and descending-spirits COINS
from earth to heaven to live there. Spirits
descending from heaven to earth to min
lister and help. They hear from u
many times every day, Do they hea
good news or bad news from the battle
this Sedan. this Thermopyle. this. Auster
litz. in which every one Of US is fighting OF
the right side or the wrong side. 0 God
whose l am, and whom l an trying I
serve, as a result of this sermon. roll ovel
on all mothers anew sense of their RESPONSE
bIlity. and upon all children. whether still
in the nursery or out on the tremendous
1-olo - -o;lllo l;Sn - >lI 400 Tho Zoo
that their victories or defeats sound ciea'
out, clear up to the windows of sympathetic
maternity. Oh, is not this the minute wher
the cloud of blessing filed with the exhalet
tears of anxious mothers shall burst il
showers of mercy on this audience?
There is one tnought that is almost toe
tender for utterance. | almost fear TO start
it lest have not enougle control of my emo
ton to conclu lie il. A. wa"n W.. were chill
iren We SO often ca'ne in from play or from
q hurt or from some childish %luiustic. prac
opened we cried, ''Where's mother? an
she said. IN ere | am, and We buried ON
We"tlnc faces in her lap. so after awhile
when we get through with the pleasures an
hurts Of this life, We will. by the parionin;
mercy Of Christ. entert the heavenly nome. an
among the first questions. nov the first. hu
anon, the first, will b. the OIL question tina
va used to ask. the question that Is h-in'
asked in thousands OF PAGES ut this Yer,
monlent-the question. Where's mother
AMI il will not take lonc for ~ 10 an hn
or for her to find US. for she will hav5 h"el
watching AT the win row for our coming
and with the other children Of our hOu-aho.
Of Earth We Will again gather round her. an
she will say Well. how. Hid you get througl
the battle or life? / have often heard irn7
others about you. but now | want to hea
It from your own souls. Tell ine all abou
il. my children = And then we will gel
her o. AL our earthly experiences
IT, hoiidays. the marriages.. the birth hours
the buglila the heartoreass. the losses. IN,
cans. tn victories. tne de.eat~. ana she viii
-4y Never miui. it Is All over now. 80
raca on" % yoI ia, a crown. ~nicAi. wa
gwen You AT t9e gat- as You reDe THROUGH
<ov "a>t = a: tn. tett 81 thu CHRIS. VIII
-lv-i YOU AM sivet me AMI slyei az All
Iaank sol. va are never to part. and Tor al
,R- ages o. eternity you Will nay-r aSau
as.Ee 70 ass, .Alrre : mother"
In France sIxty-seyen per cent. {
lie people live on rye bread, onl
arEtH-tk~en nor cant ON wheat Urea