The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-05-26

fellows objected TO the sick ones hay
inc any of the >poils The DIRECTORS
said "Thc,c mcn did not fight
David with magnanimous heart re-
plies. "As his part /, that @oetA down
TO the battle. 50 Shall his part he that
tarricth bv the Stuif.
This subject is practically suggestive
TO me. Thank tod, in these times a
man can 90 of on a journey, and be
gone weeks and months and come
back and see his house untouched OF
inccndiary, and have his family on the
step to greet hlm u by telegram ne
has foret"Id the moment OF ms com
ING. But there are AmaIcNtIHh djSaH-
tiers. there are AmaIekItlHh diseases,
that sometimes come down upon one 5
home making as devastating Wo:E as
the day when IiIiIag took tire. There
are families yOu represent broken up
30 battcring-ram SmOtc III the door,
no icon ocIaSt crnm bled the statues,
no flame leaped amidst the cur
tains; but so far as all the
joy and merrlment that once be-
iongcd to that house are conccrned
the home has Departed Armed DIS.
eases came down upon the quletncsS
OF the scarlet tcvcrS, or p'2url-
sizes, or consumptlonS, or uniet1ned
disorders came and seized upon some
members Of that family and carrie"
them away. IIklag ID ashes, Ana
you go about, sometimes weeping and
sometimes cnragcd, wanting to get
back your loved ones as much rs David
and his men wanted to reconstruct
their dcSpClled households. Mklag IN
ashes, Some of you went off from
home. You counted the days Of your
absence. Every day seemed as long
as a week. on, how glad you were
when the time came tor you to 90
aboard the steamboat or rail car and
start for home, lOu arrived. lou
went up the street where your
dwelling was, and in the night
you put your mana on the oooI
bell, ana, oehotd' IL was wrapped
with Vhe signal o. oerc"'c''c'''' anu
you 10und that AmalekltlSh beaI"
"hlch naS "tVa~'"te'' d tpouH'''o oC.'e'
louHeholoS' mao oiaSVe" yours y"
g" aOoot weeping alhl"SI 'Ae deHolA-
nnDDN
ING OF the bright eyes closed, ana 'he
hoole heartH sIoPPeo' "n" inc Se"''e
1dioH ioiueo' ah" you weep unti yo"
nave no power 10 weep "lNla| III
aSheS
A gentleman went to a friend OF
NINE IN the envy OF Washington ana
ASKED 'haI through MN he ml8n' 3e'
a cohSulShlp 10 some lorcl8h port wy
lrlend Sald 10 lihr w nat 90 you
want to go away from your beautiful
nome lor' ihto 1ofciSh port vi,
he replied my nome IS gone. wy
SIN chlloreh are dead must St'
away SIT can Staho IL Ill lh'S
country any longer Mkla8 IN aSileS'
Why these long shadows of bercavc-
ment across this audience? Why is 1t
that in almost every assem- blage black
is the predominant color of the APP
parel? IS it because you do not like
saffron or brown or violet? Oh no.
You say, The world is not so bright
to us as once it was" and there is
story of silent voices, and of still feet,
and of loved ones gone and when you
look over the hills, expecting only
beauty and loneliness you find only
devastation and woe. Iiklag in ashes,
One day, in Ulster county, New
York, the village church was deco
rated until the fragrance of the
flowers was almost bewildering. The
maidens of the village had empticd
the place of flowers upon one
marriage altar One Of their
own number was attlanced to
minister of Christ, who had come
to take her to his own home. with
hands joined, amidst congratuIatory
audience, the vows were taken In
three days from that time one of those
who stood at the altar exchanged
earth for heaven. The wedding march
broke down into the funeral dlrge.
There were not enough flowers now
Tor the conn llu, because ,'ley "'u al