The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-03-01

any longer impersonate funeral.
SHINE do say something cheerful
about society and the world. Put few
drops Of heaven into your disposition.
orange for sour lemon.
Remember that pessimism is
blasphemy. and optimism Is Chrlstiani-
ty. Throw some light on the night
ocean. Ii you cannot be u lantern
swinging in the rigging, be one of the
tiny phOsphori back Of the keel. Shinei
Lot your light 50 shine before men
That Others, seeing your good works.
may glorify your Father which Is In
heaven"
Nake one person happy every day
and do that for 20 years, and YOU will
have made 1890 happy. You know a
man who has lost all his property by
an unfortunate Investment, or by put
ting his name Oh the back Of friends
note After you have taken a brief
nap, which every man and woman Is
entitled to on Sunday afternoon, 60
aud cheer up that man. You can, 1t
God helps you, say something that will
do him good after both Of you have
been dead a thousand years.
Shine You know of family with
a bad boy who has run away from
home. Go before night and tell that
father and mother the parable Of the
prodigal son, and that some Of the
illustrious and useful mon now In
church and state had a silly passage in
their lives and ran away from home.
Shine You know Of family that
has lost child, and the sisnce Of the
nursery glooms the whole house from
cellar to garret. Go before night and
tell them how much that child has hap
PLY escaped, since the most prosperous
- Sr nf- - I
You know of some invalid who Is dy-
not get we'll because she cannot eat.
Broil \ chicken and take it to her be-
fore night, and cheat her poor appetite
into a keen relish. Shinel You know
of some one who likes you, and you
like him, and he ought to be q Chris
tian. Go tell him what religion has
done for you, and ask him if you can
pray for him. Shine Oh, for a dis
position so charged with sweetness
and light that we cannot help but
shine
Remember if you cannot be leyia.
than lashing the ocean into fury you
can be one Of the phosphori, doing
your part toward making path of
phosphorescence. Then l will tell you
what impression you will leave as you
pass through this life and after you are
gone. l will tell you to your face and
not leave it for the minister who OFF,
ciates at your obsequies.
The failure in all eulogium of the de-
parted is that they cannot hear it. All
hear it except the one most interested, ,
one else will say Of you on such an oc.
casion I'VE gather for Offices of re-
spect to this departed one. 1t is i'm
possible to tell how many tears he
wiped away, how many burdens he
lifted, or how many souls he was, un-
der God, instrumental In saving. His
influence will never cease. We are all
better for having known him.
"That pillow of flowers on the cas-
ket was presented by his Sabbath
school class, all of whom he brought
to Christ. That cross Of flowers at the
head was presented by the orphan asy-
lum which he befrieuded. Those three
single lloWers-one was sent by poor
woman for whom he bought ton Of
coal. and one was by a waif Of the
street whom he rescued through the
midnight mission, aud the other was
from a prison cell which he had often
visited to encourage repentance in a
young man who had done wrong.
"rhose three loose flowers mean
quite as much as the costly Rarlands
now breathing their aroma through
the saddened home crowded with sym
pathiZers. Blessed are the dead who
die in the Lord. They rest from their
labors, and their works do follow
| them. ;"
Or if it should be the more solemn
burial at sea let 1t be after the sun has
gone down, and the captain has read
the appropriate liturgy and the ships
bell has tolled, and you are. let down
| from tha at ern nf tha vessel into the
Respondent phosphorescence at the
] wake Of the ship. Then let some one
say In the words Of my text, /" He