The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-07-19

uaRo much dHeroDCo to tho old mar
whether tho boy looked older or looked
Younger. Aud it will DO enough Joy fo
that parent if he cau got back that son
that daughter, ut tho gate of heaven
whether tho departed loved ono shal
come cherub or in full grown angel
hood. Thore must hs change wrought
by that celestial climate and by those
supcrnal years, but it will only be from
lovellncss to more loveliness, and from
health to more radiant health.
o parent, as you think Of tho darling
painting and white in membrancous
Group, L want you TO know it will b,
gloriouslY bettered in that land where
there haS never been death and where
all the inhabitants will 1.-Two OH in The
great future rs Godl Joseph was j Joseph
notwithstand the palnce, and your child
will be your child Notwithstanding all
the raining splcndOrs Of everlasting
noon. What thrillin" visit was
that Of tho old shepherd to tho
= primo minister, Joseph! / see The
old countrymau seated in the palaco
looking around at the mirrors, and tho
fountains, aud the carved pillars, and
y Oh, how he wishes that Rachel, his wlfe
was alivo and sho could have como there
with HIM TO SEQ thor son in this great
house! "Oh," says tho Old man within
himself, ~ do wish Rachel could be
here to see all thia!"
visited at tho farmhouse Of tho fa-
ther Of Millard Fillmore when tho son
was president OF the United States and
tho octogenarian farmer entertained me
until IL O'Clock at night, telling me
what great things he saw in his sons
house at Washington, and what Daniel
Webster said TO him, aud how graudly
Millard treated his father in tho White
House. Tho old mans face was illum
ined with tho story until almost the
midnight. lie had just been visiting his
son a. tho capital. Aud I suppose it
was something Of tho same joy that
thrilled tho heart Of tho old shepherd as
ne stood IN The palace of the prime mln.
lister.
Ii la great day with you when your
old parents come 10 visit you. Your
little children stand around with great
Wldo open eyes, wondering how anybody
could be so old. The pareuts cannot
stay many days, for they are q little
restless, and especially at nishtfall, ba.
cause they sleep better in their own
bed, but while thoy tarry you somehow
feel there is benedictiou in cverv room
in the house. They are little feeblo,
and you mako II as easy as you can for
them, and you realize they will probs.
bly, not visit you very often-perhaps
never again You go 10 thor room after
they have retired at night to SEQ if the
lights arc properly put out, for tho old
people understood candle and lamp bet
ler than the modern apparatus fo- illu.
mlnation. Iu the morning., with real
lnterest III their health, you ask them
how they rested last night
Joseph, in the historical scene Of The
| text, did not think my moro Of lis ia.
ther than you do of your parents. The
probability is, before they leave your
house they half spoil your children with
kindness. Grandfather and grandmoth
or are more lenient and indulgent tc
your children than they were with you.
And what wonders OF revelation in The
bombazine pocket Of Lhe one and tho
sleevo Of the other. Blessed il tha
homo where Christian parents como t(
visit! Whatever may have been th,
stylo OF architecture when they came, i
is palace before they leave. If tho,
, visit you so times, Tho two most mono
rable visits will be The first and tho last
Those two pictures will hang in the
hall Of your memory while memory lasts
and you will remember just how they
looked, and where they Sat, and what
thoy said, and at what figure of the car.
pet, and at what doorsill they parted
with you, giving you tho final goodbye.
DO not he embarrassed if your father
come TO town and he have the manners
Of the shepherd, and if your mother
come TO town and there be in her hat DO
sign Of costly millinery. Tho wife Of
the Emperor Theodoaius said wise
thing when slo said, "IIusbnnds, re-
member what you lately were. and re.
member what you are, and be thankful, !"
| By this time you all notice what kind
~ provision Joseph mndo for his father,
Jacob. Joseph did not say:" 81 can't
have tIo old man around this place.
How clumsy ho would look climbing up
these marble stairs and walking over
these mosaiCs! Then he would be put
ting his hands upon some of these f1cs
Goes. People would wonder where that
ola greenhorn came from. He would
shock ali the Egyptian court with his
manners at table. Besides that ho might
get sick on my hands, and he might bo
querulous, and he might talk to me ns
though | wero only boy, when am
the second man IN all tho realm. or
course he must not suffer, and IT there
is famine in his country-and l hear
there Isl will send some provisions,
but can't take mau from Padanaram
and Introduce him into this polite Egyp.
tlan court. What nuisance ii is to
have poor relatiOnev'
Joseph did not say that but he rushed
out to meet hls father with perfect nban.
don OF affection and brought him up to
the palace aud introduced him TO tho
emperor and provided for all tho rest OF
the fathers days, and nothing was too
good foi the old man while living. And
when he was dead, Joseph, with militia.
ry escort, took his iather's remains to
the family cemetery. Would God all
children were as kind 10 their parents!
If The fathor have large property, and
he be wise enough to keep it in in his
own name, he will be respected by the
heirs, but how often 1t is when tho son
finds his father in famine, as Joseph
found Jacob in famine, the Young people