The Somerset reporter., 1894-09-27
A Beautiful Day.

tion and comfort from its passing pages:
Go fishing. cunning. sailing Or driving
says one. do not care to. Go 10 church
saws another. am not physically al le 10
attend church. 90 out. walk aud re-
ceiYe a baptism from Gods beautiful,
warm and much needed orb says another.
| lack strength. / can only zcutl short
distances.
Pluck and read some good book from
the revolving panorama Of the day and
learn more Of Yourself and Of God'-
goodness and blessings says another.
Dear me, Why can't Oliver Walker.
tncle Benson or brother oeSeno come
and entertain me. or some thoughtful
man invite me to drive out aud drink in
the much needed. pure, invigorating air
Of lhi, beautiful morning.
Ilark Listen My room door docs not
open and vet somebody in an almost
audible tone laid. I,ucl" Sam will en-
tertlin You in your loneliness to-day.
Who are YOU that invade. my room aud
sccretes Yourself in silence without
Knocking at my door: have knocked.
open the door. Yes. but who are YOU
am vour best earthly friend. Listen TO
me. ncle sam. have Travelled with
YOU from the day of your birth, know
more about you than any living being
| have eyer tried 10 guard and protect
YOU. and have in many efforts succeeded
and in mauv utterly failed, not because
of lack OF effort on my part. but because
of the stupidity. Wilfulncss and igno-
rance on your part. Now sncle sam.
open the door aud let me in, and as old
friends let Us recall all the many
journeys of life. talk up old times and
have sensible reunion. Open the door,
YOU will not fail to recognize me. open
the door. Yes, who are you: Again |
say your best friend, open the door that
may walk in. The door is now open.
walk in. You have opened the wrong
door, the opened room door is the one
that Oliver Walker and other earth
friends pass through to entertain you.
| Open the other door, pass in and ! Will
pass in with you and entertain you. The
room door is closed, but cannot quite
see the claimed to be friend. ncle sam,
stand before that mirror and look your
self in the eye, will introduce you to
an old and truthful friend who will not
deceive YOU. | stood and looked into
my oNn earthly eyes. recognizing many.
past acts of life. some of which | did
not care to meet, and something of my
inner truer better soul nature also. Uncle
sam, for sixty or more years you have
made many earth tracks. let us go into
a little self examination. and see if you
can discover any tracks made by you
that YOU would recall to-day if you
could. 10 Won see any: Yes many.
rhe inner claimed old friend followed
me up so closely that became tired and
| ID cit IN, r1el.nr lAnl. IN
the beautiful day and its passing
thongs of humanity, as the church
bells were ringing. | did sit in my
rocker. but lost about all interest in the
day and its passing throngs also. was
lost in my old friends entertainment.
IIark those are the tones of my dining
bell. responded. On retiring to MY
room the thought came up if | recogniz-
ed the giver of my relished meal. Yes,
ard all other blessings too, trust
| Once more in my rocker, question at
ter question came up for careful consid-
cration Listen, that's the summons of
my tea bell. | responded, returned to
my, room looked out, the beautiful orb of
the morning was descending low in the
West. Men and women were not recog-
nzed as they tloated by and in the
darkness of the evening, thought,
thought, thought, and when took to
my bed sincelly thanked God that my
good earth friends had not called hut my
best friend had as he brought to mind
many-almost forgotten earth tracks
| that should have been considered i'll my
| Younger DAYS. cannot to-day resist
the beief-nor do | wish to-that our
earth tracks, had better be looked into
before arriving to the date of our
! dotage. most respectfully and kindly
say to my young friends, if in your
bloom and vigor of life you are tempted
to paint town red. consult your own
eve in the mirror before consummating
the Job. If YOU wish to take from an
other what does not belong to you, CON
suit your own eyes in the mirror before
doing it. If you lose your manliness
and self respect to such "A degree as to
wish to iniure ones good reputation-Be-
fore doing so look yourself in your own
eye in your own mirror. and ask your
soul if YOU have the God given OF human
right to start a scandal by reporting the
old, old infamous story, Everybody
SAYS so.
| On the whole my young, middle aged
and ripper friends in years. if we will but
honestly consult our own eyes in the
mirror, we will nevcr'get license to do
an unjust thing for money, false pride or
any uncalled for selfish, mean or ungodly
act. The mirror test is one of the best
on earth. We can play false and de
ceive our friends, but not our inner-most
souls when honestly consulted. | had
rather stand before one hundred of the
keenest, sharpest cross questioning law
vers in the State, than before my own
soul, thinking TO deceive. Why not try
the mirror test, it can do us no harm to
know ourselves, and may result in much
good If we try and miss elevation we
may know positively we have opened the
wrong door.
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