Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-07-25


you fifty times, the two most memorable
visits will be tho first and tho last. Thoss
two pictures will hang in the hall OF your
memory while memory lasts. and you will
they sat, and what thsy said, and at what
figure OF ths carpH., and At wha. hooesiii
they parted with you, giving yoI the dn.l
eoodhv. Do not be enbsrrssssi II your
father come to town AMI hs have the man
nefs Of the shepherd, cal IL your mother
come to town AMI there bs in her hat no
sign OF costly millinery. The vile OF tn.
Emperor Thno losius said 3 wiss thing whan
she said. Husbands, remsnber whist you
lately wero and remember what you are and
be thankful"
By this time you all notice what kindly
provision Joseph made for his father, Jacob.
Joseph did not say: ~ can't have the old
man around this place. How clumsy he
would look climbing up these marble stairs
and walking over these mossics! Then he
would be putting his hands upon sons OF
these frescoss. Peopio would wonder whers
that oil greenhorn cams from He wouii
sho * all the Egyptian court with his mar
ners at table. Besides that he miGht get
sick on my h.nds, and he might be Qusrulous,
AMI he might talk to ms as though I wers
only a boy, 1asn I an the second nlsn In
all the realm. OF Course he must not gu 1s-,
and II there Is fsmins in this couutry-4n1
hear there Isl will send hin sons pro-
visions, but I can't take man from
".danaran and in:roiu,e him into this
polite Egyptian Cont. Wnat nu'saneeh IL
Is to have poor relations
Joseph did not say that, but he rushed ont
to nest his fashsr With perfscf abandon oil
affection, aud brought HIN up to tho pslac.
aud introduced him TO tho emperor, and
provided for all the rest OF the fathers DAYS,
and nothing was too good for this old man
while living, and when he was deal Joseph,
with military escort, took his fathers re-
mains to ths family cemetery. Would God
all children were as kind to their parents
II the father have large property, an he
hs will be respected by the heirs, but how
often 1t Is when the son hnis his father 10
famine, as Joseph found Jacob in famine,
the young peopse make It very hsrd for ths
old man They ars so surprised hs eata
with knife instead OF FORK. They arr
chagriusi at his antediluvian habits. Thsy
are provoked because he cannot heaE as well
as he ussd to, and when he asks 1t over
again an the son has to repeat IL he bsvl9
in the old mans ear, ~ hops you hesr that :!
How long he must wear the old coat o. the
old hat before they get him new one! How
chagrined they are at his indep andencs OF
the English grammar! How long he hangs
on! Seventy years, and not gone yet
Seventy-flve years, and not gone yet EiSaty
years, and not gone yeti Will he ever go?
They think it OF no uss to have n doctor in
his las. sickness. and go up to the drug
store, AMI get dose OF something that
makes him worse, AMI econon'zs on a coffin,
an 4 bsat the IN iertaker doT1 to the last
point giving note for the r5Idced amount,
which they never pay. L have of1ciated at
o5seluies OF ags1 people whsre tbs family
have oeen 50 inordlnats!y resigned to Prov.-
dence that felt like taking my text from
Proverbs "rhe eye that mooteth at Its father
an | re;ussth to obey Its mother, the ravens o.
the valley shall pick It out, and tho young
eagles shall est it," In other woris, such
an migrate ought to h,vs a ho,s OF crows
for pallbsarers! congratulate you IL you
have tho honor OF providing for aged par.
euts The blessings OF the Lori God oi
Joseph and JACOB will be on you.
| I reio,os to remember that, though my
father liys | In plain house thu most OF his
DAYS, he died IN Il mansion provided by the
flial ptety ola soa who hl1 achieved a for
tune. Their, the octo gsn7riln sat, aai ths
servants waited on him, a11 thers were
plenty OF horses an | plenty OF carriages to
convey him, and a bower IN which to sit on
| lony summer afternoons dreaming over the
past, and there WIS not \ room IN the house
where he WAS not Welcome, an | there were
musical instruments o. all sorts to reSate
him, and when life had passsl the neizhoors
came out and eypresssl all honor possible
an carried him to tins village Machpslah
and put him down bssis tho Rlchsl with
whoa hs had lived moro than hall con-
tury. Share your successes With tbs old
| people The probability is that ths principles
| they lnculcatc1 ac1lsysl your lOElul' diVs
them Christian psr,eatass OF kin lily con-
| sidsration. Let Joseph divide with jacob the
pasture fields OF Goshon AMI tho g.ories OF
ths Egyptian court:
| And hsrs would liksto sing the praises
OF tho sisterhood who remain unmarried
that they might administer to nget parents.
The brutal world calls thsss sacrificing ooss
peculiar or angular, but II you have had a.
many annoyauces as thay have had Kan
tpps would have been "a angel oonpsrst to
YOU. 1t Is easier to take care OF ave rolltck-
| ing. rompIne children than OF oas childish
old man. Among tn. best womsn are those
who allowed the bloom otlife TO pass away
while they were caring for their parents.
Whils other naiisns wers souui asleep
they wers soaking the old mans feet OF
| tuckIn2 up the covers arouni tho invalid
mother. While othsr maldens vera in the
co.,llon they were dancing attendance upon
| rheumatism nni spreading plasters for the
isms b,cS OF tho ssptenarian and heating
catntp tea for Insomnia.
| In almost every cirols OF our kindredthere
has been SO me queen OF self sacriflceto whom
iewsled hand att-r iewsler hand was offered
| in marriage, but who staye1 on ths old
place because OF the ssnss OF fifal obligation
until the health was gone and tbs attractive
ness OF personal pressncs had vanished.
Brutal society may call suoh aone by a nick.
mans. Col calls her daughter, anl heaven
calls her saint, an I call her domestic mar.
tyr. half dos,n or,inery wo onsa have not
! as nnuch nobility as could be found in tue
| smallest Joint OF tbs little Anger OF her left
haul. Although thu world has stool 5000
years, this is the flrs: apo.heosts OF maiden
hood, although in the long line otthosa who
have declined marriage that they might be
qulliaed for some especial mission ars ths
| name. o: Anns Ross AMI Margaret Breosin-
l ri iSe and Mary shelton ami Anna Etheridgs
an Gaorgians Willetts, the angels OF the
| b,ttlefelds OF Fair Oaks an l LOOKOUT Noun
| tain ani Chancalo-sville, an though single
| life mas been honosei by the fact that tbs
thre, greatest men OF tn, Blb!e-Jo1n anil
Paul and Chrlst-w're c'lih7tes.
Let the ungrats'nl world sneer at the
maiden aunt, but Col has q throne bur.
| nished for her arrival, anil on one side oil
that throne in heaven there is a vase con-
| tanning two jewels. the one brighter than the
/ Kolnoor OF Lon lon Tower and tbs other
| 'arxer than any diamond ever found In tn,
| districts OF Golcon lathe one jewel by the
| lapiIiry OF the palace cut with the words,
| .sInasnuch as We did it to father;' tho other
jewel By the lspilary Of the palace cut With
| tine words, "Inasnu,h as ys did it to moth.
| er," "Over the Hills to tho Poorhouse" IS
the exquisite ballai OF VIII Carleton. who
\ found an old woman who hal been turned
| OF by her prosperous sons. but thank God
| may fiui in my text "Ovcr the hills to the
palace"
AS II to DISCUS: Us with unfiiai conduct.
! the Bible presents US the story OF Micah,who
| stole the 100 shekais from his mother. ani
me story or A,sa,on. VINO irre1 TO syInrpns
his father. But all history is beautiful. with
stories OF fial fidelity. Ep1mlnondas. the
warrior, found his chief delight in recitlng
Ito his parents his victories. There goes
Eneas from burning Troy, on his shoulder.
Auchises, his father. The Athen'ans pun-
ishei with death any unfilial conduct. Thera
goes beautiful Ruth escortinS venerable
Naomi across the desert amid the howiing oil
1.-The wolves and the barking OF the iacka's.
l luroa1 AZ staEa in COl~
chester, was cheered in the flames By his
children, who said, SO, God. strengthen
Thy servant and keep Thy PROMISE" And
Christ in the hour of excruciation provided
for His old mother. Jacob kept his resolu.
ltion, "I will go and see him before die,
land little while after we find them walking
1.-The tessel!atei floor Of the palace, Jacob and
I Iasanh tha mi ma miniStec nrnul OF his