Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-11-15
/ love to steal awhile away
From every numbering care
And spend the hours Of setting day
In humble. grateful prayer.

Shall there BE- no reward for such unpretand-
Ing. yet everlasting service?
Clear back in the country there is a hoy
who wants to 60 to college an / get an eiu-
cation They call him a bOokworm. Wher-
ever they tlui him in the barn or in the
house-he is reading book. "What a pity
II Is. they say, THAT Ed cannot get an edu-
cation His father WORK as hard as he
will. can no more than support the family
by the product OF the farm. Oua nignt
IA has retired to his room, AMI there i a
family conference about him. The sisters
say: Father, l wish You woull send
Ell to college. II you will, we will work
harder than We ever did, and va will
make our old dresses do. The mother
says: yes; I will get along without any
hired help. Although ! an not as strong rs
fused to ~, THINK | can get along without
any hired help" The father savs "WeU
think by huSking corn nights [ can ger
along without any aSS,stanGeN Sugar is
banlshas from the table. butter Is bquishel
from the plate. That family is put down on
riSlG-ysl. sutter,n--aconomy thu: the boy
may 90 70 college. Time passes on. Com
mencemant day has come. Think not that
l mention an imaginary case. God knows
1t happened. Commencement day has come.
ana the professors walk in on the stage in
their long gowns Tne interest OF the oc-
easion is passin; on. and after awhile it
comes TO climax OF interest as tho
valetictorian is to be introduced.
Ed mas studied so hard and worked
so vel! that he has mad the hon
or conferred upon him. There are rounds
OF applause, sometimes breaking into yo .ifer-
alton. 1t is great day Tor Ed But away
back in the galleries are his sisters in their
plain hats and their faded sbawls. and the
Old fashioned father and mOther-!ear me.
TnG hul ,,,. G.,
mas not had new coat for six wears and
they get up and look over on the platform.
and they laugh and they cry. and they sit
GOWN, and they look pale, and then they are
very much flushed. Ed gets the garlands.
and the old fashioned group in the gallery
nave their full share OF the triumph. rhey
nave made thar scene possible, and in the
DAY when God shall more fully reward self
sacrifices made for others He will give grand
and glorious recognition. ''As his part is
that goeth down to the battle. so shall his
part be that tarreth by the stuff"
Inere is nigh encouragement in this sub,
iect also for those vino once wrought might
lily for Christ and the church. but through
sickness or collapse Of fortune or advanced
years cannot now go to the front. These two
hundred men OF the text were veterans. Let
that man bare his arm and show how the
muscles were torn. Let him pull aside the
lutDdn ann SEE the marx OF q DattleaH, Pull
aside the coat aud see where the spear thrust
him. Would it have been fair for those men.
crippled. weak aud old by the brook Besor,
20 nave no share IN thu suOils OF triumnl2
! was in the Soldiers hospital in Paris and
7 saw there some Of the men of the frst
Napoleon. and [ asked them where thew had
fought under their great commander. One
man said, I was at Austaritz." Another
man said q was at the Pyramids. Another
man said. ~ was in the awful retreat from
Moscow" Another man said. az was at the
bridge of Lodi" Some Of them were lame
they we're all agnf. Dill the French Gov. |
eminent turn off those old soldiers to die in
want? No. Their last DAYS were spent lI,a
princes. Do you think my Lord is GOING "a |
turn Off His old soldiers because thew are |
weak and Worn and because they tainted hv
the brook Besor? Are they going to GET M |
part OF the spois ofthe victory? Just LOOK
at them. Do YOU think those crevices in the
face are wrinkles? No. They are battle
sears. They fought against sickness, thew
fought against trouble, they fought
against sin, they fought for God
they fought for the church thew
fought for the truth. they fought for
heaven. When they had plenty of money
their names were always on the substitution
list. When there was any hard work to he
done for God they were ready to take the
heaviest part of it. When there came A
great revival they were ready to pray all