The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-28


I her white hair on the white pillow case
I like snow on snow already fallen. But
Z her soul has gone up TO look upon the
/ things that the night before she had been
reading Of in the scriptures. What a
I transporting look on her dear. old,
Z wrinkled face She has seen the King In
{ his beauty" She has been welcomed by
Z the Lamb who was slain" And her two
/ oldest sons. having hurried up stairs,
/ look and whisper Henry TO George,
I THAT is religionH and George 10 Henry,
/ Yes that IS religion
/ There is a New York merchant who
1 has been in business 1 should say forty
| or fifty years. During an Old-fashioned
/ revival Of religion in boyhOod he gave his
I heart 10 God. He did not make the
I CHASTITY. and infinite. and everlasting
/ mistake Of sowing wild oats" with the
] expectation OF sowing good wheat later
/ on. He realized the fact that the most
| Of those no SOW wild oats" never reap
/ any other crop. He started right and has
kept right. He went down in 1861 when
I the banks failed. but he failed honestly,
/ ami never lost his faith IN God. Ups and
downs-he sometimes laughs over them
I but. whether losing or gaining. he was
/ growing better all the time He has been
/ ia many business ventures. but he never
| Yentured the experiment Of gaining the
/ world and losing his soul. His name was
/ a power both In the church and the bust
ness world. He has drawn more checks
/ for contributions to asylums and
/ churches. and schools than anyone, ex-
cept God. knows. He has kept many "A
| business man from failing by lending his
name on the back OF note till the crisis
I was past. All heaven knows about him,
/ FOR the poor woman whose rent he paid
| In her last days. and the man with con-
sumption in the hospital, to whom he
sent flowers and the cordials just be-
/ fore ascension, and the people he encOur-
aged in many ways. after they entered
heaven kept talking about II; for
the immortals are neither deaf nor dumb.
Well. il is about time for the old mer-
chant himself to quit earthly residence.
As il Is toward evening. he shuts the safe,
puts the roll Of newspapers in his pocket
| thinking that the family may like to
read them after he gets home. He folds
up five dollar bill and gives it to the
boy 70 carry to one OF the carmen who
got his leg broken. and may be in need
OF little money: puts stamp on d
letter 10 his grandson at college; a let
ter with good advice and an inclOsure
TO make the holidays happy; then looks
around the store or office and says to
the clerks. Good evening" and starts
for home. stopping on the way at door
10 ask how his old friend, deacon in
the same church. IS getting on since his
last bad attack OF vertigo He enters
his own home and that Is mis- last even
ing on earth. He does not say much. |
No last words are necessary. His whole
life has been a testimony for God and
righteousness. More people would like
to attend his obsequles than any house
or church would hold. The officiating
clergyman begins his remarks by quoting
from the Psalmist: Help, Lord, for the
Cody man ceaseth. for the faithful fail
from among the children of men, Every
hour in heaven for all the million years
of eternity that old merchant viii see
the results of his earthly, beneficence and |
fidelity; while on the street where he did
business, and in the orphan asylum IN
which he was a director. and in the
church OF which he was an officer, when
ever his geniality, and benefcence and
goodness are referred to, bank director
viii say to bank director. and merchant
to merchant, and neighbor to neighbor'
and Christian TO Christian, THAT Is re-
ngion. Yes. that is religion"
There is a man seated or standing very
near you? Do not look at him for II might |
be unnecessary embarrassment. only a |
few minutes ago he came down on the |
steps CT as happy home as there is in this |
or any other city. Fifteen years ago. by |
reason of his dissipated habits his home |
was q horror to wife and children. What !
that woman went through with in order TO |
preserve respectability and hide her hus- |
band disgrace Is a tragedy which ii would |
require Shakespeare, or Victor Hugo 10 |
write out in five tremendous acts Shall |
] tell 1t? He struck herl Yes, the one |
who at the altar he had taken with VOWS |
so solemn, they made the orange BIOS |
SONS tremblei He struck her! He made |
the beautiful holidays "a reign of terror" |
Instead of his supporting her she support |
ed him The children had often heard |
him speak the name of God, but never
in prayer only in profanity 1t was the |
saddest thing on earth that 1 can think |
ola destroyed home Walking along the |
street one day an impersonation OF all
Wretchedness, he saw a sign at the door |
of a Young Mems Christian Association:
Meeting for men only" He went in |
hardly knowing why he did so, and sat
down by the door, and a young man was
in broken voice and poor grammar telling
how the Lord had saved him from dissi-
pated life. and the man back by the door
said to himself. why cannot l have the
Lord do the same thing for me and he put
his hands all atremble over his bloated
face, and said, 20 God. l want that!
l must have THAR and God said, ~ GU
shall have it, and you have 1t now!'
And the man came out, and went home "A
changed man. and though the children
at first shrunk back, and looked TO the
mother. and began to cry with fright.
they soon saw that the father was a
changed man. That home has turned
from Paradise Lost" to Paradise Re
gained" The wife sings all day long at
her work for she is so happy. and the
rattle of the fathers key in the door
latch to welcome him with caresses, and
questions of, What have you brought
me-" They have family prayers. They
are altogether on the road to heaven,
and when the journey of life is over.
they will live forever in each others
companionshipt Two of their darling
children are there already. waiting for
father and mother to come up. What
changed that man? What reconstructed
that home? What took that wife who
was a slave of fear and drudgery, and
made her a queen on a throne of affec-
ton? l hear a whispering all through
| this assemblage. / know what you are
saying: That's religion! Yes. that's
rehgionH My Lord and my God, give
us more of il!
Why, my hearers from all parts of
the earth, do you not get this bright
and beautiful, and radiant. and blissful
and triumphant thing for yourselves, then
so home telling all your neighbors on
the Pacific, or in Novia Scotia, or in
Louisiana. or Maine, or Brazil, or Eng
land. or italy, or any part of the round /