The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-24

{ the little children viii collect around him.
my dear dead one among the rest. ana
they viii hang on 60 him like the IVY
. does on tree that has been struck by
. lshtuiug. the singing and pleading little
children. And their little voices viii ask
for forgiveness And what viii the JuG &c
90. " ny, just what You or ] would; lie
VIII say 20 the recording angel We II
molly pros this case and take the next on
The docket II mayu't be quite right
i am quoting from memory. but / do be-
heFC that when Eugene Field stands be-
fore that great Judge. the pleasure that
he has given the women and children, and
the many times that he has touched the
hearts OF great strong men, Will be
counted, and his sins u never heard he
hand any, viii be wiped away and the
case against him Will be molly pressed.
cd comfort those who bear his name and
an those who loved him. As for us we
ougl 10 thank God for giving to the
world such a beautiful nature and for
ittllhs hs know or one that brought JOY
to So many whose lives are barren and
whose life has little joy in it.
sad? Not a bit. Why should any Of US
be sad when those We love have gotten rid
OF all the worries of life and are at rest2
II lS true that We may feel d bit lonely,
but life is very short, and who knows
Mnat comes after? Did you ever try to
think what sort Of a hereafter you would
IKE You know yourself that YOU would
feel uncomfortable on golden streets de-
voting yourself to musical instruments
i never could believe that the descriptions
or heaven usually accepted We're anything
ing 10 DE don know. Sometimes / think
SWedenborg was right, and that il will be
an ldealized earth; that what we love here
we viii have there. only all will be per-
iected. / often wonder about the moth
ers. To them their children are dearest
when they are tiny babies. In the here
al Ter are they TO meet them as heartsick
and weary men and women? You can't
tell; neither can /. We only know that
1t viii all be right, and here so much is
wrong
Sometimes pick up the New Testament
ana wonder If we give enough attention
10 some of the powerful sarcasms in it,
The story of the prodigal son. for in
stance. II Isl repeated every day in the
year There is the son. sometimes IL is
the daughter, who day in and day out,
year in and year out. works hard, sacri-
fees that which is loved best and gives
always of the good which is earned by
neVef-endlng work And there is the
son, il may be the daughter, who took
the inherited substance and' squandercd
IL and lived a gay and joysome life, and
thought OF nobody at home until he was
tired and worn out and hungry and
thirsty and wanted the good things when
he appeared. Then he was greeted with
love and given the best robe and made
much of. And the son who had stayed at
home and done his duty got nothing, and
between you and me, / don't think he
ever does, and l don't think he ever need
expect it, All that one need ever expect
from doing ones duty is the appreciation
Of ones own conscience and the certain
ty that il will be taken as no more than
stories, and then somebody says some
thing about the simplicity of the New
Testament And / smile. Personally I
believe that the story of the PrOdigal Son
was written to suggest to that unappre-
ciatiYe father that some thenks and some
token Of love were due 10 the one who
cared always for him, and regarded duty
Then that parable of the talents. What
does IL teach, but making the very best
of that which has been given us, and con-
q
which we know is ours? Here is where 1
think parents are to blame. Some child
with no music in its soul is forced to study
it, and in consequence suffers the ago
MES only possible to a child who has to
play scales when he wants TO be drawing
faces. Another one is taught to daub and
veins, and there Is a great desire to make
songs for the whole world to sing. Usual
member being sent TO practice, of being
put upon my honor, at the mature age of
10, to remain on the piano stool, and the
consequence was that l read Dickens
should have been practicing. / was truth
full in the letter but not in spirit ! sat
on the stool, but had my book in front
of the music, and when i heard anybody
coming l prachced the scales furiously.
That was wasting money, and il was a bad
reading of the talent possessed by one
small girl. l don't pretend to say that I
have any special talent, but if / have il Is
not in the line of music. As l said before.
4 ike vulgar music MUSIC inal makes the
heart beat, and your eyes to grow moist.
The songs sung by the street boys, played
by the hand organs, and which are under
stood by everybody are the ones l like.
You don't won't TO know anything about
technique to appreciate a tuneful song,
with words about love and home-oh no.
you need only to be a living. breathing
human being-for these songs are born in
the heart. They are the songs of the peo-
pie, and among the people are you and
your neighbor, ana Bah.