Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1895-08-09
miscellaneous.
PURIFIED THROUGH LOSS.

"What made you so late, child =
"We had to stay for the rehearsal,
mamma"
Lulu, if you have forgotten your
dear sister enough to take pleasure in
such things perhaps ought to BIO glad.
But there is no joy for me, bcreft of my
dear Josie"
Lulu's eyes filled with tears.
Mamma, do you think Josie would
wish us never to be happyp
Happy when the home seems like a
tomb p Mrs. Bennet's tears flowed
afresh.
"Say a vale Of tears, MOTHER" said
Phil, with an impatient whistle.
Hush, Phil" whispered Bertha.
"Give us some supper, then"
The two girls FASTENED into the kitchen
to find the toast burned and the cocoa
boiling over upon the stove
"l've no heart to look after things"
walled Mrs. Bennett.
"a letter from Aunt Janet, Elleu,"
said Mr. Bennett, coming in "She is
i'll, and begs you to come to her."
"Oh, my dear Josie was with me
when ] last went there; | cannot go,
Edward"
Think, Ellen, of the happy home
Aunt Janet gave you for many years.
She writes that, while DR. Loring thinks
she may live some months, she is liable
to go at any time"
"Im going down'to Wilton's," said
Phil. They'll have jolly supper and
fun afterwards"
He slammed the street door behind
him
"Why don't you keep him from such
companions p sighed his mother.
"IGllen, can we expect him to stay in
a house like this n asked her husband,
with unusual severity.
"Woll I'll go and see Aunt Janet
the only friend who caros for me now
josie is gone. And | am to lose her,
tool"
Aunt Janet met her niece with hor
own bright smile, and herself presided
at the cheerful toa-tablc,
"Why, Aunt Janet"
eyes, child, may go at any time,
DR.. Loring says, but | am morcfully
spared severe suffering"
She did not refer 10 hor illness again
that evening
"You will want TO see some Of your
old friends, Ellen. have asked Laura
Bruce to call, and Louise Mason" she
said the next morning. Mrs Benefits
tears gushed forth at once.
"Auntie, | never sec any one now"
Laura is in deep trouble, Ellen.
Her husband has died, and bis property
was involved through some dishonesty
on the part of her own brother. But
Laura is bearing up bravely."
"She was always unfeeling, and she
has her oldest child to lean upon"
"Louise Mason has lost all her chill
dren, three, in less than year. But
she is beautifully submissive, aud seems
to have led her husband TO Jesus for
comfort"
"Her children were 30 young that
she could not feel their loss as do
Josie's. No trouble is like mine You
know how | had worked and sacrificed
to give Josie every advantage, especially
in music, and just as she was develop
ing such power Of voice and such sweet
ness Of character too, Aunt Janet, she
was taken
"Ellcn, what are you doing for your
other children? Philip has a fine car for
IL
"Bertha has lessons, but | could never |
see another at Josie's piano. She prac-
tees at her cousins when she can. Phil
leases for violin, but 7 could never
have them practiclug perhaps the very
music that Josie had played"
ELLEN, I sent for you because could
not 20 without seeking 10 win you from
this wicked repining God has indeed
taken your beautiful Josie. But she has
gone to her Saviour. Are you leading
others 10 Him p
"My trouble has broken my heart.
am unfit to train my children"
They we're sitting on the back piazza;
above the green lawn h line Of clothes
was drying.
"Ellen, see those clothes, Low white
they are. Think Of all the soaping and |
boiling, the rubbing and wringing. that
was needed to make them 80 spotless -
Child, that is what the Lord means your
troubles 10 do for you. Ellen, think of
the spots that this cleansing does not re-
move, but only sets the irmer. Are you
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