Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-06-03

ter Bwht!e hs dies. dr,at newspaper cap
tails announce how he started with nothing
AID ended with sv.rythiLR. Although for
sake OF appearance people put haG,l-
kerchtef5 to the eye. tn ,rs is not one genuiAe
tear shed. The heirs sit up all night WHOM
he lies In stats, discussing what the oil ftl-
low has probably doae with his money. II
takes all the livery stables within fwo
miles to furnish funeral equipagas, AMI all
the mourning stores are kept busy in selling
weeds OF grief. The stons cutters send In
proposals for monument. Tho minister at
the Obseduies reads of the resurrection
which makes the hearers fear ;h:.t n tho uu-
scrupulous fnaneier does come up In the
general rising he will try to get corner"
on tOmbstOnes ani graveyard fsnc ). All
good men Rie glat that the moral nuisance
has been removed. The Wall street specu-
lat1rs are giai because Their, Is mora room
for themselves. The heirs ara glad bscanss
thsv get possession OF the long delayed in
heritance. Dropping evsry feather of al hts
plumes, every certificate OF ali his stock.
every bond Of all his Investments. every dol
lar of all his fortune, h. departs, and all the
rolling OF dead March" In ''jaul, and all
the pageantry Of his inter inent, and all the
sxauiteness OF sarcophagus, and all the rx-
travaGance OF epitaphology. cannot hide the
fact that my text has come again to trsmsl-
dous fulfilimsat, "Men shall cap their haIIds
at him AMI shall hiss him out OF his place.
You see the ciapping come before the hiss.
The world cheers before it damus. So it is
said the deadly asp uckies before ITS stings.
Going up, Is he2 Hurrah! Stand back AMI
let his galioping horses dash by. a whriwind
Of plated harness and tinkling headgear and
arched neck. Drink deep OF his madeira an
cognac. Boast Of how we'll you know him.
All hats of as he passes. Bask for days aud
years in the sunlight OF his prosperity. Go
ing down, Is he? Pretend 20 be nearsighted
SO that you cannot sea him as he walks past.
an nab wan yyelrk i'm half
aud hesiiate rs though you were trying to
call up dim memory and say. "Well. yes,
yes, 1 believe I once did know him, but
have not seen him for long while. I"
Cross a different ferry from the one where
you used to meet him lest he
life. he spoke IA good word for you ut the
bank. Talk town his ere lit now that his
fortunes are colapsins. He put his name
on two of your notes. Tell him that yoN
have chancei your mind about such things,
and that you never iniorse. After awhile
his ma GERS come To u dead halt. AMI an
siSnnent or suspension or sheriff's sale takes
place. You say: ''He ought to have stopped
sooner. Just AS l expected. He made too
biz Il splash in the world. Glad the balloon
has burs!. HI. hal" Applause when ha
went up. sihiiant deriSion when he came
down. Men shall clap their nands at him
ana hiss min ont of his plac.." So. high up
tn, ewes of TN. roehuck, which then. with
eyes iDdeh. goes tumhling over the Preci-
pi"e, the graf Intiers crisninS on the rocks.
Now, compare, some OF these goinS5 out of
life with the departure of man AMI women
W 10 In rae dra IA of life take the part that
Col assigned them aud then w,'n: away hon
ored % men and applaudei of the Lord Al
mighty. 1t is about fifty years aSo that in a
conparatively small apartment II the city
newly married pair set up "A home The first
guest invited to that residence was the Lord
jesus Christ, and the Bible given the bride
on the day of her esposuai was the guide OF
that household. Days of sunshine were fol-
lowed by days of shadow. Did YOU ever
know II home that for fifty years had NO VI
cissitude? The young woman who left her
fathers house for her young husbands home
started out with parental bsnedietion and
good advice she will never forget. Her
mother said to her the day before the mar
riage. 'Now, my child, You are going away
from Us. OF course, as long as your father
and live you will feel that you can come
to US at any time. But your home will be
elsewhere. From long experience find It
is best to serve God. 1t is very bright with
you now, my chtld, and you may think you
can get along without religion. Dut the day
will come when you will want God, and my
advice is, establish u family altar, and, ii
neei be-, conduct the worship yourself. !"
The counsel was taken, and that young wife
COuStCldlCu oNoiy AoOlh Al kh0 AouSO ~
Got.
Years pascal on and there were in that
nome hilaritie5, but they were good and
aealthful, aud sorrows, but they were COM
forted. Marriages as bright as orange bios
sons could make them. and burrials in
which all hearts were riven. They have q
family lot in the cemetery. but all the place
Is illuminated with stories OF resurrection
and reunion. The children Of the household
that lived have grown up, and they are all
Christians, the fathur and mother leading
the way and the children following. What
care the mother took Of wardrobe and edu-
cation. character and manners! How hard
she sometimes worked! When the head OF
the household was unfortunate In husinr IS.
she sewed until her fingers were numb and
bleeding at the tips And what close calcu-
lStion OF economies. and what ingenuity In
rsfitting the garments OF the elder children
for the younger. and only God kept account
of that mothers sideaon-s and headaches
and hearacnes AMI the trsmulous PRAYERS
by the side of the sick chiid's cradle and Dy
the couch Of this ons fully grown.
The neighbOrs often noticed how tired
she looked, and old acquaintances
hardly knew her in the street. But
without complaint she waited ant toied
and endured and accomplished all These
yesrA ThS children are out In the world
An honor TO themselves ami their parents.
After awhile the mothers last sickness
comes. Children and grandchildren, sum
moned from afar, come SO tty into the room
one BY one, for she is too weak to sss more
than one at q time. She runs her dying
fingers lovingly through their hair and tells
them not to ory. and that she Is going now,
but they will meet again in a little while 10
. better world, and then kisses them gootby
and saws to each. "4od bless and keep you,
my dear child" The day of the obsequiss
comes, and the Officiating clergyman tells
the story Of wifely and motheriy endurance,
and many hearts on earth and In heaven
echo the sentiment, and as she Is carried OF
the stage Of this NOR al life there are cries
of "Faithful unto death, ''She hath done
what she could" while overpOwering all the
voices of earth and heaven is the plaudit o1
the God who watched her from first to last
saving, "Weil done, good and faithful ser
want; thou hast been faithful over Q few
Things. I will make thee ruler over many
things; enter thou into the joy OF thy Lord?
But what became OF the father OF thai
household He started as a young man II
business and had a small income, and having
got a little ahead sickness In the family
swept it all away. He went through all thu
business panics OF forty years, met many
Losses, and suffered many betrayals, bu
kept right on trusting in God, whether bus
iness was good or poor, setting his childrel
q good example. and giving them the best o
counsel. and never prayer did he offer fo
| It. He is old now and realizes it cannot b.
| long before he must quit all these scanes
But he is going to leave his children an in
heritance Of prayer and Christian principles
which all the defaications Of earth can neve
touch, aud as he goes out OF the world tn
| church of God blesses him aud the poor rtni
his doorbell to see il he Is any better, an,
his grave is surrounded by multi
tude who went on foot and stoo'
there before the procession OF carriages cam
up, and some say, "rhera will be no one I.
take his place." and others say, Who vii
pity me now?' and others remark, "He shal
be held I'm everlasting remembrance" An.
as the drama OF his life CLOSES, all the vocii
Grafton and bravos and encOres that eve
shook the amphitheaters OF earthly spectaol
were tame and feeble compared with tn
long. loud thunders OF approval that sha
break from the cloud OF witnesses In tn
piled up gallery Of the heavens. Choose
between the life that shall close by bein