Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-08-06

greatest Touy that ever grew on tEis planet |
Is the tendency to borrow trouble But
there are times when approaching sorrow |
is 60 evident that we need TO be making |
special preparation for its coming
One Of your children has lately become |
q favorite. The cry of that child strikes |
deeper into the heart than the cry of all
the others You think more about It You
give 1t more attention, not because 1t Is
any more of treasure than the others, but
because it is becoming frail. There Il
something In the cheek, In the eye and In
the walk that makes you quite sure that
the leaves Of the flower are going to be
scattered. The utmost nursing and med
ical attendance are Intellectual The pulse
becomes feeble, the complexion lighter, the
step weaker the laugh fainter. No more
romping for that one through hall and
parlor The nursery Is darkened by an ap-
preaching calamity The heart feels with
mournful anticipation that the sun Is 60
ing down Night speeds on 1t Is toward
evening.
You have long, rejoiced In the care of a
mother. You have done everything to
make her last days happy. You have run
with quick feet to wait upon her every
want Her presence has been perpetual
blessing In the household But the fruit
gatherers are looking wtstfully at that
tree. Her soul Is ripe for heaven. The
gates are ready to fash open for her en-.
trance But your soul sinks at the
thought Of separation You cannot beaI
to think that soon you will be called tc
take the last look at that face which from
the first hour has looked upon you with
affection Interchangeable But you see that
life Is ebbing and the grave will soon hide
her from your sight You sit quiet You
feel heavy hearted The light Is fading
from the sky The air Is chill 1t Is TO-
ward evening
You had a considerable estate and felt
independent In five minutes on one fail
balance sheet you could see just how you
stood In the world But there came com.
plicatlons Something that you imagined
impossible happened The best friend you
had proved traitor to your interests A
sudden crash Of national misfortunes pros
trated your credit. You may today be go.
ing on In business, but you feel anxious
about where you are standing and feai
that the next turning of the wheel will
bring you prostrate. You foresee what you
consider certain defalcation. You think
| of the anguish of telling your friends you
are not worth dollar. You know not
how you will ever bring your children
home from school You wonder how you
| will stand the selling Of your library OF
| the moving into palmer house The mis-
| fortunes Of life have accumulated Yor
| wonder what makes the sky 50 dark. Il
is toward evening.
Soothing the Soul
Trouble Is an apothecary that mixes q
great many drafts, bitter and sour ant
nauseous and you must drink some onf
of them. Trouble puts up great many
packs, and you must carry some one o.
them. There Is no sandal so thick ant
we'll adjusted but some thorn will strik'
through 1t There Is no sound so swee
but the undertaker's screwdrfvef crate
through 1t. In this swift shuttle of tn
human heart some of the threads mus
break The journey from Jerusalem t.
Emmaus will soon be ended Our Bible
our common sense, our observation, redter
ate In tones that we cannot mistake an(
ought not to disregard 1t Is toward even
ing.
Oh, then, for Jesus to abide with US FL
sweetens the cup. He extracts the thorn
He wipes the tear He bushes the tempest
He soothes the soul that flies to him fo
shelter Let the night swoop and the euro
clydon cross the sea. Let the thunder
roar. Soon all will bewell Christ In tn
ship to soothe his friends Christ on tn
1 a. k,,S lst t1,% %ha
to scatter the darkness Christ In tn
heavens to lead the way. Blessed all such
His arms will inclose them, his grace com
fort them his light cheer them, his sacri
fee free them, his glory enchant them
earthly estate takes wings, he will be al
incorruptible treasure If friends die, h
will be their resurrection. Standing wit
us In the morning of our joy and In tn
MONDAY of our prosperity, he will not fol-
sake us when the luster has faded end
is toward evening.
Listen to Paul's battle shout with mis-
fortune Hark to mounting Lattmer's fir
song. Look at the glory that has reft th
dungeon and filed the earth and heaven
with the crash of the falling manacles c
despotism. And then look at those VIII
have tried to cure themselves by huma
prescriptions, attempting to heal gangren
with patch of court plaster and to sto
the plague of dying empires with tn
quackery Of earthly wisdom. Nothing ca
speak peace to the soul, nothing can uI
strap our crushing burdens, nothing ca
overcome our spiritual foes, nothing ca
open our eyes to see the surrounding horse
and chariots of salvation that fill all th
mountains, but the voice and command c
him who stopped one night at Emmaus
The words of the text are pertinent
us all, from the fact that we are nearin
} the evening of death have heard it sal
that we ought to live as though each me
ment were to be our last do not believ
that theory. AS far as preparation is cor
cerned we ought always to be ready, b1
we cannot always be thinking of death, fo
we have duties in life that demand our al
tention. When a man Is selling goods,
; is his business to think of the bargain b
Is smaking. When man is pleading In th
courts, 1t is his duty to think of the intel
} ests of his clients. When clerk Is addin
up his accounts, 1t Is his duty to keep hi
mind upon the column of figures He VIII
fills up his life with thoughts of death
l AsI lrOLu Ut1LG u1c AAS1SoV puyAO Va SAh ~
tian. knew man who used often to sa
, at night, ''Iwish might die before morr
ingP' He became an inf1del
From Darkness to Light.
But there are times when we can an
ought to give ourselves to the contempls
tion of that solemn moment when to th
soul time ends and eternity begins. W
must go through that one pass. There
no roundabout way, no bypath, no Gil
cuitous route. Die we must, and 1t wi
be to usa 81 emeful occurrence or time c
admirable behavior. Our friends ma
stretch out their hands to keep us bach
but no imploration on their part can hir
r der us. They might offer large retainers
Q but death would not take the fee. Th
breath will fail, and the eyes will closs
and the heart will stop You may han
the couch with gorgeous tapestry, but twha
dono doatb oar, For Haaut utif,Il ct1rtaipSp Vo