St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-18

can come to M at any time But yor
. home will be elsewhere. From Ion
D experience / find It II best. to serv
God. 1t is very bright with you nov
my child. and you may think you CO
got along without religion. but th
; day will come when you will wan
! God, and my advice u, establish fan
} lily altar, aud, il need be, conduct tn
, worship yourself" Tho counsel Va
taken, and that young wife cons<
Grated every room In the house to God
Years passed on and there were Il
that home hilarities, but they wer,
good and healthful; and sorrows, bu
they were comforted. Marriages =
bright ~ orange blossoms could max,
them, and burials in which all heart.
were riven. They have family 10
in the cemetery. but all tho place i
illuminated with stories Of resurrec
tion and reunion. The children o
tho household that lived have growz
mp, and thcy are Ill Christians
the father and mother leading thu
way and the children following. What
care the mother took of wardrobe and
education, character and manners
hard she sometimes worked! When the
head Of the household was unfortunate
in business she sewed until her fingers
were numb and bleeding 1t the tips
And what close calculation Of econo
mics and what ingenuity in refittine
the garments Of tho elder children
for the younger, and only God kept
account Of that mothers sideachea
and headaches and heartaches and the
tremulous prayers by the side Of the
sick child's cradle and by the couch OF
this one fully grown. The neighbors
often noticed how tired she looked, and
old acquaintances hardly knew her in
the street But without complaint
she waited and toiled and endured and
accomplished al these years. The
children are out in the world-an
honor to Themselves and their
parents. After awhile the mothers
last sickness comes. Children and
grandchildren. summoned from afar,
come softly into tho room ono
by one, for she is too weak to sec more
than one At time. She runs her dy-
ing fingers lovingly through their
hair and tells them not to cry, and
that she is going now. but they will
meet again in . little while in = better
world, ahd then kisses them good-by
and says to each: God bless and keep
you, my dear child" The day Of the
obse9uies comes, and the ohiciat-
ing clergyman tells the story Of
wifely and motherly endurance,
and many hearts on earth and
in Heaven echo tho sentiment, and -
she is carried on the stage Of this NOR
tai life there are cries Of Faithful I'M
to death" .She hath done what she
could" while overpowering AL the
voices of earth and Heaven is the plau-
dit Of the God who watched her from
first to last, saying; "Well done. good
and faithful servant; thou hast been
over few things. will make
thee ruler over many things; enter
thou into the joy Of thy Lord!'
But what became Of the father OF
that household? He started as young
man in business and had = small in
come, and having got : little ahead,
sickness in the family swept It al
away. He went through al the busi-
ness rpenics Of 10 years, met many
losses, and suffered many betrayals,
but kept right on trusting in God,
business was good or poor.
setting his children . good ex-
ample and giving them the best OF
and never = prayer did he |
,ffer for all those years but they wero
in IL. He In old now, and
,ealizes It can not be long before he |
must quit nj these scenes But he il |
!Oing to leave his children m inher- |
tance Of prayer and Christian princi-
lies which al the defalcati0ns Of earth |
m never touch, and as he goes out Of |
he world the Church Of God blesses /
lim and the poor ring his door-bell
o see Il he is any better, and his grave
> surrounded by . multitude who
vent on foot and stood there before
he procession Of carriages came mp
nd some say: "There will be no ono
o take his place." and others ny:
Who will pity me now9" and others
emark: He shall be held in everlast-
ng remembrancc." And - tho drama
( his life closes, all the vociferation
nd bravos and encores that ever shook
he smphitheaters Of earthly spectacle
Eere tame and feeble compared with
he long, loud thunders Of approval
hat shall break from the cloud Of wit
esses in the piled-up gallery Of tho
eavenA Choose ye between the life
hat shall close by being hissed OF tho
tagc and the life that shall close
mid acclamations supernal and arch
ngelic.
oh, men and women on the stage Of
fe, many Of you In the first oct Of tho
rama, and others in the second, and
Dme Of you In the third, and = few in
be fourth, and here and there one In
he fifth, but Ill Of you between en-
rance and exit, I quote to you -
he peroration Of this sermon the
lost suggestive passage that Shaks-
eare ever wrote, although you never
card It recited- The author has often
cen claimed g in1del and stheistc, %
10 quotation shall be mot only re-
giously helpful 70 ourselves, but
randy vindicatory Of tho grsetest
ramatisk / quote from his last win
nd testament
In the name Of God, Amen. /,
7illiam Shakespeare, Of Stratford-
pon-Avon, In the county Of War
icl, gentleman. IN perfect health
I'd memory (God b peaised). do mako
liz my last viii and testament, IN man
q and form following: First. rcum.
snd ny soul into the hands Of God,
y C5eetor. having ard assuredly b.
swing through the only merits Of
ssas Christ ny Saviour, % b mads
lrtalcse of life everlasting
10 b eensatiooal : thf1R mnst b
Il of Tie ordinaxy. The oily ssnsa-
nal thing II ths woeld y The Bfble,
IA that = extraordinary. Every
nth IN tho Bible y sensation. Jesus
arist was oensetionAlisk He ealno | |
- ths world and rrsached H. truth,
u never dov3atod IRON HI natl. -