The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-06-05

i'ihemaa BE- q merchant. 40 iaealng around
asking hls creditors ta compromise FOR ten
cents ON tha dollar or. ifa clergyman, be
q making Trades ngalns, the ingfatiiudo Of
churches. or, If an attorney by unsk.liiul
management De- loses case hyWhIch Widow
and orphans are robbed Of thoir portion. or
lI n physician, ho by malpractice gives DE
patient rapid transit from thla world 90 thf
noNt Our incompetent friend would have
made % pass1hle horse doctor. bul ho Wnntel
to he professor 81 anatomy ln a university.
TIE could have cold enough confectionery %
have supported hn family, but be wanio %
have sugar refinery lito tho Havomeyou.
Hec0uld have monda1 shoes, bat h8 wanted
OBJ amend thn constitution Oi tho United
States. Toward tho end 0f ne These people
ars ou. Of patience ont Of money out Of
friends. ONT of everything They 90 60 the
poorhousa. on keep 0ui OF it by running Ia
dobt 90 40 tho grocery aud dry goods stores
that viii trust them. People begin % won.
dor whom tho curtain win drop On the SCENE
After awhile. leaving nothing but thoir com.
pllmenb 60 pay Doctor un lerlak0r, and
Gabriel Grub. the gavodiggar, they dIsap-
p0ar Exauuu Kissed or the stage
Others fail In tho drama OF no through
demonstrated golnshness. They make alltho
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! omoumont end no their door, and they
gather all the plume8 OF honor for thor
/ brow. They help no ono, encourage on one,
rescue no ono. "H0w big a pllo Of money
can gelYi and "H0w much OF tho world
can / nbs0rbF arc the chief questions. They
feel about the common pooplo ag the Tanks
/ felt toward the Asapl, or common soldiers.
considering tham OF no use except 30 on up
tho bitches with their dead bodies while tho
other troops walkol over them 20 take the
fort. After awhile this prince OF worldysue-
cess Is Sick The only interest society has In
hls illness is the effect that his possible de-
cease may have on the money markets. AZ
ter awhile he dies. Great newspaper capt
tails announce how he started with nothing
and ended with everything. Although for
sake OF appearance som9 people put hand
kerchiels 20 the eye. thora is not one genuine
tear shed. The heirs sit mp all night when
no lies In state, discussing what the old fell
/ low has probably done with his money, Il
takes an tho livery stables within two
miles 10 furnish funeral equipages, aud all
the mourning stores are kept busy in selling
weeds Of grief. The stone cutters send in
proposals for q monument. The minister Mt
/ the obsequles reads OF the resurrection.
/ which makes the hearers fear that n tho I'M
scrupulous nnanCier does come up In the
general rising no will try to get a corner
| on tomhstones and graveyard fences. All
| good men ale glad that the mJral nuisance
| has been removed. The Wall street specu-
lators are glad because there IS mora room
! for themselves. The heis arc glad because
! they get possession OF the long delayed in
heritance. Dropping every feather OF all his
| plumes, every certificate Of all his stock,
/ every bond Of all his investments every dol
| lar Of all his fortune, he departs, and all the
( rolling Of dead March" In "Saul, b" and all
| the pageantry of HIS interment, and all the
/ exQuiteness Of sarcOpbagus, and all the ok
| travagance Of epitaphology, cannot hide the
fact that my text has come again to tr5men-
! dous fulallmeut, "Men shall clap their hands
/ at him and shall hiss him out Of hts place"
! You see the clapping come before the hiss
The world cheers before II damns. SO It is
said tho deadly asp tickles before its stlngs.
Going up, is he2 Hurrah! Stand back and
/ lot hts galloping horses dash by whirlwlnd
Of plated harness and tinlling headgear and
nrched neck. Drink deep ofhis madeira and
cognae. Boast OF how we'll you know him.
All hats on rs he passes. Bask for days and
years In tho sunlight Of his prosperity. Go
ing down, is hep Pretend 20 be nearsighted
so that you cannot see him as he walks past
When men ask you II you know him, halt
and hesitate as though you were trying to
call up dim memory and say, "Well, yes,
d
have not seen him for q long while"
Gross a different ferry from the one where
you used to meet him lest he
asl, for financial help. When you started
life, he spoke a good word for you at the
bank. Talk down his credit now that his
/ fortunes are collapsing He put his name
on two of your notes. Tell him that you
have changed your mind about such things,
and that you never indorse. After awhile
his matters come to a dead halt, and an as
! signment or suspension or sheriff sale takes
! place. You say: "He ought to have stopped
! sooner. Just as l expected. He made too
/ big splash in the world. Glad the balloon
| has burst. Ha, hal" Applause when he
| went up, sibilant derlslon when he came
| down. "Men shall clap their hands at him
and hiss him out of his place" SO, high up
amid the crags, the eagle dutters dust into
the eyes OF the roebuck, which then. with
eyes blinded, goes tumbling over the preci-
| pice, the great antlers crashing on the rocks.
| Now, compare some Of these goings out Of
| life with the departure Of men and women
! who in the drama Of life take the part that
God assigned them and then went away hon
ored Of men and applauded of the Lord AL
mighty. 1t is about fifty years ago that In a
! comparatively small apartment Of the city a
! newly married pair set up a home. The first
| guest invited to that residence was the Lord
! Jesus OhriSt, ana the BlDie given the bride
on the day of her esposual was the guide of
that household. Days OF sunshine were fol-
lowed by days OF shadow. Did you ever
know home that for fifty years had no vi
cissitude2 The young woman who left her
fathers house for her young husbands home
started out with parental benediction and
good advice she will never forget. Her
mother said to har the day before the mar
riage snow, my child you are going away
from us. or 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. It is very bright with
you now, my child, and you may think you
can get along without religion, bur the day
will come when you will want God, and my
advice is, establish family altar, and, II
need be, conduct the worship yourself"
The counsel was taken, and that young wife
consecrated every room in the house to
God.
Years passed on and there were in that
home hilarltes, but they were good and
healthful, and sorrows, but they were com
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