Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-10-13


honor possible and carried him to the
village of Machpclah and put him down
beside the Rachel with whom ne had
lived more than half n century. share
your successes with the old people
The probability is that the principles
they have inculcated achieved Your for
tune. Give them a Christian percent
age OF kindly consideration. Let Jo-
seph divide with jacob the pasture
fields of Goshen and the glorics of tho
Egyptian court.
And here l would like To sing the
praises of the sistcrhood who remained
unmarried that they might administer
To aged parents The brutal world
calls these self-sacrificiug ones pecu-
liar and angular; but If YOU had had as
many annoyances as they have had.
Nantippc would have been an angel
compared with YOU. 1t is easier To talIo
care of five rolliclling. romp-
ing children than OF one
childish old man. Among the
best women NJ our land are those
who allowed the bloom of life tn pass
away while they were caring for their
parents. While other maidcns were
asleep they were soaking the old man =
feet or tucl<ing up the covers around
the invalid mother. While other maid
ems were I'm the cotillon they were
dancing attendance upon rhcumatisn
and spreading plasters for the lame
back of the scptenarian and heating
catnip tea for insomnia.
In almost every circle OF our kindred
there has been some queen of self-sacri-
flee To whom jcwclcd hand after Jew
clcd hand was offered in marriage. but
who stayed on the old place because of
the sense of hlial obligation until the
health was gone and the attractiveness
OF personal presence had vanished.
Brutal society may call such "a one by n
nickname. God calls her daughter. and
heaven calls her saint. and l call her
domestic martyr. a half dozen ordi-
nary women have not Us much
nobility rs could Toe found i'm the
smallest joint of the little finger
OF her left hand. Although the world
mas stood 5000 years this is the first
apotheosis of maidcnhood. although in
the long line of those who have declined
marriage that they might bc qualified
Tor some especial mission are tho
names of Anna Ross, and Margaret
breckenridge, and Mary shelton and
Anna Ethcridge, and Gcorgiaua Will
let's, the angels of the battlciiclds OF
fair Oaks, and Lookout mountain. and
charlottesville, and Cooper Shop hos
pithl, and though single life has been
honored by the fact that the three
grandcstnen in the Bible-.Iohn and
Paul and Christ-werc cclibates.
Let the ungratcful world sheer mt
the maiden aunt, but God has throne
FURNISHED for her arrival. and on one
side of that throne in Heaven there il
vase containing two Jewels.
the one brighter than the Koh-
moor of London tower. and the
other larger than any diamond
ever found in the districts of Col
conda-thc one jewel by the lapidary
of the palace cut with the words. I'm
asmuch as we did il unto father" the
other jewel by the lapidary of the pal
ace cut with the words, 'Inasmuch as
We did ii unto mother" "Ovcr the Hills
to the Poorhousc" is the exquisite bal
lad of Will Carleton, who found an
old woman who had been turned off bv
her prosperous sons; but thank God
that i may find in my next, Over the
hills to the palace"
duct, the Bible presents us with tho
story of Micah, who stole the eleven
hundred sheckles from his mother, and
the story of Absalom. who tried TO de-
throne his father. Rut all history is
beautiful with stories of filial fidelity
EpaminOndas, the warrior. found his
chief delight in reciting TO his parents
his victories. There goes Aencas
from burning Troy, ON his shout
ders Anchises, his father The
Athenians punished with death any
! unfilial conduct. There goes beau
tiful Ruth cscorting venerable Naomi
across the desert amid the bowling of
the wolves and the barking of the Jack
ais. John Lawrence. burned at the
stake i'm Colchester. was chccred i'm the
hames by his children. who said: 20
God, strengthen Thy servant and keep
Thy PROMISE And Christ I'm the hour
OF eXcruciaticn provided for his old
mother. Jacob kept his resolution. II
will go and see him before die. " and n
little while after we find them walking
the tessclated floor of the palace, Jacob
and Joseph, the prime minister proud
OF the shepherd.
may say in regard 10 the most of
you that YOur parents have probably
visited you for the last time. or will
soon pay you such a visit. and have
wondered if they will ever visit YOU i'm
the Kings palace. oh" you say, II
am in the pit of sim Joseph was in
the pit. Oh" you say. If am in
the prison OF mine iniduity,i
Joseph was once in prison. oh"
you say, II eidn't have q fair chance;
! was denied maternal kindness,r
Joseph was denied maternal attend.
anoe. "Oh, you say, II am far away
from the Land Of my nativity" Joseph
was far from home. "Oh. you say. II
have been betrayed and exaspcratcd."
Did not Joseph's brethren sell him 20
passing IshWaelitish caravan? Yet
God brought bin 90 that emblazoned
residence. and n you will trust his
grace in Jesus Christ. you, too. viii.
be empalaced. Oh what a day that
will be when the old folks come
from an adjoining mansion in Heaven
and find you amid the alabaster pillars
OF the throne room. and living with
the King. They are coming up the
steps now. and the epaulcttcd guard
Of the palace rushcs in and says.
"TOur fathers coming, your mothers
rp.utnor A f,H trIs.r, trrtgI.- tI..