The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-16

new one! HOW cnarBlneu tney are ~
his Independence of the English gram
mari How long he hangs on! Seventy
years and not gone yet! Seventy
five years and not gone yet! Eighty
years and not gone yet! Will
he ever go? They think II is of no use
to have a doctor in his last sickness,
and 60 up to the drug store and set
something that makes him worse. and
economize on a coffin. and beat the un
dertaker down to the last point giving
note for the reduced amount, which
they never pay! / have officiated at
obsequies OF aged people where the
family have been SO Unfortunately re-
signed to Providence that felt like
taking my text from Proverbs: The
eye that mocketh at his father, and
refuseth to obey its mother, the ravens
OF the valley shall pick it out, and the
young eagles shall eat it" In other
words, such an migrate ought to have q
flock of crows for pall-bearers. l con-
graduate you il you have the honor of
providing for aged parents. The bless
ing of the Lord God of Joseph and
Jacob will be on you.
Let the ungrateful world sneer at
the maiden aunt but God has throne
FURNISHED for her arrival, and on one
side of that throne in Heaven there is
vase containing two jewels, the one
brighter than the Kohinoor of London
Tower, and the other larger than any
diamond ever found in the districts Of
Golconda-the one jewel by the lapi-
dairy of the palace cut with the words:
''Inasmuch as We did it to father" the
other jewel by the lapidary of the pal
ace cut with the wordr: "Inasmuch as
We did it to mother .'Over the Hills
to the Poor House" is the exquisite
ballad OF viii Carleton, who found an
old woman who had been turned off
by her prospered soas; but 1 thank
God may find in my text: Over the
hills to the palace"
AS If to disgust us with unfilial con-
duct, the Bible presents Us with the
story of Micah, who stole the |. 100
shekels from his mother. and the story
of Absolom, who tried to dethrone his
father. But all history is beautiful
with stories of filial fidelity Epami-
nondas, the warrior. found his chief
delight in rcciting to his parents his
victories. There goes Aeneas from
burning Troy, on his shoulders An
chises, his father. The Athenians pun
ished with death any unfilial conduct.
There goes beautiful Ruth escorting
venerable Naomi across the desert anil
the bowling of the wolves aud the
barking of the jackals. John Law
renee, burned at the stake in Colches-
ter was cheered in the flames by his
children, who said: 10 God, strength
en- thy servant and keek Thy promise.r
And Christ, in the hour Differentiation,
provided for His old mother. Jacob
kept his resolution, II will go and see
him before l die" and little while
after we find them walking the tes-
selated floor Of the palace, Jacob and
Joseph, the prime minister proud of
the shepherd.
l may say in regard to the most Of
you that your parents have probably
visited you for the last time, or will
soon pay you such visit, and have
wondered if they will ever visit you in
the Kings palace. oh" you say, II
am in the pit of SIM Joseph was in
the pit. oh" you say. Il am
in the prison of mine iniquity."
Joseph was once in prison. OH
you say, II didn't have fair
chance; l was denied maternal
kindnessw Joseph was denied meter.
nal attendance. oh" you say. Il am
far away from the land of my nativi-
typ Joseph was far from home. oh"
you say, II have been betrayed and
exasperated" Did not Josephs breth-
rem sell him to passing Ishmaelitsh
caravan? Yet God brought him to
that emblazoned residence; and if you
will trust his grace in Jesus Christ,
you, too, will be emplaced.
Oh, what 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
epauletted guard of the palace rushes
in and says: Your fathers coming,
your mothers coming" And when
under the arches of precious stones
and on the pavement of porphyry you
greet each other, the scene will eclipse
the meeting on the Goshen highway,
when Joseph and Jacob fell on each
others neck and wept a good while.
But, oh. how changed the old folks
will be! Their cheeks smoothed into
the flesh of little child. Their
stopped posture lifted into immortal
symmetry. Their foot now so feeble,
then with the sprightliness of a bound
Ing roe. as they shall say to you: "A
spirit passed this way from earth and
told us that you were Maynard
aud dissipated after we left the
world; but you have repented,
our prayer has been answered and
you are here; and as we used to visit
you on earth before we died. now we
visit you in your new home after our
ascension" And father will say:
Mother, don't you see Joseph is yet
alive?" and mother will say: .Yes, ia
Their, Joseph is yet alive" And then
they will talk over their earthly
anxieties in regard to you, and
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