The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1897-09-17

.alseA ana makes everlasting record OF
ais holy endeavors, and at thu close Of
Il tod saws 10 him: We'll done, good
and faithfui servant. enter into the Joy
Of thy Lord. My brother. my sister,
10 not care whether that man dies at
30, 40. so. 60. 20 or SO years Of agc: GU
can chisel right under his name on the
tombstone these words; His life was
worth living
Amid the hills OF New Hampshire, in
olden times. there sits a mother. There
are six children in the househad-
four boys and two girls Small farm.
Very rough, hard work to coax living
out Of 1t. Mighty tug 10 make the two
ends OF the year meet The boys goto
school in winter and work the farm in
summer. Mother Is the chief pr side
ing spirit With her hands She knits
all the stockings for the little feet
she is the mantua maker FOR the
boys. and she is the milhnor fof The
girls. There IS only one musical IN
strument in the honse-the spinning
wheel. The food is very plain but u
is always well provided. The winters
are very cold. but are kept out by the
blankets she quilted. On sunday, when
| she appears in the village church, her
children around her the minister looks
! down and is reminded Of the Bible de-
scription Of good housewife-'her
children rise up and call her blessed,
] her husband also, and he praiseth her.
I Some years go by, and the two Oldest
: boys want collegiate education, and
5 the household economics are severed,
, and the calculations are closer, and un-
E til those two boys get their education
+ there is a hard battle for bread. One OF
| these boys enters the university,
( stands in pulpit widely in
fiuential and breaches righteous
. ness, Judgment and temperance
| and thousands during his ministcr5
Q are blessed The other lad wh'
, got the collegiate education goes int
). the law, and thence into Legislative
1 halls. and after awhild he command
S listening scnates as he makes a plei
o for the downtrodden and the outcast
+ One Of the younger boys becomes
2 merchant; starting at the foot Of Tn
!. ladder. but climbing on up until hi
c success and his philanthropies are rec
2 ognized all over the land The othe
v son stays at home because lac prefer
?. farming life, and then he thinks h
" will be able 10 take care Of father an
t. mother when they get old.
D. OF the two daughters: When the wa
&c broke ont one went through the no
p pitfalls of Pittsburg Landing and For
ress Monroe, cheering up the dyin
n and the homesick. and taking the la
ie message TO kindred far away, SO thu
r, every time Christ thought OF her /
lie said, as of old, The same Is my sist'
4. and mother The other daughter h
lie bright home of her own, and in I
I'd afternoon-the forenoon having be-
W devoted TO her household-she go
al forth to hunt up the sick and TO e
Of courage the discouraged, leaving smil
ly and benedictions all along the way.
a But one day there start five te
m grams from the village for these Fl
~ absent ones, saying, Come; mother
eT dangerously M But before they c
be ready 10 start they receive anotf
at telegram, saying, Come, mother
It dead The old neighbors gath
he in the farmhouse TO do the Ii
ut offices Of respect. But as Il
On farming son and the clergyman a
ry the senator and the merchant a
q the two daughters stand by
ial caslset Of the dead mother taking
he last look or lifting their little childi
all TO see once more the face Of dear
ut grandma, want to ask that gre
'or around the casket one question:
Isl you really think her life was worth
nc ing?r A life for God, life for oth'
be. a life Of unseliishness, a useful lif'
er. Christian life is always worth living