St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-16

1TON, ST. TAMMAN1
provided. The winter. arc very cold
but are kept out by tho blankets she
has quilted. On Sunday. when she ap-
pears in the village church, her chill.
dren around her, the minister locke
down, and is reminded ot the Bible
description OF good hons
children arise up and cal her blessed;
her husband also, ari he praiseth
her"
Some years 60 by. and The two old
est boys want collegiate education,
and the household economies are -
verer, and the calculations are closer.
and until those two boys get their edu-
cation their is hard battle for bread.
One Of these boys enters the university.
stands in . pulpit widely influential,
and breaches righteousness. judg-
ment and temperance, and thousands
during his ministry are blessed. The
other lad who got the collegiate
/
and thence into legislative halls.
and after awhile he commands listen
ing senates ~ he makes plea for the
downtrodden aud the outcast. One of
the younger boys becomes . merchant
starting 1t the foot of the ladder, but
climbing on mp until his success and
his philanthropies are scattered all
over the land. The other son stays 1t
home because he prefers farming life.
and then he thiuks he will be able to
take care of father and mother when
they get old.
OF the two daughters: when the war
broke out one went through the hospi-
tails of Pittsburg Landing and For
tress Monroe. cheering up the dying
and the homesick. and taking the last
message TO kindred far away, 90 that
every time Christ thought Of her He
said, as Of old: THE same il my sister
and mother" The other daughter has
. bright home OF her own, and in the
afternoon-the forenoon having been
devoted to her household-she goes
forth to hunt up the sick and to en-
courage the discouraged, leaving smiles
and benediction all along the way.
But one day there start Eve tele-
grams from the village for these Eve
absent ones, saying: Come. mother
is dangerously ILL" But before they
can be ready to start they receive
snothsr telegram, saying: 'Come,
mother is dead" The old neighbors
gather in the old farm house to do
the last Offices Of respect But as
that farming son, and the clergy
man, and the senator. and the
merchant, and the two daughters
stand by the casket Of the dead moth
er taking the last look. or lifting their
little children to sec once more the
face of dear old grandma, l want to
ask that group around the cask ct one
question: ''Do you really think her
life was worth living!' A life for God.
: life for others, life Of unselfshness.
: useful life, : Christian life is always
worth living.
would not find it hard to persuade
you that the poor lad, Peter Cooper,
making glue for = living and then
amassing : great fortune. until he
could build philanthropy which had
its echo in 10000 philanthropies al
over the country-I would not find it
hard to persuade you that his life was
hard to persuade you that the
life Of Susannah Wesley was
also worth living. She sent
out one son to organize Methodism
and the other son to ring his anthems
all through the ages. l would not
find it hard work to persuade you
that the life Of Frances Leere
was worth living, - she estab-
lished in England . school for the sci-
entiiic nursing of the sick, and then
when the war broke out between
France and Germany went to the 'front.'
and with her own hands scraped
the mud OF the bodies Of the soldiers
dying in the trenches, and with her
weak arm--standing one night in the
hospital-pushing back . German sol
dier TO his couch, q. all frenxied with
his wounds, he rushed to the door, and
said: Let me 60. let me 20 to my liebe
to let pass this angel Of mercy.
Neither would have hard work to
persuade you that Grace Darling lived
life worth living-the heroine Of the
lifeboat You are not wondering that
the duchess Of Northumberland came
up to zee her, and that people Of all
lands asked for her lighthouse, and
that the proprietor of the Adelphi
theater in London offered her 500 =
-:-1,A s...k - .;A ;,> Hk>> 1;f~hc>A ,vkr;l>
some shipwreck scene was being en-
acted.
But know the thought in the minds
Of hundreds Of you to-day. You say:
..While l know all these lived lives
worth living. l don't think my life
amounts to much" Ali my friends,
whether you live . life conspicuous or
| inconspicuous, it il worth living If you
live Alright. And want my next SEN
tencc to 20 down into the depths of all
your souls. You are to be rewarded,
not according to the greatness Of your
work, but according to the holy in
dustries with which you employed the
talents you really possessed. The ma
| iority of the crowns Of Heaven will not
30 given to people with ten talents. for
most Of them were tempted only to
serve themselves. The vast majority
Of the crowns OF Heaven will b Civ
en- to people who had enc talent but
gave it Ill toGod. And remember that
our life here il introductory to another.
| 1t il the vestibule to the palace; but
who despises the door Of Nag
daline because there sse grander glo-
ries within? Your life IL rightly lived
| Is the first bar Of IN eternal oratorio.
and who despisss the Arst notes Of
Haydn's symphoniess And the life