The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-15

and his wife who lived near by and
who, afrighted, came. fearing some
harm would be done them. The miller
and his wife were placed one on each
side Of the general at the table. The
general asked the miller all about his
family, and the miller said that he had
two brothers and a sister. mo other
brothers?" my younger brother went
on with the army many years ago and
no doubt was long ago killed" Then
the general said, Soldiers, I am this
mans younger brother whom he
thought was dead And how loud
| was the cheer, and how warm was the
embrace,
KNOW EACH OTHER.
Brother and sister you need as much
OF an Introduction to each other as
they did. You do not knew each other.
You think you brother is a grouty
and cross and queer, and he thinks you
are selfish and proud and u~nlovely.
Both wrong! That brother will be a
prince in some woman's eyes and that
sister a queen in the estimation of
some man. That brother is a magni-
ficent fellow, and that sister is a morn
ing in June. Come, let me introduce
$3.50 thIS 40 NIL LII NIL iolll
this is Moses. Add Is per cent of your
present appreciation of each other and
when you kiss good morning do not
stick up your cold cheek, wet from the
recent washing, as though you hated
to touch each others lips in affection
ate caress, Let it have all the fond
ness and cordially of a loving sisters
kiss.
L MoEa yO1frc0If o0rnnnh1a onI hn1n-
full to each other as possible, remem-
bering that 500 o part. The few
| years of boyhood and girlhood will
SERMON 4
soon slip by, and you will go out to
homes of your W and into the battle
with the world and amid ever chang
ing vicissitudes and on paths crossed
with graves and up sleeps hard to
climb and through shadowy ravines.
But, oh, my God and Saviour, may the
terminus of the journey be the same
as the start-namely, at fathers and
mothers knee if they had inherited
the kingdom. Then, as in boyhood
after the days absence with
much t o tell f exciting ad-
venture, and father and mother enjoy
1 Va IN iSS1tol oo hOS1 Us W. viz q
it, so we shall on the hillside of heaven
rehearse to them all the scenes of our
earthly expedition, and they shall well
come us home as we say, Father and
mother, we have come and brought
our children with u.s." The old reviv-
al hymn described it with glorious
repetition:
Brothers and sisters there will meet,
Brothers and sisters there will meet,
Brothers and sisters there will meet,
viii meet to part no more.
[ read of a child in the country who
was detained at a neighbours house on
a stormy night by some fascinating
stories that were being told him and
then looked out and saw it was so dark
he did not dare to go home. The in
cident impressed me the more because
in my childhood I had much the same
experience. The boy asked his COM
/ rades to go home with him, but they
dared not. 1t got later and later-7
o'clock, 8 o'clock, 9 o'clock. "Oh," he
said, 81 wish I were home!" AS he
opened the door the last time a blind
ing flash Of lightning and a deafening
roar overcame him.. But after awhile
he saw in the distance a lantern, and,
10, his brother was coming to fetch him
home, and the lad stepped out and
with swift feet fastened on to his
brother, who took him home, where
they were so glad to greet him and for
a long time supper had been waiting.
So may it be when the night of death
comes and our earthly friends cannot
go with us, and we dare not go alone.
May our Brother, our Elder Brother,
our Friend closer than a brother, come
, out to meet us with the light of the
promises which shall be a lantern to
our feet, and then we will go in to join
our loved ones waiting for us, supper
all ready, the marriage supper Of the
Lamb.