The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-01-28

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world does him honor, and people climb
UP into sycamore trees TO watch him a.
he passes, and aS be goes along on the
shoulders OF the people there Is a wsv-
ing OF hats and o wild huEzs. To-mor-
row the same man Is caught between
the Jaws OF the printing press and
mAngled and bruised. and the very
same persons who applAuded him be-
fore cry: Down with the t%raitorl
down with himl"
Belshszzar sits at the feast, the
mighty men OF Babylon sitting all
around him. Wit Spsrkles like the wine
and the wine like the wit. Music rolls
up among the chandeliers; The chan
deliers Fash down on tue d~ecanters.
The breath OF hanging gardens hoats
10 on the night air. The voice OF revelry
float, out. Amid wreaths and tapestry
and folded banners a finger writes. The
march OF a host Is heard on the stairs.
Laughter catches In the throat 4
thousand hearts stop beating. The
blow Is struck. The blood OF the floor
IS richer hued than the wine on the
table. The kingdom has departed. Bel
shazzer was no worse perhaps than
hundreds of people In babylon. but
his position slew him. oh. be content
with Just such a position as God has
placed you ini II may not be said Of US;
~Hs was q great general" or He was
an hohored cnieftain.' or he WIS
mighty In worldly attainmenta," but
this thing may be said OF you and OF
me; He was a good citizen, a faithful
Christian, a friend OF Jesus" And that
In the last day Will be the highest OF all
.ulogiums.
learn further from this subject that
death comes to the summer house. Eg-
Ion did not expect TO die In that hne
place. Amid all the flower leaves that
dr1fted like summer snow into the win
dow. in the tinhe and dash Of the foam
tains, In the sound OF . thousand leaves
Outing on n tree branch, In the cool
breeze that came up to shake feverish
trouble our o. he kings iocks-there
was nothing that sPake Oh death' pu'
mere ne nieai IN q winter, "hen .ns
sno" ha snrouo, ana mheh tne W'ne y
adlrgs IL easy 10 think Of our MOE
tahtJ, u when the "ea'her - pleas
AM D all a surroundings are agree
Aaie. bow oinicuit Il Tor u 70 aPpre'
ist D nun tns' we are mortal
And yetmy ~text'eaenes tnat dsatn noei
somenmes come 10 n summer GUS
ae 10 pllpo ana cannot see tns leaves
ne II oeei ana Cannon near tne ioun
AIMS pn' asAtn wouiu asa ~ ~
Victims we could point ann nunoieai
oipeople Wno "oulo rejoice % nave nin
come rusn PACK D goo oi tnat mover
Look AZ mat little enhd-coio, . sick
n hungry. u mas never heard n
name OF ood put IN b.asphemy' ra
rents h~'o1icaed, staggering aroan'
Ts sure" CO. On, deatn' there Is
marx TOT IneeI UP WIN II INTO IN
hghii Before those ht,ie ieet Etumol
on mes pathVay give them rest
Here 10 an aged man. He has done hi
work. BE has done It g~loriously. IN
companions OF his youth all goae. hi
children dead, be longs TO be Of res
and YEARLY the days and the night
pass. He says; Come, Lord Jesui
| cone quickly" oh, death, there Is
mark for theeI Take from him the stat
. and give him the seepter! Up wit
him into the light, where eyes neye
grow din, and the hair HhitenS NO
through the long years Of eternity. All
4 death will not do that. Death turn
back from the straw bed and from ih
aged man ready for the skies and come
> TO the summer house. What doest tho
: here, thou bony, CHASTITY monster, ami
: This waving grass and under this sur
light sitting through the ire
= branches? Children are st play. Ho'
quickly their feet go and their lock
toss In the wind. Father and moiht
& stand at The side Of the o lookin
0 On, enjoying their glee. II does ne
P seem possible that the wolf should ev,
: break into that fold and carry on
' lamb. Meanwhile an old archer stand
: looking through The thIcket. He poinI
his arrow at the brightest OF the grou
he Is 4 SURE markSman-the bo'
bends, the arrow speedtI Hush nov
Inc quick ieet have stopped \ u
locks 'oSs no more IN tne WIND LsugI