The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-05-13

York. was far up town. Tbs old koese
in the city may have ben demolished
or changed into store and il seemed
Ike saerilege % you. for thsre Was
mOre meaning in that small house than
there is in = granite mansion OF a tur-
reted cathedral Looking hack. you see
il as though IL were ye<tsrdAy-the
Stdng-roOm where the loved one sat
BY the plain limp Hight, the mother
at the evening stand. the brothers and
sisters. perhaps hns ago gathered into
the skies then plotting mischief On
The floor or under the table. your IA
tAer with a frm voice commanding .
silence that lasted half = minute
Oh, those Were good days, II yOa
had your foot hurt. your mother al
ways had q soothing s2lve TO heal H.
II you were wronged in the street, your
father was always ready to protect
you The year was one round Of frolie
and mirth Your greatest trOuhlr was
an April shower. more sunshine THAI
shower. The heart had o been ran
sacked BY trouble. nor had sickness
brOken il. and no lamb had q Warner
sheeptold than the home in which your
childhood nestled
Perhaps you were brought up in the
country. You stand now to-day in mem
DRY under the old tree. You dubbed il
for fruit that was o quite ipe. be-
cause you couldn't wait any longer. You
hear the brook rumbling along over
the pebbles You step again into the
furow where your father in his shirt
sleeves shouted to the lazy oxen You
brighten the swallows from the raft
ers of the barn and take just q egg
and silence YOUR conscience By saving
they viii not miss IT, You take q drink
again out Of the very bucket that the
old well fetched up. You 90 for the
cows at night and find them pushing
their heads through the bars Outlines
In the dusty and busy streets you wish
you were home again on the cool grass
or the rag eArPeted hall Of the farm
house, through which there came the
breath Of new mown hay or the bios
son Of buckwheaI
You may have in your windows o
beautiful plants and flowers brought
from across the seas, but o one Of
them stirs in your soul 50 much charm
and memory - the old ivy and the yell
low sunAower that stood sentinel along
the garden walk and the forget-ne-nots
playing hide and seek mid the long
grass. The father who used to come
in sunburned from the field and sit
down on the doorsill and wipe the
sweat from his brow may have gone 70
his everlasting rest. The mother who
used TO sit at the door a little bent over,
cap and spectaeles On, her face mellow
ing with the yieissitudes Of many years.
may have put down her gray head on
the pillow in the valley, but forget that
home you never will Have you thanked
God for IL? Have you rehearsed all
these blessed "reminiscences? Oh, thank
God for a Christian father Thank God
for a Christian mother Thank God for
an early Christian altar At which you
were taught TO kneeli Thank God for
an early Christian homei
bring 20 mind another passage In
the history Of your life. The day came
when you set up your own household.
The days passed along in quiet bless
edneSs. You twain sat A. the table
morning and night and talked over
your plans for the future. The mos,
Insignificant affairs In your life became
the subject of mutual consultation and
adNsement- You were so happy you
felt you never could be any happier.
One day a dark cloud lowered over your
dwelling, and II got darker and darker.
but out Of that cloud the shining mes.
senger Of God descended TO inearnate
an immortal spirit. Two little feet
started on an eternal journey, and you
were 10 lead them, a gem 20 fash In
Heavens coronet. and you to polish IL
Eternal ages of light and darkness
watching the starting out OF a newly
created creature. You rejoieed and you
trembled at the responsibility that in
your possession an immortal treasure
was placed. You prayed and rejoiced
and wept and wondered. You were ear.
nest In vour sunnIieation thu, vor
might LEAD e. tbrough lie int ~,
kingdom Of God. There wa, tr.mo,
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