The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-12

| inc. throne or HOQ, ScndlnT up neI SOU,
sweet voice. of praise, while the stars listen
and. the sea. No mother ever more sweet
ly guarded the sick cradle than all night loEg
this pale watcher of the sky bends over the
weary, heartsick. slumbcring earth Whose
is this black framed. black tasseled pic.
ture of the night? It is the heirloom OF
our family. Ours the grandeur of the
spring, the crystals of the snow, the coral
Of the beach. the odors of the garden, the
harmonies of the air.
You cannot see large estate in one
morning You must take several walks
around it. The family property of this
royal house of Jesus is 80 great that we
must take several walks to get any idea
of it's extent. Let the first walk be
| around this earth. All these valleys, the
harvests that wave in them, and the cat
tie that pasture them-all these mount
aims, and the precious things hidden be.
meath them, and the crown. Of glacier they
cast at the feet of the alpine hurricane
all these lakes, these islands, these conti-
nents, are ours. In the second walk go
among the street lamps of heaven, and
see stretching off on every side wilder
ness Of worlds. For us they shine. For
us they sang at Saviour's nativity. For
lis they will wheel into line. and with
their flaming torches add to the splendor
of our triumph on the day for which all
other days were made. In the third walk,
so around the eternal city. As we come
near it, bark to the rush of its chariots
and the wedding peal of its great towers.
The bell of heaven has struck II. IT is
let's which never fade the eyes that never
weep, the temples that never close, the
loved ones that never part. the procession
that never halts, the trees that never
wither, the walls that never can be cap
tured, the SUN that never sets, until we
can no longer gaze, and we hide our eyes
and excaim: eye hath not seen, nor ear
heard, neither have entered into the heart
of man, the things which God hath pre-
pared for them that love HIM" AS these
tides of glory rise we have to retreat and
hold fast lest we be swept off and drowned
in the emotions of gladness and thanksgiv-
ing and triumph.
What think YOU of the family property!
1t is considered an honor to marry into. a
family where there is great wealth. The
Lord, the bridegroom of earth and heaven,
offers you His heart and His hand. saying
in the words ofathe Canticles "Rise un
my love, my fair One, ,Gand, come away"
and once !hSyinE put ON Thy hand the sig.
net ring qf 3o1 you will be endowed
with allSthh of earth and all the
honorsI fheST66
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horassf Comfy pace Wnere
you SgreA5s ~ ~ - sas on tne ooorsl!.
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Lne 9alzbS rooLs54 9n on tne gaIe.
Yoti ransacke1 yae sDarn. You wadeo 1nto
the, brook M 9nffnrasned tne orcnaro tor
fapplesL ana tas5yneienoorln9 "ooos I1I
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ana Ene qneens @no naYe wa,hsI ny, ss sLaa Sa,.
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asng a. nysnins Z; eae ,a ANY nyy,;,,oi The hsn5
arsiasy aWsN1Is W. Jul s.J aiI, w. n;liars and
OF tne Lord Jesus nieeH tne pl.iafs pthn go suu
swung tne ui aoots, Oh i'auv the conJ en ppf al
angels nv, %'ik .nete, anu .tS tJUu horso W "a
agssfn: the pootesy ni1u ri;oCt =: .tos % L;un I'D
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ene tdinesL t molt i;e Es spaah atarn;tw 10 '
ant ~ ". ~. en povtnn - bm;ld for Chats.
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VictGrla fega' ; lye teeS Ell II noad no shoitor
our ny 81 h,t tne sa, S sh thn aner m aardens nv ~
ron Ihe Dlase, anu ~ 'se s.,I TpIn bS ond al
GOD shal, put fortn its run oioom' aea a.
heaven sha,i come 20 iook az II, anu
aroma Isnaii De as thouen inc tlleruulnIi I
had swung before tne tnr9he 1IousaHu
censors. | nave 9ot seen ~ yee' an ~
foreign iano. buI my ra'her L 70 stLnrss mIss
Tor me 10 come nome; nave uloVrIis
and sisters there. .I1, In tne D.oie nave e ie.
ters rom thgte, tara ottns me n,t r"nob "a me
piace IL -. IL hiaeeeIs NV nn,su ,l.a.,,o w az ~
WheGner am rich VI pooi' VI "nJsuIL. s-
world pates me OF loVes me, or wneIneir. i.el
60 oy iana OF oy sea- II Gnly ! may iiIt
my eyes at last on the iamlly mansion. II
is not a frail house, built IN . month; soon n
as firm as the day It was built. Its walls
are covered with the ivy of many, ages,
and the urns at the gateway are a'DlnEm Th
with the century, plants OF eternltyts Inc
Queen OF Shena hath walked lts nan, anu
Esther, and Marie Antoinette and Lazy
Huntingdon and Cecil, and Jeremy Iayior'
and Samuel Rutherford and John Milton;
and. the widow who gave two mites, and
the poor men from the hospitai-these
last two perhaps outshining all the kinss
and queens OF eternity. -. Co.,.
"A family manson means reunion. oone
Of your families are very much seatterea. g,
The children married, and went on TO oe.
Louis, or Chicago, or Eharieston, out Per.
haps once o year you come together ae tne
old place. How. you wake up the oia
piano that has been silent for years!
Father and mother do not play. on IT.;
How you bring out the old relics, and
rummage the garret, and open oid scrap,