The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-05-05

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man so upset is sickening. The iaven-
dered fool goes around SO dainty and
so precise and so affected in the roll
of his eyes or the whirl of his cane or
the clicking of the ivory handle
against his front teeth or hic effemi-
nate languor, and his conversation so
interlarded with 'oh's" and "ah's"
that he is to me a dose of ipecacu-
anna. Now, my friends, If you
into a larger house, thank God for
more room-for more room to hang
your pictures, for more room in which
to gather your friends, for more room
in which to let your children romp
and play, for more room for great
bookcases filed with good reading or
wealth of bric-a-brac. Have as large
and as fine a house as you can afford
to have, but do not sacrifice your HUI.
mility and your common sense; do
not lose your balance; do not be
spoiled by your successes.
Years ago we were the guests in an
English manor. The statuary, the
ferneries, the botanical and horticul-
tural genius of the place had done all
they could to make the place attractive.
For generations there had been an
amassing of plate and costly surround
ings. At half past nine o'clock in the
morning the proprietor of the estate
had the bell rung, and some 20 or 30
manservants and maidservants came in
to prayers. The proprietor of the
estate read the Scriptures, gave out the
hymn, his daughter at the organ start
ed the music, and then, the music over.
the proprietor of the estate kneeled
down and commended all his guests, all
his family, all his employees, to the Lord
Almighty. God can trust such a man
as that with a large estate. He knows
how to abound. He trusted God, and
God trusted him. And I could call OIL
the roll of so merchant princes as
mighty in worldly successes. All, my
friends, do not be pulled up by any OF
the successes of this life, do not be
spoiled by the number Of liveried coach
men that may stop at your door or the
sweep of the long trail across the i'm
ported tapestry. Many of those who
come to your house are fawning para
sites. They are not so much in love
with you as they are in love with your
house and your successes. You move
down next year to 800 Low Water Mark
street and see how many of their car
riages will halt at your door.
1 meet you this springtime at the
door of your new home, and while
help you lift the clothes basket over
red in the face in trying to transport
that article of furniture to some new
destination l congratulate you. You
are going to have a better time this
year, some of you, than you ever had
You take God and the Christian reli-
gion in your home, and you will be
grandly happy. God in the parlor-
that will sanctify your s~ociabilities
God in the nursery-that will protect
your children. God in the dining-hall-
that will make the plainest meal an
imperial banquet. God in the morn
ing-that will launch the day brightly
from the drydocks. God in the even
ing-that will sail the day sweetly into
the harbor.
And get joy, one and all of you
whether you move or do not move
Get joy out of the thought that we
are soon all going to have a great NOV
ing day. Do you want a picture o.
the new house into which you viii
move? Here it is, wrought with thu
hand of a master: "We know that, i
u earthly house of this tabernacle
were dissolved, we have a building o.
God, a house not made with hands
eternal in the heavens" How mucl
rem will we have to pay for it? W
are going to own it. How much nus
we pay for it? How much cash down
and how much left on mortgage? Gu
Father is going to give it as a free gift
When are we going to move into it
We are moving now On moving da.
heads of families are very apt to sta.
in the old house until they have seel
everything off. They send ahead tn
children, and they send ahead tn
treasures and the v~aluables. Then, aft
err awhile, they will come themselves
l remember very well in the countr
that in boyhood moving day was
jubilation.
On almost the first load we, the chi
dren, were sen on ahead to the ne'
house, and we arrived with shout an
laughter, and in an hour we had range
through every room in the house, tn
barn and the granary. Toward nigh
and perhaps in the last wagon, fathe
and mother would come, looking yer
tired, and we would come down to tn
foot of the lane to meet them and tie
them of all the wonders we discovere
in the new place, and then, the las
wagon unloaded, the candles Lighted
u neighbors, who had helped us t
move-for in those times neighbo1
helped each other--sat down with L
at a table on which there was ever
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