Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-04


which Mrs. washington. the wife OF
the first president. gave james Peale.
the great painter. His daughter says:
"Aiy father had nm engagement to
paint miniature OF Mrs. Washington
in Philadelphia. the general being then
out OF town He wns obliged to go to
| her house. and the appointment for n
sitting was arranged at I o'clock In
the morning. My father arrived at
the house. and. taking out his watch,
he found he was exactly on time. A
thought then struck him that possibly
It might be early to disturb Indy, and
he decided TO give ten minutes grace
before knocking OF the door, He ac-
cordlngly walked the pavement and
at the end of ten minutes pulled out
his watch and rang the bell. Hc was
ushered into the parlor. and Mrs.
Washington. accosting him, drew out
her watch and said she had given her
orders for the day. had heard her
daughter take her lesson on the harp.
sichord and had read all the morning
papers and after all this had been
waiting for him ten minutes"
De PunctunI.
My friends. as our life Is short,
punctuality Is one Of the important vir-
tues and lack Of punctuality one of the
worst Of crimes. How many who
know nothing Of punctuality! They
arrive Mt the depot five minutes after
the train Is gone. They get to the
wharf In time to see that the steamer
has swung 800 yards from the dock.
They are late Mt church and annoy all
who have promptly taken their places
the late comers not being as good as n
Christian woman who, when asked
how she could always be so early at
church. replied. att is part of my re-
ligion not to disturb the religion of
others The tardy ones mentioned
are apt to speak the word Of counsel
when 1t Is too late. They are resolved
to repent at some time in the future
but when they come up "the door Is
shut" They resolve to save soul
when 1t is already ruined.
But short as time is 1t is long enough
IL we rightly employ 1t. The trouble is
we waste so much time we cannot
catch up. Some Of us have been chas-
ing time we lost at 20 years of age, or
30 years of age. or 40 years of age, and
II we lived $50 years we could never
overtake It. Joseph, poor apprentice,
no tho cbrrch cIocL strrcs or tho
,noment whom tho roorchant tool, do,y,
b,s shutters oach oe tbom sor,ng
acood n,ornipc 's,ru and noth,ra .,sa
what wos Iosonb,s s,rrr,so to AL
tbot tho merch.nt bad suddopIv d,ad
md ,eft him his .tore and hus,nos.
Tho. ,s no, thr o,,,,, ,nstaroo ,,,,,.un
man bos made n eortuna hv nrno,,o,
tv rha noat,. ,.a,-,. roodo.
r,, ilihe 1 mes away ,aM,
How soon our lie here
Grows old with the year
That dies with the next December
A third reading OF my text reminds
mo that life Is not only story told,
but story listened to. There Is moth
Ing more vexatlous to any one than to
tell story when people are not attend
ing. They may be whispering on some
other subject, or they are preoccupied.
One cannot tell story effectually un-
less there are good listeners. Well,
that which In my text is called the
"tale that Is told" has plenty Of lis
teners There Is no such thing as soli-
tude, no such thing as being alone.
God listens, and the air is full of spir-
itual intelligences, all listening. and the
world listens to the story of our life,
some hoping 1t will be successful, 9TH
ers hoping 1t will be n failure.
We talk about public life and private
life, but there is no private life. The
story of our life. however insignificant
1t may seem to be, will win the ap-
plnuse or hiss of a great multitude that
no man can number. AS a "tale that is
told" among admirers or antagonists.
celestials or pandemonlacs the uni.
verse is full OF listening ears ms well
MS of cleaning eyes. II we say or do
the right thing, that is known. IL we
sny or do the wrong thing, that is
known. suppose the population of
the intelligences in the air is more nu-
merous than the population of intelll-
gepces on the earth. Oh that the story
of our life might be fit for such an
audience In such an auditorium! God
grant that wisdom and fidelity and ear
ncstness and truth may characterize