The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-12-07
influence of such insurance is not suf-

Many a bread winner long since de- |
ceased, would now have been alive
and we'll but for the reason that when |
he was Frustrated he saw that in case
of his decease his family would go to
the poorhouse or have an awful strug-
gle for daily bread. But for that anx-
iety he would have got we'll. That
anxiety defied all that the best ply
sicians could do. Surprising these two
duties attended TO, the one for the
safety of your soul in this world and
the next, and the other for the safety
of your family if you pass out of this
life. make a new start. If possible,
have your family sitting-room where
you can let in the sunlight. Have q
musical instrument if you can afford
it, harp or piano or bass viol or parlor
organ. Learn how to play 1t yourself
or have your children learn how to
play on it. Let bright colors dom
mate in your room. If there are pic
lures on the wall, let them not be sug-
gestive of battlefields which are al
ways cruel, of deathbeds which are
always sad, or partings which are al
enough present woes in the world
without the perpetual commemora-
tion of past miseries. If you sing in
your home or your church do not al
ways choose tunes Of long meter Far
better TO have your patience aug
mented by the consideration that the
misfortunes of this life must soon
terminate. Hardly anyone lives to
100 years, but few live to 80, while the
majority quit this life before so. You
ought to be able, God helping you, to
stand it as long as that, for then by
the grace of God you will move into
an improved residence and be COM
passed by all benign and excellent
surroundings, into an atmosphere
every breath of which is balmy. and
a region where every sound is music
and every emotion rapture. A land
without one tear, without one part
ing. without one grief.
This last summer I stood on Spar
row hill, four miles from Moscow IL
was the place where Napoleon stood
and looked upon the city which he
was about to capture. His army had
been in long marches and awful fights
and fearful eNhaustions, and when they
came TO Sparrow hill the shout went
up from tens of thousands of voices:
moscow, Moscow" I do not wonder
at the transport. A ridge of hills
sweeps round the city. A river semi
circles il with brilliance. 1t is a
spectacle that you place in your mem.
DRY as one of three or four most beau
tiful scenes in all the earth. Ma
poleon's army marched on II in -four
divisions, four overwhelming torrents
OF valor and pomp. Down Sparrow
hill and through the beautiful val
ley and across the bridges and into
the palaces which surrounded without
one shot of resistance. because tn,
avalanche Of troops was irresistible
There is the room in which Napoleon
slept, and his pillow, which must hav,
been very uneasy, for oh, how shor
his stay. Fires kindled in all part
OF the city simultaneously drove gu
that army into the snowstorms undo
which $4,000 men persisted. How sool
did triumphal march turn into hor
rible demolition. To-day. while
speak, we come on n high hill, Clio
rious hill OF Christian anticipation
These hosts of God have had n lon,
march, and fearful battles and defeat
have again and again mingled witt
the victories but to-day we come il
sight of the great city, the capital o
the universe, the residence of tn
King and the home OF those who ar
TO reign with Him for ever and ever
Look at the towers and hear ther
ring with eternal jubilee Look at tn
house of many mansions, where man
of our loved ones are. Behold tn
streets of FURNISHED gold and hca
the rumble of the chariots of thos
who are more than conquerors.
far from being driven back, all the !
gates are wide open for our entranc,
l We are marching on and marching OF
! and our every step brings us neare
l to the city.
At what hour we shall enter W
have no power to foretell, but ono
enlisted amid the blood-washed hos
our entrance is contain. 1t may /
in the bright MONDAY or the dar
midnight. 1t may be when the n
F; is laden with springtime fragrance ,
chilled with falling SHOWS. But entt
we must, and enter we will throug
the grace offered us MS the chief {
5 sinners. Higher hills than any / ha,
spoken of will guard that city. MOI
5 radiant waters than saw in the Ru
: sian valley win pour through tn,
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