The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-01-18

asked he manager OF an insane asy.
lum IN kentucky. Prom what Class Of
persons DO you get most OF your pati-ntss'
and he s4.d. From farmers wives"
asked the same question OF the manager
oi an insane asylum IN Pennsyvania and
the same question OF the manager OF an
insane asylum IN Massachusetts and got
the same reply. We have on our rolls
Tor treatment more farmers wives than
persons coming from any other class
That answer wlssbe a surprise 10 some
IL was no surprise 10 me-
he simple reason l. farmers wives have
no diversion. IL i breakfast dinner and
supper, sewing, securing. scrubbing. knit.
ting, mending, year IN and year out That
mother Is the mllllner. the mantuamaker
the nurse, the doctor. the accountant. ot
the whole family. She plans the ward.
robe OF spring, summer, OF autumn, OF
winter, cutting, htung. completing gar
ments, out Of which the children soon
grow and must have something else The
newspaper does nos come. or If coming
there i no time to read IT. No selection
OF good books. The neighhors calling in
are tull OF the same grinding routine No
wonder 50 many OF them 20 into dementia.
Now, the mother OF whom / sneak has
gone through all the drudgery mentioned.
and her children have turned out well
good and useful men and women, orna-
ments of society, pillars IN the house OF
God, and that whole family after the
years have passed by and their work is
done, VIII meet in the heavenly country.
Prom such a family some Will certainly
have preceded her. and the time of ner
expected arrival Will Toe announced To all
the members OF that family already gori-
ned, and 10 the old earthly neighbors who
put down their tolls a little sooner than
she did, and she viii have the waImest
KIND OF home coming, and she viii 20
through the gate A. easily ds ever she
lifted the latch off her front door coming
from the old country meeting house where
she used to worship. Go IN. mother,
Heaven has been waiting for YOU a good
many years. Got nd OF an your aches
ana pains and Wearuess. have yOuy Go
anywhere IN heaven. and they will bee glad
10 see YOU. On the highest throne YOU
Will ind one who said. Behold thy moth
er.' Sit anywhere YOU please. You will
be at home anywhere. Take your pick
ont of that shcai of sCcpters What The
wrinkles have all gone out OF your face.
and the once rheumatic step has become
like that OF the bounding roe. just a. |
expected. you aged. glorIhed soul. YOU had
an abundant entrance.
Well, this man OF consecratod afiucnce
Is about 10 60 out of this world He feels
IN brain and nerve the strain OF the early
struggles by which he won his fortune.
and at sixty or seventy wears collapses un-
der the eNhaustions of the twcnties and
thirtles of his lifetime. When the morn.
ing papers announce that he is gone there
is excitement not only on the avenues
where the mansions stand. but all through
the hospitals and asylums and the homes
OF those who will henceforth have no
helper. But the excitement of sadness on
earth is a very tame affair compared with
B.. zY.4 1 IL.
guardian angel of that good mans life
swept by his dying pillow the night be
fore and on swift wing upward announced
that m few hours he would arrive. and
there Is a mighty stir IN heaven. "Ile
comes cries seraph TO seraph The
Kings heralds are at the gates 10 say.
Come We blessed and souls who were
saved through the churches that good
man supported and hundreds who went
up after being by him helped in their
earthly struggle will come down off their
thrones and out OF their palaces and
through the streets 10 hail him into the
land which they reached some time before
through his Christian philanthropy. Now,
that Is what ! call an abundant entrance.
J ou see. IT is not necessary TO be n failure
on eaTth IN order 10 be a success in heaven.
But | promise that all those who have
lived for others and been truly Christian.
whether on a large scale or a small scale,
VIII have llmstrous introduction into the
lmpcarled gateway. Here and there in
some large family YOU see an attractive
daughter who declines marriage that she
may take care OF father and mother IN old
days. lhs is not an abstraction. | have
known such. You have probably known
-uch. There are in this world womany
souls as ulg as that. They cheerfully en-
iWc the whImsicaltie- and Querulousucss
which sometimes characterize the aged
and watch nights when pneumonia Is
threatened and are eyes 90 the blind and
SIT IN close rooms lest the scptuagcuar,an
be- chilled and count out the right number
Ji drops az the right time.
After years of nIIal fidelity on the part
lt this self sacrificing daughter the old
folks 20 home. Now the daughter IL free
rom marital alliance. b@t the damask rose
IN her cheek Is faded. and the crows feet
have lcit their mask on the tOrehoa g. and
.he gracciu.ucSs j. gone out OF the G.ure.
md the world calls her by a mean and
lnga.lant name. But. my Lord and my
sod. surely Thou witt maze II up f.. that
yirl m heavenly reward On all thu banks
Ji The river of life there is no castle OF
emerald and carbunc,e richer than that
which awaits her. lts windows look right
'ut uron the King park. and the white
lOrses az the chariot are being hlrnrs-ed
10 meet uer az the gate. and u there are
lo Others 20 meet her father and mCthcr /
vii be there 90 thank her for an she did /
or them when their strength failed and /
he gTd~shOppcr became "a burden aud /
hey VIII say. My daughter how kind /
.OI were TO us even until the last How /
.ooI it is TO be together ia heaven That |
3 the King chariot come for you. Mount /
aI ride 20 your yCrla-tlug home Now, ]
nat Is what ! call an abundant entrance
Know night well that in whatever sta. /
lUu oi life yOu now move. and whether /
our intellectual faculty be brilliant OF \
ull, and your worldly resources opuielt .
" poor. yoI may have az the gate Of /
eaven Jubilant and triumphant reception
lll soldiers cannot be Hanuibai- ard
all admirals cannot be DJ.
.onts and Farragut-. all authors cannot
70 Bacons and Southeys. neither can all
hristIans be Pauls and Richard Cecils
20 Your best night where YOU are. asking
'od help. and you viii not only win g,o-
IOus admission. but YOU will make al
our life IN heaven a grander and higher
Oh. child Of God. If you had never
hought of u before. ! present the start
ng fact that YOU are now deciding not
My the style OF your heavenly reception,
ut the grade OF your association and en-
lyment Of the world without end Are
on satisfied with yourself that YOU can
hord 20 throw away rapturcs and ignore
eavenly possibilities and elect yourself O.
over status and classify yourself amid
be- less efficient when YOU may mount a
CHER heaven,
While ! thus discourse ] am aware that
)me have not taken the first step toward
eaven, and they iecl ike JACOB Strawn.
no took some ministers ot the gospel on
be- top OF his house % show hIs iarYns.
sac4ins IN every direction a. far as eye
)u.d see He was asked how many acres
e owned. and be replied. 41,0J0. How
iueh Is 10 worth per acre. was asked