The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1901-01-19

49, - ~ ANME0AaNa ~ I'll ~
church would put on the collection
plate so Insignificant a coin that be
held his hand over Il so that DO n
could discover the smallnesS OF the
denomination. Somewhere in the AZ
ties or sixties Of his life, during a re-
vivai Of religion, he became a Chris
tian. He il very much chsnged in
mostrespectB, but his a~ll-absorhing se-
quisiuVsesss still Influences him. To
extract from him a gift for an orphan
age or a church or a poor woman who
has Just been burned out is 40 achieve.
msnI You aud know very good men.
their Christian character beyond dis
pute. aud set they are pronounced by
all a. p~enurtous. and they know II
themselves and pray against it, We
all have our bad habits. and yet expect
to get to Heaven. and this skinfinthas
his mighty temptation. The passion
of avarice well illustrated its strength
when in n Of the houses Of exhHmed
POmpeii Was found the skeleton Of a
man who waa trying to escape with 80
coins and a silver saucepan. For thoae
'sIuaOie. a. sarsa \ D ana
seoT's OF esuvius which overwheimec
him, aud many = good man has bees
nsio mlgnpiS " asarice.
But that brings me to the ether
thought Of my text, that there are
those who viii, when they leave this
life. bound into Heaven amid saluta-
tions infinite. For 90 an sntrsncs
shat be administered unto you abun-
dainty Such sKultant admission will
await those who enter Heaven after
on earth living \ life for others and
without reference to eonspicuity, On
the banks OF the Ohio or the Tuscalooaa
or the Aadroscogga la large family.
all OF whom have been carefully and
r~eiigiously reared. In the earlier
stages Of that family there were many
privations. The mother of the house.
hold never had any amusements Per-
hapE once in a year q poor theatrical
play was enacted in the neighboring
schoolhouse or q squawking concert in
the town hall, and that was all the di.
version afforded for the winter season.
! asked the manager of an insane asy-
lum in Kentucky; From what class OF
persons do you get most OF your pa
tients9' and he said: From farmers
wives asked the sHms question OF
the manager Of an insane asylum in
PennsylVania, and the same question
OF the manager Of an insane asylum in
Massachusetts,, and got the same reply:
We have on our rolls for treatment
more farmers wives than persons
coming from any other class That
answer will be . surprise to some; il
was no surprise to me. The simple Yes.
son Is, farmers wives az general
thing have no diversion. Il In break.
fast dinner and sunn., ..wir. .,ou,
in9. ,crubblpe kpi,t;n. %.nd,na
rear in and vesy ont tn, wo,h.
tbe miIiu.r n, m.,,,. - a..
nurse m. docto, IN. s-coorn,sn, ="
the whole family shs nl,ns ~ w.rS.
roh. a, .nrIng y, .,mn..
Of winter. cutting a,ting CON r|,e,inr
garment, an, ~ which ~. ohnS..s
soon grow and must have something
else. The Newspaper does not come. or,
II coming. there Ia no time 10 read Il
No selection Of good books. The neigh.
bors calling In are full OF the same
grinding routine. No wonder % mauy
OF them 20 into dementis!
Now, the mother Of whom I speak as
living on the banks Of that river In
Ohio or Alabama or Maine has gone
through all the ~drucsery mentioned.
and her children have turned out well,
good and useful men and women. orna-
msnts OF society. pillars In the hna..
OF uoo' ano thst "hoie FAMILY, after
'he year, nave passed py n Their
"ork Is cone, VIII msst IN me Heaven
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=,
rneie slotnef k,no OF spirit VINO
"hi n~,e rsoiah' anmissioh 10 tns
nPpes usm'nioA' Anefe Is . TACT
wnIen &c save 0 emphatle
p'onounsemn' All o'er the "oria
Nu, 'ners arg men ana women OF
oonsecrsted wealth. They are multi
plying BY the day END hour-peopls
who feel themselves The Lord's stew
ards, and from their epulence they
are making . distribution which
pleases the Heavens The check
book In the ONCE drawer Of that
man hss on is stubs . story Of be-
nehcencs clear up into the sublime.
In all the round Of the worlds suf-
ferihg and ignorance and woe you
cannot mention one worthy object
to which that prosperous and good
man has not made contribution. He
10 o irritated, as many are, by So
licitations Tor aims In some poor
woman In thin shawl, holding in her
arms . child with rheum In It's eyes,
this good man sees the Christ who
said: "lnasmueh a. ye have done II
unto one OF the ieast OF these, ys have
done u unto me"
Well this man OF oonsecrated anu
ence Is about to 90 out OF this world.
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