St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-23

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| /SNM uhSW<s for d W Ell ng
| I NA!lI lIIlIlI ~ place; Spo I
| l44AA N4lle which they could
| lAiilN|l ll|FIRl No call home. Abra-
| / lIlIllki| HIINl| s sMr ham had his eyes
| 1nlIAl ANEa1oeoi focused upon
| r IlUI||HI 4<saHR| sTeo Heavenly things,
! Il|Nl1l f1b SO that she looked
| I1q|ll.MAI &l|}@~ for a city which
D hath foundations.
- whose Builder and
| Maker is G o d.
Lot, with his eyes fixed upon the fruit
full plain below, saw that it could sat
isfy worldly ambitions, and SO ne
"chose him the plain of Jordan ano
went there to live. Abraham coulo
calmly, even cheerfully, see Lot take
the best of the land, for his eye OF la..n
beheld with undimmed vision the gus
tening t,1rrets and the golden pave
ments of that Celestial City, designed
by God and built upon the enduring
| rock of His eternal purposes. IL ma J
| be that when Abrah ham went nome ana
told his wife of the bargain he mao
made with his nephew Lot that she was
very much dissatisfied and scoloeo MN
| for his short-sighted folly. Ana IL olo
| seem for few years as though Abra'
| ham had made mistake, but during
the centuries which have rolled arouna
since then Sarah has hadplenty OF time
to change her mind, and I imagine as
4hrnnOh
| rare gardens of the Celestial olty'
sharing in the peace and JOY and glory
of that beautiful place, she wonders
how she ever could have let little
patch of ground down by the JORDAN
make her unhappy and dissatlshed'
And Lot? Well, after his bargain with
Abraham, I suppose he used to run up 2
and visit his uncle occasionally to tell
him of his great prosperity and his ac-
cumulating riches. He probably had
many a quiet little laugh with himself
over the easy way in which he had over
reached his uncle, and wondered good
many times how Abraham could De so
contented and so easily satisfied But
while Lot was gathering the worlds
gold in heaps, Abraham was laying up
treasure in Heaven, which he is ENJOY
ing TO this day; but Lot, poor, poverty
stricken soul that he was, got into
Heaven $50 as by fire." and every
blessed thing he had was burned up
~ ONE one has beautifully told OF an
= imaginary but very probable scene
in Heaven. Two souls have passed
from earth and entered the pearly
oates of Heaven. Each seeks its man
sion which the lord has been prepar-
ing for them in f,llfillment of His prom
Use. The Master leads one, who has
been a gardener, and who has dwelt in
a little matched cottage in one obscure
corner of his employers lordly estate,
to splendid mansion placed in good
ly location and bids him enter. for this
is his mansion which has been pre-
pared for him. The other soul. who,
while on earth, had lived in the man
sion on the place where the first soul
had toiled in obscurity, and was none
other than the mistress who had daily
given him his orders, was then taken
by4he Master to humber part OF the
city where the houses were smaller,
and lower, and palmer, and pointing to
one which was the meanest OF all on
the street, He bids her enter. An ex-
clamation of surprise and bitter dis
appointment bursts from her lips and
she exclaims: "surely, Lord. this place
cannot be intended for me. have been
used to living in mansion. The stately
house which my former servant has
entered must be mine and this place
his. for he has always lived in rude,
mean cottage of two rooms upon my
estate" But the Master, with tender
tone and compassionate look. said:
"Nay. dear soul. this is in truth your
mansion. No mistake has been made.
/ have done the best I could with the
materials you gave Me. So little treas
ure did you lay up in Heaven while on
earth that was hard put to rear even
so small and unpretentious dwelling.
But your humble and faithful servant,
whose good and kindly deeds and godly
life were the talk of all in the commu
nifty, laid up his treasure here with such
lavish hand that it was necessary to
enlarge the plans several times and
place minarets and turrets all over the
splendid structure to use up all the ma
terial he provided" Abraham t'looked
for city which hath foundations.
whose Builder and Maker is God" and
he undoubtedly secured one of the fin
est mansions in the city. Lot looked to
the plain of Jordan and chose his dwell
ing place there, and he could count
himself fortunate that he even OBJ
tanned standing room in Heaven.
0NE of the problems of this life is
~ that of choosing dwelling place
We have to live somewhere, and house
hunting becomes the task of nearly
every one some time during life. A
few people never know what it is to
move from one home to another. A
great many move but seldom, while
multitudes move yearly or biennially
Some people move, it is said, because it
is cheaper than paying rent; others
move to get out of their own dirt and
because it is the easiest way to house
clean; others move from habit and be-
cause of the restless spirit which
Graves change OF scene and surround
ings, and some others move because
larger accommodations are made nee
essary by growing families. And house
hunting is part of the experience. At
this season of the year the tramp of
many feet are heard as they hurry
hither and thither in search of home,
and, verify, they find what they seek