The commonwealth., 1905-10-06

|/gssS silver gray or the
@sssA flowing locks, The
race is IN the SHADOW, but 1t can be
seen that u is goodly face, in which
are traceable the marks OF discipline
and sorrow, such as sometimes come
IN the later years of life, as though
they would exact tardy recompense
1or the peace and prosperity and smil'
ing SKIES whlch nave crowned the
years Oh the earlier life. Although the
form is bent and the poise and vigor
ol mahhoous prime nave departed
sun u can De seen 'hat the clean
whoiesome ll'lhg Oh the carrier years
mas iert as worthy legacy a preserved
anu spiehala oiu age AS ne speaks
,he heau Is slightly a'erCeu SO as te
pilns ',le ear raIhef than tle eyes op'
posiOe MS ooihpaiiion, lor he Is oLhu
anu .'io sense VI iieai iis must pe aiei
az -. a ,ne"'Ni0 io0on'poN'o ioi 'ii'
'oss "a ''an''
'acop' As IS saylns, At lS soou te
leaI now sfaciousiy lns Lora haIl
ueait Win 'hee uurihs all these years
l hie" ne "oulu ieao thee pack 70 tns
iahu "hlch main peen promised te
Apfahahl anu nis SEED but why TAR
ilesV thou ol Lne very poruer Oh lhlnt
inheritance why shouidst 1hou ho'
uWell ~ tne places "hlch my Iathsi
isaac anu my laener laIher ADrdhan
AneW peioie ines
nave all neeu Ior my hocks ahq
lerus' ia'her' Wna' Shall II prohI hit
" so eiseWiierei @
nu' snouioSt hoI IliS leet traverse
tne iehsth ana Dreauth Oh the laho
which Is u necoHhe the posSessloh VI
my chllureh
on' ! am weary ol lhe journey aho
VINO Knows What tflaiS ana pefliS one
may ehcouhtef on the way was the
solhe"haI impatient response
JACOB mad made the long journey
1roN Succoth 10 BeersheDa' Where ms
father still continued to dwell, in re.
sponse 10 tne urgent message which
the old man isaac mad sent TO his son
when tldlngs had reached him that the
long absent BOY mad departed IRON
syria with all ms substance and mad
again entered canaan 1t was a sad
Homecoming for jacob, for the loving
indulgent mother was not there tc
give him welcome, Some years before
she had died, ana Isaac with streaming
eyes and broken voice told of this, the
crowning sorrow OF his life and Of
his loneliness since she had gone from
him. &E.a
Her heart yearned after thee, Jacob
She longed to see thee before she died
but she dared not send for thee be-
cause Esau was not yet gone to Edom
and she knew not whether the bitter
ness had died out Of his heart. wish
she could have known Of thy reconcil-
iation with thy brother 1t takes the
one burden from my heart, and now
can die in peace when God shall SC
WILL"
The old man paused, and, reaching
out his hands, he felt in the uncertain
manner Of the blind until they rested
on the arm of his son, and then con-
tinued, earnestly:
"Rememberest thou the blessing
with which | blessed thee when thou
didst depart from Padan-aram"
THAT the blessing of Abraham
should be mine, and that and my
seed SHOULD inherit the land which God
gave to Abraham Jacob responded,
fervently.
"Yea, / see that thou hast not for
gotten" and a pleased expression light
ed up the grizzled face of the old man.
"And the last message which thy
mother left for thee was this: Tell
Jacob not to forget that the Lord hath
spoken good concerning him, and that
He will fulfill all His promises spoken