Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-22

Robert Bruce made several unsnc.
cessful attempts to possess his king.
dom and crown. While seeking con.
cealment from his foes in a shattered
barn: d
"He flung himself down in low despair,
AS erieved as man could be;
And after a while as he pondered there.
TIL give it all up said he.
sNow just at that moment a spider
dropped
With it's silken cobweb clew, -
And the king in the midst of his thinking
Stopped to see what the spider would Do.
T" Twas a long way up to the ceiling dome.
And it hung by a rope so fine,
That how it would get to its cobweb home.
King Bruce could not divine
1T soon began to cling and crawl
Straight up with strong ~endeavor,
But down it came, with a slipping sprawl.
As near to the ground as ever"
Nine times the spider tried to reach
Its cobweb home, but every time it
seemed to fall still lower.
/" Sure cried the king, that foolish thing
Will strive no more to climb,
When it. tolls so hard to reach and cling,
And tumbles every time"
~But up the insect went once more,
All me, It's IN anxious minute,
He's only q foot from his cobweb door,
Oh, say, will he lose or win it?
STEADILY, steadily, inch by inch,
Higher and higher he got,
And a bold little run at the very laa
Put him into his native spot.
" Bravo, bravo!' the king cried out.
All honor, to those who try;
The spider up there defed despair,
He conquered, n why shouldn't I"
"And Bruce of Scotland braced his mind.
And gossip0 tell the tale.
That he tried once more as he tried before,
And that time he did net fail.
sPay goodly heed, all you who read,
And beware of saying, i can't
IT'S a cowardly word and apt to lead
To idlness, folly and want"
/ Am now going to make a state.
ment that 1 do not want anyone to
misunderstood. L would not have
you think for a moment that don't
believe that Christ is our example
in all things. but Paul said follow me
even as l follow Christ. I am now
going to hold up before the young
people two persons who accepted
Christ as their Saviour, His Word as
their guide, and on the qualities
named made a success OF life.
Let me first speak to the young
men.
England has given to the world
some Of the greatest men in all
branches of learning. To-day we
place in the front ranks William
EWart Gladstone. He was born OF
| wealthy parents and with royal blood
In his veins. Instead of becoming
dissipated as many a young man III
such circumstances would have DONE
or instead of depending upon his so.
| Cial standing. he took the course that
have already laid out in this sermon
and by SO doing The being dead YET
Fpeaketh."
AS a Christian he said, "Christ Is
the hope OF my poor wayWard NE.
He never missed service on SUNDAY
when we'll enough to attend.
AS a student he was graduateu
with high honors from Oxford, at Tue
age Of twenty. His library contained
twenty-four thousand volumes. ~
is the author Of a number OF very lm-
portant works; several Of them ai0
on the Bible.
He was one of the greatest orators
and statesmen of his time. 10 pe
familiar with his life is to know Eng.
lands history for a period OF Sixty
years. :,
Before the young women | woula
hold UP as the embodiment OF tne
principles 1 have referred to IN TINS
address, one of the greatest reform.
ers that has ever blessed our coun,
try. When her funeral car ore"
slowly into the city of Chicago, a. a.
many as 10000 people turned ous
midst falling snow and sleet TO 'an st
the last, look at one of their grease T.I
benefactors, Frances elizabeth w
lard. They came from the NoLsn.
South, East and West to pay ,h7u :
last tribute of respect. A wrea'n h ",
flowers was sent by a young LADY S cho
had met Miss Willard but once. ~ %
was then on the correspondence s.a -
Of a city paper, and had beer SEM ep
interview Miss Willard, who was t ~
at the hotel and unable to MI Nv W.
appointments. Miss Willard ~ Se
seated in an easy chair, but when so.
saw the young lady's pale ana s I've
ciated face she said, "Dearie, you h me
this chair, you look so tired. rgot
young lady said. II never 1o[s sr.
those words. She was the only pG n
son that had spoken a kind woIt ~,
me since I said farewell TO HUI
and the dear ones at home" ..;st
Miss Willard was true to Cn'| or
denying herself every pleasuio oosi-
comfort that she might fill the po0