The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-06-17
A THROBBING
BY HENRY BLOUNT.
~ He COmmunes With Bis Better
Nature

Sunday is a glorious. precious, fraS-
rant. fower-fringed and bird-melodled
island OF peace and comfort and rest
and solace, and into who's calm ana
tranquil harbOr we a pilot our tenn
pest tossed barges. and find safe an
chOrage in it's unruff1ed waters, ARD
escape from the angry, raging DliloNs
on the storm ashed ocean of business
strife and contention, and care and
worry and trouble. And now, While
we are in this peaceful island, bathing
in the precious sunlight OF rest which
seems like a blessing from Heaven,
let us turn u thoughts and asplra-
tons and longingS GOdward, and let
our hearts flow on adoristic waves
to the Great White Throne Of God.
and pour out their richest argOsieS of
p~rOfOundeSt gratitude to our precious
Heavenly Father for the blessed hope
Of blissful immortality in that eternal
Sabbath above, where all is peace and
harmony and owe. Let us make 1t a
! blessed day of sweet communion with
our dear Heavenly Father, and let us
resolve to live nearer to God and to do
His will and obey His commands, and
initiate the example Of His precious
Son, whose mission on earth was to
establish the brotherhood Of man, and
restore to sin-Oppressed humanity the
Fa~therhood Of God, and give to NOR
tails a home in HEAVIER. And as we
mediate on these great Blessings that
our Father has given to h world, let
us esolve on this blessed Sabbath
morning that we will have higher and
purer aspirations, and that we will
lead better and nObler lives, and that
in our acts and dealings with each
other we will make all feel the dear,
close, sweet kinship Of humanity, and
realize that we are all fellow pilgrims
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us be less harsh ad ~cenSOriOuS in our
judgments and criticisms, and let us
be more enient and charitable. Let
us remember h a one kind word, en-
derby and affectiOnately spoken, car
ease the pang Of a heart that is crush
ed and almost broken; and that one
cheering smile can melt the blacklist
cloud in sorrows darkest sky, and
cause a glow Of radiant hope to glisten
in the grief filled eye; and that every
flower Of that we have into
the lines Of others thrown. will one
day fling back it's God-given fragrance
to bless and to sweeten our own.
And above all let us not brood over
troubles and nurse sorrows and muir
mer at the providence Of God, for
every dispensatiOn is for our good,
every affliction is a benedictiOn. The
brightest blessings are BORN in the
womb Of blacklist bereavement, even
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there shoots out that bud Of dawn that
blossoms out into the brilliant flowers
Of efIulgent MORN, driving all the
gloomy shadows far away, and giving
to the world the radiance Of a brilliant
day. Those gorgeous clouds-those
variegated Alps in the Switzerland OF
the sky-that group around the west
ern horizon and make a scene so rich
in its opulent glories that it seems like
it was bathing in the reflected beam
ings of celestial splendors, reveal their
most exquisite tintings Of loneliness
when a brilliantly spent day is dying
5 in the crimson thrOeS Of a COLDER sun
set. Those little dew drops-those
brilliant and sparkling diamonds in
5 the gilttering necklace Of Aurora
: would not have been seen. had not
night Wept over the shadows her owr
t deep did brood, and left he,
l tears as jewels of richest radiance te
3 adorn the bosom Of the flowers. Those
lrldescent glories that arch the sky in
f such exquisite l%Ovliness would no,
have been there had there been ne
: conflict with the clouds and the SIM.
beams, for the rainbow is the roseate
child of color, born in the wedlcck 81
wrestling light and shadow, and ha:
Z: Tor its lullaby the echoes of the storm
when it's fury is abated. So. let rs
F.: nave faith IN God. keep near Him il
prayer, and He will relieve every single
e care. so. let us weave in the web O.
life a bright and golden filling. and d.
: Gods will with loyal hearts and witt
r handS that are prompt and willing
ana though the clouds hang low ant
uarh; IL we Will only keep our head.
} still lifted we will surely see the hrigh
sunshine when those sombra clond,
are rifted.