Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-12-25
by Rev. Roy Rutherford.


days oi his youth; who has not some
where In the treasury Of his heart a
jewelled casket whose lid he removes
thus disclosing to his cnraptured gage
n Rosary with beads of VARYING size
here couitship -thoro q castle la Spa,n
honeymoon Wonder a lovely vacation
where the mountains send their white
fangs toward the moon" or beside "uld
oceans grey ana melancholy waste
there n victory achieved after q soul.
stirring struggle. but that biggest and
best bead Is the one really the dav OF
his youth
Lives there a man with soul So dead
that he dos not occasionally turn aside
and IN a rather wistful way count these
beads
AZ the traveller Oft turns hack nj eve
When westward darkly going.
To gaze upon the light be- leaves
sun faint behind him glowing
81 when The close If pleasures day
To gloom hath near consigned us
We turn tu catch a fading rly
Of JOYS we've lett behind us.
q few days ago we we've called to ON
birthplace Co pay the last sad doyoir g.
grandmothcr. We followed the cnske'
% It's resting plao, in "thc silent hall ol
death and then memories Of childhood's
happy hour came thronmng 30 trJups
W" recalled her home ANA It's fruit
trees and her Old-fnshiuned corn hgh'
bread aud her delicious bacon and col
fe-. surTepuously given her tiny grand
son. ana h'r continual admouitIon BE
good sou--bc good"
That afternoon We wandered about
the Wiling, from which we'd been ali
sent many years. There was our old
home. now uupaintod and unkcpt &c
oupicd hy the traditional stranger. Tbs
orchard formerly. yielding more luscious
fruit than Hesperid,s. WIS no more
The garden nnd vineyard site was &C.
cupied by house the only Jewish fam.
ily In town had rented one at thv
twelve offsprings 81 thar prolific stock
had ELECTED our first sermon by Caus
tlCally rcinarking that the jews killed
our Christ, 90 which we responded after
deep thought. III YOU did hc rose from
the dead % Leaving this stcrcd spo,
W. wandered over the path our careless
feet had ,rudred to school. and for q
brief moment rDlivyd those dear old
Golden Rule days' We'll We romcm
b-red tina, frs, dizzy In school We had
wept when chapel WAS over. DURING
which ceremony We sat on mother =
knee. and wanted % return home Doe.
cause W. supposed the usys work WAS
complete Then IN, building had setrn
"a ~ gigantic proportions. now II hao
been converted into dwelling and q
very small one ~ That Tho yard then
seemed Unfortunately bread as We all
played Wolf over the River Now
hop. skip and jump would suffice 20
cross IT, There was the bail ground and
yondcr the fence. over which only th,
biz boys could knock BAH Why was
& possible TINT | could with my lefi
hand toss sion" fag over into tn
often trcspassed unon garden.
Next IA, church attracted attention
How vlyidy that "tTistc nucat,' Of
twenty-five years ago came back. The
fire bells rams and uut came tn buckle.
brigade tu save Ouv village from that
red horror The biggest business block
burned aud the flames began o. spread
Sparks flew over 60 the hirh T'hl'G
shingltd roof ~ uur unnrctcutious
meeting house" and in few mo
mcnts II was tornado ot tire. Thu
squeaky little organ. whose inirudur
tiun into our worship had CAUSED ih'
life long controversy between uu w.
leading members was saved as wur ~"
Bible and the communion plate THIS
was small solaCe tO me-. as ! stood
clutching my mothers skirt and weep
Ing as n my heart would break Ana
pray why NJ. Was Ina, not as sacred
a shrine 10 me a. the ktaha az 'ec'a
to those fciyid drvotc,t Earliest iW
uressions were of being carried there O.
simple worship There the Old songs
were sung. which pleas, Godi shalt al
wny- rcv.rbrtatc through memory D.
halls Thee bible stories ver, taught
Joseph saved his bad. uncut"ful hrr'h
ren-Daniol emerged vlctoriuusiy IRON
tho lions den--Elijah called down IRE
from heaven Then we sat hcsid" d,o
ne ne sang In high tenor rather uners-
t,iuiy Would II not s''m 60 rhildi7h
Imagination that this building death
meant "a permanent removal 90 zoo those
things \ new and more pr'',nti"u'
btick structure. with Sunday schDo, and
oias. rooms and hapti,iry was huit hu'
something went cat ot iltr when 'h'l
,nrd,st frame room vanished IN SPARKS
and smoke Thes. words ,tm" tD 'ui
mind. allowing cur tongue Co utter ih'
thoughts that arose:
There are gains Tor al Our luss's.
There are halms for aH our riins.
hut when youth. the dream. DEPARTS,
II takes something from our hearts.
And u never comes again.
We are stronger. and are better,
Under fuanhrod's siorner reign:
stu We feel that something sweet
Followed youth with lying feet,
And will never come ag1in.
Something beautiful 10 vanished.
Aud We sigh FOR y On vain.
We behold u cyrrywhei'.
on the earth and IN tho air,
But Il never comes agniu.
:
Never before had we raliycd the sad
defhnc and quitting effect ~ rcturninf
L. youthful dlys ard comparing thei'
unbound.d faith and cleaf-eyed hops
With IN actual accomplishments "A
nnore mature experience.
Who IL without SIM Who has reached
al his youthful IDEALS WHERE is m,
man whose every dream h1s come true
who ha- found the pot % gold az ths
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