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v y's: yy . CHABLOTTE-DAILY. -OBSERVER, JUL-5r 1009. A CLOSER WALK WITH GOD ; SERMON BY REV, G. H.DETWTAER lYomthe TeilTnertlB ttwrrXord t and Wait Patiently Fr Him," , the A, Talented rastor ot West- Market ' ' '. . Street Methodist Church, Greens . boro,- Dnr Valuable lsson ' T Ctorist" the goluUon ot All Human - ' ... . . r. .1 .. Oljkn In 1 .If J l ; 4: XTODiema " . ... "v to Ilnd God and Tl"rt to Bring-His r yu' iniliimm n Rear on 'Hi xranstiory life Th Marie o ;Um; Bavlora VGrace JSxempllfled. . H Sermon by Rev. G. H. Detwller at f West Market Street churcO-sens -x WroV'N C" Sunday moroinft June - flat. lies. - :. -.' S:' " :V stenographic .'report -' by Flossie A. y-...- y . Byrd). - " Text: Paalnt VJil ' 'Rest In tne.ora T-fiid-vairpaUently-for- Him.1 i tiv.! preached to .youlast Sunday from f that great drama, of Job and gathered "Trom It thla lesson-that the eolutioii - - for all mysteries of human We and lor TTiu those perplexing -intellectual Quea- ' Hons that coioe up for answer in thle -world is to be- found in Gad that Ha a the final answer for all perplexity and. trouble of human life, . AHer au the wiado.T&"f'tfce "world had - SL cathered-together In the day of jobi at last the only answer that aatlsfle4 - the ancient aeer waa the answer that came out of the theophany of the - whirlwind. And then, believing,- ha eat down satisfied because he found that the solution of. all his trouble was In rlnii ..... j V But that raisea another question tha - la equally difficult to answer and lay . Its stress upon the human heart ennal- Jy with the other. Ttou say to me, TheanaWerf or my -trouble Is : in -Goi, but -whera4a -Godl And how " can I find Him? And when I have. found Kim in what sense will God be arranswer-o-i-w " . .This Psalm aska the same Question and answers It. The psalmist haa reached -1 that place In the world's history and in the development -of revelation where -God la conceded to be a fact In men'a Uvea.' He la also confronted with the confusions of life the inequality of Justice and Injustice, of right and wrong, of truth and error. He sees wlckedneasflourlsh, he sees injustice triumph, he sees Innocency defrauded and Imposed upon, and it frets him" and he la indignant and he wants to resent It. Awd then comes the message of inspiration to ali that sort of fcel7 Ing in hla heart, and he says, "Fret not thyself because ot evil doers, nor be thou troubled about the workers of Iniquity, for they shall be cut off." And then he proceeds to set forth the conditions upon which men will find . .the comforting influences of the Spirit of God coming into their lives. So he aays, "Rest in the Lord." "Trust in the Lord. "Delight thyself In the'Lord and then the Lord will bring- things to pass," "Verily thou shalt dwell In the land and verily thou shalt be fed." and ' "thy burden shall roll away," and "thy rest shall be secure," and "thy vindication Bhall be as the light of th noon da" "Don't fret," says this an cient seer, "because God is sufficient refuge for you." EASY TO FIND GOD. It is not always an easy thing to find God. In the ancient time men went .. through untold agonies In searchinr after Him. We fail to appreciate the vast inheritance that has come down to us from the struggling faith of the ancient men of this world. .We think that we have difficulties to confront With reference to our faith; we hava . a few quibbles of science; we have a few shallow voices of skepticism; and we aay, "Oh how hard it is for a man to And rest for his faith, anchorage in -God." Well, youought to have lived back yonder wrth Abraham. Did you ever think about Abraham where he -lived in Ur of Chaldea? Did yo ever think about the courage of faith and heart it took to rise up and go forth into an unknown country seek ing after God? Did you ever study the experience of Mosest Did you ever look Into the heart throes of Isaiah and see what a tremendous struggle he had to make to get a foot hold for faith in God? They had no precedent to guide them, had no cheer ing vision of victory behind them to cheer them on. They were solitary men who went out into the great soli tary places of the, universe hunting after God, and then finding Him in a measure (for they were able only to find Him In a measure), while to you - and to me has come the glorloua In heritance of their achievement. What If you and I were now required to go ....through the hard struggle and the throes of faith that these men went through in order to find God? So we may say, after aft. speaking historical ly upon this question, that in these Jays it is an easy thing for a man to find God. The facilities for finding Him are Immensely superior to what they were at one time In the world's history; for, added to all the luminous experience hlch comes down as a great search light through the ages through men like Abraham and Moses and Abel and Isaiah and Ellsha and . . Elijah and all .the others there is add- ed the light that' has come to us from the unmeasured, unlimited ministry of the Spirit of God as given through .Jesus ChHat. . ' , THE PROBLEM OF LIFE. 7 But the problem of life now Is not to find God. The only difficulty is thl"How- can I expert God to help me?" - If jrou have God here in all the plentltude "of Hla revelation what good is It if you have the wrong con ception of how God works in men? What use la It for us to know all the - theory, of electricity if we don't know r how to adopt it to modern machinery? Men am Know anout electricity, men f; ucnreimuui puwer, men I lenew thR fart nf Its tmitienRltv n th 1 manteal-wwld. but the- difficulty with them waa "How can I adopt this mighty force -and power to the com mon things of humanity?" And so Is this1 great revelation and this great power that comes within the easy reach of . u.et to-day. But how can -4hat po wf be realised and-how can it xlnd its Interpretation in men'a lives and in men's hearts? Here it Is for 1: you, right here,- to each . Jut and "touch It,-The lightnings flash across the sky, rolling thunder steadily beats -its 'tremendous blows upon the air to notify you that electricity is here; but we need some Franklin and some Edi ' son to reach this great world of elec tricity, to chain it and bring it down and show men how it can be utltllsed for 'the Illumination of the world and. - the power f the world.- So here Is th' C reat'TGod-revelalton. It light- - nlng flames . across every man's sky ' The thunder-peat of God's voice comes rolling and smiting across the ear-f man's intellectual , and ' moral life to day as It never has doner "But how : can I bring It down? What wire will conduct It into my life' and make It a - great illumination there? What source of conduct can bring It -into my life and make It a great power there ? That is the question. Well w hive an answer'to that The utilisation of God's Influence In a man's life is one ef the simple things. Just as the- use of alectrlclty Is a marvellously and'slmple I thing when you get the aecret of its coriduct Just a common wire and lo! It spina out yonder and illuminates the city.. 'Just a common piece of wire -rajidJol lilhri!lt jrith euch powter as to set .great machinery. In motion. 86 there, are i some - simple truths, which. If a. man-will get bold of them- In his life, will brlng.the realiaatlon of God's presence ; and power ahd -make H a mighty force great illumination in-th6 midst of a- man's darkness and ener gizing in the midst of a man's weak ness. ' .-- ' ' -'w PERSONAL EXPERIENCL, -In answer .to 'th question as to bow that la. done I wlgfit speak from the standpoint of, the theorist and tell you that It r grows out of personal ex perience, that a man if regenerated by the Holy-Spirit this energising force can work Its way out Into hia life and become a- great power for comfort, for strength, and for sustenance, but I am not going ; to dd" thattbl morning. This la all true and It Is elemental in Its Importance, but What I want to bring you for comfort this morning is the simpler;' answer -to- the r q uestlon. Here I am commanded not to' fret 'my self. Here I am told to wait patient ly upon God as I rest in Him. What does that mean to. a man? Here I am lntha: throea of-MnrousneB9.over.uhe slow progress of moral reform, here I am goaded with a sense of injustice In the world, here I am rankling' under the' sense of injustice as It touches me In my life,. utterly helpless to resent it, utterly- weak to overcome It. Here I am with untold sorrows and unspeak able pain 4n my heart- and - there Is 1- no solace that comes to me. And I am told not to fret .1 am just told to wait patiently. Well, that is my asset. Then what am I to do with it? You have got to magnify God In your faith and -magnify- God -In- your experience and actually believe -that Cod4s here, and then wtrBn yt do that you -.must patiently watt and let . the mes sage of the unfoldingyeara come to you. What 'a marvellous message they bring to men' that wait on ' God and trust in Him the message of the un folding years! Yea, I have held on to God a long time, brother. He has been more to me than -anything else, so' far as my Salth Is . concerned for more than forty years. Away back yonder a man, did me a great wrong. I am telling you a story now of my life. He did me a great wrong, he did me a wrong, he did me an Irrep arable wrong (for had he ever chosen to do so he could not have made it right, he could not. hae undone the wrong), and rankling under it one day I wrote him a sharp letter and threat ened him. I girded myself for the bat tle and met a coward in the way, and, cringing at my feet, he begged me for clemency and I gave it to him, and then he betrayed me afterwards. Now that waa twenty-five years ago. How it embittered my life and how It nearly destroyed my rellgloua experience for awhile and how it nearly set me against every man In the world! But I woke up to the fact that If I ever got out of that and ever came to find my self delivered from that awful catas trophe God would have to deliver me. And then I fell back on Him and I said, "God and the years are going to solve this question." and God and the years have solved it. I say to you this morning I know no man for whom I have kinder feelings than I have for that poor fellow who did me that great wrong. I said. This .world Is lareg i nevpr cou)(J underatana why green ap enough for two men as small as he and I would not aeree with me. And I (for he was mighty small and I was : not much larger). I said. "I will Just move out of his way a little and let him move out of my way a little," and so, in the providence of God, he went one way and I the. other, and I haven't seen his face for twehty-flve "years. I have had only one message from him and that was indirect and I sent back good cheer and good will. o the healing years have come on, one after another, nntil ail the bitterness has gone out and aU the old smart has been removed. In these twenty-five busy years I have found that there was plenty to do and plenty, of' room for two men that could not agree and that the years have brought, in His service for other men, ten thousand cordials for all the ills of life. MAGIC IN HIP GRACE. I give you this illustration to bring out the thought I have for you this morning. That' the element of time must enter into this problem. You cannot get It in an hour, you cannot get God's help In a day. This Idea that somehow "or "other, by some in stantaneous process, there is a magic In the grace of God to take away all feeling and all smart and all pressure and all burden of human trouble and sorrow because men believe in God Is a great mistake. It cannot be, and people who try It are always deceived, fearfully and bitterly deceived way, nay, the solution is in the unfolding years. It cannot come in a day.. So I never say to any man who is in trou ble, "You will get over this to-morrow," because you won't. The wound is too deep for' that. It will not heal in a day. To men and women who are In trouble I do not say that you will know about this to-morrow, for it may be years and years. But the beauty of it is that thp man who Jtefcps God In his life and goes patiently forward. holding oih to Him And doing life's work for Him and for humanity, suf fering patiently and bearing quietly as he goes the burden and the toil and the pain will fln4 the unfolding years bringing more and more the healing balm. And there is no healing balm except there be the healing of God in It. Time - -never requited i revenge, never. Time never healed the bitter heart. It never will. Time never brought an apocalypse to a soul that chose to wander off in the dark, nor must you expect that there is comfort to be gotten out of time. 7 T sometimes aay to people who ate in trouble, "Happy and Diessea are iney wno nave ..i. .nl w.irlr 'f tMT and worklrtrrt work to do, so go on Ino - man from .so r- row in - workr alone, - because If- jrou could then work would save you. and It Is God that saves ua and not work. So if a man could get "comfort and healing for his soul in work then he might choose between work and God and aay'God has not- been true to me lately, He has been doing things I do not like. So I will take work and by hard work I -will heal my heart.' No man" ever healed his -hcart-1y hard work. - But - the man who takes God into hia. life andjworks for humanity and for God, wUI And; great comfort In his Work , and God, will make his work a means of helping blm.--4:"i yyyx two-fold jessagje5,'- .But the message of the , unfolding years is two-fold to. every man mho trostsirrOod. "First,' lt-1 the snfold lng revelation of the enlarged know ledge of UfeVv Only "the years can bring-that to a mart-1!-have seen a bride of two years bend heart broken over her .first-born. Only a few days had it prattled on ' her knee,": only learned to Jisp a little and smile faint ly . in . responce te a - mother's fond caresses, t ,N'o' you cannot say much to a mother of that kind, only, "I am sorry for you, my dear." ' You can tell her that the child Is absolutely safe -There are a great many corn- farting things that you can do for her. You can pin violet on it snowx bosom. ". You can do "a great many kind and loving things, but you can not say much. It takes the unfolding knowledge ef maturer life to bring her to see and understand the ways of God. .. Her. enlarged "knowledge", will came to her day by day. . 8o r- after awhile other children will be born and her love .will go out to them. - After awhile these children will grow up and mature In life and bring with them new burdens and carej and thus there will be revealed to her the enlarged Knowledge that, comes with the years. 8h-wHl ever and anon look b&ck . on that .little mound where the daisies grow and there will come Interpreta tion ; ; after Interpretation to that ; event that "was All dark ness oncebut It eoald.. only come that way, It cannot come any other way, Bo in the disasters of life, whatever they may be. that come to' a man's life The1 day that- thla .man, did me that' great jrong.X thought he was a despicably bad man, and I thought I would have been doing a 'good service if I crushed him.. It would have been a very cruel thing f ore to have done. I thought that I would do well to rid the church of such a roan. I have since learned that Qod can use a great many folks that I would never have anything to do with. So the "en largement of my knowledgehas lead me to look back upon that man and upon his deed with' a revelation that only came to me with the passing years, it Is an awful thing for a man to carry bitterness in his so'uL THE LARGER KNOWLEDGE. And there la absolutely no light that can break in on any man's path, who carries through the burdenfc- of ,- the years such a thing as malice., ' But the larger knowledge comes by the unfold ing years, only to the ro&a jeho .with, forgiveness In his heart walta patient ly on. God, and waiting thua, there comes here and there and yonder the revelation of God.v I remember a wo man coming "to me in tears one day. She was silver-haired and the crown upon her brow was as white as the riven snow, and many years had read their leasons into her life. She was a good, Christian woman and we were talking about the Indescribable trou bles and sorrows through which one of her children was passing (a woman then passed middle life) and ahe said, "Brother, there was a day in my lire when certain things happened that I could not understand, but I am here to aay to you that all this is no mystery to me now the unfolding years, the passing time has little by little solv ed the mystery of things that I could not understand away back yonder, and I am ready for this hour and equal to this trial." There Is no other way to get It. There Is no other way to gath- i er it Into a man's life. You will have to wait and when your head Is gray you will look on a little mound that you can span with your hands and out of that will have come to you, through the years, the enlargement of your knowledge of things from time to timu, lesson after lesson and revela tion after revelation. You know hOW it is with your own child. There are times when you do things that -you cannot explain. The child saya In the most pathetic way. "Papa, why can't I, why can't I?" That Is the hardest thing to hit against a father's heart. And what do you say? "Why. my child, you must do what I tell you. You cannot understand now." I my mother never did explain it to me. ghe jUBt 8imply gal(, l muat n0t have them, that I could not haVe them because they would make me sick. That goes hard to the growing boy's mind, arid the answer of the mother means nothing to him absolutely nothing to him. The unfolding years have made It all plain and I can take the chemistry of it and demonstrate it to you to-day and I need not give a passing thought to solve the mystery of green apples, and yet it waa a pro found mystery to me then. No more a profound mystery than the limitations of your child to-day, than vour trouble and your sorrow Is to your childish heart, but after awhile the enlarged vision of God and the enlarged knowledge of God will come to you. I do nit remember that any chemist has ever explained to me tne chemistry of sour, green apples, I do not know that by any process of ana tomical demonstration I have seen the effect upon the stomach. I do not know that I have ever had explained to me the strange, mysterious philo sophy of the unreasonableness of my infant mind, but unconsciously there has come to me, through the growing knowledge of the years, the fact There have been other things more se rious when I looked up into my Heav enly Father's face and -said, "Lord, why cait-I, why can't I? I was Just readv to take hold of victory. I had tolled to it through the years and was Just ready to reach out my hand to grasp the golden grain, and it was mine by riaht of conquest and or toll. And then another hand swept In and srrasned it and another alckle gathered It and it went Into another man's sheaf of victory and I looked up and said. "Father, why could not I have It?" And He said, "Rest In me and wait patiently." "That1" Is all the answer I got, and I rested in Him and waited Upatlently. and after awhlla with the unfolding years and the larger Know ledge that came from victory and de feat I looked backhand said. "Weli, It was a good thing my Lord didn't allow me to have the ripened sheaf that day. I should have sat down and rested. I thank God that He has kept me at work by taking things out of my life so often. If He had left them all there I never would have done anything more for Him. -1 was Just small enough and Ignorant enough and sel fish enough that If God had let me have some things away back yonder I would have been a cumberer of the on ." and ldHed n until -i -learned a larger lesson that It is Just as good a thing to work with God, whether you get anything out of It or not tt-ls the Just reward of life that the thing which, after all, compensates Is not crowns of glory and palms of rlctory and songs f power, btif comradeship with God In the. accomplishment of things, and the greatest Joy of life is the- Joy of . achievement . and . Jtha Jay I Of working out the largest possibilities that are In you. and yoa cannot do that If you stop to gather up' the small er rewards that fall by the wayside of life. It took me a long time to learn that In the meantime, my only hops And the only thing that saved me was to rest, In God and wait patiently for Him. And the knowledge cams and truth iame oIutiu DEEPENING EXPERIENCE. And so there comes also, not only the enlarged knowledge of the unfold ing year. but. there comes with It the deepening; of experience. ' Do . you Mhow that there Js nothing that en larges a man that he does not work out. under God? 1 wish yoa woutd take that home and think about it There Is nothing that comes to a man in the way of experience In this life that isr worth anything snd that en larges a man and gives compensation to a" maw except the things that' he work oat under God. Take the posi tive -evils "r nrer-ripok to you about 'revenge moment ago. Who was ever enlarged by revenge? Who was ever increased In knowledge by revenge? The man who nurses It, Ihe'man Who mrborrit, UiaTnanrwnaT eta , it grow to him what to; it? Nothing but that which corrodes and destroys' and narrows and Cuts off the man from the larger things of life. No man can harbor the spirit of re venge and not find himself cruelly cut off from all the finer things of life. A maa cannot love his wHe its ht&ughi to lova her If the spirit of revenge to ward hia neighbor is in his soul. 'Af ter awhile he will grow selfish con cerning ber and he Will find a strange spirit creeping' Into his life, poisoning tne most tender and beautiful things. You see the things- that grow and the things that develop! and the. things tnat ripen - in a man's life are the thlnga that are fostered by God. so when a man waits patiently on God j he finds .that Ills experience deepens and enriches as the days go by. I - I spoke of my story awhile ago. "It; is such a common one, it is such a plain and.' .simple story. What came out of the ripened experience of that trouble in my life? It waa larger tolerance for men. greater patience with men, ability to. go to other, men who were embittered by the wrongs of their brothers and lay my hand with assurance upon them and with steady strength say, "Here, . I have been through this thing for twenty years. I have walked -this path, carrying the sense or wrong in my heart. I want to tell you hOwltH. how I feel about It." I have never gone in such min istry as that to other men that God didn't bless them. It takes the unfold ing years to ripen a man's heart, until he cah take the deep wrongs, of his life and make them blossom and fruc tify. I read a etory once about how away back yonder in the revolution some men of one army or tho other took a treasure, and hid it In the heart of an oak and then went on their way. They never came back to claim the treasure, but the oak grew on and on. The unfolding years brought summer's heat and winter's stormi'" It grew and cast forth its leaves every spring and they dropped upon the earth every fall, and at last, after many years, an ax- man came along and marked the treo for the use of man, and thn ax went deep Into Its heart and at last it fell and deep In the heart of the oak was the box of gold. And deep In the heart of many men Is the Inestimable treasure of the deepening experience of the passing years. . Clod puis it there, and tuen only the years can heal It over, but the dew falls and the sun kisses and the rains baptize and the heat of the summer warms the heart and the years speed away, and after vwhile something happens and the man's heart breaks open to the vorld, and lo! there Is the golden treasure that God has hid away in the long ago. A man's sorrow comes to be after awhile a great treasure In hi heart, that Is to be uncovered In some crisis iri his life and poured out on another Brian's life. I remember once meeting a brother In great dlstriKS and he said, "I am Rlad to see you, I have been watching for you," and I salJ, "Well sit down, my brother, and tell me your story." It was one of those common stories of a man's' grent rorrow and a man's great trouble. He aald, ''Broth er, I have talked to the bishops and some of them hud good words for mo and some 111 for me. I have talked to my friends and I don't know that I have had any help. Perhaps you can help me. I have felt strangely drawn to you." And then I felt a quiver of pain In my heart. There came before me the memory of the past and I said, "O Lord, give me strength to do this thing." I had hid away in my own heart a Morrow Just like his. I hid' It away and I said, "No, this sorrow shall never be known to the world." I hid it and covered It up saying, "Qod and I will carry this on and on through the years." I thought at first I could not distifrb the quietness -of th;it old sorrow's repose in my heart, but I knew i.iere was only one way to help my brother and that was to break that alabaster box, no matter what It cost me-, and I broke it and helped his heart. I never will forget the day when I sealed it up, I never will forget the day when I sealed my Hps against the expression of it, I never will for get the day that I buried it and said, "I will pass on and no man shall see It any more." I did not know how It had, grown and how beautifully It had flourished and flowered out and how sweet was the aroma that came from that box as I broke It over my broth er's heart. And he was encouraged, and then I knew what God meant wnen He said. "Rest In the Lord and wait patiently for Him."' It Win come some day, keep waiting on God's will. It may be that some day, with the waiting, God will bring you to the place where he needs that alabaster box broken. , Keep It there sacred. Let it grow with the years. Hide It carefully from the world. Let it work out a thousand miracles in your own heart, and when the day comes yon will know how beautiful It la to wait on God patiently and to rest in Him and to know His power to do these things, - And so I bring you this message. simple and plain, this morning of waiting on Qod. There will come with the years new slgwlflcanee. new power, new beauties, new attainments, new ability, new .comprehension, I am sorry you and I haven't understood the secret of ltDetter. But some day be cause God loves you so -well and wants you to know so thoroughly the deeper thing ef life, because Qod la so solici tous for you, Ms Is coins; to drop a sorrow down Into your life and great pain will come upon yof or a man win lift up his hand'aaalnst you and' strike and the wound will" be derp and the smart will ba excruciating, but Sralt on the Lord, and the unfolding years will reveal God's knowledge to you and ! they will bring the deeper experience to you. AnaTTirn you- wjn-ba v jnaa to stand up. snd speak for Oqd and to do uo i wora as you never could have done without it. There Is no-othrr way. Just wait patiently on God and' rest In Him and thou shalt have thy heart's desires. s -x , . . .. CTrfEVEriANrx - . - TeSjJ quietly; drumbeat, nor trom pot's peai, Nor martial, trampling, should disturb the end ' " - - Of this great lvlo life; the grief We feel No bla.son asks; nor askath aught his larae. . . . .. ,. For his was that beat courage peace tries oes", - . ' Sedate defiance 'of all clamors shrill: Boon of mere ahows; stern putting; to rtwftest 'r " " '. j 1 11 Of fnen aad causes: and' un conquered ' ' WUL -; . ; r - ;. Illat'thereors. la this solemn pause of ail. This deep remembrance .of old ardors ' -true" Dear as our youth In as who. at ltla cat! Bared stripling snmrpiala patriot work . to do. . . - Silence.' keep silence. o'er - this wasted frame-- - .., Wretk-'-Df...t!iat' burly once he gave. stretigth which Better than drama, or outcry of his name. I silence end the women by his grava Washington, W. Q. B. ' ill.BiLiousdjfS ' ll-i. MHIF II XtiTttUm AVsf7li II I- THE CI.EVKL-WD STOCK. Rcmarkabta Poem on Heredity Writ . - ten by Grover-Cleveland Grand father, tho Kcv. Aaron Cleveland, of Norwich, Conn. As printed years ago In the Oneonta, N.. T., Herald. four kinds of blood flow, in my veins And govern each in tun my . brains: . From Cleveland, Porter, St well. Waters I had my blood distinct In quarters. My parents' parents names 1 know. But I no further back can go. Compound on compound from the flood Forms jKw myown .ancestral oleod. But what my sires of old time were I neither wish to know nor care.. Soipe might be tyrants, others tools; Some might by tyrants, others tools: Some might be rich, and others lack; Some might be white, and others black. No matter what In days ot yore. Since t'.iey are known and sung no more. The nam of Cleveland I must wir, Which some poor foundling; first might bnr. Porter, I'm told, from Scotland came, A bonny bard of am-lent fame. Sewell, an English derivation. Perhaps some outcast from the nation. Waters, sn Irishman, I ween, Straight round about from Aberdeen. Such is my heterogeneous blood A motley mixture, bad and good. Each blood aspires to rule alone. And each In turn ascends the throne And rules till others tear him down. Each change must twist about my brains And move my tongue In different strains; My mental powers are captive led As wlilm or wisdom rules the head. My character no one can know. For none I have while things are so: I'm something, nothing, wise or foot. As suits the blood which Imps to rule. When Cleveland reigns I'm thought a wit In making: words, the funny hit. In social alee and humorous song 1 charm the fools that round me throng: But soon, perhnps, this blood Is down, Whtot Porter next may wmr the crown. Now all Is calm, discreet and wise, Whnto'er I do, whate'er advlne. But soon, alas! thin happy reign Must for some other change again. j Mewell. perhaps, may next bear rule; I'm then a philosophic fool. : With Jefferson. I correspond And soar with lilm the slurs beyond. While every fibre of the brain To sense profound I nicely strain. And then arlne beyond Uie ken Of common sense and common men. But who comes next? Alas 'tis Waters, j Rushing fearless to headquarters. j He knows no manners nor decorum, But elbows headlong to the forum; j t'neouth and odd, abrupt and bold. rntaiiRht. unteaehable and uncontrolled, Devoid of wisdom, nse or wit. Not one thing rhrht he ever hit, T'nless by accident,' not skill. He blundered rlglit asalnst his will; Such am I now-no transmigration Can sink me to a lower station. Come. Porter, come depone tnis clown, And one for all asmime the" crown; tf aught In SeweUs blood you And Will make your owr still more refined. If found In Cleveland's blood a trait To aid you In tbe' affairs of state, Select such parts, but spurn the rest. Never to rule my brain or breast, -Of Waters blood expel the whole. Let not one drop pollute my soul. Then rule my head, then rule my heart. From folly. weakne. wit apart; With all such qualities I'll dispense, And only give me common sense. MISSING Wllili IX OI,I HOOK. Mav IiCad to a Itcdlslrlbiillon of Money Ia-H by a Frem-li Ilachclor. London Globe. A curious story of a mlaslng will comos from Paris. In 190(1 M. rroesard. director of the Mont d PMete at Dl.lon. a bachelor, died without heirs, leaving a fortune of about 100,000 francs. He had previously announced to tils Intimates that ho Intended to re member them In his will, but on his death no will could he found. The fortune then went to 'three distant relatives During the last few days a Ger man book-collector passing through DIJon nought a Jot of old boeks which had formerly belonged to M. Frossard. In one- of them lh col lector came acrosia the lost will, .In which one of th oldest friends of the dead man was appointed residu ary legatee. The collector sent the will to this gentleman, and tho aid of the FreIv courts, wlll.-now. .be . Invoked, to dis tribute tho property in terms of tha will. tp-to-Iate 1-ablc. Plck-Me-Up. , An Inquisitive stork one day poked his head through a crack In the fence surrounding- a ; plst pen. T The piga. were alarmed at the unusual sight, and knew not what to do until - om wise porker suggested that they try to appease the wrath of the supposed monster y the use of flattery. "Ob!-Sei what a hsndwome crea ture," squealed bha pig. Thiir must be -a member f nooillty. 8e how high he holds his head, and watch the beautiful curves of his lega." "And what a look of wlsdom.M aald another. "Harkl Tou can even hear hia meiftaf machinery working, creak and throb, I will bet tne ring In my tall that he is a poet. ' Other pigs spoke of the transcen dent beauty of ihe .atork, while many referred to his evident erudition, and the trrk listened well pleased. . - So pleased. . in fact, was he. that his bend swelled enormously.-and eonld not be pulled back again through the crack In tne ience. xnen tne, piaa. realising his difficulty, dined on atork a la mode. - ' 1 Moral Always regard flattery as tha compliment of sharpery."' ' FalW. All efforts hsvs failed to find a better remedy for eousha, lls and luna trou ble ihsa Foley's Honey and Tar. It stops the enogh. heals tbe tunas snd pre vents serious results from a enkL . J. N. Patterson.- Nashua. Iowa. : writes; "Ijist winter I had a pad cold on say bins and ti4d at least half a dsaea adverttawd cough medicines and had tresynent from two physicians without getting snr bene nt. a rnena recwminenoeo; roioya Monv and Tar and two-third ef a bt- tie rursd me. - I ctmsidsr It the greatest mush snd lung medicine In tbe world." II IUL2CAL1I Ji- V II ISPEEDY RELIEF.! . , , . rrr.i R. IL Jerdaa Co, W. U Uaad ft Co, All Goods CuaranUad Undar tho ' Puro Pood Low and Drug Act. - WVrtwtd lour newf for eomsoonded er rsett : "T-Tted fwwtst Is jjook-xor IM Fnxe riioa usmniM wnjco 7sa wui ' Slid su ear swls. it rows much to yow. Tow bur direct wlm yon ordor Iron n. V mrm wboVnai dis tributor te the custodier, sod Mrutesatisuetiaa. or msocr Kfandcd. Mekana. aroma AmrtM minH mt nrieao prices in bulk lots. Booklet, complete list t hat named below we smka sood losaos and araoJtas . , , ; ...''; f AT T. VmJ. OITASTSI ' ' ' . 4Qta. t Ota. Qts. Witomr fbestthe werM ever)'-.. ta.l SMS I S.00 . . " '- Issk s -met eMkoat man UI OSllssT Off WOssbOSJOTI El Haa (old corn whiskey) On prepold bottled list snixrd roods , shipped tpriroa Qootod, DouH Kenny Ult Whiskey (medicinal)..,.-....... 12 . .2 t.09 BlueRidsetVa.montaifi)..... - - 40"7J. JI.M Huron River Rye, extra floe (bottled (a bond)....... 1 5 1LM Dr. Lo Barron's Botha Gia (inediciaei) .............. 1 40 . I0.W Kelly's Roys! Corn (the finest) ... . .1.44 1L26 , Kslly'a tapper DUtiUed (bottled la bond). ........... . M a9 . Kelly's Medicinal Malt (bottled la bped) -5 f .2 1M MiasTemptina (finest Msrylsad rye)....... 4.60 S.M UM , lfsJlon 5-resiold KiiflwB.J...-"ijU'V.t.iMZ; . : lt&lloa 5-year-old Noxth Carolina Corn... .."."f MIX, " PTJTUP I lrolion Holland Glo..... I CHARGES IN STONE I 1 mJlon Extra Fine Sherry I S2.SO JUGS. 1 gallon Porto Rico Rum 1 PsPAIO SAFELY I 1 gallon Extra Good Port Wine i... PACKED 1 calloa 4-year-old Maryland Peerh Brandy a.., IN PLAIN lgaikm 4-year-old VirlniaAppl Brandy. CASE. - ) . , SPECIAL OFFER -ALL - IllonOWNorUCiroHnCc-.. ........... ......t.f -CHARGES f IgallonaOld Kentucky Rye-.... 00 PREPAID I Sgallone Fine Gin.... C00 I cations Apple or Peach Brandy ,100 41 sal Ions nf either ahovaw ft SO If soodj named lo Special OScf ate duirtd ia On orders west of tbe Mississippi, add 60 additional for each 4 quarts, xeeptCetly's Coppr DieUiled (battled ia bondt on whirh for orrWa mrtaide of Vlrrinia, the Carohnas, Georgia and Alabama, Maryland and District of Columbia, add 40a for 4. quarts, 7&e for o quaru, ana ai.w lor u Quarts. f The wholesale prices quoted on these, case goods are flat, snd do sot cover express charges. Neither do we guaran tee thtae against break age or kiee. THE PHIL E. KELLY CO., Inc. MAIL ORDERS Local and Lone 14 IS C. Main Htorris Lit wSfiB. Never Loses It has the ceculiar and unan- SALLOW A hroached distinction of being; the one Lithia Water which never loses iii efficacu bu standina. or bu distance shipped from the spring. In effect, ' it is always as fresh and efficacious mm as though dipped up right at .the SDrincr. and ia rapidly establishincr its reputation with the public as it has already established itself with physicians, the most valuable of all Natural Medicinal agents for the treatment cf Kidney and Bladder troubles, and urio acid poisoning. Sold by all mineral water dealers, or shipped direct frora spring, 12 half gallons 4.00; 5 gallon dimljohn $3.00. HARRIS LITHIA SPRINGS CO., Harris Springs, S. C. Hotel open from June 15. H. Z. Rets, Prop. 4 For Sale by all Druggists 3arrels, .12 doz, local steamed) $10.20; barrels Brew ery bottling "export", 10 doz $J1 I. o. L Lynchburg. Va. 25c. dozen for bottles returned. CASH WITH - ORDER. c' 4 OLD No old gore can heal cntll the cause which prodncea it haa been removed, Ex ternal applications of salves, washes, lotions, etc., may reduce the inflammation and assist ia keeping- tke place clean, but cannot cure the trouble because they do aot . reach it source. - Old goref exist because the blood is infected with imparities and poisons which are constantly being discharged into the place. The serve, tissues and fibres of the flesh are kept in a sUte of Irritatioa and disease by being daily fed with the germ-laden matter through the circulation, making it impossible for tha : sore to bell. & S, & cure chronic gores by its purifying action on the blood.' It goes down into the circulation, and removes the poison-producing germs, impurities and morbid matters which are responsible for th failure of tbe place to heal S. S. S. makes the blood pure, fresh, and health j ; then as sew, rich blood is carried to tbe spot the healing process begins, all discharge ceases, ttag inflammation leaves, new tissue begins to form, the place fills ia with firm, healthy flesh, and soon the sore is permanently cared, &. & & is purely vegetable, the safest and best blood purifier for young or old, . Book on Sores and Fleers and any medical advice free to all who write. -- TES SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLABTA. CA. '-VT.-Vt1- ;.TCh Carbbad . ' Located In, the Saura" Mountalna The healthiest spot In North Caro lina.. J Hotel accommodations the very .best. Cutain unexcelled in th BoUth. All white help employed, ticulara, address ;. " ., ', t - For ir ' the sun money reu caa get the Goods anippes to nmt, bio fisnwd. Writat for poeiu wi and full information mailed osmMM. ............. .v.V,..,...T9 4B 'JTW- -S3 83 IM SHIPPED IN PLAIN KEGS WITHOUT CASINO laia cud, add 60c on S, and tSc ea gal package. EwaT Vti Rya WMsklSs V. t pts. pints qoarts . Tidewater lo tZe (8.00 Osceola lSe SOe 7.M Diamond "K" 14e 2Ss TOO Major Comfort 13c ZSe COS Cant Whiskey Old North State 13s tss f.M . Old Valley 120 24e .( Bottled la Bona Huron River, pts. 48 to ease, $11.25: 1 pts. 4 to ease, fIO-W. - SS5 FINE MORS PROMPTLY FILLED Distance Phones 1353 Rich mens!, Va. J Its Freshness , s and Mineral Water Dealers, bottling (well 4 .... . . V - y ii aW Silr M rV-aAt - , v;t.' a further Information snd full par- CURES DK. II. P. McKXIGrrT. Kir Yade Hevum, N. C. w
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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