1892-02-12; Clare Democrat and Press

              BY MARVE D.EATON.
ESTABLISHED: SSKESaSs?84-
CLARE, -MICH., FRIDAY, -FEBRUARY .*, r8q2.
Official Paper for
Glare County and CITY.
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NEW SERIES..NQ. 133.
THY SON LIVETH."
We have j-ustplaced in stock 20 Dozen
P&adfcKfrborie ^©rsf°*t|.-|;
In Fine Styles and in sizes from 18. to
38 and are prepared to  suit everyone
-with these  comfortable,  perfect fitting
goops. '; *-
We**have loo pieces of New
Patterns    and   New   Styles   of
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EMBROIDERY
Mm INSESTION.
DONT FAIL TO SEE OUR LINE
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FINE SHOES
Sedition. Delivered toy Jtev. _B*loya
jC. Field, at tlie   .Fmieral of
**• Albert .Leslie _L,ouclt, Sun-
day, February 7tli_ 1892,
/     at tlie Co«u:reg:a.£i«i*--ial
I; Ciiurc-ti, Clare.
r_Oiy son liveth.  i.Kings; 17-23.
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Introduction:
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' The event of children dying before
then? parents is common. Even the
firsjis father survived his son. - Children
ar-3/more frequently buried by their
parents, than parents by their children.
"The feeble everwhere wrap the .athletic'|n a shroud, and .weeping fathers
build their children's, tomb. "Canon
Melville .says, "We feel it natural that
children should close the eyes and
shrpn.il the limbs of fathers and mothers, but otmnatural that fathers and
mothers should perform these sad duties for children." * Edmund Burke, in
his famous letter to the Duke of Bedford, said, "I live in an inverted order;
they who-ought to have succeeded me,
hav*f gone before me; they who should
hav^beento me as posterity are in the
place; of ancestors.". And again, in
writing to ,a kinsman qjl the birth of * a
son, said, "May he live to be the staff
of your age, and to close your eyes in
peace;. instead of, like me, reverting
the order, of nature, and haying the
melancholy office of closing his." -
Human -happiness is not found in the
dearest object" of natural affection.
The.greatest object of affection is the
parent love for their children—it
reaches the fount of deepest affection.
But this isn't sufficient, for human affection is transitory; children <. pass
away and parents remain,* and sadness
fills the place of joy.. Thus we see that
human* affection is not sufficient to satisfy or to sustain ns at all times.
Hop natural it is for parents, to love
and place their. affections, and repose
confidence in their children. They desire that when they start out in life
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their .old age, when the journey of life,
is about run, when the waters of .the
Jordan of Death seem so near, then it
is. that the sunshine'of parental love,
seems brighter j more beautiful, more
holy, ihore pure, then it is that the parents feel that they have a__stay and a
staff in their decBhing. years. Where
in this world is there ^a. .sweeter place
to rest than on the breast of loving
children? But' children die—the prop
falls, the reed is broken, the loving
voice is heard no more. We must all
rest on some one, so let us gently rest
in the arms of Him who is the same
yesterday, today and forever.   .
Children are generally educated so
that they may be prepared for the avocations of life; so that they maybe
able to fill important positions or succeed, in commercial enterprise. Hence
when one dies who has graduated with
high honors, where no means have been
withheld to accomplish the desire of
their ambition, then it is that we feel
as if labor, sacrifice/money had come
to naught. But we should educate our
children, encourage the improvement
of their minds, not because they are
citizens/of our beautiful earth, but because the improvement of mind, the
development of the inherent faculties
of their nature needs growth to fit
them to be citizens of the universe and
inhabitants of the spiritual world. Our
material relations are but for a moment; our moral and spiritul relations
are wondrous and eternal. Today I rejoice that I can say as did -the prophet
of old, "Thy son liveth." What we call
death is not the termination of human
existance. 1 believe it is only an event,
a circumstance in the experience of the
human soul. The germ must die before we behold the beautiful flower, so
the death of the body indicates to the
good and pure a spiritual birth and
resurrection. The child of God steps
out of his little worn-out house and
steps a little higher, a little nearer, to
his blessed Redeemer.
What is death? It is the change from
xhortal to immortality. Earth's labors
closed; the mechanic retires from the
Workshop; the soldier lays down Iris
arms^the last victory won. The pilgrim' has at last reached Father's house
and many weary hearts find rest. The
spiritual man continues to live. He
throws off his pld, worn out garments
and puts on the spiritual robe of immortality. Dim eyes, palsied limbs
and broken hearts will soon be no
more.   We go to sleep, retire for the
night, but we can wake and arise to
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scenes, of glory and a to life, of joy and
.ceaseless activity if we trust in the
! blessed Christ/. j|_
"Thy son liveth." Death; cannot de-
stroythe spiritual man, but all else
must perish.   The christian man, his
character, will live while, endless ages
roll. Joseph and'Moses still live, but
the Pharoahs are no more and the-giory
of Egypt has departed. Daniel-.suT-
vives the fall of Babylon;" her proud
monarchs today have no influence," the
palaces have crumbled, but Daniel-still,
lives. Borne, the iron kingdom of. the*
world, once proud of her strength,, today her dominions, are gone, the "empire broken, but Paul, the tent -maker,
the prisoner, the persecuted one, the
martyr still lives as an examplefor^all
Christendom. "Thy. son liveth.'" •-. Death
cannot break the ties of consanguinity;
it is thy son still, he liveth again. Ileal,
soul life cannot be com-prehended-jb-e-fe,*
for materiality largely obstructfe^ or
hinders the -grasping of divine* things;
hence what we.call death is but an ;enr
trance into the world of-life-and spiritual realities.' The dark valley of -the
shadow '., of death opens our*.eyes, to
grander scenes and greater realities so
that we can catch or grasp * transcend-
ant wisdom and infinite grandeur,
There the sky is always bright,.'nd*\*&e-*
ment of disease in the air, no miei-dbe-
to poison the blood. ' The. sop. *isj| apt
made wet with orphans tears* no' fathers or mothers weeping,'- or .night-an-'
guish on account of- separated IpVed
ones. Death is like the sunset, though
it maybe little dark a moment after
the setting sun. But look! the glorious
morn, now the Son* of Righteousness
comes upon the scene and the -Qaptive
is free. Oh! what liberty; there, is in
being a child of' God. The earthly j&ody
will decay, but "the son liveth/' ... Bea-
son and revelation teaches tfs that- the
soul, mindjand spirit are independant of
matter. Earthly things are only temporary helps to a grander existence,; a
help ih reaching after the spiritual re- \
alities-of the eternal world: May we^all
rise above carnab pleasures," carnal desires, carnal thoughts and a carnsil life
and be new creatures in Christ Jesus.
Ho*w beautiful to say. when we. tjoihe
to the Jordan of Death, "I'm willing to
_go; ■ I'm prepared to.meet my Saviour;
prepared fpr eternity."- Of ..course,: we
miss .Out loved ones\_we_ /caimot' h<?lp
it,,their mei^orais.dealftp us; '^k^M^J^L
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preciation all had for hissuccess. Five
graduated, two young men, one taken,
and the other left. Leslie has gradu-'
ated into a ^higher sphere. He. now
knows something about, the resources,
and history. of the angelic land. How-
he could-unfold to us, if we could meet-
him, truths concerning our " etem-jii
home. Hegaye sufficient evidence/to
us before he departed that Jesus was
his Saviour; he accepted Him,.trusted
in Him, and did not fear the bhange
which we call death. The motto of th©
class of '91 was: '-.-Honors wait at labor's
gate." ..Leslie has reached a little .higher. * For him Jesus 'did wait. a$ Jh«'
Golden gate. ' ."-.'"- ;".•... ' -•;-".;.
Then father, mother, brother,, si^tei?,
why should you mourn.* ,"Thy;.|_on
liveth," brother liveth. - YouSsdltjMss.
him for a little while;" soon, you must
go. Be faithful, trust in Jesus? andyoti-
will meet him at the pearly pbrtals;v.v...".
He'*s*_iappy.iiow: the battle's wons    •-■•- " '.
Yet Jae stillxemams thy.loving §<_n. *' ■-?  <•
Yes, he's passed the stream of. death-fanvx
-gone **    "■■-'•--.     • ■>    s }?:•.
To a world of light,- a heavenly- tio*___«_v *'<•
Then why slionld we weep when "all is well?
"For thy son liveth;" it's "blessed to' tell/ .'
Brothers and sister can all meet again-"'   "*
.    -With Jesus in heaven, no sorrow or.pain,
Thenlet us all be faithful and true,"'
Trusting Jesus we'll pass safely throughi
* Perchance our Isesiie may anxiously wait
To meetdearlriends. .atthe heavehlygater
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SCHOOL NOTES-
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memories of departed 6iies-,'_S^fee
our hearts more tender, more loving,
more Christ-like. Yet w,e are often sad;
the footstep we cannot hear as of. yore.
Their eyes pf love gladden us no more;
we do not hear the patter of footsteps
in kitchen or hall; we will never say
again "dinner is ready, I wonder why he
does not come home." Put their clothes
away, we do not need them. Put the.
playthings in a safe place, they seem so
sacred now; when we go to the cemetery
and see the earth heaped upon their
bodies, and when we remember that
through all time we shall never ^ear
voices just like theirs, nor footsteps,
just like theirs, the thought comes to
us, where are they? The christian ^can
say and feel its truth and know by
faith that they live again. May we all
enjoy that sweet, sweet rest, that rest
that is found by trusting in God.
Our dear young brother who but a
few days ago (it seems but yesterday)
was in the bloom of early manhood.
His cheerful nature, accompanied with
a generous heart and noble aspirations,
won for him the respect and confidence
of all.   We sometimes wonder why it is
that young men who are loved for their
many noble qualities, who, if life was
spared, might rise to fame and accomplish much for themselves and humanity; but a. voice calls them, the summons must be obeyed, although our
hearts yearn for them to remain with
us, and stay a little longer, and sometimes we* say, "Oh, we need' them so."
But God calls, or disease saps the life
from the decaying bodies, and the spirit,
is called home.-  But is it not best that
the good and true should be called
away, than those who.are unprepared?
What a blessed thought for parents to
feel the impress of the .words as it is
wafted to them from the eternal shore,
"Thy son liveth.5'
Oh yes,.he will be missed by us all.
He will be missed atthe business place
where he so courteously supplied our
wants; he will be missed at the social
circle where his cheerful nature gladdened many a heart;. he will be missed
at the Sunday school where Ms attentive mind grasped truths from the
word of God; the church will miss
him, for we all believe he was destined
to be useful in the vineyard of Christ;
the school will miss him, for he was an
example for others. His studious
habits, his desire for knowledge, and
perfect deportment, should be emulated
by those whom he left behind.. The
graduating class will miss him—the
class of '91. We listened to his address
as he delineated the resources,' the history, an^. develbpment of our country,
The^ class was proud of him, the citizens
were proud of him?- his parents-were
pi*6ud of him,' ami. the< flowers he received only faintly manifested the ap-
HIGH,SCHOOL.-     /'*.'      --'... -.*>•'   '
Fort Donelson was taken by the fetfc-
eral troops Feb. 16,1862.     .-..".   "",*.''-
Charleston, S. C.,-was . taken: -by the -' V
federal troops Feb. 18,1865.   "';"\.;.   . "" .-_, _;.   .
.. "Jefferson Dayis became -presidept .ofthe G,S. A., Feb. 18,1861. :"       "*     :'. -V
\ There will be. exercises next/ Friday'
afternoon in all departments of/the   '-■-,
school in honor of the birth of Wash-* *•.--■*/
ingfcbh.              "■         "' ■    .*.'■'..- : /
The high'school had. three cases" ot   -r'
tardiness during the. first *week---of-."FefrC ■
ruary. " '.:/.-.       .•-.--'
Today   is   Ex-President.  L||icoln!s' -
birthday. .     . .„ .      .   .    *    y
There will be a' debate in th;e "high; .,
schoolroom  next .Friday/afternoon/  _*'■"
Tlie* subject is: "Is-Washingtoii- entiT- ;_
tied to greater honor^haii Lincoln." {. —
__?almer and Mr. Thos.' "HtiEeliins Werfe?'?"^-
visitors at the high school this weekL
"The poorest education that teaches*. 1.
self-control is"better than the best that ■ ;  '_
neglects it.—Sterling. - •      .      *     .
Herb. Sexsmith has left SGhbol'.and*'' *   .
is now working in the tub . and-pail-
factory. . . .-■-'*'-■
There were 495 deaths in Detroit "last
month. ,-;-■.
Leap year parties are* the rage at
Gladwin. .'  '" : ** -. •*-
* A tent of the K. O. T. ;M., mth 2S    r.
charter'members, has. been established
at Marion.    t ."' *    *    -.
Cassee, aged 56 years, wife of Samuel:.' ].
R Smith, died at Gladwin last week of ;
the grippe. ..-,'"
John Oliver will put in 200,000 feet of /*' "
logs at Winegar's mill, Gladwin coun- --,
ty, for Pitts & Cranage..
Wolf Keidan, who recently returned
from Minocqua, .Wis., will soon establish a store at Meredith. ".    .
It will take twenty years "to -cut off
all the pine in the Muskegon river, says       ,
J. W. Park, a prominent lumberman^     -   *
Fred Hollister, the Saginaw architect
with his wife and daughter are with a-
party of tourists making an extensive : .
trip through the south-irn states.  .    _-
Detroit is  the. headquarters  of   a '
strange, sect known as. "Disciples of the
Flying Roll," most of whom came fronr
Kichmond, Ind., with M. X/ Mills, of
Elgin, Ont., as their leader
Last Saturday was naturalization day
at Ishpeming, and County Clerk Smith   .
ran 466 aliens through the mill.m a    ,
single afternoon; as follows: Englislj,
199; Scandinavians,   152;  Finlander%* .
101; Irish, 10; French, 4. , '      . r     * .-" .
It" is understood that T. W. Palmer .is
again virtually the owner of the Detroit. /
Journal, which has been, in financial
straits for some time and in which he
has a large interest.   It is the general, "
opinion that as soon as. the gaper/is .7
fully in his possession, he will sell tno
Journal for the most money that canber-v
obtained for it. .   ' .  _ - - *'
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At the annual meeting of 01arfr DM- -
sionNo. 40, Uniform..Rank, KnigMs o€.
Pythias, held at the hall Ijtst Friday,
evening, the. following officers, w(.r^
elected for the ensuing year: -   ,    ;
SirKt. Captain—C. H. Clark.:; /. -
SirKt. Lieut.—Will Goodman.
Sir Kt. Herald—J,, ^chilling.
Sir Kt. Eecorder—M. J. Lossing.   .    ;
Sir Kt. TreasuYer-*-David MePhall.
Sir Kt. Guard—David Rorison.
Sir Kt. Sentinel—M. D. Eatbii ;_.>. .,
J. W^ Calkins. was elected %stallnljf
officer.   The installation will_be/held .
next Thursday evening.   A iEull attendr*
ance of all uniformed members is i».
quested.   The.boys-appreciate the e£.,
forts of t^apt. Clark by re-electing Mat
foraseeondterm., . / : .