Christian Nation Vol. 18 1893 - Rparchives.org

12. CHKISTIAN NATION. Volume 18, April 12, 1893GAINS AND LOSSES.Oome the hours when we sit in the shadowThat falls like the droop of a wingO'er the nest tbat is naked and emptyWhen the fledglings have learned howto ting,Theu woe is the heart for the old time.The time that was busy and gay.With the world and its clamor about up,And we in the midst of the fray.In the shadow we count up our losses;We creep where we marched with thebest.O! the ache when we try to walk softly,The cry of our soul against rest.And we grieve for the"golden heads vanished.Our children are womeu and men.And wistful aud deep is the yearningTo have them but children again.And we fret o'er the fruitless endeavor,The labor that satisfied not.Till the shadow grows thicker and longer.And the blur in our eyes is a blotOn the lingering splendor of sunshine.That taps with its lances of lightAt the shut and barred door of our memory.An after-glow radiant and bright.Do we see nothing else but our losses.We mourning there, fools andpurblind,With the crown and the kingdom beforeus,The conflict and turmoil behind?Shall the harvest lamehtfor the seedtime,The bud be less blithe than the leaf?Is there joy when the plow breaks thefurrow,And none when the band binds thesheaf?O! wings that are folded and drooping.Spring wide in the evening's uplift;Eeach out to the stars that are showingThe skies in a silvary rift.No day of our days is so hallowedAs that when we see, just before.The light in the house of our FatherShiue out through His half-open door.Margaret E. Sangster, in Harper's Bazar."A Trip Through The Eockies.There is no place in the world to equalin beauty, grandeur and magnificencethe mighty Bocky Mountains. Thosewho contemplate attending the World'sFair should not fail to extend their tripfurther westward and visit ths Bockies.The Colorado Midland Eailway, the" Pike's Peak Eoute," takes the touristaround the base of the famous old mountain,and, bythe way of the Manitou andthe famous Ute Pass, into the very heartof the Bookies. The line takes the travelerfrom Denver, Pueblo and ColoradoSprings, Leadville, Aspen, GlenwoodSprings, Grand Junction, Salt Lake City.Ogden and San Francisco. All Coloradoand Utah points, including the famousSummer resorts are reached by the Midland.Full information can be had fromany ticket agent in the United States andCanada. And for printed illustratedinatter, free of cost, to Chas. 8. Lee,General Passenger Agent, Denver, Col.Doctors? Shaw! Take BebohamsPiLIiS.DIDYOUEVERB . & B .Think that a few cents ordollars saved on every articlepurchased during theyear would in the aggregate,amount to a snug littlesum? By our methods ofbuying and selling we claimto thus save your pocketbO''ik,and only ask a trial toprove the truth of our assertion.Write our Mail Ord