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The Old Man in the Stylish Church. JY JOHN H. YATES. Well, wife, I've been to church to-day -been to a stylish one - And seein' you can't go from home, I'll tell you what was done You would have been surprised to see what I saw there to-day; The sisters were fixed up so fine they hardly bowed to pray. I had on these coarse clothes of mine not much the worse for weat But then they knew I wasn't one they call a millionaire; So they led the old man to a seat away back by the door; 'Twas bookless and uncushioned-a re served seat for i he poor! Pretty soon in comes a stranger, with gold ring and clothing tine: They led him to a cushion-seat far in advance of mine; 1 thought that wasn't exactly right to seat him lip so near, When he was young, and I was old, and very hard to bear. But then there's no accountin' for what some people do; The finest clothing now-a-days oft gets the finest pew; Bnt when we reach the blessed home, and undefiled by sin. We'll see wealth beggingt at the gate, while poverty goes in. I couldn't hear the sermon, I sat.so far away, So through the hours of service I could only "watch and pray," Watch the doin's of the Christians sit ting near me, 'round about.; Pray that God would make them pure within as they were without. While I sat there, lookin' all around uipon the rich and great, I kept thinkin' of the rich man an( the beggar at the gate; Ilow, by all but dogs forsaken, the poor beggar's form grew cold, And the angels bore his spirit to the mansions built of gold. How, at last, the rich man perished, and his spirit took its flight From the purple and fine lineni to the home of endless night; There he learned, as he stood gazin' at the beggar in the sky, "It is not all of life to live, r or all of death to die.' I doubt not there were wealthy sires In that religious fold Who went up from their dwellings like the Pharisees of ol(; Then returned home from their wor ship with a head uplifted high. To) spurn the hungry from their with naught to satisfy. Out, out with such professions ! tn r' are doiin' more to-day To stop tihe weary sinner from the gos pel's shinin' way Thank all tihe books of infidels, thani all that has been~r triedl Since Christ was born in Bethlehem since Christ was crucified. llow simple are the works of Godl, andl yet how very grand! Tlhe shells in ocean caverns, the flow ers on the land! le gilds the clouds of evenin' with gold-light from his throne, Not for the rich man only-not for the poor~ alone. T1hen why should man look down on man, because of lack of gold? Why seat himi ini the pooresCt pewV be cause his clothes ar od A heart with noble motives, a heart that God has blest, 3May be beatin' heaven 's music 'neath that faded coat and vest. I'm old-i may be childish-but I Jove simplicity; i love to see it shinin' in a Christian's piety. Jesus toIl us in his sermon, in Judea's mountain-wind, lie that wants togo to heaven must be like a litle cl1,1d Our heads are growing gray, dear wife -our 1 yts are beating slow; In a little 0 the Master will call for us o4| Whet. r the pearly gateway, a 00 o with joyful eyes, We'll se0 fiolot lish worship In the tem ple of tfe sies. W1HN YOU GO TO It will be more than a "Dollar ii your Pocket" to exnamine ROBERTS & DAVID'S immense Stock of URY GOODS before buying. Want of space forbids us giving anything like a fill description of all the goods we keep; so we can only give a partial price list : Home-made bed-ticking that vill hold water, 20, 22 and 25c. . xtra heavy drill 74 and 8c ; good shirtilng 5e ; heavy shirting 6e; sheeting 1 yard wide, 6j. 7 and 8c. We sell the best 10c bleached goods in the world, it is a fill yard wide, and perfectly free from starch. Heavy Jeans 25c, Georgia jeans 40c, North C'arollna jeans 67. 33, 40 and 45c. 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