. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . ages for cheering Christian hearts: I love to steal a while away From every cumbering care,And spend the hours of setting dayIn humble, grateful prayer. Shall there be no reward for such unpretending yet everlasting service? HOME SACRIFICES Clear back in the country there is a boy who wants to go to college andget an education. They call him a bookworm. Whenever they find him—inthe barn or in the house—he is reading a book. What a pity it is, they saw that Ed cannot get an education. His father, work as hard as he will, can nomor
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . ages for cheering Christian hearts: I love to steal a while away From every cumbering care,And spend the hours of setting dayIn humble, grateful prayer. Shall there be no reward for such unpretending yet everlasting service? HOME SACRIFICES Clear back in the country there is a boy who wants to go to college andget an education. They call him a bookworm. Whenever they find him—inthe barn or in the house—he is reading a book. What a pity it is, they saw that Ed cannot get an education. His father, work as hard as he will, can nomore than support the family by the product of the farm. One night Ed hasretired to his room and there is a family conference about him. The sisters say: Father, I wish you would send Ed to college; if you will, we will work harderthan we ever did, and we will make our old dresses do. The mother says: Yes,I will get along without any hired help; although I am not as strong as I usedto be, I think I can get along without any hired help. The father says: Well,. A MEXICAN STREET MARKET SCENE 334 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK I think by husking corn nights I can get along without any assistance. Sugaris banished from the table, butter is banished from the plate. That family isput down on rigid, yea, suffering economy, that the boy may go to college. Time passes on. Commencement Day has come. Think not that I men-tion an imaginary case. God knows it happened. Commencement Day has come,and the professors walk in on the stage in their long gowns. The interest ofthe occasion is passing on, and after a while it comes to a climax of interest asthe valedictorian is to be introduced. Ed has studied so hard and worked sowell that he has had the honor conferred upon him. There are rounds of applause,sometimes breaking into vociferation. It is a great day for Ed. But away backin the galleries are his sisters in their plain hats and their faded shawls, andthe old-fashioned father and
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