, 1874-06-22

I suffer 10 much Wills ot,iers eneape5 11y
nolghbor walka blthely along a pleasant road
where tho sun shInoB mud tho birds Hiig, and lio
Rooms nnYor to be bowed beneath nuoh Weights
Nh carry. Ary way Ia borlerod with weeping
willows, and tho only aong Ia tho "h'ppoor"i'rs
'H1r. T1o answer may DO, Partly 1t Isn't truo. aua
partly It may DO for good reason Tint Twill soon
spank OF. But, first, 1t Is nut 10 true "a YOU think
You do not auffor 30 much moro tllan others.
All snfortng md misfortune m come no. by aontli,
smallest pnrt Of the burden tl0 ba1 oarth Doara.
Whom my brothers dlotl could look Just !'ttle
down tho street t. ono Shoso brother WAN mot
dead who was still moro afflicted thnn l. I
would rather my brother woro dead t,lan that ho
should live rs do tho brotliora Of somo. There
are good many things In th!s world harder to
sorrow of tho heart many :" private wrong,
many m unknown sin, gnnws OH Tho holll like a
canIicr, nnd could tlloy only be excl'anRed. for
grave tho victims would thank God Tor 1t aB a
tl1eroy, II. thou, you havo only to boar tho /
nlomory Of sonlo noblo loss, blcss God with n
full Ienrt tl.nt 1t 1a not something worGc.. Tor
there bo things beside which these arc almost
AID thon, IL thorc bo tlouo diftoror,ces,--
wliol, In not nil donictI,-I cnn think OF |
one good roason Which may DO In lilo mind
:: Nat MI Of 1,s arc destined for Ills aane posi-
tions or lilo bamo mintBtroB or tho zn'ne Joys IN
Tho life to come, mid 80 1t follows naturally TINT
wo ought not to hare the sntno training. Here
two boys, one Is to be mnonnstl M the oler
paas through the eame preparatory g tiatning
Wliat Ii essential to ono wo1ld be 2 hlndrrnco
aud waste or time to the other. Ana further,
flostinod tho aoyoror tho montal training md
harder the drill OF preparation. 80 that ha who
las tho hartlcst lot Of study and discipline may.
| In tho absence OF nny other proot-take tn"s
| n1ono aH indicating tito fact that ho ia''going
| higher, aud 80 the curHo bccomos Il beasif1g.
Why aro you tllon called to stltrer more than
others Perhapa--if you tako It rightly-be-
| cauHs Ilo hnH for you nome noblor WofK, or come
| higher plnco designed.
And now thoro arc two other considerations
that wish to offer, which (thonRh mot perhaps
10 directly as tlcso otlors) aro fitted to minister
| comfort to those Who l1nve lost. .
Si1A--A life iHnot necessarily c'tt off before its
| time because 1t socrns 80 to us. A 1nan dios at
| hiH noou, Just in tho midst Of strongth and uso-
fulnoss, Just whom prepared, as 1t seems to W,
building IL church; ho 10 atnrsinG aome great
plan for tho poor or the ignorant ho is on the
evo OF a great Inventions lie iB D missionary
beginning to maaSr % his Mhz ed an S& Sn9Go
else build chnrches2 or help tho poor or 70 on
1niBuions and hasn't God anything for peop(o
to do III the other life mud isl lie 50 poor Gen
eral thai he doean'r know Wh Gro to station hl6
Martin Luther waa wiser. When tl,oy tried to
keep him from going to Worms by saying how
necessary hts llfo was to tho cause, he said !,
FaithfulneBs in hours Of duty and danger Ii of
/ more yaluo to Coda cause than life. -.
When my brother died Just on tho eyo Of hlH
graduation, the nelghbors said Liz cocge eollse
Yas lost. II this life'B training isn't worth any
thing in heaven, they were right. But not go
Il Wow It. I tnke It God has work. for us by, and
by, and that enrth's drill Is fitting ua to do it
nobly. We graduate from earth into htneas
" And then, when children die, pooplo talk Of o
lifo unfinished, of buds broken of before thsir
bloom. But how do We know It wasn't the bud
think tie buds tho iusst part. 4 bud u just aa
perfect aB tlowor, only It isn't flower. W.
shall not God be permitted to have buds In liH
bouquet, whose fragrance ia to psrfums the alsa'
Al An 1 aeora esi is inst as finished au m oak.
chapel m I may bo as nice work Of art, Just as
! complete, as tho grand naagnifcenco Of ~ 81
,, What mother thinks tic growing babe. or IL! h
6 ! laughing boy Of s. any less perfect OF pehntlu
} than grown up mon aud women ls thero no no
about thom rather gracs that Is peculiarly tnel
!. thon,. And shall God hare no babes, no chil
0 dren, IN His beautiful houao on high? Mua
sll walt till they are gray, and then go tottern
Z shall not rather tho glad, glecsome children, Wit
d ning through tho doorwnys 70 moet :" thoi
Is angels" Who :" do always behold tie face GO .
n kind to them as we can, and watch them Us tor
4 deriyi
! souentt--And thon there are two sldes Of d.
0 Ing: the earth SIDE and tho hoayea ; side: ..
II again there, tho first burst Of song that aha
- never oense. Here, tho quiet OF foot that Inv
d ocasod their walking there, the starting OF
up9n immortal pa'hways nese the nansn r.
greetings and gratulations Of froah-linke
"a unions, and the lighting up Of rocognttions thu
a play oTer deathleBa fonturcs.
u1xaF, ~ no
- to dawn do not sink into night they only ecu.
T. to shine on us, aud begin to shine on some on
T. ese. And what is to us tho evening star iR til
n herald Of dawn to aome other eyes
~ aometimeB question whether Wo ma
- not be selfish in our grief. Let us look at acas
n As often happens In our day, family become
~ divided, part OF it staying III Germany OF Ii
ht gland, and part OF IT. having come ever nGa In
=. act sail for Ametica: Notice tho two ends
y y the voyage. On the European aido. the broke
~ remnant Of tho household that is LETT behiE
gathers on the ner THEY 4aye snsmen hana asa na
y, y, last word tho tcara fall down, and the thro
~ choAes up, and tho heart Is heavy as lend, Viii
the slip swings OF, and gradually leHfens TO-
=, slde there is glad expectation aud impatient wai
w w IND, As tho vessel hcaves In sight thers is
W. W. shout and It hardly touches tho wharf heto
ie the eypeGtaut ones arc over the sides, claspl1
:. In long waiting arms tho glad welcome Of blet
III behind to subtract from tile gross amount
es Their sorrow something Of tho gladnoas Of tho
ne ne who in the new country. greet their arrival,
ut, half in hoayon. The white. sailed boat who
'se oarsulen uone can sec, pushes oil for anotl
ne, voyage. a falr-harcd 10y i9 passenger ,;a no
9m Cruel and hard 1t aoen1s Could not tue otllqr y
ill- home WAS shadowed before; why, this
am o.ss'Dsi oaa arc s' tlae waya q God. This :,