The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-10-16
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SYMPATHY.
~ MAY MYRTLE.

I When some great wave OF trouble rolls
DER the heart, and the future looks desolate
and drcar, human sympathy is an enesti-
mable boor. i think that happiness Is
more conducive to supreme selfshness,
than any other condition ef life. Those
who have known SORROWS, and who are ac-
quainte,l with grief, can almost feel the
heart-throb- Of pain that agitate other
breasts. should never think Of seeking
solace in affection, from those whose lips
are always wreathed with smiles, and
whose cheeks stand ont with iatness such
pe:sons are very good summer friends, but
T, the chill OF adversitv's winter always
frightens them away. can excuse every
defect OF intellect, ii the heart is pure,
loving and tender; but no amoun, Of brain
power can compensate for lack of good
heart qualities.
am So glad that Jesus was emotional
and tender-hearted. l am always glad to
read about His compassion.
that scene jus; outside the gates Of the
city IL Nam. I have fsnciesl the pail
hearers slowly and sadly vending their
way 10 the grave, there to deposit the body
81 Him, who was ''the only son oi his
mother, anil she was widow" How
pathetic that sentence seems to ME, AMI
how very glad am that ''the Lord had
compassion ON her."
Weep not" oh, how lovingly, how
tcnierly, and with what infinite sweetness
those words must have heen uttered, per
haTs. His voice trembled little, and His
searching eyes were moist with unshe,l
/ tears; anyway, he was filled wi h COMPASS
sion and sympathy, so much So that He
stopped the bier and called that Young
man to life, anil restored him again To his
mother.
@Jesus wep,."
There stands that immortal declaration
as distinct verse al scripture. Why did
lie weep? Was il because 81 the knowl-
edge Of the death OF Lazarus had come tn
him suddenly, and lie had thus been over
come? No. lie had told his followers
that Lazarus was dead, sometime before.
Was il because lie feared that lie should
not be able To raise him from the dead,
that He wept? No, no. II was because il
grievesl His tender nature tn behold the
weeping Jews, anil to see Mary. PROSTATE
With grief. al His feet, shedding bitter
tears that Gle groaned IN Spirit and vt
last, unable, il would seem, 10 longer con-
troll His emotion.
'Jesus wePt."
1t is not likely that Mary or Martha
ever forgot those tears. while they lived in
this worlL. IL is MT likely that they have
forgotten them yet and il il not surprising
that they, o. one Of them, at least, should
he "last 1t the cross, and first at the sepul-
chre" Of Him who wept to behold their
grief.
Give me, always. the friend who will
sympathize with me in sorrow. One who
can enter into my emotions and sincerely
grieve because ] am grieve,l. Not long
since, lost pet bird, and was shielding
bitter tears, when a lady came in. Her
mobile face at once took on an expression
ii suffering, and she asked "What Is the
matter ~ in q tone so full OF pathos that I
was almost ashamed to tell her the trivial
cause Of my tears but did tell her, and
shall meyer forget her words Of sympathetic
tenderness, aud how much they comforted
me. AMI have resolved, nescr, by any I'M
kind or thoughtless act, To lose the love Of
the sweet friend, Who could cry with me
over the death Of a bird. Nav the All
Father deal gently with the tender hearts,
Is the prayer Of