, 1877-09-10

OIL HILL HEEL AuAt VH HN4k ep@At XIII IltG lO
grasp evcuts 50 thrtlltugi blessed shall that
servant be whom tho Lord when LIZ comcth
shall find watching.
CONSOLATION.
SERMON Dr THE REV. HEN.r 7. MILLER.
The Rcy. Henry r. Alillur, pastor u tfle Sixth
Presbyterian Church, rrrachesl yesterday mor1,-
Ing to largo congregation. Ills thcnlo WIS Of
q consolatory character, md addressed 10 The
afflicted VI tho year. Following is tho sermon:
which no n,an conld number, Of all nations, a,ti
k!hItcds, and peopies, md Tongues stoo! bcfore
Thy thtyae and , oefo!c ths la Lamb clothed With
With Il loud voice. saying. EalsAtion to our f1od
which siltcth upon The throne, and INTO tho Lamb
--Rfretdtfons, ntf., 0-f9.
When our friends 70 away from us NC always
wans to know where they have Eune, what their
surroundings. Following them down the steps
md out to tho gate, tho ''good-by " means but
little, for In cIo8est thought we cIfng to tAcm
still, on train, On boat, wherever they turn.
In your desk Mt homo there Is package Of
Old letters. So old are They that tho paper Is
yellow With hantlling, and the writing nearly
faded out. I wonder w'hat they te1li Well,
you say, It was years ago. a braye young
rouplc were fired with the thought Of leaving
their Eastern home, md milking themselves u
new onu in tue Westcrn sIlds.
What courage It took! Packing up their
little all they struck out into thu viii
derne4s. For days and weeks they joltetl
uu In tho heavy wagon, over logs,
through swlmps, acrosA streams, blazing their
why un the rough faces OF tho hlckorics md
snaplcs. Finally, reaching their new. home, tbey
began it's building. A cleatttlg WIS 1nade; the
logs piled into hotse; the forest eatcn Into
year altor year 10 muko room for wider TILL
tne. ="
but all The time Jetters wgro going buck. a.
opportunity oGs1ai, to The home they liatl left.
They knew tho Lear ones behind you'll bo In
tescstcd In everything pertaining to them, and
80 they Wrolc everything. II pautller xns
s ot T. a s th.sks x.Gy tsy g1. pc1 4. ts .
II rowing Indian band stopped 70 !duk tn at
thn .loor, they tt'1d all aboat that. Not thing
passeti ot nny moment but was mentioned; md
ihcsc arg The letters tint h4Yo rome down to
y0u, ttlclr chlldreu'B cl,illren, precious tnc-
And thus Is 1t oyer. II our friends arc scpa-
Yutttl frAln us VIC lWays follow them with ten
Lrreat solirItutle. Wew to kn0w tl!etf uvery
experience bc told their ovcrY s1!rto.indlnE; a,a!
wDrllcrnlsly welcome arc the letters bringing
tho news.
lr.men,ber thcsc sze separations TINT have
taken paace heru. These aro broken families
TINT llayc come in heru this morning. hack ten
h may be during tho past year, some
dear ones have gone away, aud your
l1t1'su - !iot @ what ~ u va: q. ,. 1v.,. o.u
no aoa k,.oM m. , oW w. lucy wens, @ Mnvh ns c~pes
| Lennirr ca,nc " 70, hg turned Oh t,ts piIluw
anil Whispered, ~ nm weary; l will nov go to
sssg ;ns s" .Ss b. ,S,X ,,, " S {9s a cTf Tha
one burden IL That they ara Et'Iu. -. -,
iuu say they arc dead. Oh, no, you must not
think that. II you do, the!u Ia no eomtort Ut
all. Ihu truth - shsy a.o slviIs .hoTp gralully,
pr'Hlily, tsa,Y 1v1.g inai asef, aau AaVe eotlls
ll.t. u y lrttuE. 4 ycas age .',aI ! saw somv
atuorT ihs clpads. llox ,hey tl4ttsrsl down
snrSs rsstr .9 ar - - ss I've 70 YOU tay
icavsns inducements 1t;i!t a'd tue anss!s !ean y t. to
tory u olit, all!l, aEitt!nH anwI, ! eauKht u N
lnhl'asf that you lhIsht oe cou4ofles1. Let hao
4esa ~
whleh 70 msH conit, "@nmfc'. @ o. ~ % nat'1n:t anI
k'ndteds. and be9nlt. saI lohsses sio2a hstoFs
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iii. loua yo,eo sasnas Salvation Il oar siul .J
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