The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-07-28

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ing dull about him; his voice loudest and
his foot swiftest on the playground. OF.
ten he has come into my house and
thrown himself down on the floor in an
exhaustion of boisterous mirth, and yet
he was Christian, ConseCrated to God,
keeping his commandments. That ls
the kind of childish piety believe in.
When the days of sickness came sudden
ly, and he was told he could not get we'll
he said: "Jesus alone ca save me. Jesus
will save ms. He has saved me- Don't
cry, mamma. l shall 60 right straight
up to heaven" And then they gave
him glass of water to cool his hot lips,
and he said: Mamma, shall take a
draught from the water of life after little
of which, if one drink, he shall never
get thirsty again. / lay myself at Jesus
feet, and l want him TO do just what he
thinks best with me-" In those days
REST for the weary" was new hymn,
and he had learned ii; and in perfect &C.
stacy of soul in his last hour he Gang:
"In the Christians home in glory
There remains land OF rest;
There my savior's gone before me
To fulfill my souls request
There is rest for the weary
There is rest for you.
"There is rest for you, papa; there is
rest for you, mamma" And then put
ting mis- hands over his heart, he said:
yes, there is rest for me-" And then
he as ked them to read: "Hhe Lord is my
Shepherd, shall not wan'. He maketh
me to lie down in green pastures, and
leadeth me beside the still waters;" and
he cried out: 20, death, where is thy
stingP o, grave, where is thy victory"
Only ten years old, and then he said :
Now wish you would just turn this
bed, 80 | can look once more on the
foliage and see the sun SET" And they
turned. the bed and 10 said: II do wish
that Jesus would hurry and come and
take me-" They said to him: why,
are you not willing to aw lit the Lords
time ?" Eyes" he said 81 am, but |
would rather Jesus wol Id come and
hurry and take me-" And 30 with a
peace ildescribable he passed away. Oh,
why need 90 80 far back i can re-
cali the obsequies of little child who
espoused the cause of Christ one Sab
bath. Some thought she was too small,
but he was ripe for heaven and the
Lord took her. One day she said to her
parent: "Isn't there, mother, ! assage
that says: My grace shall be sufficient
for father and mother and sister; and
then speaking of her deCeaPed brother,
she said: 81 will take Harry by the
hand an we will come out 10 meet you
mother" Oh, there is nothing sad
about Child's death save the grief in a
parents heart. The little ones go right
out from a world of sin and suffering to
a world ofjoy. How many Sorrows they
escape, how many temptations, how
many troublesl Children dead are safe.
Those that live are in peril. We know
not what dark path II ev may take. The
day may come in which they will break
your heart but children dead are safe
cafe forever. Weeping parents, do not
mourn too bitterly over your child that
has gone. There are two kinds of
prayers made at chiId's siCk.bed One
prayer the Lord likes-the other rayer
he does not like. When a soul kneels
down at q child's siCkbed and lays, 20
Lord spare this little one; he is very
near to my heart; l don't want to part
with him, but Thy will be done"-that
ls the kind of a prayer the Lord loves.
There is another kind of prayer which |
have heard men make, in substance,
when they say: 20, Lord this isn't
rigut; it is hard TO take this child; You
have no right to take this child; spare
this child; | can't give him up, and |
won't give him up" The Lord answers
that kind of prayer sometimes. The
child lives on and lives on, and travels
off in paths of wickedness to perish. At
the end of every prayer for a Child's life,
Thy will, o, Lord, be doneW The
brightest light that can be kindled Christ
has kindled. Let us, old and young, re.
joCe that Heaven is gathering up so
much that is attractive. In that far land
we are not strangers. There are those
there who speak our name day by day;
and they wonder why 30 long we tarry.
If | could count, up the names If all
those who have gone out into the King
dom of heaven it would take me a long
while to mention them. great multi
tude before the Throne. You want no
book to tell you of the dying experience
of Christian children; you have heard it;
it has been whispered in your ear, o,
father o mother! 0, brother 0, sister !
Toward that good land all Christians are
bearing. This swapping of heart strings
this flight of years, this tread of the
heart reminds US that we are passing
away. Under spring blossoms and
through summer harvests, and across
autumnal leaves, and through the win
try srow banks, we are passing on. OF
rejoice at it How we shall gather them
up, the loved and the lost Before we
mount our throne, before we drink from
the fountain, before we strike the harp
of our eternal celebration, we will cry
out: where are our loved and lost ?"
And then, how we shall gather them up!
Oh how we shall gat er them up
''In this dark world Of sin and pain
We only meet to part again,
But when we reach that heavenly shore
We then shall meet to part no more,
"lhe hone that we shall see that day
Should chase our present griefs away;
Wnen these short years Of pain are past
Well meet before the throne at last'
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