The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1882-12-01
Nubblnss

eloquent sermon on "COrn-Dusk-
ing Time which We regret We can.
not present Ia tull, the Rev. DIR.
Talmage said:
OF course the husking-time In
the fields Is a time OF frost. Frost
on the fences. Frost on the
ground. Frost on the stubble.
Frost on the fallen leaves. Frost
ON the hands Of the reapers. We
bid ourselves from the wind ~ well
as We conld between the stalks, bs9t
oh, how flushed the cheeks aud |
how shivering the body, aud how |
numb the hands. Cold, sharp,
penetrating atmosphere! but af- |
ter awhile the sun was up and the |
trosts were out of the air and the |
hilarities woke up the echoes. From
one shock of corn the souLd went
up, Ha! ha! Ha! hal aud was
answered from those busy ut an.
other shock OF corn, Ha! hal Ha
ha! So we may not hide the facs
that death nips and chills, and
freezes many hopes and many ex-
pectations. Ii is far from being a
south wind. 1t comes out OF the
frozen north aud we stand benumb.
ed under its power. Our hearts
break now over our dead children,
our dead companions, our dead
parents, aud it seems as If VIC would
never get over 1t. Oh, we will get
over il. for tue sun will beam and
the joys and the shoutings of
reunion will make us forget the
past aud we will look back to the
temporary distress as only the
frosts OF husking.time. " Weep
ing may endure for night, but joy
will come in the morning. "Light,
and but for a moment" The chill
of the tr0sts followed by the glad
ness which, "llke as a shock OF
corn, come then in his season. or
course the work Of the husker on
the ear of corn seems rough. There
must be n sharp thrust Of the point.
The hard thumb must be set on
the covering of the ear. There
must be harsh blow and a ruth.
less tear and complete swapping
of before the grain Is freed, aud ii
the swaIhing OF the ear of corn
could speak it might say, "Why
must be lacerated aud torn aud
wrenchedr Oh, that Is the way
doD HAS ARRANGED
that corn aud husk must part, and
that is the way He hath arranged
that body and soul must separate
You can afford to bear your
physical ailments patiently when
you know that it is going to for
ward your souls liberation. Each
rheumatic pain is a thrust Of til,
husking peg. Each neuralgit
twinge is a twist of the husker
There is gold iu you that mus
come out. You must get youl
shackle broken. You must gel
your ship launched Tor heavenly
voyage. You must let the greaI
hnsbandman husk your mortalit,
off your Immortality. You who
have chionic ailments ought Il
; take encouragement from this, that
God is doing gradually aud IN mild
er shape the work of emancipation
with you than with those who by
!, one blow are hurled ont OF life. At
the close OF each illness or par.
oxysm you ought to say: "Thank
God, so much OF the work of liberia
|. tlon is completedj l shall hav,
never to go through with thai
again.n No one ever has to suffel
, the same pain twice. 1t may be 1
! new pain in an old place, but eacl
,, pain does its work aud then dies. II
takes SO many plunges of the crow
bar to loosen the quarry stone fo
the building. 1t takes Just s.
many strokes of the chisel to com
plete the statue. 1t takes Just q
many pangs of the soul to get III,
OF the bodyi You are paying in iu
stallments all along that whicl
some of us will have to render q
= once when we come to pay th
: debt of nature. Instead of bein
/, gloomy when you are sick, kno,
:. that you heave 50 much less wount
ing 10 bear from the husbandma
: when you are like the shock {
:, corn which cometh in his season
Perhaps, now, this is the answ,
!. TO a question asked last Sabbath
? aud left unanswered. Why is
i that SO many good people have 1
feartully to sufferi They ha,
enough aches aud pains aud di
tresses of body, one would thinl
to discipline IA whole colony, Will
some useless man goes with eas
:. digestion and steady nerves au
:. shining health decade after decid
:. and his exit out Of this lite is co,
i ! paratively painless, l rememb'
!, !. that it took n deep thrust Of Il
- - husking peg and hard pull to dl
= !, lodge full, round ear, while the
/, were ears OF corn that hardly seeI
- ed worth husking, and they we
- - thrown by themselves, and we
y y called nubbins. Some OF the
: were mldewed,
II SOME OF THEM CE-NIBBLED
gs some of them were entirely u
to developed, some Of them all co
%. and no corn. Nubbinsl After
lis valuable load of corn had be