The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-06-29

Spring, summer, autumn and winter
He has appropriately appareled you.
Your health from Him, your companion
from Him, your children from Him,
your home from Him-all the bright
surroundings of your life from Him. o,
man, what dOst thou with that hard
hearth Canst thou not feel one thrOb
of gratitude toward the God who made
you, and the Christ who came to
redeem you, and the Holy Ghost who
has been all these years impOrtuning
you If you could sit down five min
utes under the tree of Savior's martyr
dom, and feel his warm life trickling
on your forehead, and cheeks and hands,
methinks you would get some apprecia-
tton OF what you owe crucihed Jesus.
Touched by Jesus cross subdue
See his body mangled. rent
Covered with gore Of blood
sinful soul, what hast thou done9
Crueihed the Eternal Son."
Jacob, with a good deal of tug and
push, took the stone from the wells
mouth, so that the flOcks might be wat
| cred. And would that this morning
my word, blessed of God, might remove
the hindrances to your getting up to the
Gospel we'll. Yes, take it for granted
that the work is done, and now, like ORR
entail shepherds, proceed to water the
| sheep.
Come, all ye thirsty You have an
underlined longing in your soul. You
tried money-making that did not sat
lsfy you. You tried pictures and sculp-
lures but works of art did not satisfy
| you. You are as much discOntented with
this life as the celebrated French author
who felt that he could no longer endure
| the misfOrtuneS of the world, and who
said "At four O'clock this afternoon |
shall put an end to my own existence.
Meanwhile must toll on up to that time
for the sustenance of my family" And
he wrote on at his book until the clock
struck four, when he folded up his man
uscript, and by his own hand concluded
his earthly life. There are men in this
house who are perfectly discOntented--
unhappy in the past, unhappy to-day, to
| be unhappy forever unless You come to
this Gospel well. This satisfies the soul
with a high, deep, all-absOrbing and
eternal satisfaction. Ii comes and it
offers the most unfortunate man 80
much of this world as is best for him,
and throws all heaven into the bargain.
The wealth of Cresus and of all the
Stalwarts and of the Earrings and of all
the ROthschilds is only poor miserable
shilling compared with the eternal for
tunes that Christ offers you to-day. In
the Far East there was King who used
once year to get on the scales, while
on the other side of the scales were pla-
ced gold and silver and gems indeed,
enough were placed there to balance the
King then at the close of the weighing
all those treasures were thrown among
the pOpulace. But Christ to-day steps
on one side the scales, and on the other
side are the treasures of the universe,
and He says All are yours all height
all depth, all length, all breadth, ali
eternity-all are yours. We don't ap
preciate the promises of the Gospel
When an aged clergyman was dying, 8
man very eminent in the Church, 8
young theological student stood by his
side, and the aged man looked up anC
said Cant you give me some cOmfOr1
in my dying hour % NO" said the
young man, II can't talk to you on this
subject; you know all about it. anC
have known it so long" WELL" said
the dying man, "just recite to me some
promises" The young man thought a
moment, and he came to this promise
"The blood of Jesus cleanseth from all
sim" The old man clapped his hands,
and in his dying moment said "That's
Just the promise | have been waiting
for THE blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth
from all sim" oh, the warmth, the
grandeur, the magnificence OF the prom
ises !
Come also to this Gospel well, all ye
| GAOuoleu. uO uOG SuppOSe yOu nave eS-
capped. Compare your view of this life
at fifteen years of age with what your
view of it at fcrty or sixty or seventy.
What great contrast of opinion Were
| you right then, or are you right now ?
| Two cups placed in your hands, the one
sweet cup, the other a sour cup. A
| cup of joy and cup of grief. Which
has been the nearest to being full, and
out of which have you more frequently
1 rfaly hot NNln
Greenwood is to what it used to be. Once
it was to you grand city improvement,
and you went out on the pleasure eXcur-
siOns, and you ran laughingly up the
mound and you criticised in light way
the epitaph. But since the day when
you heard the bell toll as you went in
the gate with the procession it is a sad
place, and there Is flood of rushing
memories that suffuse the eye and over
trouble. trouble, trouble. God only
knows how much you have had. 1t is a
wonder you have been able to live
through it. 1t is wonder your nervous
system has not been shattered and your
brain has not reeled. Trouble, trouble
If could gather all the griefs of all
sorts from this great audience and could
put them in one scroll, nei3her man n0r
angel could endure the recitation. Well,
what do you want Would you like to
have your property back again ? no.
you say, as Christian man, l was be-
coming arrogant, and 1 think that is
why the Lord took it away. l don't
want to have any property back" Well
would you have your departed friends
back again ? NO" you say, " couldn't
take the responsibility of bringing then
from fearless realm to realm of tears
l couldn't do it," Well, then, what dC
you want ? A thousand voices in the
audience cry out Comfort give u!
comfort" For that reason have rolled
away the stone from the wells mouth
Come, all ye wounded of the flock pur
sued of the wolves. Come to the fOun
tain where the Lords sick and beref
ones have come.
"Oh," says some one, "you are not ole
enough to understand my sOrrOws. YOI
have not been in the world as long as
have, and you can't talk to me about my
misfortunes in the time of old age
Well. have not yet come to gray hairs
but have been great deal among ole
people, and | know how they feel abOu