The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09
rALMAoE ON HUMAN TEARS
IEsehanee

AntiQuaFians have explored the runs uf ancient c,ties. and from the very heart oi the buried splendcr have hrough, up evidences ot customs long since hanished from earth. From some ot those tombs they have brought up lachymatorics cr lachpmoes The tears wep, over the dead in those times long gone pas, were put into vials. and they were placed in the tomb besides the departed ones. In the museums of to-day there arc many specimens of these lachymoes. My text ,ntimaies God has an lntimasr aeluain- tanee with, and tender regard for. all oug griets a wal tn which He keeps all tears
 = bu, you ask, Why talk of grsef on day like .his. when God has blessed us with delightful sunshine and ta,ot.ng brcescs when there .s so much icy tn the land, Joy to the east. Joy to the west. loy to the north. JOY te the south, iay all around uss Why speak oi grietg Ah. the world Is mll ei gIicf. There arc hearts to-day that will break II no kind word be spoken and w,ll bring salve mol prepared hy human 9aaekep. ln- vi,c you aboard ,taft which has faith tcr it's iuddet. prayer fot itS sails Chris, for ,ss captain and heaven tat its pau. Catherine Rh,ncfcll, puts out in life boa, when the world IS asleep and goes on an etrand ot mercy. She iS sad tn have saved hundreds oi lives. so to. day pu, out in l,tebeat and beset by the waves oi trouble and sin. invite tempest. tossed sinners to accept the salvation which tod oficrs to all.
 !" The i,st remark suggested h, m, text is that tod has an intimate arquain- tsnec w,th and tender remembrance tot all tears oi repentance. This morning man wakes up after nights debaueh with aching head and trembling t,mbs and tears m h,s eyes hu, these tea,. arc no, registered tn heaven. They are no, for h,s fault. hut the consequence. of i, Not ono oi such tears ever gets into ,.od's bottle. iIa, when tears ot repentance atc shed. heaven bows down and all the angels loin m one great chorus of Ieiaic- ing. You have all heard the story of psIa,ilse and fcft, think |, admits ol different, application from that which has been given IL An angel wen, forth from heaven to ind a salnt worthy ot being transferred ta the realms ot eternal hitss The angel went to the uitetmost cnds as the earth and did not hnd wha, he sought. Then he penetrated the bed oi the sea. and siill h,s search was valn. b,sean,ented. he folded his wings and stood at tho bot oi modntain. when suddenly he hehrld the ~aaietef weep ,ng Ia, hls sins The angel thrust au, ono oi hl. wlngs ,angh, on Il one oi the tears, and then took hls way tow ard hca- ven As hc approached God, he ttted out iiehaid the bfghira, gem at tHl II tI. tear pi the sinner repentance 9h. wan detrr. come ha,k ,o your tod reaia }nu shed ~,li no, diop on heck oi hand bui ,n the bottle in which God keeps oaf ,eats.
 My tea saggcsis ,hs, tod has mt. mate relations with and tender regard let our sieAness How many oi you arc perfectly we'll / Sot one in ten There are some sick ones ~ho gei no sympathy I because they took s,uu, and well iou may be borne down in spirit with past l gfIcfs and you feel that one blow win shattrf the golden bali oi Iitr, but you are called a hypo. hondnae or a victim of nervousness. No one cares ios you, you think God cares for you. fife counts all your falling tears and treasures them m the divine laohfymose looking upon shelves iinrd with nauseous dfops and d,s,as,etul 'onics. want you to remem- hct that there is larger vial iu which God holds Tn ,rus, the illimi,abIe extent <, oi Ills mercy
 God has an intimate acquaintance with out poverty There IS much pow { ~f,y m the world that never comes to lighi. which is not seen by deaeons of the church and no, reported by the comptrolleis of alnshouscs. Many pre- fer ,o die ,n poverty rather than ,o make |, known to the world. Hut whet.ef in
 pafinr. a,,io. or cellar poverty esists ,ke angels of God see i, Tears of want scething m summers sun CT freeing tn winters cold are jewels iii heavens cas- kes. When sofne years ago a city mis- s'"nary found in one of the .s,yedyJ stricken districts b9, gathering poor pfosislons Tor iiic And reproved him for sabbath breaking. the boy replied 'i,s easy for you ,o talk of obsefying the
 Lords day. but God knows, str, tha, we poor chaps amt 40, no chance ,o do it.' Oh, that all the tear, of the poor could drop into Gods bottle.
 And God has an intimate knowledge ot parental anxiety Sometimes you see a man step from the mos, debased .us- roundings into the Providence of God and yoa wonder. But God has looked into the bottle. and He see. there a tear l shed many yeafs ago by a good parent fof away~afd sos, and He says, Go to sili ans~cf that tear, xsd sifalghs~ay | lie sends to thai sinners heart the grace oi repentance. You shidc your child and your midnight pillow Is ~et with ,rzrs of sorrow. God kasgsa If all and .n iachrymai tha. stands on His eternal throne He has gathered ali those dls- uessing tears. The grass may have gsoSn rank over yonr grave and the eIe- fnsbts may have erssed the lnse piion on your iombssone. but sone day when you are ranging ihe hcids of parasiise the gsies will open. and, gafianded ~i,h eser- nal glory. the ~andersr will enter and fl to your welcome arms
 God bAA also zn intimate knowledge of t0slf b<fea.Tfnrnts Txos.i.t~ u<... "a.