The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-05-23

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tressee. Perhaps you look strong and it i
supposed that you are hypochondrisc
They say you are nervous, as if that wer
nothiDgl God have mercy upon any ma,
or woman that is nervousi At times yo,
sit alone in your room. Friends do no
come. You feel an INDISPENSABLE Loneliness
In your sufferings; bot God knows, Got
feels: God compassionates. He counts th,
sleepless nights; He regards the acutenes,
of the pain; He estimates the hardness OF
the breathing. While you pour out the
medicine from the bottle and count the
drops, God counts all your falling tears.
As you look at the pitfalls filed with nsuse.
GUS drsughts and at the bottles OF distaste-
full tonic that stand on the shelf, remember
that there is larger bottles than those,
which is filed with no mixture by earthly
spothecsriee, but it is Gods bottle. in
which He hath gathered sll our tears.
Again, Gcd remembers all sorrows of
poverty. There lie much want that never
comes to inspection. The deacons Of the
| church never see it; the controllers of
slms-houses never report it. 1t comes
Tot to church, for it has no appropriate
apparel. 1t makes no appeal for help,
but chooses rather to suffer than ex-
pose its bitterness. Fathers who fail 10
gain livelihood, so that they and their
children submit 10 constant privstion; sew
ing women who can not ply the needle
quick enough to earn shelter and bread.
But whether reported or uncom plaining,
whether in seemingly comfortable parlor or
in damp cellar or in hot garnet, Gods angles
of mercy are on the watch. This moment
those griefs are being collected. Down on
the back streets, on all the alleys, amid
shanties and log cabins the work goes on.
Tears Of want seethiDg in summers heat
and freezing in winters cold, they fall not
unheeded. They are jewels for heavens
casket. They are pledges of divine SYM
PATTY. They are tears Tor Gods bottle.
Again, the Lord preserves the remem-
brsnce of all paternal anxieties. You see q
man from the most infamous surroundings
step out into the kingdom of God. He has
heard no sermon. He has received no start
ling providential warning. What brought
him to this new mind2
THIS Is THE SECRET.
God looked over the bottle in which He
gathers the tears of His people, and he saw
q parental tear in that bottle which had been
for forty years unanswered. He ssid: "Go
TO now, and let me answer that tear, and
forthwith the wand erer is brought home 10
God. Oh, this work of training children for
God 1t is tremendous work. Some pee.
pie think it easy. They have never tried it.
A child is placed in the arms of the young
parent. 1t is beautiful play thing. You
look into the laughing eyes. You examine
the dimples in the feet. You wonder at its
exquisite organism. A beautiful plsytbirgl
But on some nightfall. IS you sit rocking
that little one, voice seems to fall straight
from the throne of God, saying: THAT
child lie immortal. The stars shall die, tut
that is an immortal; suns shall grow OLD
with age and perish, bat that ia an immor-
tall" Now, l know that with many of you
this is the chief anxiety. You earnestly
wish your children " grow uprightly, but
you find it hard work to make them do as
you wish. You check their temper; you
correct their waywardness; in the midnight
your pillow is wet with weeping. You have
wrestled with God in agony for the saliva
ton of your children. You ask me if all
that anxiety has been Intellectual. answer,
No. God understands your heart He un-
derstands how hard you have tried to make
that daughter do right, though she is so
very petulant and reckless, and what pains
you have bestowed i'll teaching that son to
walk in the path of uprightness, though he
has such strong procllvities for dissipation.
L speak cheering word God heard every
counsel you ever offered him. God has
known all the sleepless nights you have ev-
or passed. God has seen every sinking of
your distressed spirit. God remembers your
prayers. He keeps eternal record of your
snxietieE, and in His lschrymatory-no
such as stood in ancient tomb, but in one
that CLOVIS and glitters beside the Throne of
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The grass msy be rank upon your grave.
and the letters upon your tombstone efaced
by the elements before the divine response
will come, but He who hath declared: II
WILL BE GOD TO THEE
and to thy seed after thee" will not forget
And some day in Heaven while you are
ranging the fields of light, the gates OF
pearl will swing back and garlanded with
glory that long wsywsrd one will rush into
your eut-stretchec arms of welcome and
triumph. The hills may depart and the
earth may burn and the stars fall and time
perish, but God will break his oath and
trample upon His promise never, neveri
Again God keeps perpetual remem-
brsnce of all beresvements. These are the
trials that throw the red hearts of men to be
crushed in the VINE press. Troubles at the
store you leave al the store. Misrepre-
sentstion and abuse you may leave on the
street where you found them. The law
suit that would swallow your honest &C
cumulstions may be left in the court room,
but bereavements are home troubles and
there is no escape from them. You will
see that vacant chair. Your eye will catch
at the suggestive picture. You can not fly
the presence of such ills. You go to Swift
erland 10 get clear of them, but more sure
footed than the mule that takes you Up the
Alps your troubles climb to the tip-top and
ST. shiveIing on the glaciers. You may
cross the seas, but they can outssil the clip
per or merchantmen. You make take cara
van and put out across the Arabian desert,
but they follow you like simeon armed
with suffocation. Yo'. plunge into the
Mammoth Cave, but they hang like stalsc-
titles from the roof of the great cavern
They stand behind with skeleton fingers to
push you ahead. They stand before you to
throw you back. They run upon you like
reckless horssmen- They charge upon you
with cleaning spear. They SEEM to come
haphszsrd, scattering shots from the gun of
careless sportsman. But not so. 1t is good
aim that sends them just right, tor God is the
archer.
This coming summer many of you will e.
pecially feel your grief as you go to places
where once you were accompanied by those
who are gone now. Your troubles will fol-
low Won tn the eeashore and will bean nm