The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-12-10

thize with us 10 q certain extenti bll
they cannot understand hll the grief,
Phey do aa we'll aa they can, but the'
cannot understand II altogether, But,
blessed be God Christ knows. He has
been all through the trouble aud all
around about ", He has counted the
tears aud counted the gr0ans, nnd 0efofe
the tears started and before thegf0ana
began, He saw the hiding place OF our
sorrow. Bone OF our bone. Blesh OF our
flaah. Heart OF our heart. Sorrow OF
our sorrow, Az long an he remembers
LaZaruas tomb He will stand beside us
| In the cemetery. Az long AZ He remem'
bera His own heartbreaka He Will stand
with You In the lacerali0n OF your aliec'
tiOns. When He fOIgeta His fO0tsore
way, and His lonely nights, aud HIS
weary mind, and His exhanated body,
and His awful cross, and His lolemn
grave, then will He forget you, but not
until then.
Sometimes when we have trouble our
friends are far away from na. We wrlle
a letter saying, Come right away or
we telegraph 10 them saying, "T he the
next train; cOme immediately but II
may take hours, II may take days before
| they reach ua In our trouble. but nave
| TO tell you this morning OF One VINO II
near TO help ever near, near before you
behind you, within you, nearer than tle
star on which you lean, nearer than tie
cup you press TO your lip, nearer lhan
tho handkerchief with which you wipe
away the tears. | preach Him, an ever
present Jesus, Sometimes when we
have trouble our friends come hud lhey
do oil they can for w, but they cannot
relieve all the trouble, they cannot dia
entangle our lluancea, they cannot cure
our sick, they cannot raise our dead,
Blessed be- God the Que t)whOm these
disciples went has all power In h aVen
aud on earth, and lie will, NJ just The
right time, balb our Calamltier; ana ~
ust the right time, In the presence I
An applaudlng earth and Il Te'0undlng
heaven, will raise our dead. o, preach
Him, an Almighty Christi The last
sword will leap from the cabbatd Of
OmnipOtence, aud the last ree0urce OF
Infinite God be exhausted, before God
will allow 0ne OF His children 10 cry
for comfort and not get II, heard VI
Il child who went TO aea with her father,
n aea captain, and when the frat storm
ma In the midnight the little chlln
awakened aud rushed on In great fright
and cried. where's fatheTY Nnplr'r
fatheTW Then they tod her the father
was on deck and that he was guiding
hr snip, aud no waa watching the storm
aud she said; "Well, II fathers on dsrk,
then III 20 to sleep" SO she went to
sleep.
40 AND TILL JESUS
OF Va who are blessed IN the st'Ima NJ
this life, / want to tell You he LOld ~
guiding the ship; your Father IN Oh
deck, aud He will bring you through H.
to the harbOr, OIL ye whose cheeks
ara wet with the night dew OF the Pr,yt
-ye whose hearts ARE tried wltha -lroc'
CO, In the name Of religion which can
wipe every tear, aud lift every burden,
aud deliver every captive, aud illnmlue
every darkuesa, | impl0re you, 70 aud
tell Jesus. II you will not, N you Try "a
carry your slna aud your burden YOUR
self tell you, my brother, plainly your
life will be fallure-yOur death viii
be disaster, and eternity q calamity; bu
II you will 90 to christ with all your
sins aud all your sorrows TO day, your
foot will strike the upward path, and
the shining m 'ssengers who Toll above
what IL done here will make the arches
OF God rescued with the tidings that
you have gone TO tell Jeeus.
Well, look over this audience and
wonder whether you Will carry you
own burdens; whether you are going 10
be no fO0lhardy ~ TO take the conse-
qneDces Of your own sin, when there Ia
u balm, u balsam, for all wounds and
pardon for all tranagTessiona. Som
you will DO gone, aud gone forever You
remember how Xefxes felt when he
looked at HIS army two million meu re
perhaps the greatest army ever mar
ahalled, &erxea rode along that army |
and reviewed II, Two million meul
Aud after he had reviewed the troops he |
came 10 hill, and no looked of upon |
the great hoat and no burst into tpara |
One OF his atDif officers expressed sur
prise that nj time when he ought o be |
full OF exultati0n and triumph heshould |
weep and asked him why he wepl |
oh" he said, III weep because 40 soon |
all this host will be gone" And this |
morning look out upOn this audience
aud | realize that soon you will oil he
gone-g gone from the church, gone from
the home circle, gone from business cir.
clrs, and gone forever WhitherY
WhitherY
"'fls not ior man 10 trifol
Lite n brief rnd ain N hcrci
our apc Il hut falling l'af-
AdI0pplng tear
Not many lives, but only one have We
one, only one
How sacred should that ono life be-
That narrow upanln