Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-07

not diwhys DC smooth MANY mon CAM.
nome from the late war without ,c,.,seb
OF prulsc, but W the conflict of ilte n IL
not sos we all get wounded wounded h
me head, IN the hands, IN the feet. IA I'm
heart. i.iie IL aconnlct. The Bible over
anu oIcr again states that. raui stsfcs
y, and be writes himself as In MAR Win
me world, war with the nesh and war
win the devil and war All the wev
through. Now, how are you snlpr 81
meet the urst tronblc2 That A thc 6nes.
uon show me how You are 10 meet vony
hlst trouble, aud / win show how VIM
meet all the other troubles. ID Il az
nrst trouble that sends mau Ia drinkino
70 drown his troubles; that knocks ~
ne out OF him, SO he spends the rest al
his life cowed down.
Who Is that weigher In that large com.
mefcial establishments He once owned
the store. Who Is that underling IN n
large manufacturing establishment. get
lng one or two thousand YEAR, He once
owned the factory, but misfortune came.
the flrst blow brought him 10 the dust and
ne never had the courage to rise. oh, how
Important Is the manner In which
WE RECEIVE the FIRST SORROW.
Perhaps the first trouble Is heroayc-
ment. suppose YOU know suppose Won
have recognized the fact, tina. so often The
tlrst born Is taken. have seven brothers
aud sisters. Each one lost the drst born.
and suppose that In hundreds of cases
Ia this house II was the ilrst born that WAS
taken. Some people give what 10 me "A a
very absurd reason for that. They saw IL
because the child is loved too much |
do not think that Is possible. do not
believe any father or mother 10 led child
too much. You cannot love your
child too much God did not
take your child because YOU loved Il
too much. think this Is the reason why
God SO often takes the first born: 1t To
transfer your affections TO heaven and
make that place the more grand and
blessed; at the beginning OF your life
making heaven blessed so that YOU keep
thinking Of that place and so be elevated
and lifted on toward 10. think that is
the reason. Perhaps am wrong. am
sure the other reason Is wrong that so
many people give, when they say 1t IN be-
cause you love your child too much.
Now suppose the first trial comes, and
you have no God. What thcnY Have
You ever tried 10 see one 20 through be-
reavement without any Godl have
witnessed that sad spectacle. But we
want grace, we want Divine grace, when
bereavement comes into the house which
erst was full OF sunny locks and greetings
ut the door, and kisses flung by little
hands from the window as you went
down the front steps, aud the doves In
the nest cry because the hawk swoops,
and the cheek pales, and the eyes close,
and the heart stops. Oh, to put away
garments that never win he worn again,
to gather mp from the floor toys that never
again will strew the carpet, aud TO 20
with a sense OF sulfocation through the
dcsolatcd hou>chul that once rang with
childish merrimcnt Oh, my Godl who
can stand that without Thy grace 10 help,
without Thy grace 70 smooth, without
Thy grace to comforty oh, you viii want
Christ IN yUnr trst trouble, and beg OF
you this morning
10 TAKE HIM AZ YoURs.
You say you are strong and we'll. So
am l. You say that life Is buoyant and
beautiful. So Il Is TO me, But sickness
viii come to you and IL VIII come 10 me.
We shnil be told we cannot 90 ont, the
door will be closed against the world,
there VIII be two watches, and some will
order silence on the stairs, saying
"llush! hushln and In your
dream you will hear the dash Of
water, which YOU viii take to be the
beating OF the wave OF the Jordan against
your pillow, and you will hear sound nc
the gate which you will take to be the
paving OF the pale horse OH then you
and will want u physician; we will
want Christ 10 come IN and put His arms
around us and say, "Tear mott all is well,
all Is welln
But there Is one more pass OF great I'M
portancc OF which | must speak, one
tremendous crisis, when we will want
God. | say that not more 10 you than
do TO myself We will want God In that
crisis. And that pass Is the last hour.
suppose VIC would all like TO expire at
home. We want our friends ia the room,
some TO recite the promise, some TO sing,
one 10 hold the hand. We want to lool;
up In the faces that have been familiar to
us good while and we VIII have mes
sages to give. II we are parents we will
want to tell our children how they ought
10 act when we IRE gone, what principles
they ought to adopt, how near they ought
TO LIVE TO COB.
And II we have aged parents living, we
will want to tell our children how they
ought 10 act toward the old people, how
they ought to care for them when we are
gone. ! think when we leave this world
we will all have n message 10 give to
somebody. When TINT hour comes we
will want Christ; we viii want a divine
friend TO stand 10y US, and TO say that all
shall be well In the future. "Whun thou
passest through the waters VIII be with
thee, and through the rivers they shall
not overflow thee" Bat you know very
well that If we 20 out Of this world, my
brother, without Christ, we take II leap
into the dark,
Who would want TO 20 out OF the
world like that when we eau 20 IN
triumph Indescrlbable2 like Paul, say
ing, ~ have fought the good light |
have finished my course, | have kept
the faith; henceforth there Is laid
up for me crown OF righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous Judge, VIII
give me Or that other battle shout:
80, death, where is toy stngY q, grave,
where is thy victory Thanks be unto
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