The Nicodemus cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Graham County, Kan.) 1887-1888, 1888-07-20

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YOU put your hand over your aching head. an
SAID: "Oh, If could only have 10 still" Oh
IL Is too still now. You lost your patienr
when the tops, and the strings, and the shell
were left amid floor: but Oh you wouId i
wlling 70 have the trinketS scattered all owe
the floor again; Il they were scattered bv tn
same hands. With wtst ruthless plough
snare bereavement rips up tie heart. Blu
Jesus knows all about that Yod Aanro
tell Him anything new in regard 10 b
reavement. He had only fey
frleitdsi and when He lost one i
brought tears to His ewes. Lazarn
had often entertained HIM at bis house. Nov
Lazarus is dead aud buried and Chris,
breaks down with emotion-tIe eouyuIsion
OF cries shudderiDg through all the aces n
bereavement. Christ knows what 1t is to "a
through the house missing q familiar inmate
| Chflst knows what 1t is TO see an unoccupied
place at the table. Were there not four Of
them-Mary, and Martha, and Christ and
lazarus Four of them. But where is
| Lazaruss Lonely and afflicted Christ Hfs
great loving eyes filled with tears, which dron
from eye to cheek, and from cheek to beard
ana ana from beard to robe and from robe to floor.
On, yes, yes, He knows all about the lopliness
ana the heartbreak. He took the vinegar(
linen there Is the sourness of the death
hour Whatever else we NAV escape that
acld-sponge will be pressed 20 our lIps.
sometimes have curiosity to know how
4 WhnthFN L
VIII De calm or eXcited-Whether I will ia
4Iieu with Renaissance or with authorization
L cannot saw But come to the point I mnst
ana you must. In the six thousand wears
mat have passed, only two persons have cot
into the eternal world without death, and 7
w NOT suppose that God Is going to send a
carriage Tor us with horses of flame. to draw
us up the sleeps of heaven; but I supnose
we VIII have to go like the preceding gener.
ations An officer from the future world win
knock at the door OF our heart and serve IN
us The WITT OF electment, and we will have to
s oI,t ana we Will wake up after these
autuInnaI, and W1ntry. and vernal and sum
merry glories have vanished from our vision
we VIII wake up into a realm which has only
one season, and that the season OF everlast
rug loVe. But you say: II don't want to
II f 10 80 OUT UNI from my present associations.
Tue stairs of that vault. | don't want anv-
luIuS d[aWn so tightly over my eyes. II there
we're only some way of breaking through the |
partition between worlds without tearing this |
OodV all to shreds. wonder if the surgeons |
'uu ine doctors cannot compound mixture
y "h'cn this body and soul can all the tIme
1e kept together! Is there no escape from
ms separatiOnW None: absolutely none
80 look over this audience to-day-the vast
majority OF you seeming in good health and
PlfItS-and vet | realize that in short time.
IA vi us VIII De gone-gOne from earth and
hrough the gates of the future. as 1t were
uu we 90 not know where they have gone.
no theV only add gloom and mystery to the
aSsaSe; but Jesus Christ SO nightly stormed
ne gates OF that future world, that thew
a "ao never since been closely shut. Christ |
sauty OF which He was more appreciative
ian we ever could be- He knows the er-
lslteness of the phosphoresence of the sea.
e trod 1t. lie knows the glores of the mid
gnt heavens; Tor they were the spangled
nopy of His wilderness pillow, He knows
'out the lilies; He twisted them into Ills
rmoh. lie knows about the fowls of the
r they Whirred their way through his dis.
uISe' he KNOWS about the sorrows OF
lVing tins beautiful world. Not taper
IS kindled IN the darkness He died phvsi-
anlcss. lie died in cold sweat and dizzi- ,
SIS, and hemorrhage, and agony that have
L MN IN sympathy with all the dying. He :
es through ChrStendom, and He gathers I
inc stlngs out of all the death pillows.
"a lie puts them under His own neck aud d
r rnjnc ne 9 hr1e on His own tongue the \
ms. The sponge is soaked in The
rows of all those who have G
d III their beds as well as soaked in the t
TO" OF all those who persisted In lev or
v martyrdom. While heaven was pityinr
l earth was mocIing, and hell was derii, 1
:, lie took the vinegar! G.
o all those in this audience to whom life t:
Deeh an acerblty-a dose they could not
ilIo"' draught that set their teeth ON
e ana a-raSping-I preach The Omnipoteut "a
apathy OF Jesus Christ The sister of d
rschel, the astronomer used 20 helm him al
lis WORK. lie got all the credit; she got
e; Hhc used to spend much Of her time 9.
ShinS The telescopes through which he %
uGht the distant worlds nigh and il IL "a
@ al .l,lD now, this hour, to clear the
Oh your spiritual vision, so that looking mi
'ugh The dark night of your earthIS -
Dies you may behold the glorious con, W
atIoh OF Savlour's mercy aud a Savionr,s 50
:. ~ my friends do not try to CARRY ali I'm
ills alone. Do not put vonr moor la
alder under Apeninncs when tho Py1VI 20
MY CbTist Is ready to lift up all your OF
lens. When you have a trouble of anv
y you rush nus way, and that wav old
YOU wonder what this man win saw oIu
- - -, anu you Try THIS prescription. q, AK
90 you not go straight to the heart of | mi
ST. knowing that for our own Br,
ng and suffering race, lie took the SKI
ere was vessel That had been tossed IN ant
cas- LOT great many weeks, AMI been
', 49, anu Tue suIF,'y OF water gave out. ~,
Tue crew were dying OF thirst After bo'
daYS, they saw sail against the skv was
slgnalled IT, When the vessel came 70.
r. the people OIL the suffering shin crIc3 dan
Tue captain Of the other vessel oD
Us some water. We are dying lne'
'~~N IA water And La i'AS
In on the vessel that was hailed re- the
leu: dip your buckets where Won ars he
are IN the mouth of the AmaZon and Of I
are scores OF miles CT fresh water ali The
~ about You, and hundreds Of feet was
ana tnen they dropped their buckets Ihe
he side of the vessel. and brourbt no hell
lear bright, fresh water. and nnt on, bod
e OF their thirst SO | hail Won tod,~ Bow
a Iong aud rcrilOus vOvage. tuirStiny ss Ind.
Re Tor Pardo0, aud thirsting for comfort ~ q
irstlh% Tor eternal life: and I AJAX ION One
- tue use OF your going In that death. and
state while all around YOU il the doen q,
wide, sparkling flood of Gods symr,
mercy. .. dip your buckets snd lne
ana i've Tor ever. "Whosoeyer will ~"
u y, come anu take Of the water Of life o A
mg utterance Is almost choke1 q. ~. $50
" that there are people here who will 'N'N
thia DIVINE sympathy; and they viii mont
HEht tAeir own battles, and drink thnir IoTts
'ueEAf' ana carry their own burdens. Aucc'
fF lie, instead Of being a trlufnnhai eApe
from victory 20 victory. will he TIh each
IN from defeat - dpfest nc.iI - that
AIai surrender 10 retributlve di4astcr Tn
sA J couh TO day gather up in tnlna 6r-I.
- 'he woes ot men aud wornen-.tI | -, =
ear -Aches-aI their disarpolntrnarrs Nhtti
seF cnaZ ns-and Just take them rich, maze
feet Of a sYm2atlIzing Je.n. I'll IL TX ~ and
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