Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-27


hard YOU may have It now. il you are Chris
tian the scene viii soon end Pain, trial,
persecution never knock at the door or the
grave coffin made out of pine boards il
just as good resting place as one made out
Of silver mounted mahogany or rosewood
30 down among The resting places OF liz
dead, and you will find that though people
there had great difference or worldly circum-
stances, now they are ali alike unconscious.
The baud thut greeted the senator, and the
president, and Tie king is still as the hand
thathardened on the mechanics hammer orthe
manufacturers wheel 1t does not make any
difference now, whether there is a plain stone
above them from which the stranger pulls
aside the weeds 10 read The name or a tai
shaft spriuging into heaven as though TO Iell
their virtues 10 the skies.
In that silent land there are no titles for
great men, and there are no rumbIings of
chariot wheels and there Is never heard the
foot Of the dance. The Egyptian guanC
which is thrown on the fields In the East for
the enrichment Of the soil, is the dust raked
out from the sepulchres Of kings and lords
ana mighty men. y the chagrlu OF those
men If they had ever known that In the after
ages Of the world they would have been call
ed Egyptian guanO.
OF how much worth now Is the crown Of
CaesarG Who bids for itl Who cares now
anything about the AmphictYOnic Council or
the laws OF Lycurgus! Who trembles now
because 8erLes crossed the HelesDOnt on a
bridge of bOatsi Who fears because
NebuchadneZZar thunders at the gates of
Jerusalems Who cares now whether or not
before Ferdinand, or BOuiface, or Alarici
Can Cromwell dissolve the English Parlia-
ment nOw9 Is William. prince Of Orange
king OF the Netherlands No; mol However
much Elizabeth may love the Russian crown,
she must pHss il to Peter, aud Peter to Cath
crime, aud Catherine to Paul and Paul to Al
eXander, and Alexander to Nicholas. Leopold
puts German sceptre into the hand of
Joseph, aud Philip comes down OF the Span
ish throne to let Ferdinand 90 on. House Of
Ar"gon, house OF Hapsburg, house of
Stuart house of Bourbon, quarrel
ing about everything else, but agree
ing in this: The fashion of this world
passeth away" But have all these digni-
taries gomez Can they not be called backl I
have been in assemblages where I have heard
the roll called. and many distinguished men
have answered. II l should call the roll to-
day OF some of those mighty ones who have
gone, I wonder If they would not answer I
will call the roll. l will call the roll OF the
kings first: Alfred the Greatl William the
COnGuerOrl Frederick Ill Louis XVI. No
answer. will call the roll Of the poets:
Robert SOuthey! Thomas Campbenl John
keatsI George Grabbed RObeFt Burnsl No
answer. ! call the roll OF artists: Michael
AngelOl Paul FerOnese! William Turnerl
Ghristopher Wren! No@answer. Eyes closed.
Ears deaf Lips silent Hands palsled.
Sceptre pencil, pen, sword, put down forever.
Why should We struggle for such baublesl
Another reason why we should culture this
spirit OF cheerfulness is the fact that God
knows what Is best for His creatures You
know what Is best for your child He thinks
you are not as liberal with him as you ought
to be. He criticises your discipline, but YOU
look over the whole field. aud you, loving that
child, do what IN YOUR deliberate Judgment
Is best for him. Now, God is the best of
fathers. Sometimes His children think that
he is hard on them, and that He Is not as lib
eral with them as He might be. But children
do not know as much as q father ] can tell
you why you are not largely atfiuent and WHY
you have not been grandly successful It Is
because you cannot stand the temptation. II
your path had been smooth, you would have
depended upon your sure OOtedness; but
God rOughened that path, so you have to take
hold OF His hand II the weather had beeh
mild, you would have lOitered along
the water courses; but at the
first howl Of the storm YOU
quickened your pace heaven ward, and wrap
righteousness.
''What have done2r says the weathersheaf
to the farmer, what have 1 done, that YOU
beat me so hard with your iaii9" The farm.
or makes no answer, but the rake takes OF
the straw, and the mill blows the chaff to the
wind. and the golden grain falls down at the
foot Of the windmill, After awhile, the
straw looking down. from the NOV upon the
golden grain banked Up on either side the
hOOr understands who the farmer beat the
wheatsheaf with the fail.
Who are those before the throne2 The an
swer came: ''These are they who, out Of
great tribulatIOn. had their robes washed aud
made white ia the blood of the lamb
Would God that we could understand that
We had an appreciation Of that truth, then
We should know why It was that John NOyra
the martyr in the very midst Of the flame
reached down and picked up one OF the fag-
gOts that was consuming him, and kissed IT,
and sad; BLESSED be God for the time when
l was born to this preferment" They who
suffer with Him on earth shall be glOrIfied
with Him In heaven. Be content, then, with
such things as YOU have.
Another consideration leading US to the
spirit Of the text is the assurance that the
Lord will provide somehow. viii He who
hOluS the water IN the hollow OF His hand al
low His children to die Of thirstl VIII He
who owns the cattle on a thousand
hills and all the earth's luxuri-
ance of grain and fruit, allow
His chrndren to starved Go out tomorrow
morning at five o'clock, iEtO the woods and
hear the birds chant. They have had no
breakfast they know not where
idea where they viii sup; but hear the
birds chant at five O'Clock In the morning
Behold the fowls OF the air; for they SOW
not, neither do they reap. nor gather into
barns, yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.
Are you not much better than theYl" Seven
thousand people, in Christ's time, went into
people ever heard OF They deserved to
starye. They might have taken food enough
70 last them until they got hack. Nothing
did they take. lad, who had more wit
mother that morning Tor some lOayes Of
bread and some fishes. They were nut into
Ms satcheL He went out into the desert
From this provision, the seven thousand we're
fed and the more they ate, the larger the
lo2vea grew, until the provision that the boy
brought IN one aatchel WAS multiplied so he
could not have carried the fragments home
II ak satchelS. ''Oh. " you say, ''times have
changed, and the day Of miracles has gone -
l reply that what God did then By miracle
he does now 10 some other WAY, and BY ma
tural lava 81 have been young,'' said Dav-
ID but now am old; Jet have never seen
the righteous 1OFsakeu, nor his seed begging
bread" Il is high time that you people " no
are fretting about worldly circumstances. and
Who are fearing you are coming TO want, IN
derstand that the oath of the Eternal God is
involved IN the fact that you are TO have
enough to eat and TO wear
again; remark that the religion Of Jesus
Christ is the grandest influence to make q
man cOntented. Indemnity against all fnan-
claI and spiritual harm It Gains the spirit.
dWindles the earth into insigniacanee, and