The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-20

Lazarus? Lonely and afflicted Christ, Ills
great loving eyes filled with tears. which drop
from eye to cheek, and from check to heard,
nnd from heard to robe un,l from role To
floor. Oh yes, yes liz knows all about thu
loneliness and the licnrthrcak. lie took tho
vinegar!
Then there IN the soreness Of the death.
hour Whatever else VIZ may escape. that
aci'l-sp"ngr. will lm pressed 10 our lips. l
somriimcs have curiosity To know how |
will lrlnve whrn come to die. Whether I
will In calm or cXri"l-wlrtlirr I will In
filled with "Reminiscences ar with anticipation
cannot say. But come I" til" point | must
aud yOu must lii the six Thousand wears
| that have pissed. only two persons have got
into the eternal world without death. and !
II" not suppose that God is going tu send II
| rnrringe for us with horses of flame to draw
sup tln sleeps nf heaven; hut suppnS" W.
| will have to go like the preceding genera
tions. An officer from hr future world will
knock at the dunr of our heart and s"ry" on
| us the writ ufciwtm"h'. and "" Will have to
! surrender. And will wake M after
this autumnal. aud wintrv. aud vrrnnl, and
summary .:iurirs have vanished from our Wis
| sinn-wr will wax" up into Il realm wiirh has
| only one season. and that thu season uf rv-
! rrlnsiing love lmt y"u say ~ don il want
I" hr"ik out from my present associations.
II is chilly aud 81 damp Ia 90 down the
stairs uf that vault. don't want ANYTHING
"
only some way Of breaking through the par
tiinn lrlwrrn worlds without tearing hi.
body all tn sr",ls wonder if the surgeons
niri ihr .""tni* cannot compound Il mixture
hy wliirll this body aud soul can all
the time he kept together? Is there no
s"ln'"ly nnh". So I look over this
n'nlirnr" t"'ay-tlie vast majority of Won
seeming in good health aud sriri,s-anl vet
n;'llz" that in II short tinr all us will br
E"n"--gon" from earth. and gone for ever
a great many men tumble through tho gates
oi III" future. ;'s il were. and do not know
where they have gone. aud they only add
gloom and mystery tn The ,..s,yrrlnt Jesus
sil'l"t +" mighty stormrl tho gates of that
flitmr" world that they have never since been
closely shut. Christ knows what il is To leave
his world. nf h. beauty nf whirh he w,,s
more apprcciative than we ever could I've. lie
Knows tn" "Anuisitrnrss of the phospllorcs-
el"rl"s of the midnight heavens; for they
were the spangl"l canopy Of llis wilderness
pillow. lie knows nlnut tho lilies; hr
twisted them into his sermon lie knows
about the fouls of the air: they whirlal tlrir
Way through his discourse. liz knows about
IN, IN sorrows of leaving this beautiful world.
Not taper wns kimilsl in he darkness. lie
died rhysi''ianlcss. II" died in cold sweat,
md ,iizzin"ss, and hemorrhagr. aud agony
mat have put in sympathy with al the ,lv-
ing. II" gees through thrist"ndnnl. nnd
u" g''t heres NJ the strings out nfaIl the
death pillows. and he puts them under his
own n~k aud head. n" gathers ON his own
tongue the burning tlirsis Of many genera.
t,"ns. TIL" sr"nsri is soaked in tl," snrrnws
OF ill those who have died in tllrir beds ms
well as soaked in the SORROWS ufnll those who
persisted IN Try ar fiery mariyr,lum. While
heaven was piying. aud earth w,s morki,w,
AMI lrll WIS 'lrri,ling. II" took the vinegar.
tl,.,S in
has "rn an a~rli,y-; dose they could not
swallow. Al 'lramgt that set thrir teeth ON
"dg" AMI a-raspmg-l preach the omnipotrnt
sympathy nf Jesus Christ. The sister of
iicrs't'"l. he astronomer, used tn help him
in his work. II" got all tho credit: she rot
nom" She used to spend much of her time
!"lishin" th" telescopes through which h.
brought the distant worlds nigh. and il is
my ambition now this liour. tn clear tho Ions
nf your spiritual vision. 80 that. hooking
through the dark night of ynur earthly
'r"mhlrs you may brh"l'l the glorious con-
strllatinn of u Savnur's mercy and
a sayi,ur's low" q. my friends. do
-" '"t llt your poor shoulders under
! he Almnnir"s when tho Almighty Christ
is ready to lift up all your burdens.
When You have a trouble ofauy kind ynu
rush This way. and that way: and yu, won
der what this man will say about it. and
what that mnn will say about il: and YOU
try this prescription. and til" other prcs,rip-
tun. %. why do YOU not go straight 10 tic
heart of Thirst. knowing that for our own
SHINING aud suffering race. He took the vine.
gar!
There was vessel that had been tossed
ON fli" seas for n great many weeks. and
been disabled, and til" supply Of water gave
many days, they saw a sail against the sky.
rlirr Signal"l it. When the vessel came
i";ll"r, til" people on he S,l tirrtly shin cried
to thu captain of I lr other vessel" Send Ills
som" water. W" are dying for lack afwatrr."
And the captain on he vessel that was hnilr,
"Dipyour buckets where ynu are
You are at the mouth of the Amazon. and
there ar" scores of miles of fresh water ull
around about YOU, and hundreds of feet
deep. Aud then they dropped their buck
cts over the side Of he vessel, and brought
up the rlrnr. bright. fresh water. and put on,
til" fire nf their thirst. So hail you to-day.
after long and I@rilous voyage. tllirsting
ns You are for pardon. and tlirs,ing for com
fort. and tlirsting for eternal life: and | ask
YOU what is the use Of your going in that
i"nth-strurk state. while all around you in
tl" deep clear, wi'le sparkling Hood of Gods
synla,thrtic mercy q. dip your buckets,
and drink. and live forever whatsoever
will, let him come and take of the water of life
freely"
lot. my utternncr is almost cloked mt the
Thought that ticr" are people here WHO will
refuse this Divine sympathy: aud they will
try Il" fight their own BATTLES and drink their
own vinegar. and carry their avn burdens;
and their life, instead of hcing n triumphal
march from victory tn victory. will i,r II liul,-
bling ON from 'l"i,.it to defeat. until they
max" final surrender to retrilutivr disaster.
%. wisl, ! could to-day gather up in ninc
arms all TIL" woes of nlrii and womr,-all
their heart -;rh"s-all their dis:rruinimrnts