Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-07-15

Oul Ol hIlugnlS, ana D} carr lullN htuuy-
ing dietetics, you continue to this time;
but Oh the headaches and the sideaches
and the backaChCs and the heataches
which have been your accompaniment
all the way through. You have strug-
glcd uaGCr heavy mortgage Of physical
disablllues; and instead Of the placidity
that once characterized you. it is now
only with great effort that you keep away
from irritability and sharp retort. DIFF
ficulties Of respiration, of digestion, Of
locomotion. make up the great obstacle
in your life, and you tug and sweat along
the pathway and wonder when the ex-
haustion will end. Nv friends. the
brightest crowns in heaven will not he
given TO those who, in siirrups. dashed
to the cavalry charge, while the general
applauded and the sound Of clashing
sabers rang through the land; but the
brightest crowns in heaven, | believe,
will be given 10 those who trudged on
amid chronic ailments which unnerved
their strength, yet all the time main
tanning their faith in God. Ii is COM
paratively easy to fight in a regiment Of
thousand men, charging up the para
pets to the sound Of martial music; but
1t is not so easy 10 endure when no one
but the nurse and the doctor are the wit
nesses Of the Christian fortiude. Be-
sides that YOU never had any pains worse
than Christ's. The sharpnesscs that
stung through his brain, through lis
hands, through his feet, through his
heart, were as great as yours certainly.
lie WAS as sick and ms weary. Not
nerve, or muscle, or ligament escaped.
All the paugs Of all the nations Of all the
ages compressed into one sour cup. He
took the vinegar!
There Is also the sourness Of Ioverty.
Your income does not meet your out
goings. and that always gives an honest
man anxiety. There is no sign Of desti-
tuition about you-pleasant appearance
and cheerful home for you: but Col
only knows what time you have had 10
manage your private finances. Just as
the bills run up the wages seem TO run
down. But you are not the onl, one
who has not been paid for hard work.
The great Wilkie sold bis celebrated
piece. The Blind Fiddler" for fifty
guineas, although afterward il brought
its thousands. The world hangs in ad-
miration over the sketch Of Gains
borough, yet that very sketch hung
for Years in the shop window because
there was not any purchaser. Oliver
Goldsmith sold his Vicar Of Wake
field for q few pounds, in order to
keep the bGil.T out Of the door: and the
vast majority Of men in al occupations
and professions are not fully raid for
their work. You may say nothing. but
life to you is hard push; and when you
sit down with your wife and talk over
the expenses. you both rise up discour.
aged. You abrilge here. and You abridEc
there, and you Elt things snug !or smooth
sailings, and 10. suddenly there is a large
doctors I'LL to lay. or You have lost your
pockcibOJk, ur some creditor has failed,
and you are thrown ahCam end We'll.
brother, YOU are in glorious company.
Christ owned not the house in which he
stopped. or the colt on which lac rode. or
the boat in which he sailed. He lived
in borrowed house: hp was buried
in a borrowed grave. Exposed 10 all
kinds of weather, vet he mad only
one suit of clothes. lie breaklasted in
the morning. and no one could possibly
tell where he could get anything To cat
before night. H. would have been pro-
nCulccd a financial failure. He had 90
perform a miracle 10 get money to pay a
tax bill. Not dollar did be own. Phi
walton Of domcstici;y: privation Of nutri-
ii0us food; VrivatiOn Of u comfortable
couch Oh which tp sleep; privaiiou of all
worldly Resources, Tle kings uf the
earth had CHASED chaliCe, ont of which to
drink: but Christ had nothing but a plain
cup set before lin. and il was very sharp.
and it was very sour he took the
vinegar.
There also is the SournCss of beroavc-
mont. There were years that passed
along before your family circle was in.
vadcd by death. but the moment the
charmed circle WIS lrokcu everything
seemed 60 dissolve Hardly have you
put the black apparel in tie wardrobe
before you have again to take il out.
Great and rapid changes IN your family
record. You got the house and rgjoicod
in il. but tie charm WAS gone as soon as
the Grape hung ON the door hell. The
one upon whom YOU most depended was
taken away from you, A cold marble
slab lies on your heart today. Once. a'
the children rompvd through the house,
you put your hand over your aching
head and said: "Ob, If could only have
1t still" Oh, il is too still now. You
lost your patience when the tops and the
strings aud the shells were left amid
floor; but Oh, you would h. willing To
have the tTiukots scattered all over
the floor again, IL they were scat
tered hy the same hands. Win
what ruthless plowsbarc hyrcavc-
mont rips up the heart But Jesus
knows an about lhat. You cannot tell
him anyihing now in regard 10 borcayc-
mcnt. lie had only low friends. and
when h. lot one II brought tUars 10 his
cvcs. Lazarus had often entertained
him nj his house. Now L@l1ls Is dead
and buried. and Christ brglss down with
cmoiion-the convulsion Of grief sbud-
drring through all The ages uf hrrrlyc-
mrut. Christ knows what II is 10 -
through the house missing q familiar in.
mate Christ knows what it is 90 see an
unnrcupigd place az the table. Wore
thqr not four f them Mary, and
Martin nnl Christ, and lEzlus' -Four