New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-09-12

are all gone, he begins to rebel, and he SAYS,
Tod Is hard; God is outrageous. He had
no business to do this to me-" Ny friends,
those OF us who have trouble know what a
sinful and rebellious heart we have, and how
much God has to put up WITH and how
much we need pardon. 1t is only in the
light of flaming furnace that we can learn
our own lack of moral resources.
There Is also great deal of comfort in the
TACT that there will be family reconstruction
IN better place. From Scotland, or Eng
land, or Ireland a child emigrated to this
country. It's very hard parting, but he
comes, after a while writing home as to what
good land it u.s. Another brother comes,
sister comes, and another, and after awhile
the mother comes and after a while thefather
comes, and now they are all here, and they
have a time of great congratulation and d
very pleasant reunion Well it is just so with
our families; they are emigrating to better
land Now, one goes out. Oh, how hard it
is to part with himl Another goes. Oh, how
hard it is to part with herI And another,
and another, and we ourselves will after q
while go over and then we will be together
Oh, what a reunion Do you believe that?
Yes, you say. You do notl You do not
believe 1T as you do other things. If you did,
and with the same emphasis, why it would
take 1lne-tenths OF the trouble off
your heart. The fact is, heaven to
many OF us is a great fog. It is away of
somewhere, filled with an uncertain and in
definite population. That is the kind
OF heaven that many of us dream about; hut
1t is the most tremendous fact in all the uni
yerse-this heaven of the Gospel Our de-
parted friends are not ahoat. The residence
n n which you live is not SO real as the resi-
dence In which they stay. You are afoat,
you do not know in the morning what will
happen before night. They are housed and
safe forever. Do not, therefore, pity your
departed friends who have died in Christ.
They do not need any of your pity. You
might as well send a letter of coincidence to
queen Victoria on her obscurity, or to the
Rotoschilds on their poverty, as to pity
those who have won the palm. Do not say
of those who are parted "Poor child!''
Poor fatherl' "Poor mother!" They are
not poor You are poor-you whose homes
have been shattered-not they. You do not
dwell much with your families in this world
All day long you are off to business. Will it
not be pleasant when you can be together all
the while? fyou have hadfour children and
one is gone, and anybody asks how many
children you have, do not be so inidel as to
say three. Say four-one in heaven Do not
think the grave is unfriendly
You go In your room and dress for some
grand entertainment, and you come forth
beautifully appareled; and the grave is only
the place where we go to dressfor the glorious
resurrection, and we will come out radiant,
radiant, mortality having become immortal
ity. Oh, how much coincidence there is in
this thought expect to see my kindred in
heaven; expect to see them as certainly as
expect to go home today. Ay, shall more
certainly see them. Eight or1O will come
L from the graveyard back of Somerville,
n one will come up from the mountains
Back OF Annoy, China; and another will come
up from the sea off Cape Hatteras; and 80
will come up from Greenwood; and shall
know them better than I ever knew them
here. And yonr friends-they may be across
the sea, but the trumpet that sounds here
will sound there. You will come I'D on iust
the same day. Some morning you have
oversight yourself, and you open your eyes,
and see that the sun is high in the
heavens heavens and you say, II have
will open your eyes on the morning of the
resurrection, in the full blaze of Gods light
and you will say, 81 must beup and away
Oh yes, you will come up, and there will be a
reunion, a reconstruction of your family.
like what Halliburton, | think it was-good
old MIR. Halburton-said in his astmoments,
4 thank God that ever lived, and that
have father in heaven, and a mother in
heaven, and brothers in heaven, and sisters
in heaven, and am now going UP to see
them"
remark once more: our troubles in this
world are preparative for glory What a
transition it was for Paul-from the slippery
deck OF a laundering ship to the calm presence
OF Jesus! What transition it was for Lati-
mer-from the stake to thronel What
a transition it was for Robert Hall from
insanity to glory! What transition it was
TOR Richard Baxter-from the dropsy to the
saints everlasting rest!' And what tram
s1tlon it will be for you-from a world of sor-
row to a world OF joy! John Holland, when
he was dying said: What means this bright
ness in the room? Have you lighted the
candles?" "No,'' they replied, 1--WE have
not liehted, any candles" Then said he:
Welcome heayenP' the light already beam
ing uponshis pillow. 0, ye who are perse-
off the track after while, and all will speak
well of you among the thrones. Ho We who
are sick now, no medicines to take there
One breath of the eternal hills will thrill YOU
with immortal yigor. And we who are lone
some now, there will be thousand spirits
to welcome you into their companionship.
0 ye bereft souls! there will be no. grave dig
gers spade that will cleave the side of that
hill, and there will be no dirge wailine
from that temple. The river of God, deep
as the joy of heaven will roll on between
banks odorous with balm, and over depths
bright with jewels, and under skies roseate
with gladness, argosies with light going
down the stream to the stroke of glitterlng
oar and the song of angels! Not one sigh
IN the wind; not one tear mingling with the
waters.
There shall I battle my weary soul
In seas OF heavenly rest,
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast"
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