The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-07-27
I" Jesus lover Of ny soul
Let mo 10 Thy bosom ~.
wnile the b llows near mo ron.

The heart ght toward God and man, we
are happy. Tho heart wrong toward God
and man, we are unhappy
Another reason why we should come to
this spirit inculca.ed in the text Is the fact
tina: all the differences Of earthly condition
are transitory. The houses you build, the
land you cultivate, the places In which you
barter, are soon to 60 into other hands.
However hard you may have it now, il you
are q Christian the scene will sooE end.
Pain, trial, persecution never knock at rse
door of the grave. A coffin made out OF
pine boards is just a. good resting place
as one made out Of silver mounted ma.
hogany or rosewood.
Go down among the resting places Of the
dead, and sou will find that though people
there had great difference OF worldly cir
cumstances, now they are all alike uncon-
scious The hand that greeted the Senator,
md the President, and the King il still Is
the hand that hardened on the mechanics
hammer or the manufacturers wheel It
does not make any difference now whether
there Is plain stone above them from
which the traveller pulls aside the weeds
to read the name, or tall shaft springing
into the heavens as though to tell their
virtues to the skies.
In that silent land there are no titles for
great men, and there are NO rumblings Of
chariot wheels and there is never heard
the foot of the dance. The Egyptian guano
which is thrown on the fields in the Ea e
for the enrichment Of the soil is the dust
rakcd out from the sepulchers Of Kings
and Lords aud mighty men. Oh, the cha
grin of those men if they had ever known
that in the after ages Of the world they
would have been called Egyptian guano.
OF how much worth now is the crown Of
CHsari Who bids for IT. Who cares now
any thing about the Amphictyonic cOun-
Gil or the laws Of Lycurgusl Who trembles
now because Xerxes crossed the Helles-
pont on q bridge Of boats! Who fears BE-
cause Netuchadnezzar thunders At the
gates Of Jerusalemi Who cares now
whether or not Cleopatra marries Artonyl
Who crouches before Ferdinand, or BOni-
face, or Alaricl Can Cromwell dissolve
the English Parli mcnt now! Is William,
Prince Of Orange, King Of the Netherlandsl
No, no! However much Elizabeth may
love the Russian crown, she must pass 1t
to Peter, and Peter to Catherine, and
Catherine to Paul, and Paul to Alexander,
and Alexander to Nicholas. Leopold puts
the German sccpter into the hand Of 10
seph, and Philip comes down OF the Span
ish throne to let Ferdinand go on. House
of Aragon, house Of Hspsburg, house Of
Stuart, house Of Bourbon, Qusrrclins
about every thing else, but agreeing in
this: 1.-THE fashion Of this world passeth
away"
But have all these dignitares gone! Con
they not be called backa l have been in
assemblages where have heard the roll
called, and many distinguished men have
answered. If should call the roll to-day
OF some Of those mighty ones who have
gone l wonder If they would not Gnswerl
l will call the roll. / will call the roll Of
the Kings first: Alfred the Great! WILL
lam the Conqueror! Frederick H.! Louis
XVI! No answer. I will call the roll Of
the poets. Robert Southcy! Thomas
Campbelli John Keats! George Grabbed
Robert Burnsi No answer. / call the roll
of artists: Michael Angelo! Paul veron-
csc! William Turner! Christopher Wrena
No answer. Eyes closed. Ears deaf Lips
silent. Hands pasted. Scepter, pencil,
pen, sword, put down forever. Why
should we struggle for such baubles1
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 ~
you ought to be. He criticises your dis
c;pline, but you look over the whole field,
and 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 liberal with them As
He might be. But children do not know as
much as father. can tell you why you
are not largely ai1iuent, and why you have
not been grandlv successful. 1t is because
you can not stand the temptation.
II your path had been smooth, you would
have depended upon your own suretoOted-
ness; but God roughened that path, so you
have to take hold Of His hand. II the
weather had been mild, you would have
lOitered along the water courses, but at
the first howl Of the storm you quickened
your pace Heavenward and wrapped
around you the warm robe Of Saviour's
righteousness. what have done." says
the wheat sheaf to the farmer, s'what have
l done that you beat mo 50 hard with your
flail!" The farmer 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 wind
mill. After awhile, the straw. looking
down from tho NOW upon the golden grain
banked up on either side the floor, under
stands why the farmer beat the wheat
sheaf with the fail.
Who are those before the throne! The
answer came: "These are they who, out
of great tribulation, had their robes
wash ID and made white in the blood OF the
Lamb" Would to God that we couN under.
stand that our trials are the very best
thing for us. live had an appreciation of
that truth, then We should know why it
was that John Noyra, the martyr. in the
very midst of the fame, reached down and
picked up one of the fagots that was con-
Stunning him, and kissed it, and said:
blessed be God for the time when l was
suffer with Him on earth shall be gloritied
with Him in Heaven. Be content, then,
with such things rs you have.
Another consideration leading us to the !
spirit Of the text is the assurance that the
Lord vii provide somehow. Will He who !
holds the water in the hollow of His hand |
allow His children to die Of thirst! Will |,
He who owns the cattle on a thousand hills, /!
and ell the earth's luXuriance of grain and |
fruit, allow His children 70 starve! Go |
out to morrow morning at i've O'Clock into !
the woods and hear the birds chant They |
have had 10 breakfast. they know not |
where they will dine. they have no idea |
where they viii sup; but hear the birds |
chant at Ave o'clock in the morning. BE !
hold 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 theys"
Seven thousand people, in Christ's time. |
went into the desert. They were tho most !
improvident people ever heard Of. rhey |
deserved to starve. They might have |
taken food enough to last them until they |
got back. Nothing did they take. A Lad, |!
who had more wit than all Of them put |