Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-03

etid inds ttAs his resources are all gone, ne
begins to rebel, and he says: God h hard;
God Is outrageous He had no business to
do this mel NV friends, those OF us who
have been through trouble know what sin
full 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
weakness and our own lack OF moral re-
source.
There is also great deal OF comfort in the
fact that there will be a family reconstruction
in a better place. From Scotland, or Eng
land, or Ireland, a child emigrates to this
country. 1t Is very har1 parting, but he
comes, after while writing home as to what
q good land it is Another brother comes, a
sister comes, and another, and after while
the mother comes, and after while the
father comes, and now they are all here, and
they have a time of great congratulation and
a very pleasant reunion. Well, it is just so
with our families; they are emigra ing to
better land. Now one goes out. Oh, how
hard it is TO pant with himl Another goes
Oh, how hard it is to part with her! And
another, and another, and we ourselves will
after a while go over, and then we will be
together. Oh, what a reunionl Do you be-
lieve thati "Yes," you say. You do notl
You do not believe it as you believe other
things If you did, and with the same
emphasis, why, it would take ninc-tenths
of your trouble OF your heart The fact
is, heaven TO many of US is a great fog. IL is
away off somewhere, filled with an uncertain
and indefinite population That is tue kind
of heaven that many of us dream about; but
it is the most tremendous fact in all the
universe-this heaven of the Gospel Our
departed friends are not a.,oat The resi-
dence in which you live is not so real as the
residence in which they stay. You are aaoat,
you who 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 letter of coincidence to Queen
Victoria on her obscurity, or to the Roths-
childs on their poverty, as to pity those who
have won the palm. Do not say of those
who are departed, ''Poor childr' "Poor
fatherln "Poor motherg" 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 of to business.
Will it not be pleasant when you can be to-
gether all the whilei II you have had four
children and one is gone, and anybody asks
how many children you have, do not be SO
infillel as to say three. Say four-one in
heaven Do not think that the grave is un-
friendly. You go into 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 dress for
the glorious resurrection, and we will come
out radiant, radiant, mortality having be-
come immortality. Oh, how much condol-
ence there is in this thought | expect to
see nv kindred in heaven; expect to see
them as certainly as | expect to go home to-
day. Ay,.I shall more certainly see them
Eight or ten will come up from the graveyard
back of Somerville; and one will come up
from the mountains back of Annoy, China;
and another will come up from the sea of
Cape Hntteras; and thirty will come up from
Greenwood; and shall know them better
than ! ever knew them here. And your
friends-they may be across the sea, but the
trumpet that sounds here will sound there.
You will come up on just the same day.
Some morning you have oversight yourself,
and you open your eyes and see that the sun
is high in the heavens and you say, Il have
OVERSIGHT and must be up and off," So you
will open your eyes ON the morning of the res
direction in the full blaze of Gods light, and
you will say, 81 must be up and away" Oh
yes, you will come up and there will be a re-
union, reconstruction Of your family. |
like what HaIburton, think it was-good
old Mr. Halburton-said in his last moments,
81 thank God that ever lived, and that l
have a 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 pres
ence OF Jesusl What transition 1t was for
Latimer = from the stake to a throne!
What a transition is was for Robert Hall
from insanity to gloryl What a transition
it was for Richard Baxter-from the dropsy
to the saints everlasting restp And what
a transition it will be for you-from a world
of sorrow to world of joyl John Holland,
when LIE was dying, said: What means this
brightness in the roomi Have you lighted
the candles.' NO. they replied, 1--WE have
not lighted any candles" Then said he,
"Welcome heavenln the light already beam
ing upon his pillow. o ye who are perse-
cuted in this world! your enemies will get
off the track after while, and all
will speak well of you among the thrones.
Hot ye who IRE sick now, no medicine to take
there. One breath of the eternal hills will
thrill you with immortal vigor. And ye
who are lonesome now, there will be q thou
sand spirits to welcome you into their COM
panionship. o Oye bereft souls! there will be
no grave digger's spade that will cieave the
side of that hill, and there viii be no dirge
wailing from that temple The river of God,
deep as the joy Of heaven, will roll on be-
tween banks odorous with Lain, and over
depths bright with jewels, and under skies
roseate with gladness, argosies of light going
down the stream to the stroke Of glittering
oar and the song of angelsl Not one sigh in
the wind; not one tear niingling with the
waters.
There shall bathe my weary soul
In seas OF heavenly rest,
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across NV peaceful breast