The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-09-14

cause the fingers that played on it viii no
more touch the keys, and the childish |
voice that asked so many questions viii
ask no more. Then is it so easy2 When
a man wakes up and finds that his re-
sources are all gOnes he begins to rebel,
and he says:
''God is hard; God is outrageous. He
had no business to do this to me-"
My friends, those OF us who have basn
through trouble know what sinful I'D
rebeliOus heart we have and how much
God has to put up with and how much we
need pardon. It is only in the light OF a
flaming furnace that we can learn our
own weakness and our own lack OF moral
resource.
There is also a great deal OF comfort in
the fact that there will be a family recon-
struction in better place. From Scot
land or England or Ireland child emil
CRATES to this country. 1t is very hard
parting, but he comes, after awhile writ
ing home as to what a good land 1t IS.
Another brother comes, sister comes,
and another, and after awhile the mother
comes, and after awhile the father comes,
and now they are all here and they have
time of great congratul alton and a 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 herl
And another, and another, and we our
selves will after awhile go over, and
then we will be together. Oh, what a re-
unioni Do you believe that3 Eyes,"
you say. You do notl You do not be-
lieve it as you believe other things. II
you did, and with the same emphasis,
why, it would take nine tenths of your
trouble off your heart. The tact is,
Heaven to many OF US is a great fog. IL
is away off somewhere, filled with an uTl-
certain and indefinite population. That
is the kind of Heaven that many of us
dream about; but it is the most tremend-
GUS fact in all the universe-this Heaven
of the Gospel Our departed friends are
not afioat. The residence in which you
live is not so real as the residence in
which they stay. You are ahoat; you do
not know in the morning what will hap
pen 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 Rothschilds on their poverty, as to
pity those who have won the palm. Do
not say Of those who are departed: "PoOr
childI" ''Poor fatherl" "Poor motherW
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 pleas
ant when you can be together all the
while? IF you have bad four children and
one is gone, and any body asks
how many children you have, do not be
so infidel as to say three. Say fOur-1ne
| in Heaven. Do you think that the grave
| IS unfriendly? You go into your room
and dress for some grand entertain
fr,TH
pareled; and the grave is the only 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 con-
dolence there is in this thought 1 ex-
pect to see my kindred in Heaven; I ex-
pect to see them as certainly as I expect
to go home to-day. Aye, 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 off
Cape Hatteras; and thirty will come up
| from Greenwood; and I shall know
them better than I never 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 tbs heavens, and
you say: 81 have oversight and must
| be up and off" So you will open your
eyes on the morning of the resurre ction,
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 reunion, q reconstruction of your fami-
| ". I like what Halliburton, think 1t was
good old Mr.. Haliburton-said in his
last moments: 81 thank God that I ever
lived, and that have father in HeaV-
| en-, and a mother in Heaven, and broth
ers in Heaven, and sisters in Heaven,
| and I am going up to see them"
Iremark once more: Our troubles in
/ this world are preparative for glory.
What transition it was for Paul-from
| the slippery deck of laundering ship to
the calm presence of Jesusl What
| transition it was for Latimer-frOm the
| stake to the thronel What a transition
| it was for Robert HaI1-from insanity to
/ gloryl What a transition it was for
| Richard Baxter-from the dropsy to the
f'saint's everlasting restP And what
transition it will be FOR you-from a world
| Of sorrow to a world of joyI John Hol-
| land, when he was dying, said:
'sWhat means this brightness in the
room? Have you lighted the candlesP"
| ''No," they replied, tive have not lighted
! any candles" Then said he:
'sWelcome Reavenl" the light already
| beam.ng upon his pillow. o ye who are
| prosecuted in this world, your enemies
| will get off the track after awhile, and all
will speak well of you among the thrones.
| Ho I ye who are sick now, no medicines to
| take there. One breath OF the eternal
hills will thrill you with immortal vigor
| And ye who are lonesome now, there will
| be thousand spirits to welcome you into
their companionship. Oye bereft soulsl
there will be no grave-digger's spade
| that will cIeave the side of that hill, and
there will be no dirga wailing FROM that
temple. The river of God, deep as the
| Joy Of Heaven, win roll on between banks
| odd GUS with balm, and over depths bright
with jewels, and under skies roseate with
gladaess, 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 mingltng with the
/ waters.
/ There shall battle my weary soul
| In seas Of hea-enly rest,
/ And not wave q trouble roll