The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-07-12

and yet realize that in short time all
of us will be gone-gone from earth, and
gone forever. A great many men tumble
through the gates OF the future as it were,
and we do not know where they have
gone, and they only add gloom and mys-
terry to the passage, but Jesus Christ so
nightly stormed the gates of that futurn
world that they have never since been
closely shut. Christ Gnows what it is to
leave this world, OF the beauty OF which
He was more appreciative than we ever
could be. He knows the exquisiteness
of the phosphoresence al the sea; he
trod it. He knows the glories OF the
midnight heavens; for they were the
spangled canopy OF his wilderness pillow.
He knows about the lilies; he twisted
them into his sermon. He knows about
the fowls of the air; they whirred their
way through his discourse. He knows
about the so rows of leaving this beauti-
full world. Not taper was kindled in
the darkness. He died physiCianless.
He died in cold sweat, and dizziness, and
hemorrhage, and agony that have p It
him in sympathy with all the dying. He
goes through Christendom, and ne gathers
up the stings out OF all the death pillows,
and he puts them under his neck and
head. He gathers on his own tongue the
burning thirsts OF many generations,
The sponge is soaked in the sorrows OF
all those who have died in their beds as
we'll as soaked in the sorrows OF all those
who have perished in icy or fiery martyr
dom. While heaven was plying, and
earth was mocking, and hell was derid-
ing, he took the vinegar
TO oil fbnua IN, thia ou1iaDpa tO whom
life has been an acerbity - a dose they
could not swallow, a draught that set
their teeth on edge and a.raspi g -
preach the omnipetent sympathy of Jesus
Christ The sister of Herschel the
astronomer, used to help him in his
work. He got all the credit she got
none. She used to spend much of her
time polishing the telescopes through
which he brought the distant worlds nigh,
and it is my ambition now, this hour, to
clear the lens of your spiritual vision, so
that looking through the dark night Of
your earthly troubles you may behold
the glorious constellation Of a Saviour s
mercy and a Saviour's love. o, my
friends, do not try to carry all your ills
alone. Do not put your poor shoulder
under the Apenniues when the Almighty
Christ is ready to lift up all your burdens.
When you have a trouble OF any kind,
you rush this way and that way and
you wonder what this man will say about
it. and what that man will say about it,
and you try this prescription, and the
other prescription. 0, why do you not
90 stra ght to th9 heart OF Christ, know
ing that Tor our own SHINING and suffering
race, he took the vinegar
TLnra ,tr,o a uacoal that hoI haaY, tnoaa1
on the seas Tor great many weeks, and
gave out, and the crew were dying of
thirst. After many days they saw a sail
against the sky. They signaled it. When
suffering ship cried to the captain OF the
And the captain on the vessel that was
hailed responded: "Dip your buckets
where you are You are in the mouth
of the Amazon, and there are scores Of
miles OF fresh water all around about
you, and hundreds of feet deep" And
then they dropped their buckets over the
side of the vessel, and brought up the
| clear, bright, fresh water, and put out the
fire OF their thirst. So | hail you to-day
after long and perilous voyage, thirsting
10 IOu al q lOl DdIAlOll) anu gIllSGlLS AOl
comfort and thirsting for eternal life
and | ask you what is the use OF your
| going in that death-struck state, while
all around you is the deep, clear, wide
sparkling flood OF Gods sympatheti,
mercy. o, dip your buckets, and drink
and live for ever "Whosoever will, lei
MIN come and take of the water Of lie
freely"
ct, my utterance is almost choked a
the thought that there are people her,
and they will try to fight their Owl
Curry their own burdens and their life
inst ad of being a tr.umphal march froa
victory to victory, will be a hobbling OF
from defeat to defeat, until they make
| final surrender to retributive disaster
D, l wish 1 could to-day gather up il
mine arms all the woes OF men anC
women, all their heartaches, all their dis
appointments, all their chagrins, and just
take them right to the feet OF sym
pathizing jesus. He took the vinegar.
Mana Sahib, after he had lost his las
battle in India, fell back into the jungle
OF Iheri-jungles so full OF malaria tina
no mortal can live there. He carried
| WIFI uln dlSO ruuy VI BlodI AuoISI CIV
of great value. He died in those jungles
his body was never found, and the rub.
has never yet been recovered. And
fear that to day they are some who vii
fall back from this subject into the sick
ening, killing jung!es of their sin, carry
ing a gem of infinite value-a priceless
soul-to be lost forever. o. that tina
ruby might flash in the eternal corona
ton. But no. There are some feal
in this audience who turn away from
this prolfered mercy and comfort, ant
divine sympathy, Notwithstanding tina
Christ for all who would accept hi
grace, trudged the long way, and suffered
the lacerating thongs, and received in hi
face the expectorations of the filthy mob
and for the guilty and the discourage
and the disconnected OF the race, tool
the vinegar. May God Almighty breaE
the infatuation, and lead you out into tn
strong hope, and the good cheer, and tht
glorious sunshine OF this triumphan
gospel.
THE NEW YORK REPUBLICANS