The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-09-14


bank waiting for some permanent invest
ment. Il is easy for him to Be cheerful.
But suppose his fortune goes to pieces, and
his house goes down under the sheri6's
hammer, and the banks will not have any
thing to do with his paper. Suppose those
people who were cnce elegantly enter
tanned at his able get 10 short sighted
that they caA not recognise him upon the
street How then. l. il 10 easy to b
cheerful.
1t is easy to b. cheerful in the homs,
after the days work is done, and the gas
II turned on, and the house il full of romp.
ing little ones. But suppose the piano 10
shut because the fingers that played on il
will no more touch the keys, and the
tons will ask no more. Then 10 10
so easy! When . man wakes up
and finds that his resources are all gone, he
begins to rebel. and he says: "God is hard;
God is outrageous. He had no business to
who have been through trouble know what
. sinful and rebellious heart we have, and
how much God has to put up sith, and
how much we need pardon. 1t Is only in
the light Of . flaming furnace that we can
of moral resource.
There is also q great deal Of comfort in
the fact that there will Be Q family recon-
struction in Q better place. From Scot
land, or England, or Ireland, q child emil
CRATES to this country. 1t 10 very hard
parting, but he comes, after awhile writ
ing home a. to what . good land it is.
Another brother comes, q 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 q time Of great con-
graduation and . very pleasant reunion.
Well, it is just 50 with our families-they
are emigrating to . better land. Now, one
goes out. o, how hard it is to part with
him! Another goes. O, how hard it is to
part with her! And another, and another,
and we ourselves will after awhile go over,
and then we will be together. o, what q
reunion! Do you you believe that! YES"
you say. You do not! 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 fact is, Heaven to
many of US is a great fog. It Is away of
somewhere filled with an uncertain and
indefinite population. That Is the 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 afOat. The
residence in which you live is not so real
as the residence in which they stay. You
are afloat, 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 Vic
toria on her obscurity, or to the Roth
schilds on their poverty, rs to pity those
who have won the palm. Do not say Of
those who are departed: poor child"
"Poor fatherw "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. ALI day long
you are off to business. Will it not be
pleasant when you can be together all the
while: II you have had four children and
one is gone, and anybody asks how many
children you have, do not be SO infidel as
to say three. Say four-one in Heaven.
Do not think that the grave is unfriendly.
You 60 into your room, and dress for some
grand entertainment, and you come forth
beautifully appareled; and the grave il
only the place where We go to dress for
the glorious resurrection, and We will
come out radiant, radiant, mortality hav-
ing become immortality. o, how much
coincidence there il in this thought!
expect to see my kindred in
Heaven: 1 expect to see them a. certainly
as 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 of Cape
Hatteras: 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 hero will sound
there. You will come up on just the
same day.
Some morning you hass oversight your.
self, and you open your eyes and sec that
the sun Is high in the heavens, and you
say: 81 have oversight and I must be mp
and off," So you will open your eyes on
the morning Of the resurrection, in the full
blaze of Gods light, and you will say: ~
must be up and away" 0. yes, you will
come up and there will be q reunion, re-
construction of your family. like what
Halliburton, think it was--good old Mr..
Halburton-said in his last moments: Il
thank God that I ever lived, and that
have father in Heaven, and . mother in
Heaven. and brothers in Heaven, and sis.
tiers in Heaven, and I am now going to SEE
them"
Iremark once more, our troubles in this
world are preparative for glory. What .
transition it was for Paul-from the slip
perry deck Of q laundering ship to the calm
presence Of Jesus! What . transition it
was for Latimer-from tho stake to .
throne! What . transition IL was for
Robert Hall-from insanity to glory !!
What Q transition it was for Richard
Baxter-from the dropsy to the saints
everlasting rest" And what . transition
it will be for you-from . world
of sorrow to . world Of Joy! John
Holland, when he was dying, said:
'What means this brightness in the room:
Have you lighted the candless" mo, I"
they replied, I'VE have not lighted any
candles" Then said he, Welcome,
Heaven !" the light already beamsd upon
his pillow. o ye who are persecuted in
this world! your enemies will get on the
track after awhile and all will speak we'll
Of you among the thrones. Ho! ye who
are sick now, no medicines to take there.
One breath Of the eternal hills will thrill
you with immortal vigor. And 70 who
are lonesome now, there will BE- .
thousand spirits to welcome you into
their companionship. o ye beref:
souls there will be no grave-digger's
spade that will cleave the side Of that
hill and there will Be no dirge wailing
from that tamnla, Tho river Of God. deem