Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-10

nupiaii bl55a. The second son, fjiasing tts
next choice, chose the vase OF amber, IN
scribed with the word 'glory." and when
opened it contained the ashes OF those who
were once called great The third son took
the vase Of clay, and opening 1t, found 1t
empty, but on the bottom OF It was inscribed
the name Of God King Nimrcd asked bis
courtiers which vase they thought weighed
the most. The avaricious men Of his court
said the vase of gold. The poets said the one
of amber. But the wisest men said the
empty vase, because one letter Of the name
Of God outweighed a universe.
For him l thirst; for his grace beg; on
his promise build my all Without him
cannot be happy. have tried the world,
and it does well enough as far as it goes, but
it is too uncertain world, too evanescent a
world. ! am not prejudiced witness. l
have nothing against this world l have
been one Of the most fortunate, or, to use
more Christian word, one of the most blessed
Of men-blessed in my parents, blessed in the
place Of my nativity, blessed in my health,
blessed in my field of work, blessed In
natural temperament, blessed in my family,
blessed in my opportunities, blessed in my
comfortable livelihood, blessed in the hope
that my soul will go to heaven through the
pardoning mercy Of God, and my body,
unless it be lost at sea or cremated
in some confagration, will lie dow6 in the
gardens of Greenwood among my kim
dred and friends, some already gene and
others to come after me. Life to many has
been a disappointment, but to me it has been
a pleasant surprise, and yet declare that II
did not feel that God was now my friend
and ever present help, l should be wretched
and terror struCx But want more Of Him.
have thought over this text and preached
this sermon to myself until with all the
aroused energies Of my body, mind and soul,
can cry out: "As the hart panteth after
the water brooks, SO panteth my soul after
thee, o God"
Through Jesus Christ, make this God your
God, and you can withstand anything and
everything, and that which affrights others
will inspire you. As in time of an earth
quake, when an old Christian woman was
asked whether she ives scared, answered: ''No,
l am glad that l have God who can shake
the world" or, as in a financial panic, when
a Christian merchant was asked If he did not
fear he would break, answered: "Yes; shall
break when the fiftieth Psalm breaks In the
NCiSCs Sdil ulOu ilAc tiic ual VI
trouble; will deliver thee and thou shalt
glorify me-" Oh Christian men and women,
pursued Of annoyances and exasperations,
remember that this hunt, whether still
hunt or a hunt in full cry, will soon be over.
Ii ever a whelp looks ashamed and ready to
slink out Of sight, it is when in the Adj
deer, by one long, tire
mendous plunge into Big Tupper lake, gets
away from him The disappointed canine
iwims in a little way, but, defeated, swims
out again and cringes with humiliated yawn
at the feet of his master. And how abashed
and ashamed will all your earthly troubles
be when you have dashed into the river from
under the throne Of God, and the heights
and depths Of heaven are between you and
your pursuerst We are told in Revelation
xii, ID: without are dogs" by which
l conclude there is a whole kennel Of hounds
outside the gate Of heaven, or, as when q
master goes IN door, his dog lies on the
steps waiting for him to come out, so the
troubles Of this life may follow US to the
shining door, but they cannot get in. with
out are dogsw l have seen dogs, and owned
dogs, that would not be chagrined to see in
the heavenly city. Some Of the grand
old watchdogs who are the censtabuiary Of
the homes in solitary places, and for years
have been the only protection of wife and
child; some Of tho shepherd dogs that drive
back the wolves and bark away the docks
from going too near the precipice: and some
Of the dogs whose neck and paw Landseer,
the painter, has made immortal, would not
find me- shutting them out from the gate Of
shining pearl Some of those old st. Ber-
nard dogs that have lifted perishing travel
crs out Of the Alpine snow; the dog that
John Brown, the Scotch essayist, saw ready
to spring at the surgeon, lest, in removing the
cancer, he too much hurt the poor woman
whom the dog felt bound to protect; and
dogs that we caressed in our childhood
days, or that in later time laid down on
the rug in seeming sympathy when our
homes were desoiated- | say, if some soul
entering heaven should happen to leave the
gate ajar and these faithful creatures should
quietly walk in, it would not at all disturb
my heaven. But oil those human or brutal
hounds that have chased snd torn and lacer-
ated the world; yea, all that now bite or
worry or tear to pieces, shall be prohibited
Without ere dogsI" No place there for
harsh critics or backbiters or despoilers of
the reputation of others. Down with you to
the kennels Of darkness and despairl The
hart has reached the eternal water brooks,
and the painting OF the long chase Is quieted
IN still pastures, and there shall be nothing
10 hunt or destroy in all Gods holy mount"
Oh, wien some Of you get there it viii be
like what hunter tells Of when be was push
and amid the ice foes, and hundred miles,
Is be thought, from any other human be-
ings He was startled one day as he heard .
stepping on the ice, and he cooked the rife,
ready 10 meet anything that came near. He
found a man, barefooted and insane from
ong exposure, approaching him. Taking
him into his canoe and kindling fires to
warm him, he restored him, and found out
where he had lived, and took him to his
home, and found all the village in
great excitement A hundred men
we're searching for this lost man, and his
tamiiy and friends rushed out to meet him;
md as had been agreed at his frst appear
lnce, bells were rung and guns were dis
charged and banquets spread and tie rescuer
caded with presents Well, when some of
you step out Of this wilderness, where you
nave been chilled and torn and sometimes
ost amid the icebergs, into the warm greet
ngs of all the villages Of the glorifed, and
7our friends rush out to give you welcom-
ng kiss, the news that there Is an
'ther soul forever saved will call the
,aterers Of heaven to spread the ban
luet, and the bel men to lay hold of the
'ope in the tower, and while the chalices
:lick at the feast. and the bells clang from
he towers, 1t will be a scene so uplifting
'r.y God may be there to take part In the
'eiestial merriment And now do you not
hink the prayer in Solomon's song, where
le compared Christ to reindeer coming
lown in the night to pasture on the plains,
would make an exquisitely appropriate pero-
alton to my sermon: "Until the day break
md the shadows fee away, be thou like roe
n young hart upon the mountains Of
3ether."