Telegram-herald., 1888-09-03
MISERABLE COMFORT
~ Or TALmAaes DISCOURSE
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F Joh Eyi fsi.aNlzs is b.. sefTusn.
Ias uaa4 ~ u RAJ E-ssz a4aY trials
t1s loss ef ais fzlliiy 1as hss of 1ls prop
sreg. tas ilss q ais se4-th tlz ths aioss eE-
aaFeTstiss sx tla1 e42ls ae3a hlm sss
/ t-s 1aariiz.ns ta-S x ttoss - cagat %
4.gs syagatLize- sra hiM- ias@ilg
4rolld agon l8eEa. and @sigslas 0ass ley
na.i sall - 1flsls .ae ser.ts ~ mF Isxt
hEF az CID .et sia cenls 1870 ere 0oridf
g. isa question: / attea hear 1.scu ssd tet
+ sever s1llsgaetoFiiF answered. God made
t4e world f4iF asi bs4s1t s4i al tie start. IL
T sur aTsr gsFeats hs1 rlt sllDel ia Elau
taey HtFht have gone out ~ that garden
f al loaad aity paradise az around L1s
f ear.l- l.arops, Asia, Afr.ca, NlrfA ~aL
sogEh Allsflea-so naIy honer gar1ans. ~
orchards N irale re.l-.eDG alli llaclols
suppose ta4g " b-a tod poarel oat tae olh0a
AL the hdteksi be pourei out ar TIE s2als
tlle the Hudson and tie euaqueaauna the
al9ls earth vas very far sad beautiful to
look u1aa WAy dli 10 rot stay soi Cod
hsd TIE poRsr % keep back sia and we.
+ Why 60 30 aot keep rhs1 Lae4i ny not
every cloud roseats, and every slsp = Joy.
and every sound nl1lc. anG an tas ages =
I loag jubilee X suirss mea sud s3aiess No
T u.e1f Cod az make . rlae a. easily - be can
make a thorn. v ~. then, the Fredominance
of tAoru8l Hs can lnliAs good, fair, ripe
. fruit a. ael. e. rnarlsd and sour fruit Way
F o. uucl thsa, t1al is gEarlet aud souri, lie
. ean make meu robust IN health Why. then,
srs there 81 naay invahssf Why not have
for oar whole racs perpetual leisUre, instead
81 this tug and toil and t,issl for a hvsiihOodi
Hlll TEL YOU ~ily Col let sin come into tho
voGl1-w aea ! get ga ths osher si4o OF the
River ~ Death. That b tao pll-o where such
q1esEicrs Will b. answered al1 such nysIer-
- solved lie VINO this side th..t river a.
temrts to answer the question only illustrates
h.s own Ignorance ard incsnperency. All
k4aW u enc great fact and that Is, that u
b-rd ~ woes have come IA upon us. tram
ping down everything fair and beautiful 4
sword AZ thu gate Of Eden, and a
sxogd at every gee More people un-
dr. the ground than on H. The grave
. yards IN vast majority. The SIX thousand
winters have made more scar than tho six
thousand summers can cover up. Trouble
has taken the tender heart OF this world ia
F .ts two rough hands, anu pinched 10 until the
nations wall With the agony. IL ell the
mounds ~ grsveyards hat have been lifted
were put sds by side. you might step on
them ard on nothing else, going all around
azain- These are the facts And now have
t. say that, IN a world ike this. TIC grandest
occupation IS that Of giving coincidence.
This holy science Of imparting comfort %
tho troubled - ought Ell OF Is to study.
There are many ot you who could look
around uncu some Of your very best friends
who vish you well aid sfe very intelligent.
ard yet 20 able truthfrlly t. say to the-n IN
ars ye ali
rcmsrk. IN the first place, tiat very volu-
be people are incompetent for ths work OF
giving comfort. Blldad and EhFlhaz bad the
Eift OF language. and with their words almost
bothere,i Jobs life ont Alas for thess volu-
ble. people that 80 among the houses of tho
aGllcted and talk. ard talk, and talk, and
talk They reheerse their own sorrows, ard
then they tell the poor sufferers that they
feel badly now, but they will feel worse after
whila Silence Do you expect with
thin court plss1.r OF words % heal wound
deep as tire souli Step very gently around
about a broken heart. TAX very softly
around those whom God has bereft. Then
g your way. Deep sympathy has not much
t0 say. A firm grasp of the hand, compas-
sionats iook juss QUO word tlat means rs
much a. a whois dictionary. and you have
given. perhaps. al the comfort that a soul
. needs A man has a terribis wound Ia his
arm The surgeon comes aud binds it up.
Now. Ls say- carry that arm in sling and
b very careful Of It let no one touch IT.
But the neighbors have heard of the accident.
and they come tn. and they say, Let Us see
It." And the bandags Is pulled OF, and this
one and that one must feel is. and see how
much IL ~ swollen: ard there Is irritation,
and Inflammation, and exaspsrafion, where
there ought 70 BE- healing and cooling The
surgeon comes In, and ssys: What does all
this meant You have 10 business 70 touch
those bandsgss. That wound WI never heal
uuisss ron lst it alone So there are souls
broken down in sorTow " bat they most want
is rest. or very careful and gentle Treatment.
bus the nsizahCrs have heard Of the bereave-
ulsnf or q the loss. aud they come in 20
sYmpathize, and they sag. Snow IS uow the
wound What were h.s last wordsl Re-
heorse now enc whole scene How did YOU
Zee when you found yoa were an orphanF
Tearing or the bandages here. snf pulling
them o.r there. leaving a ghast,T wound taat
tie balm of Gods grace had ready he-uu %
heal Oh, les no loq1scioiis people. with ever
rafting tongue, - into tHe holues Of tue
diztrsssedi
AZan I rerrsrS. thst Ell those persons are
incompetent e. give snT ksni e cornfoTt who
a. merely IS worldly philosophers. Thsy
come ir snf sav Wig go is ubat yon
ouzht 20 have expected Tee laws os ratgre
must have tneir way = ard fhen taev ~et e.a-
oueBs over sasueshirE tbe7 hsvs sssn i8 pss--
rlCraen examinations Vow away vita atl
human phi iosophv ar sfsch tlwe' " Fhat dr.
fsrencs does IS make 20 sast father and
mother What aissas- their sCn died 90 hs is
dead. ana it uia-ss 10 di1z--ncs was-hFr che
trouole was in the spigas-slc or hTscsastri'
REGION. If sh- philosopher ee q tae rr0iral
school he wiIi ccrra sn8 saYs on aurht 20
,-artrol year feelings Noa m0zf rct eF~ Sd.
N.n rsszt caisiFata a coeser tsr1 ler1i.lr1t-
Yea urst have seq reilzurc s1lf govern
r,s-s. ss'f ccneri an iceesrr rEzselny a
hTacnt Ger tavln.- drcp q ds~ In IS eye.
4 viclinise has his iEstrtErsst. SD be
s~oers as E1zrrs scrrss the s-rla~s. Now
svosl1r ssrs.rs 81 joy. a1a nov ssrssa'
cf slaasss- Re ccarct plaT ~ tss tarrs 1n
one string. Ias kunaa soui s "a .assS- -s-sa
81 a tasxsaDd ST. ays. ara sil ar-te e, sr-e-
tiars usrs zsss to Play "a it N1v sa
safarri. now . 6irEe II e ~ sriaeecs -l
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SID ~-th as arrns zrcrE3 hcrse uecz.
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grsse nan has lost san ul1d Nc. tsal
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