The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-07-20

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sold his tvicar Of Wakefield" for Q
few mounds. in order to keep the bai,if cut
Of the door; and the vast majority Of men
in all occupations and professions are lot
fully paid for their work.
You may say nothing, but life to ycu is
q hard push; and when you Sit down with
your wife and talk over the expenses, you
both rise up discouraged. You abridye
here, and you abridge there, and you get
things snug for smooth sailin2s, and 10!
suddculy there Is Q large doctors bill TO
nav. or you have lost your pocketbook, or
some creditor has failed. and you are
thrown abeam end. Well, brother, you |
are in glorious company. Christ owned
not the house in which He stopped, or the
colt on which He rode. or the boat in which |
He sailed. He lived in borrowed house;
He was buried in borrowed grave. Ex- |
posed to all kinda OF weather, yet He had |
ONLY one suit Of clothes. He breakfssfcd |
in the morning, and no one could possibly |
tell where He could get any thing to eat
before night He would have been pro-
pouuced s-nnaucial failure. He had to per-
form q miracle to get money to pay tax
bill Not dollar did He own. Privation
of domesticity; prfvation OF nutritious
food; privation of y comfortable couch ON
which to sleep; prIvation OF all worldly re-
sources. The Kings OF the world had
chased chalIces out Of which to drink; but
Christ had nothing but PLAIN cup set be-
fore Him. and it was very sharp. and 1t
was very sour. He took the vinegar.
There also is the sorrness of bereavement.
There were years tina; passed along before
YOUR family circle was invaded by death,
but the moment the charmed circle was
broken every thing seemed to dissolve
Hardly have you put the black apparel 10
the ward robe before you have again to
take it out Great and rapid changes IN
your family record. You got the house
and rejoiced in it. but the charm was gone
as soou as the crave hung on the door bell
The one upon whom you most depended
was ,axen away from you. cold marble
slab lies on your heart to-day.
Once, as the children romped through
the house, you put your hand over your
aching head and said: 20. if could only
have il stili.n o, it is too still now. You
lost your patience when the tops and the
strings aud the shells were left amid floor;
but O, you would be willing to have the
trinkets scattered all over the floor again
il they vera scattered by the same hands.
With what q ruthless plowshare bereave.
ment rips the heart. But Jesus knows oil
about that. You can not tell HIM
any thing new in regard to be-
| reavement He had only . few
friends, and when He lost one it
| brought tears to his eyes. Lazarus
| had often entertained Him at his house.
| Now Lazarus is dead and buried, and
| Christ breaks down with emot'on-the con-
vuls,on OF grief shuddering through ali the
| ages of bereavement. Christ knows what
1t is to 60 through the house missing a
| familiar inmate. Christ knows what it is
| to see an unoccupied place at the table
Were there not four OF them-Mary and
Martha, and Christ, and Lazarus! Four
of them. But where is Lazarusi Lonely
and afflicted Christ, His great loving eyes
filed with tears. which drop from eye To
| cheek and from cheek to beard, and from
beard to robe. and from robe to floor. o,
yes, yes. He knows all about the loneli-
ness and the heartbreak. He took the
vinegar.
Then there is the sourness OF the death
hour. Whatever else We may escape, thai
acid sponge Will be pressed to our lips.
sometimes have q curiosity to know Row
will behave when come 10 die. Whether
will be calm or exclted-whether I viii
be filled with "Reminiscences or with a1tici
patton. can not say. But come to tn
point, must and you must. In the 0u'
years that have passed only two persons
have got iato the eternal world withou
death, and do not suppose tina; God IS &c
ing to send carriage for Us with horse
Of flame to draw Us up to the sleeps
Heaven; but suppose we will have TO s
like the preceding generations.
An officer from the future world wi!
| - ho ~ Ns,P
on US the writ of eiectment, and We vii
! have to surrender. And we will wake VI
after these autumnal and wintry and veru
al and summary giories have vanished froz
our vision-we will wake up into realr
which has only one season, and that tn
season Of everlasting love. But you say
'Idon't want to break out from my presen
: associations. 1t Is so chilly and 50 dam
! to 90 down the stairs of that vault dom
want any thing drawn SO tightly over m
: eyes. If there were only some way
brer king through the partitio
between worlds without tearing thi
t body all to shredS wonder II To
! surgeons and the doctors can not con
u pound a mixture BY which this bod
Q and soul can Alt the time be kept togei bel
l. | Is there no escape from this separation!
:. None; absolutely none. So look over tn
L audience to-dAy-she vast majority OF 70
!. seeming In cool health and spirits-an
Z vet realize that in . short time all OF q
Q will be goue-sone from earth and Gor
L forever.
gI A great many men tumble through II
e gates Of the future. ~ It were, and we
It not know where they have gone, and the
u only add gloom and mystery to the passag'
q but Jesus Christ 50 nightly stormed Il
l, gates of that future world, that they ha,
e never since besn closely shut. Chri
= knows what 1t Is TO leave this world.
{. the beauty OF which He was more apr
y ciative than We ever could b. He know
n the exauisiteness Of the ph0sphore
% cence OF the sea: He trod 1t. He know
[e the elories Of the mi dnight heavens; 4
Q. they were the spangled canopy Of His vi
derness pillow. He knows about the lille
10 He twisted them into His sermon. /
III knows about the fowls Of the air; tn
of wh,rred their way through His discours
L He knows about the SORROWS OF leavil
,e this beautiful world. Not . taper WAS n
& died in the darkness. He died phystcia
n less. He died in cold sweat and d,zdae
D! and hsmorrh.ge and agony that hsvs p
t. Him in sympathy VITA all the dying.
Of coes through Christendom and He gsthe
d, IN the s,ings out OF all the death pillows o
ou He nut them under His own NECK and he1
o He gathers on HIS own tongue the burnt
s. thirst Of msny generations. Tue sponge
4t soaked In the SORROWS OF oil those "
ct have persisted in icy or derry martryrdo
be The sister OF Hsrschel, the sstronom'
used 10 help him in his work. He got
in the credit; she got mona. She used
in spsud much Of her time polishing the 70
,e. scopes through which be brought the d
nd ,ant world. nigh, and ie Il my smotti
d: now, this hour, to clear the lens