Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-07
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tact, park Sayings on Harp,

-orld il full OF the inexplicable,
oshla the unfathomable, the insIr-
IN We cannot go three steps
sO'H raction without coming up
= hard wall of mystery, rid
aradoIes. profundities. labyrinths.
that we cannot solve,
~ ,h;cs that we cannot decipher. ana
cannot spell out, sphinxes that will
s.aL For that reaso David in my
aossd 10 take up some Of these somber
\ things and try to set them to sweet
I II will open my dark sayings on a
/, nok off upon society and find people
.s,npy conjunction OF circumstances and
\ not know what il means and they
rigbt to ask: why is thisf and why
N, and | think | will be doing a
cory by trying to explain some of
grange things and make you more
!, wits your lot. and l shall only be
srg ouestions that have often been
,1 ~ ar that we have all asked our-
wbile | try to set these mysteries
sa,c and open my dark sayings on a
..,oc,tion the first: Why does God
y, II this world those who are useful
~iom we cannot spare and leave alive
4, gcoi health so many who r only a
a51s or a positive injury TO the worlds
smcht would begin with the very
IA Of all the seeming inscrutables.
II n the most useful men and women
thirty or forty years Of age, while you
n find useless people alive at sixty and
asy and eighty. John Careless wrote to
Wv - a. -. A.
,g. aWhy doth God suffer me and such
" eaterpillars to live that can do
tsng but consume the aims OF the church,
~ away so many worthy workmen
ss Lords yineyardN Similar questions
4sn asked. Here are two men. The
4 noble character and a Christian
/, he chooses for lifetime COM
I'm one who has been tenderly
n. and she is worthy of him and he is
nv Of her; as merchant, or farmer, or
Iissmal man, or mechanic, Or artist, he
10 EDUCATE and rear his children: he is
eeding, but he has not yet established for
family a full competency: be seems
plutely indispensable to that household,
tone day before he has paid Off the mort
"a on bis house he is coming home through
W fiE UWI kUtdNL VIM ullu a Ctlli otIlhto
tmgh him and four days OF pneumonia
bis earthly career and the wife and
drn 60 into a struggle for shelter
diOl His next door neighbor is a man
D though strong and well, let's his wife
twrt him: he is round at the grocery
h or some general loafing place in
evenings while his wife sews;
BOYS are initiating his ex-
and lounge and swagger and
|a. oil the use that man is in that house
Nnge because the coffee is cold when he
ms TOT lac breakfast, or TO say cult ng
s about bis wife's looks when he furnish
whng for her wardrobe. The best thing
could happen TO that family would
that mans funeral; but be declines to die;
ins on and on and on. SO we have all
tied that mnny Of the useful are early cut
tvhle the parasites OF society have great
d tsnacty.
Take up this dark saying on my harp and
n three or four thrums on the string i'm
way Of surmising and hopeful guess.
AlP the useful nan was taken out of the
NJ, hecars Sc he and his family were so
znuciei that they could not have endured
great prosperity that might have
just ahead and they altogether
Ut have gone down in the
rIo Of worldliness which every year swaI-
mp ten thousand households. And SO he
awhile be was humble aud c~onsecrated.
They we're by the severiuies of NE kept
10 Christ and fitted for usefulness here
hgh seats in heaven; and when they meet
~ before the Throne, they will acknowl-
inat though the furnace was hot, it
ma Them, and prepared them for an
nal career of glory aud reward for which
a1er knd OF life could have fitted them.
ae the other hand. the useless man
q % TO fifty or sixty, or seventy
n because all the ease he ever can
Dc must have in this world, and
olgot not, therefore, begrude him
aiihly longevity. In all the ages
ns not a single loafer ever
heaven. There is no place for
hsfe to hang around. Not in the
qa Tor they are full of the most
NV alert and rapturous wor-
not on the river bank, for that is
Fae where the conquerors recline.
the gates, because there are
.alfs entering, and we are told
asaGn OF the twelve gates. there is an
all That celestial guard would not
@e pace to be blocked up with
IL the good and useful 90
rejoice for them that they
soon got through with
ne which at best is a struggle. And
<le, ss and the bad stay, rejoice that
ny be out in the worlds fresh air a
4n! years before their final incarcera-
nEatlon the second: Why do so many
Npe nave SO much trouble: sickness.
persecution, the three black vul-
ameumes putting their fierce beaks
ST OF jang ed nerves? / think
y good friend | once had. He
sN0scrated Christian man, an elderin
va and as polished a Christian gen
~ ever walked Broadway. First his
ueath gave out and he hobbled
" a cane, an old man at forty.
willie paralysis struck him. Having
health been compelled sud-
s NJ business, lie lost what property
men his beautiful daug liter died.
va became hopelessly demented.
son Splendid of mind and
s lug OF presence, resolved that he
~ care of his fathers household,
sr The swoop of yellow fever
Sshlna, Fla, he suddenly ex-
y you know good men and women
lac enough troubles. you think, to
people. No worldly philosophy
N slch a trouble and set it to music,
Ion violin or flute or dulcimer or
~ ss | dare to open that dark saying
EUnaar 81
el~gla'e That very c~onsecrated people
s,sJ Did you aver know any very
' man or woman who had not had
Never. 1t was through their
Sueuhed that they were made
II you find anywhere in this
Ish who has now and always
perfect health. and never lost
mas always been popular, and
business struggle or misfortune.
a,sulshed for goodness, pull your
-,elsgraph messenger bow and send
f5i sal will drop everything and
away to look at him. There
Nh oten a man like that, and
ue' Who are those arrogant,
sr,tu creatures who move