The Penn's Grove record., 1889-02-09
PENIS GROVE. N. J.. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 1889.

belonged to that house are concerned
the home has, departed. Armed us.
eases came down upon the quietnoss OF
the scene-scaflet fevers, or pleurisies.
or consumptiops. or undenned olSoIues
came and seized upon sonio
of that family, end carried tneln ano
Ziklag in ashesk D you ~ a ~
sometimes weeping, ana somsellu9o gu,
ragged, wanting 70 get BACK you. iosou
ones as much as David ? nls men
wanted to reconstruct their despolied
households. Ziklag IN ashes!
Some of you went ON from nome
You counted the, days of your absence.
Every dav scanned as long as a week.
Oh how c,ad you were when the time
came for Won to 20 aboard the steam.
boat or raiI-cal and start for homel
You arrived You went up the street
where vonr dwelling was, and In the
nisbt Won mt your hand on the door
bell. and. hehoIdl it was wrapped with
the signal Of bereavement, and you
found that A~malekitish Death, which
has davastated "a thousand other house
holds, had blasted yours. You 60
abont waen,rc amidst the ~desolation of
your once hapny home, thinking Of the
bright ewes closed, and the noble hearts
stoSped, and tie gentle hands folded,
and you weep pntla you nav0 ny WI
power to weep 1iklag N SUES.
mine in The city of Washington, and
asked that Through him he might get a
consulsh,n tn some foreign port. My
IT,. kfvUbaf do unyI
want to 90 away from your beautiful
home for. into foreign port?" "Oh,"
he replled. .smR home is gonel Ny six
children are daadI I must get away,
sir. I can't stand it in this country
any longer. kiklag in ashesI
Whv these ldng shadows of bereave-
ment across this audlencef Why is it
that in almost every assemblage black
is
II PREDOMINANT COLOR
Of the ~annarelp Is it because you do
not like saffron, or brown, or veivet!
Oh, no! You say: "The worid Is hos
so bright to us as 1t once was; ana
there is a story Of silent voices, and OF
still feet, and Of loved ones gone, and
when YOU look over the bills, expecting
only beauty ard loneliness, you find
only devastation and woe. Ziklag. in
ashesl
In Ulster County, New York, the
village church was decorated until the
FRAGRANCE of the flowers was almost be-
wilderino. The maidens of the village
had emptied the place OF flowers upon
one marriage altar. One Of their own
number was aaianced to q minister of
Christ who had come to take her to
his home. with hands Joined, amidst
La congratulatory audience, the vows
were AIKEN III three days from that
time one of .hose who stood at the altar
exchanged earth for heaven. The
Welding march broke down into the
funeral dirge. There were not enough
flowers now for the coffin lid, because
thew had ali been taken for the bridal
hour.
THE DEAD MINISTER
of Christ ia bro,tgIt to another village
He had rone ont from them less than a
week before in his strength; now he
comes home lifeless. The whole church
bewalled him. The solemn procession
moved around TO look upon the still face
thai ono had beamed with messages of
salvation. Little children were lifted
mic look at b1Aa. And some of those
whom he had comforted in days Of sor-
row when thew passed that silent form,
made the place dreadful with their
weepinp. Another village emptied of
it's t,oWers-so1le Of them put in the
shane Of a cross to symbolic his hope,
others put in the shape OF . crown U
-: triumnh
lights blown opt IN one strong gust
from the'door on . sepuiclrel Aikiag
in ashes!
l preach this sermon To-Day
l want to rally you as David raiiieo MS
men, for
THE RECOVERY Of THE LOVED
and fine lost. / want not only to win
haaven INF 7 want all this cOngrega-
ton n 90 alonr with me. l feel that
somehow l have a responsibility 10 your
arriving ut that great city. l have on
ether Sabbathe used other induce
ments mean to-day. for the sake of
variety. hoping to reach your heart. to
trv another kind Of inducement. Do
uou really want TO join the companion
shin of your loved ones who have gomez
Are you as anxious to join them as
nav;S and His men were to join their
fam;liesp Then, 1 am here. in the name
of God. to say that you may, and to tell
remark. in the first place, If you
y Mt To ioin your loved ones In glory
you
MUST TRAY SAME WAY
tbev went. No sooner had the half
Saad Egvptian peen resuscitated than
no nointed the way the captors and the
captives had gone, and David and his
wan followed after. So our Christian
friands have gong into anoth,r country,
and If we want 10 reach their compan-
;ansb;n we must take the same road.
They repented; we must repent. Iney
prayed; we muit pray. 1ney trusteu
in Thirst: we must trust in Christ.
Thev lived a religious life; we must
live a religions life. They were in
some things like ourselves. I know,
now that they are gone. there is a halo
aro,nd their NAMES; but they had their
fau,ts' They sad and did things they
onoht never to have said or done. They
were Sometimes rebellious, sometimes
cast down, They were far from being
"arfact So 1 suppose that when we
have gone. some things in us that are
n"w onIv tolerable may be almost re-
sn,sndent. But rs they were like us in
Seaaiencies. we ought to be like them
in taxing a supernal Christ to make up
To- tha def,cits. Had it not been for
Iasns thew would have all persisted;
Int Christ confrbnted them, and said,
81 am the way.a and they took it.
7 have also N say to you that the
n.th that these cbptives trod was
A r~RoIBLED PATH,
o,d that David and his men had to 60
over the same uincuI way. Wnne
thev said: "Oh. w are so tired; we
sre az sick: we pre- SO ~hungryl" But
az men who had charge Of them said:
s.Stan this eryilg. Go oni" David
nd Ills men also found it a hard way.
IT, nod In t1ayal 1t. Our friends