The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-25
DARK SAYINGS.
Continued From FIRST Page.

Il
feel disposed to dispute your own identity,
and the first time | see you there | will
cry out Didn't tell YOU so when you
sat down there in the Brooklyn Tabernacle
and looked incredulous, because YOU
thought it too good t. be true?" And You
will answer: "Hou we're right, the half
was not told mel" So this morning /
open your dark saying of dependency and
complaint on my gospel harp and give you
Just one bar Of music, Tor dO not pretend
10 be much OF player "fhc Lamb which
is la the midst Of the throne shall lead
them to living fountains OF water and God
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. "
But must confess am little perpIexcd
how some Of You good Christians are going
to get through the gate, because there will
be 80 many there to greet sou and they
will all want 10 shake hands at once and
will all want the iiIst kiss. They will have
heard that you are coming, aud they will
all press around to welcome you. aud will
want you to say whether YOU know them
after being 50 long parted.
Amid the tus5lc aud romp Of reunion |
tell you whose hand Of welcome you had
better first clasp and whose check is cnti.
tied to the first kiss. IL IL the hand and
the check Of Him without whom you
would never have got there at all, tho
Lord Jesus, the darling OF the skies, M lie
cries out, 81 have loved thee with an cy-
criasting love aud the fires could not burn
IL and the Hoods could not drown it,
Then YOU my dear people, having no moro
use for my poor harp on which ! used 10
open your dark sayings and whose chords
sometimes snapped, dcspoilng the SYM
phony, YOU will take down your own
hmps from the willows that grow by the
eternal water courses and play together
those celestial airs, some Oi the names Of
which are entitled, "rhc King in His
Beauty" "lhc Land That Was Far on"
Jerusalem, the Golden" "llomc Again."
"Ihc Grand March Of God" Tho Lie
Everlasting And ~ the last dark cur
tam OF mystery il forever lifted It will be
as though all tho oratorics that were ever
heard had been rolled into one and "lsrlcl
in Egypt, and Jcphiha's Daughter, aud
BcCthOvcns "OyUruru IN &, ~ al~ ltittcr's
first sonata IN d minor, aud the "Crca-
tlOn,' and the Messiah had been blown
from the lips OF one trumpet or been in
yOkcd 10y the sweep ul one bow, or had
dropped from the vibrating chords oil one
harp.
Bul here must slow NJ lest in trying
90 solve mysteries | add 10 the mystery
that We have already wondered az namely,
Why preachers should keen on after n.i
the hearers are llrud' So gather up into
one great nrlulul all the WHY'S, and huws,
aud WhcrvlUrcs OF your lie and mine,
which We have not had time or ability la
answer, and write on them HE words lad.
Ipurhcd TO eternity ] rejoice that We
do not understand all things now, for il
We did, what would wc learn IN heaven?
II We knew u all down here In the lrcsh-
man and sophomore class, what would b.
the use oi our going up To stand amid tho
Juniors aud the suuion2 Ii We could PAT
down one leg Of The compass aud with the
other sweep circle clrlr around ull the
inscruabIcs il We could iit our little steel
yards and weigh the thrUucui the Omnipu-
tent, u We could with our seven day clock
measure eternity what would be- lett
Tor heavenly r'yciatIun2 80 ! move thlt
We chyurluily adjourn what rs now beyond
our comprehension, aud uz according a.
Rpllin, the historian, Alexander the Great.
having obtained the gold cu-kct in which
Darius hHd kept his mrc perfume, us, ii
that aromatic cIskct thereafter tu keep his
inyorilo rUpy ul Homer Boo, aud called thu
book. therefore. the edition Ol the cas-.
kc., and col, night hc pat the clsspt and
his sword under the pillow, -u ! put this
day into the puiiumylrt-hy uluur rchr..
affections ami hnps this prom ~. worth
more Than anything iluuu. ,yyr wrote u,
fNurl ever conquered. "Nuf do chou
knuWrst bot nov, bat thou shalt know
hereafter and that | call the "ud.Ipn
celestial