The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-03-08

ealIy maa. a present to th. tnis.d s.ate.-
for he received only 915, 600, 000-of Louisi
ana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska,
tana, Wyoming, and Indian tsrfitory. Out
Of the fire Of American revolution came this
country east Of the mississippi, out Of
the European wue came Tint west
OF the Mississippi river. The British empire
rose to its present overtowering grandeur
through gunpowder plot, and Guy Fawkes's
e"a%TPirasy, con- s,y and Nor.hs%P P.oa iusurrestion,
cons bribery, and tromwells dissolution Of
parliament. and the battles Of Edge Hill, aud
Grantham, and Newherry, saAd Marston
Moore, and Naseby, and Dunbar, and Seige
moor. and execution Of Charles the First,
and London plague, and London fire, and
London insurrection, and Ryehouse plot,
and the yicssitudes Of centuries. So the
ate and beautiful residence for the human
family had. according to. geology, to be
washed by universal deluge, and scorched
and made incandescent by universal fires,
and pounded by sledgehamufer Of icebergs,
and wrenclied by earthquakes that split con.
tinents, and shaken by volcanoes that tossed
trophies ofthousands Of years before Para.
disc came possible and the grovesceuld shake
out their green banner and the FIRST garden
pour itacarnage Of color between the Gihon
and tho Hiddekel. Trouble Ia goo1 thing
for the rocks, a good thing for nations, as
well as good thing for individuals.
Interrogation third: Why did good God
Jet sin and trouble come into the world when
be Hiehthaye kept thsn. ont. ~ reply 10,
% h6d reasons TINT he hns never given us.
-Hehad ,reesapr Ehich he q i,la snfSare make
us understand in our finite state Than the
father starting out on some great and elab.
oarte enterprise could make the 2-year-old
child in its armed chair comprehenlit. Ono
was to demonstrate what grandeur OF char
acter may be achieved on earth by conquer
ing evil. Had there been no evil to conquer
md no trouble to console. then this universe
would never have known an Abraham or ~
Moses ora Joshua or an Ezekiel or a John
Milton or a John Howard. and million vic.
tories which have been gnl,ei by the consc-
Grated spirits Of nll ages would never have
been gained. Had there been no battle there
would have been no victory. will not suy
that ! am glad that sin and sorrow
did enter, hut do say that after God
has given oil his reasons to nn assembled
universe he will be more llOnored than IL sin
and SORROW had never entered anl that the
unfallrn celestial will he outdone und will nut
down their trumpets to listen, and it will he
in heaven when those who have conquered
sin an. SORROW shall enter as il would le in
Il small singing school on earth il 1halbeIg
and Gottschalk md Wagner and Beeth
and Srl,umann should ali at once enter
But before leaving this interrosator$. Why
God let sin come into the world: let inc sly
TINT great battles seem to be nothing hut
suffering and outrage ut the time Of their 0c-
while past We can nee that it was better for
them to hav" been fought. namely. Sulumis.
lnkrrman, Toulouse. Arbrlla, Agimcourt,
Tra!al gar, Benllenl, Lexington, Sedan. So
now that the great battle against sin aud
suffering are going on We Gun see mostly
thnt which il drplorahlr. But 20. 900 ycrs
from now. standing in, glory, we shall npprc-
riate that heaven is better off than il the
battle of this worlds sin und suffering hnd
never brrn projected.
Interrogation the fourth: Why do l have
it sn hard, while Others have it so easy?
Why do have so much difficulty IN guinng
livelihood, while Others go around with full
portrmonnnic? Whymust wear these plain
clothes, while others have to push hard to
get their warlrobrs closed, No crowded are
they with brilliant attire" Why should |
have to work so hard while others have 3G5
holidays every year! They nre Ill y, nctlcal-
" one question. answer them by saying it
is l'ecnusc the Lord has his fnvoritrs and he
puts extra discipline upon you and extr;.
trials because he has for YOU extra glory,
extra cnthroncmcnt. nnd extra felicitirs.
Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth."
We'll. says some one, Il would rather have
little less in heaven and little more here
Discount my heavenly robe 10 per cent aud
and let me now put ton. a fnr-lineh overroat;
put me in n less gorgeous room of the house
OF many mansions and let me have a house
hero in IL better neishborhood." No,
which is to bn Your residence for 300,
O0O, 900, O00, ,OO0,00O of wears, to fix up
your earthly abode, where you may per-
hnbs stay only ten years longer, or perhaps
only month more. Now you had better
cheer!uly let God have his way, for. you see,
he has been taking cnre OF folks for near
1000 yenrs, and knows how to do it, and
can SEQ what is best for you better than you
can yourself. And God will make it all right
with you, aud there IL one song that you
will sing every hour fyour first ten years in
heaven. and the reirain Of that song will he.
~ nm 30 glad God did not let me have it my
own way" Your cilse will be all fixed up in
heaven and there will he such reversal of
conditions TINT We can hardly find eacl, 9TH
cr for some time. Some of Is who have lived
in tirst-ratc houses here aud in first rate
n"ighborliOods will bc found. because of our
lnkewaimncss of earthly SERVICE living ON
one of the back streets of the celestial city.
and lclcarIownntt he end Oft Mt 500 or 3OJ nr
1905, Wholesome who had unat ra"tive earth
u.
the heavenly city. bc in honse fronting the
royal PIMA, right by tleimprrinlfonntniIl or
on the heights overlooking the river of life,
the chnriots Of salvation halting at the
door willie those visit you are more than
r0nqnerors, aud those who are kings aIml
queens unto God forever. You. my brother,
and you my sister. who have il so hard here
will hmv. it so fine and grand there That you
will hardly know yourself url will frt dis
posed to dispute your own identity, and he
first time see You there ! will cry ont:
Didn't tell YOU so when You sat down there
i'll the brooklyn tabernacle aud looked in.
credulons because you thought it too gond
to be true" And you willanswcr: You are
right, the half was not told mel"
Amid the tusslc and romp of reunion tell
YOU whose hand of welcome you had better
first clasp nnd whose cheek in entitled to the
first kiss. II is the hand and the cheek of
him without whom yom would never have
got there ut all. the Lord Jesus. the tnr!ing
of the skies, rs lie cries ont, IL lnvc loved
thee with an everlasting love- and the fires
could not burn it aud the floods could not
drown it,"
But here must slow up lest in trying to
solve mysteries ntld to the mysteries that
We have already wondered at namely.
why preachers should keep on after NIL the
hearers are tired? So ! gntllcr up into on"
great nrmful all the why's and whcr.forrs of
NpuT lIie HIti HilI', WHICH we nHNh IlbG u'iu
time or ability to answer, and write ON them
the words "adjourncd TO eternity" r'joice
THAT we do not understand nll things now;
forif We did what would We learn in heaven?
II we could put down onelcg of the compass
aud with the other sweep IL circle around
NIL the inscrut ables If We could lift olr little
stcelyarls nnd weigl, tho throne Of the ON
mipotent, ii We could with our sevenday
clock measure eternity what would he le
for heavenly revelation So II NOV" that we
cflecrlully adjourn what is now beyond our
comnIehcnson. and as according to Rollih.
the historian. Alexander the Great. having
obtained the gold casket in which Darius
had kept his rarc perfume. used that aroma
tic caskcL thereafter to keep phs fav0rte copy
OF Homer in and called the book, therefore,
the edition of the caskrt," aud ut night he
put the casket aud his sword under his pill
low. SO I put this dny into the ler1umeh
clsket of your richest affections and hopes
this promise, worth more than anything
Homer ever wrote or sword ever conlncre'i:
What do thou knowcst not now, hut thou
shalt know hereafter md that | call thu
edition celestial"
The Invalid's View Of Things.
The invalid, like the poet, and like
all acute sensitive beings, is remark