The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-01-25

LOT Clo gaining OI Cne eJeFnal COM
panionship of your heavenly friendsI
Oh, yesl we must join them. We
must sit in their holy society We
must sing with them the song. We
must celebrate with them the triumph.
Let it never he told on earth or in
heaven that David and his men pushed
out with Drawer hearts for the getting
back of their earthly friends for few
years on earth than we to get our de.
parted
You say that all this implies that
our departed Christian friends are
alive. Why, had you any idea they
were deads They have only moved.
If you should go on the I'd OF May to
a house where one of your friends
lived, and found him gone, you would
not think that he was dead. You
would inquire next door where he had
moved to. Our departed Christian
friends have only taken another house.
The secret is that they are richer now
than they once were, and can afford a
better residence. They once drank
out of earthenware; they now drink
from the kings chalice. Joseph is
yet alive" and Jacob will go up and
see him. Living9 are theyS Why, if
a man can live in this damp, dark
dungeon of earthly captivity, can he
not live where he breathes the bracing
atmosphere of the mountains Of
heaven2 Oh, yes, they are living!
Do you think that Paul is so near
dead now as he was when he was liv-
ing in the Roman dungeon9 Do you
think that Frederick Robertson, of
Brighton, is as near dead now as he
was when, year after year, he slept
seated on the floor, his head on the
bottom of a chair, because he could
find ease in no other positions Do
you think that Robert Hall is as near
dead now as when, on his couch, he
tossed in physical tortures2 No.
Death gave them the few black drops
that cured them. That is all death
does to a Christian-cures him. l
know that what I have said implies
that they are living. There is no
question about that. The only ques-
ton this morning is whether you will
ever join them.
But l must not forget those two
hundred men who tainted by the brook
Besor. They could not take another
step farther Their feet were sore;
their head ached; their entire nature
was exhausted. Besides that, they were
broken hearted because their homes
were gone. Ziklag in ashes! And yet
David, when he comes up to them,
divides the spoils among them. He
says they shall have some of the
jewels, some of the robes some of the
treasures. l look over this audience
this morning, and I find at least two
hundred who have tainted by the
brook Besor-the brook of tears. You
feel as if you could not take another
step farther, as though you could
never look up again. But / am
going to initiate David, and divide
you some glorious trophies.
Here is robe: "A1l things work to-
gether for good, to those who love
God" Wrap yourself in that glorious
Iere-s 10 sfor-- your. neck a
string of pearls, made out of crystal
lied tears Weeping may endure
for night, but joy cometh in the
Here is coronet: BE
thou faithful unto death, and l will
give thee crown of life" O We
fainting ones by the brook Besor, dip
YOUR blistered feet in the running
stream of Gods mercy. Battle your
brow at the wells of salvation. Soothe
your wounds with the balsam that
exudes from trees of life. God will
not utterly cast you off, 0 broken
hearted man, 0 broken hearted woman,
fainting by the brook Besor.
YOU WANT DIVINE NURSING.
A shepherd finds that his musical
pipe is bruised He says: II can't get
any more music out of this instru-
nent, so l will just break it, and
will throw this reed away. Then I
will get another reed and T will play
music on that" But God says he will
lot cast you off because all the music
has gone out of your soul. 1.-THE
bruised reed he will not break" AS
ar as can tell the diagnosis of your
disease, you want Divine nursing, and
t is promised you: "As one whom
lis mother comforteth, so will COM
ort you. God will see you all the
way through, O troubled soul, and
when you come down to the Jordan of
leath, you will find it to be as thin
! brook as Besor; for DR.. Robinson
avs that, in April, Besor dries up and
here is no brook at all. And in your
asst moment you will be as placid as
he Kentucky minister who went up
9 God, saying, in the dying hour:
Write to my sister Kate, and tell her
lot to be worried and frightened about
he story of the horrors around the
leath bed. Tell her there is not a
vord of truth in it, for I am there
low, and Jesus is with me, and l find
very happy way; not because I am
good man, for am not; am moth
ng but poor, miserable sinner; but
have an Almighty Saviour, and both
f his arms are around me"
May God Almighty, through the
lood of the everlasting covenant,
ring us into the companionship of
ur loved ones who have already
ntered the heavenly land, and en-
cred the presence Of Christ, whom,
OF having seen, we love, and so
)avid shall recover all, land as his
art is that goeth down to the battle,
, shall his part be that tarrieth by the
suff."
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