The Grenada sentinel., 1889-03-02

that which is deplorable. But twenty
thousand years from now, standing IN
glory, we shall appreciate that Heaven Is
better off than if the battle of this worlds
sin and suffering had never been project
ed.
But now / come nearer home ana put a
dark saying on the gospel harp, style OF
question that is asked million nmes
every year. Interrogation the fourth:
WHY do have it so hard while others
have it so easy? Or. why DO nave SO
much difficulty in getting n'elinoou SOY,
While others 90 around with full
nortemonnaief Or, why must | wear
these plain clothes while others haVe ~
push hard to get their warurooes cioseu,
so crowded are they with prlilian' a'.iio
Or. why should have TO WORK 80 naru
while others have three hundred anu SIX,
ty-five holidays every year! Iney are oil
practically one question. L answer
them by saying, 1t is because the
Lord has His favorites and ne
puts extra discipline upon you, ana
extra trial, because He has for you extra
glory, extra ENVIRONMENT ana extra
felicities. That is no guess OF mine, outa
divine say-so: s'Whom the Lord loveth
He chasteneth." "Well," says some one,
81 would rather have a little less in
| Heaven and q little more here. Discount
nv heavenly robe ten per cent, and let
me now put it on, a fur-lmed overcoat;
put me in less gorgeous room OF the
| house of many mansions and let me haVe
| a house here in better nelghborhooo.'
No, no; God is not going to rob Heaven
| which is to be your residence for nine
| hundred auadrillion of years, to nx
| m your earthly abode, which you
will occupy at most for less than
century, and where you may, perhaps,
stay only ten years longer, or only year,
or perhaps month more. NO" you nao
better cheerfully let God have his way,
for, YOU see, he has been taking care Oh
folks for near seven thousand years, auo
knows how to do it, and can see Wnat 10
best for YOU better than you can yourself
Don't think you are too significant to Do
divinely cared for. 1t was said that DIANA
the goddess. could not be present to keep
her temple at Ephesus from burning, pc
cause she was attending upon the blrth OF
him who was to be Alexander the Greaf-
But tell you that your God and my doo
!. 40 great in small thiigs as we'll as large
things that lie could att,nd the cradle OF a
babe and at the same tine the burning Of
world.
And God will make it sll right with you,
and there is one song tat you will sing
every hour Of your first tal years in Heav-
, en-, and the refrain Of TINT song will be-:
lam so glad God did no, let me have my
: own way" Your case will be all fixed uI
, in Heaven and there vii be such a re.
, versal in conditions tina we can hardly
find each other for some time. Some OF
} us who have lived in frst-rate houses
here and in first-rate neihborhoods viii
J be found, because of our lukewarmness
} of earthly service, living on one of the
: back streets of the celestialcity, and clea1
down at the end of it a No. sos, Of
900, or 1906, while some who hat
unattractive earthly abtdes, and ;
cramped one at that, will, in th'
!, Heavenly city, be in a house fronting tht
royal plaza, right by the imperia
!, fountain, or on the heights overlookin!
the River of Life, the chariots of saliva
ton hating at your door while those visi
you who are more than conquerors, an
those who are kings and queens unit
e God forever. You, my brother, and you
my sister, who have it SO hard here viii
have it so fine and grand there that yo
will hardly know yourself and will fee
disposed to dispute your own iden tity
and the first time | see you there | wi
/ cry out: Didn't I tell you so when yo
q sat down there in the Brooklyn Tabernacl
!. and looked incredulous because yo
e thought it too good to be true?" And yo
!. will answer: "You were right, the ha
e was not told mel" So this morning
G open your dark saying of despondenc
It and complaint on my Gospel harp an
e give you Just one bar Of music, for |
If not pretend to be much of a player. ''TE
g Lamb which is in the midst Of the thror
Q shall lead them to living fountains
|. water, and G cd shall wipe away all teal
II from their eyes" But l must confess
is am little perplexed how some of yc
n good Christians are going to get throue
a the gate, because there will be so mar
,r there to greet you, and they will all wal
l. to shake hands at once and will all wa
= the first kiss. They will have heard tn
l. YOU are coming, and they will all pre-
sr around to welcome you and will want "
10 to say whether you know them after bell
Y. so long parted.
n But here | must slow up lest in trylr
n to solve mysteries | add to the mystic
TT that we have already wondered at nam
" ": Why preachers should keep on aft
ii all the hearers are tired? So l gather |
,t into one great armful all the why's, al
IN hows, and wherefores Of your life al
re mine, which we have not had time or Il
Or ability to answer, and write on them Il
8 words "adjourned to eternity" | rejoi
If that we do not understand all things no.
II for if we did, what would we learn
l. Heaven? II we knew it all down here
it the freshman and sophomore class, VIII
N would be the use of our going up to stal
I'd amid the juniors and the seniors! If
r. could put down one leg of the compa
ce and with the other sweep circ
an clear around all the inscrutable
he if we could lift our little stee
,ir yards and weigh the throne OF Il
II Omnipotent; If we could with our seve
Sc day clock measure eternity, what wou
ly be left for this heavenly revelation? 81
be move that we cheerfully adjourn what
on now beyond our comprehension, and {
ed according to Rollin, the historian, Ale
ed ander the Great, having obtained the &C
he casket in which Darine had kept his ra
lat perfume, used that aromatic casket ther
ur after to keep his favorite copy of HON
he in, and called the book, therefore,
edition of the Casket," and at night
do put the casket and his sword under
lat pillow, so put this day into the perfum
h casket of your richest affections and hoI
'od this promise, worth more than any thi