West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-11-07

VIC oarknenS meak the and
God viii wipe oil tears from their eyes.
You know on a well spread table the food
becomes moro delicate at tho last. / havs
led you to-day with the bread OF co~nsolatfon.
Let tho table nowb DO cleared. and lot us set
On tho chalice OF Heaven. Let the Kings
yeni .tOh," says some critic in the audience
'th2sBiblo contradicts itself. Il intimates
again, and uRnfn that there arc 20 be no tears
In heaven, and tf there be.no t~earsfuheayen
how y IL possible that God VIII wtp3
any ayyayT' / answer, have you never
secn.achfld crying one moment andlaughine
the next. and whilos she was laughing, YOU
saw thetears still on her facet And perhaps
you stopped her in the very midst Of her re-
sumed. glee. and wiped OF those delayed
tears 30, 1 think, after tho heavenly rap
lures have comeupon us, there may DO tho
mark OF some earthly grief, and while those
tears are glittering In tho light of the Jasper
sea, God will wipe them away. How well He
can do hat.
Jesus had enough trial TO make HIM
Sympnthetic with all trial. The short
est verso In tho Bible tells the story:
Jesus wept.", The scar ON the back
OF either hand, the scar on the arch Of
the hair, Will keep oil heaven thinking. Oh,
tnat great woeper Is just the ono 10
silence oil earthly trouble, wipe out
AL stains Of earthly grief, Gentlei Why,
dew. It Will not Be a tyrant bidding you 70
hvsh up your crying. IL viii be a Father
who win take you on His left arm. His face
cleaning Into yours. while with the soft fins
OF the hngs-eo O the right hand, He shall wipe
away all tears from your eyes. / ave no
ticed when the children get hurt, and their
mother is away from home. thoy come TO me
for comfort and sympathy; but 1 have no
tced that when the children get hurt and
mo and 70 her; 1 am of no account.
So, whom the soul comes up into heaven out
or the wounds OF this life, 1t will not stop TO
look for Paul, or Moses, or David or John.
These did very well once, but now tho soul
shall rush past, crying; ''Where Is Jesusi
Where is JesusT' Dear Lord, what a mani
hcent thing to dio IL Thou shalt thus wipo
away our tears. Methink it will take us
some time TO get used to heaven: the fruits
OF God without one speck; the fresh pastures
without ono nettle; the orchestra without
one snapped string; tho river OF gladness
without one torn bank; the soiferinos and the
saffron OF sunrise and sunset swallowed ND in
tho eternal day that beams from Gods
countenancei
Why should I wish TO lingor in tho wild,
chiidl ny
III we could get any appreciation of what
God has in reserve for us, It would make us
80 homesick we would be unfit for every day
work. Professor Leonard, formerly OF Iowa
University, put in my hand a meteoric stone,
n stone thrown off from some other world to
this. How suggestive it was to me. And /
have to tell you the best representations we
nave OF heaven are only aerolites flung off
from that world which rolls ON. bearing the
multitudes of the redeemed. We analyze
these aerolites, and find them crystalizations
OF tears. No wonder, funz.Qff from heaven.
God; shall wipe away all tears from their
nyes."
Have you any appreciation Of the good nnd
glorious times your friends are having i'm
heavenP How different IL is when they get
news there of a Christians death from what
10 Is here. It Is the difference between em-
parkation and coming into port. Everything
depends upon which side of tho river Won
stand when you hear of n Christians death.
III you stand on this side of the river you
mourn that they go. If you stand ON the
other side or the river you rejoice that they
come. Oh, tho difference between a funeral
on earth and n jubilee in ACKNOWLEDGMENT
requiem here and triumphial march there
parting here and reunion there. Togetherl
Have you thought of il? They are together
Not one of your departed friends i'm one land
and another in another land; but together.
IN different rooms of the same house-the
house of many mansions. Togetherl
mover appreciated that thought so much
as when we laid away in her last slumber
my sister Sarah. Standing there in the vii
lage cemetery, / looked around and said.
There Is father, there is mother, there is
grandfather, there is grandmother, there arc
whole circles OF kihdred;" and / thought to
myself; Together in the grave-together in
glory" / am so impressed with the thought
that / do not him it is any fanaticism when
some one is going from this world to the
next If you make them the bearer of dis
patches to your friends who are gone. saw
ing: give my love to my parents, give my
o V to my children. give my love to my old
comrades who are in glory, and tell them /
am trying to fight the good fight Of faith,
and L will join them after awhile"
1 believe the message will be delivered: and
L believe it will increase the gladness of those
who are before the throne. Together are
good society for them. All Kings, Queens
Princes, and Princesses. In 1901 there was a
bill offered in the English parliament pro-
posing to change the almanac so that tho LIST
OF March should come Immediately after the
18th OF February. But, oh, what a glorious
change in the calendar when all the wears of
your earthly existence are swallowed no in
the eternal year of Cod!
My friends, take this good cheer home
with you, These tears of bereavement that
course your check, and Of persecution, and
OF trial, are not always TO be there. The
motherly hand of God will wipe them all
away. h is the use, on the way to such
a commandments is the use of fretting
about anything? Oh, what an exhiIaration
10 ought TO be in Christian work.
See you the pinnaclcs against the
skyr IL Is the city OF our God,
md we are approaching it. oh.
let us be busy in the few days that shall re-
main for us. The Saxons and tho BritOus
went out TO battle. The Saxons were all
armed. The Britons had no weapons at all;
and yet history tells us the Britons cot the
victory. WhyY They went into battle
shouting three times, ''HallelujahP' aud at
the third shout Of "Hallelujah." their enc
mics fed panic struck; and so the Bfitons got
tho victory.
And, my friends, If wo could only appre-
ciate the glories nat are 10 come, we would
DO so filled with enthusiasm that no power OF
earth or hell could stand before us: and ut
our first shout tho opposing forces would be-
gin to tremble, and ut our second shout they
would begin 10 fall back. and at our third
shout they would be routed forever. There
Is no power ON earth or In hell that could
stand before three such volleys Of halle
lujah. "
! put the bols6m on tho wounds OF your
heart. Rejoice at the thought OF what your
departed friends have got rid Of, and that
you have q prospect Of 50 soon making your
own escape. Bear cheerfully the ministry OF
tears a4QGxult at tho thought that soonit N
to be cndcda
There we shall march up the heavenly strock
And ground our arms OF Jesus's feet.