The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-07

Inc priests, under the Olu uiSpenSaIiOh,
were set apart by having water sprinkled
on their hands, feet and head, and by
the sprinkling of tears people are now
set apart to the Office of sympathy.
When we are in prosperity We like to
have a great many young people around
us, and laugh when they laugh, and we
romp when they romp, and we sing
when they sing; but when we have
trouble we like to have plenty of old
folks around. Why? They know how
to talk. Take an aged mother, seventy
years of age, and she is almost omnipo-
tent in comfort. Why? She has been
through it all. At seven o'clock in the
morning she goes over to comfort
young mother who has just lost her
babe
You know on a Widespread table the
food becomes more delicate at the last.
I have fed you to-day with the bread OF
consolation. Let the table now be
cleared, and let us set on the chalice OF
Heaven. Let the Kings cup-bearers
come in. Good-morning, Heaven!
ooh" says some critic in the audience,
"the Bible contradicts itself. II init
mates again and again that there Are to
be no tears in Heaven, and If thete be
no tears in Heaven how is it possible
that God will wipe any away?"
Jesus had enough trial to make Him
sympathetic with all trial. The short
est verse in the Bible tells the story:
Jesus wept." The scar on the back OF
either hand, the scar on the arch OF
either foot, the row of scars along the
line of the hair, will keep all Heaven
thinking Oh, that great weeper is just
the one to silence all earthly trouble,
wipe out all stains of earthly grief.
Gentle! Why, His step is softer than
the step of the dew. 1t will not be
tyrant bidding you to hush up your cry
ing. 1t will be Father who will take
you on His left arm. His face cleaning
into yours, while with the soft tips of
the fingers of the right hand, lle shall
wipe away all tears from your eyes. l
have noticed when the children get
hurt, and their mother is away IRON
home, they always come to me for com
fort and sympathy; but ! have noticed
when the children get hurt, and their
mother is at home, they go right past
me and to her; l am of no account.
So, when the soul comes up into
Heaven out of the wounds of this life,
it will not stop to look for Paul, or
Moses, or David, or John. These did
very well once, but now the soul shall rush
past, crying: Where is Jesus? Where
is Jesus?" Dear Lord, what magnifi-
. TO n 10 if Thou bal thnC N-n
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 one nettle; the
orchestra without one snapped string;
the river of gladneSs without one torn
bank; the SolferinoS and the saffron OF
sunrise and sunset swallowed up in the
eternal day that beams from Gods coun-
tenance.
WHY should wish to Iinger in the wild,
When Thou arr waiting, Father, to receive
Thy child.
Still, if we could get any appreciation
Of what God has in reserve for us, i:
would make us so homesiclS we would be
unfit for our everyday work. Prof.
Leonard, formerly of Iowa University,
put in my hands a meteOric stOne-a
stone thrown off from some other world
to this. How suggestive it was to me
And have to tell you the best repre-
sensations we have of Heaven are only
Rrolites flung off from that world which
rolls on, bearing the multitudes of the
redeemed. We analyze these @rolites
and find them crystalizations Of tears.
No wonder, flung off from Heaven
God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes.
Have you any appreciation Of the good
and glorious times your friends are hav-
ing in Heaven? How different it is
when they get news there Of Chris
tian's death from what it is here. 1t is
the difference between embarkation and
coming into port. Every thing depends
upon which side of the river you stand
when you hear of a Christians death.
If you stand on this side of the river
you mourn that they go. II you stand
on the other side of the river you re-
joice til a. they come. Oh, the difference
between a funeral on earth and jubilee
in IIeaven-between requiem here and
triumphal march Incorporating here
and reunion there. Together. Have
you thought of it? They are together.
Not one of your departed friends in one
land and another in another land; but
together, in different rooms Of the sam
housc-the house OF many mansion
Together!
never appreciated that thought so
much as when we laid away in her last
slumber my sister Sarah. Standing
there in the village cemetery, looked
around and said: There is father, there
is mother, there is grandfather, there is
grandmother, there are whole circles of
kindred;" and l thought to myself: TO
gether in the graye-tOgether in glory
| am so impressed with the thought that
do not think it is any fanaticism when
some one is going from this world to the
next if you make them the bearer of
dispatches to your friends who are gone,
saying:
Give my love to my parents; give
my love to my children; give my love
to my old comrades who are in glory,
and tell them l am trying to fight the
good fight of faith, and will join them
after awhile"
/ believe the message will be deliv-
cred; and believe it will increase the
gladness of those who are before the
throne. Together are they, all their
tears gone. No trouble getting good So
ciety for them. All kings, queens,
princes and princesses. In 1851 there
was bill offered in the English Parlia-