The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-02-01

AmoiekiteS or the AmalekltoS Will stay
David. And yet is not the fort to be taken
worth all the pain, all the peril, all the
besiegement
Look who are they on the bright hills
of Heaven yonder? There they are, those
who sat at your own table, the chair now
vacant. There they are, those whom you
rocked in infancy in the cradle, or hushed
to sleep in your arms. There they are.
those in whose life your life was bound
up. There they are, their brow more
radiant than ever before you saw it, their
lips waiting for the kiss of heavenly
greeting, their cheek. roseate with the
health of eternal summer, their hands
reckoning you up the steep, their feet
bounding with the mirth of Heaven.
The pallor of their last sick.
ness gone out of their face
never more to be sick, never more
to cough, never more to limp. never
more to be DID, never more to weep. They
are watching from those heights to see
IL through Christ you can take that fort,
and whether you will rush in upon them
victors. They know that upon this battle
depends whether you will ever join their
society. Up! Strike harder! Charge
more bravelyi Remember that every inch
you gain puts you so much further on
toward that heavenly reunion.
II this morning while l speak you could
hear the cannonade of a foreign navy,
coming through the .'Narrows" to despoil
our city, and if they really should sue
coed in carrying our families away from
us, how long would we take before we re-
solved to go after them? Every weapon,
4, n<h nSolA old md
rusty in the garrett, would be brought
out, and we would urge on, and, coming in
front of the foe, we would look at them
and then look at our families, and the cry
would be: ''Victory or deaf" and when
the ammunition was gone, we would take
the captors OH the point of the bayonet or
under the breech of the gun. If you would
make such struggle for the getting back
of your earthly friends will you not make
as much struggle for the gaining Of tbs
eternal companionship Of your heavenly
friends?
o, yes, 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 be told on
earth OF in Heaven that David and his men
pushed out with drawer hearts for the get
ting back of their earthly friends for Z
few years on earth than we to get
our departedi You say that all this
implies that our departed Christian friends
are alive. Why, had you any idea
they were dead? They have only moved.
II you should 60 on May to 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 bet.
ter 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 Living, an
thew? WHY, if a man can live in this
damp dark dungeon of earthly captivity
can he not live where he breathes ths
bracing atmosphere of the mountains Of
Heaven. o, yes, they are living!
Do you think that Paul is SO near dead
now as he was when he was living in the
Roman dungeon? Do you think that Fred
erick Robertson, of Brighton, is as neal
dead now as he was when, year after year
he slept seated on the floor, his head on tn
bottom 2of a chair, because he could fine
| ease in no other position! Do you thinl
that Robert Hall is as near dead now a
when. on his couch, he tossed in physica
tortures? No. Death gave them the few
black drops that cured them. That Is al
death does to a Christian-cures hirn.
know that what 1 have said implies .ha
they are living. There is no question
about that. The only question this morn
ing is whether you will ever join them.
But must not forget those 200 men VIII
tainted by the brook Besor. They coul
not take another step farther. Their fee
were sore, their heads ached, their entir
nature was exhausted. Besides that the.
were broken hearted because their home
We're gone. Ziklag in ashes And yet David
when he comes up to them, divides tn
spoils among them. He says they sha
have some of the jewels. some OF tn
robes, some of the treasures. l look owe
this audience this morning and find
least 200 who have tainted by the broo
\ Besor-the brook of tears. You feel as
YOU could not take another step further
as though you could never look u
again. But am going to im1
tate David and divide among you som
glorious trophies. Here is robe: "a
things work together for good to thos
who love God" Wrap yourself in tha
glorious promise. Here is for your neck
string of pearls, made out Of crystalline
tears: ''Weeping may endure for nigh
but joy cometh in The morning" Here
a coronet: BE thou faithful unto deaf
and will give thee a crown of life"
We fainting ones by the brook Besor, di
your blistered feet in the running streal
of Gods mercy. Battle your brow at tn
wells of salvation! Soothe your wound
with the balsam that exudes from trees {
life! God will not utterly cast you of,
broken hearted man, o, broken-hearte
woman. fainting by the brook Besor.
A shepherd finds that his musical pip
is bruised. He says: II can't get an
more music out of this instrument; SO
will lust break it. and will throw tn
reed away. Then I will get another rec
and will play music on that" But &c
says he will not cast you of because
the music has gone out Of your soul. TT
bruised reed he will not break"
As far as can tell the diagnosis OF yor
disease, you want divine nursing and 1t
promised you: "As one whom his moth'
comforteth, SO will comfort you" &c
will see you all the way through,
troubled soul, and when you come down
the Jordan Of death you will find 1t to
as thin brook as Besor; for DR.. Robinso
says that in April Besor dries up and thel
is no brook at all. And in your la
moment you will be as placid
the Kentucky minister who went U
to God, saying in the dying hour: "Wri
to my sister Kate, and tell her not to
worried and frightened about the stoI
of the horrors around the death bed TIE
her til ere is not word Of truth in it, for
am there now, and Jesus is with me, and
find it a very happy way; not because
am a good man, for am not; am notl
ing but a poor, miserable sinner, but
have an Almighty Saviour and both Of b