The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-18
That's what I call busy and triumphant


That's what call busy and triumphant
sadness.
My friends, the whole temptation Is
with you when you have trouble, TO do
just the opposite TO the behavior Of Nehe-
miah, and that is 10 give up. You say,
81 have lost my child and can never
smile again. You say, 81 have lost my
property. and l never can repair my for
tunes" You say. 81 have fallen into sin,
and never can start again for new life"
II Satan can make you form that resolu.
ton, and make you keep IL, he has ruined
you. Trouble Is not sent 10 crush you,
but to arouse you, 10 animate you, to pro-
pei you. The blacksmith does not thrust
the iron into the forge and then blow away
with the bellows, and then bring the hot
iron out on the anvil and beat with stroke
after stroke 10 ruin the iron, but 10 pre-.
pare II for better use. Oh that the Lord
God Of Nehemiah would rouse up all
broken hearted people TO rebuild.
Whipped, betrayed. shipwrecked, inn
prisoned Paul went right on. The ltal-
ian martyr Algerius sits in his
dungeon writing n letter, and he
dates il From the delcctable orch
ard OF the Leonine Prison" That
is what call triumphan sadness. knew
n mother who buried her baby on Friday
and on sabbath appeared in the house OF
God aud said: give Inc u class; give me n
Sabbath school class. | have no child
now left me, and would like 10 have
class OF little children. Give me real poor
children. Give me class OIL the back
street" That, say, is beautiful. That
is triumphant BADNESS. AT 3o'clOCk this
afternoon, in beautiful parlor in Phila-
dclphia.-a parlor pictured and statuetted
there will be from ten to twenty desti-
tuic children OF the street. II has been so
every Sabbath afternoon at o'clock for
many years. These destitute children re-
ceiyc religious instruction, concluding with
cakes aud sandwiches. How do know
that that has been goingon for many years?
! knew il in this way.
GREED CURED ny CHRISTIAN WORK.
That was the first home in Philadelphia
where | was called 10 comfort u
great sorrow They had splendid
boy and he had been drowned at Long
Branch. The father and mother almost
idolized the boy and the sob and shrek
of that father and mother as they hung
over the colin rcsound in my ears today.
There seemed 10 DO no use OF praying, for
when knclt down 10 pray, the cutlery in
the room drowned out all the pray But
the Lord comiorlod that sorrow. They
did no. forget their trouble. II you should
90 on tho snOwiest winter afternoon into
Laurel Hill you would find Il monument
with the word "Walter" inscribed upon
II, AMI wreath Of fresh flowers around
the name. ] think there has not been an
hour all these years, winter or summer,
when there WIS not n wreath Of fresh flow
crs around Walters name. But the Christ
ian mother who sends those flowers there,
having no child left, Sabbath afternoons
mothers ten or twenty OF the lost ones Of
the street. That IL beautiful. That is
what ] call busy and triumphant sad
ness. Here Is man who has lost his
property. lle does not 20 10 hard
drinking. lie does not destroy his
own liie. He comes and SAYS "llarness
mo Tor Christian work. My moneys gone
| have no treasures on earth. ! want
treasures in heaven. | have voice and
heart 10 serve God" You say that man
has failed. lilo has not failcd-he has tri-
umphod. Oh. wish could persuade all
the people who have any kind OF trouble
never 10 give mp. wish they could look
nj the midnight rider OF tho text, aud that
the four hoofs Of that beast on which Nc
hemiah rode might cut 90 pieces all your
discouagemcnls and hardships aud trials.
Give upl Who is going 30 give up, when |
ON tho bosom Of God lac can have all his |
troubles hushcd3 Give upl Never think
Of giving up. Are YOU borne down with
poverty A little child WIS found holding
her dead mothers hand in the darkness OF
n tenement house, and some one comingin.
the little girl looked up, while holding her
dead mothers hand, and said, ooh, do |
wish that God had made more light for |
poor folks" My dear, God will be your |
light, God will be your shelter, God will |
be your home. Are you borne down |
with the bcrcaycmcnls of lifc2
Is your hcuGc lonely now that
the child Is gomez DO not give up. Think
OF what the old sexton said when the min.
lister asked him why he PIT 80 much care
ON the little graves In the cemetery
much more care than ON the larger graves,
aud the old sexton said: "Sir, YOU know
that 'oi such Is the kingdom Oi heaven
aud think the Savior Is pleased when lac
Sees 10 much white clover growing around
those little graves" But when tile minis.
ter pressed the old sexton ior more sntis.
factory answer, the old sexton said. "Sir.
about these larger graves, | don't know
who are the lopl's saints aud who are not:
hut you know, sir. II Is clean different with
/ the BARNS oh. II YOU have had that
keen, tender, indcscrbablc sorrow that
comes from the loss OF a child. do not give
up. The old sexton was right. Il Is all
well with the BARNS. Oh, II you have
snncd. II you have ginncd gricvously-
| snncd until you have been east out by tho
/ church, sinnod until you have been east
/ out 10y society, do not give mp. Perhaps
there may be Ia this house one that could
truthiully utter the lamcntation OF an
other
once wns pun a. the snow. hut fell--
lrlllkr u Snowflake tfum heaven o. hell
len to D. ifamuloi as nlth in thr sipct-
lcll 90 10 sovici az srli nu snt hcal
| lmiiuF. cuulng Wishing 90 die
selling my uiul Oh whoever would buy,
Dealing lu shame fnf mufsrl of hnlad
! Hating ihC living Hud iylflug The dead.
! DO not give up One like unto the Son
OF God comes 10 you TODAY saving. Go
and sin no more while ho cries out To
/ your a.siilunis, "lct him that is without
tin east the first stone at her." OH there
h no reason why any ono in this house,
10y reason Ut any trouble or sin, should
| give up. Arr YOU a foreigner aud la "A
strange laud2 Nehemiah was an exile.
Aru YOU pcnnioS. Nehemiah was poor.
AM YOU homCsick2 Nehemiah was
homcsick. Arc You brokcn.hcaricd2
Nehemiah was bfokcn.hcartcd. hut Just
see him in the text, riding along the rac-
rilcgcd grave vi his father, and 10y tho
dragon we'll, aud through the fish gate,
aud hy The kings pool, Ia and out, In aud
out the moonlight falling on the broken