The Penn's Grove record., 1889-04-06

He rouse the piety and patriotism Of
the people. and In less than two
months, namely, IN ffty.two days
Jerusalem was rebuilt. 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 Nehemiah, and that is to give up.
You say, 81 have lost my child and
a never smile again." You say, II
have lost my property, and l never
can repair my fortunes" You say, 81
have fallen into sin, and l never can
start again for a new life.n III Satan
ean make you form that resolution,
and make you keep it, he has ruined
you. Trouble Is not sent to crush you,
but to arouse you. to animate you. to
propsl you. The blacksmith does not
thrust the iron into the forge and then
blow away with the bellows, and then
bring the bot iron out on the anvil and
beat with stroke after stroke to ruin
the iron, but to prepare 1t for a better
use. Oh that the Lord God of Nehe.
miah would rouse up all broken
hearted people to rebuild.
Whipped, betrayed, shipwrecked,
imprisoned Paul went right on. The
Italian martyr Algerlus sits In his
dungeon writing a letter, and he dates
it From the delectable orchard OF
the Leonlne prison." That Is what l
call triumphant sadness. knew
A MOTHER WHO BURIED HER BABY
on Friday and on Sabbath appeared in
the house of Col and said, "Give me
a class; give me a Sabbath-sch0ol class.
l have no child now left me. and l
would like to have a class of little
children. Give me real poor children.
Give me a class Of the back street. "
That, | say, is beautiful. That is tri.
umphant sadness. At three O'Clock
this afternoon, in a beautiful parlor in
Philadelphia parlor pictured and
statuetted--there will be from ten to
twenty destitute children of the street.
1t has been so every Sabbath afternoon
at three O'Clock for many years. These
destitute children receive religious in
structiOn, with cakes and sandwiches.
How do l know that that has been
going on for many years? l know IL in
this way. That was the first home in
Philadelphia where I was called to
comfort a great sorrow. They had a
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 coffin
resound in my ear to-day. There
seemed TO be no use of praying. for
when l knelt down to pray, the Outcry
in the room drowned out all the prayer.
But
THE LORD CoMFoRTED
that sorrOw They do not forget their
trouble. If you should 60 on the snow
lest winter afternoon into Laurel Hill
you will find a monument with the
word. ''Walter' inscribed upon 1t, and
a wreath of fresh flowers around the
lame. think there has not been an
hour all these years. winter or summer,
when there was not q wreath of fresh
flowers around Walters name. But
the Christian mother who sends those
flowers there, having no child left,
Sabbath afternoons mothers ten or
twenty OF the lost ones OF the street.
That is beautiful. That is what l call
busy and triumphant sadness.
Here is a man who has lost his
property. He does not go to hard
drinking. lie does not destroy his own
life. He comes and says: "Harness
me for Christian work. My money s
gone have no treasures on earth. l
want treasures in heaven. l have a
voice and II heart to serve God.' You
say that that man has failed. He has
not iailed-he has triumphed. Oh, l
wish | could persuade all the people
who have any kind of trouble to
NEVER GIVE UP.
l wish they would look at the mid
night rider Of the text, and that the
four hOUfs OF that beast on which
Nehemiah rode might cut to pieces
all your discOuragements and hardships
and trials. Give upl Who is going 10
give up, when on the bosom OF God he
IA have all his troubles hushedP Give
upl Never think Of giving up. Are
you borne down with povertyP A little
child Was found holding her dead
mothers hand in the darkness of a
tenement house, and some one coming
in, the little girl looked up, while
holding her dead mothers hand, and
SAID: "Oh 1 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
b~ereavements Of ifep Is the house
lonely now that the child is gomez Dc
not give up. Think Of what the old
sexton said when the minister asked
him why he put so much care on the
little graves in the cemetery-so much
more care than on the larger graves
and the sexton SAID, "Sir, you know
that of such Is the kingdom oil
heaven and 1 think the Saviour II
pleased when He q so much white
clover growing around these little
graves" But when the minister
pressed the old sexton for a more salts.
factory answer, the old sexton said
''Sir, about these larger graves, / don't
know who are the Lords saints and
who are not, but you know sir, 1t /.
clean different with the bairns." Oh
II you have had that keen, tender, in.
describable sorrow that comes from thu
loss of a child, do not give up. Tht
old sexton was right. 1t IS
ALL WELL WITH THE BARNS.
Or, if you have slnued, II you hav,
sinned grievonsly-sinned until yol
have been cast out by the Church
slnned until you have been cast out By
society, do not give up. Perhaps there
may be in this house one that coult
truthfully utter the lamentation o
another:
Once l was pure as the snow, but I fell
Fell like q snowflake from heaven to hell
Fell, to be trampled as filth in the street
Fell, to be scoffed at, spit on and beat:
Praying, cursing, wishing to die,
Selling my soul to whoever would buy,
Dealing in shamef for a morsel of bread,
Hating the living and fearing the dead.
Do not give up. One like unto tn,
Son of God comes to you to-day
saying, 'Go and sin no more" Will,
He cries out to your assallants, lie
him that is without sin cast the frs
stone at her," OIL there is no reason
why any one in this house by reason o
any trouble or sin, should give up
Are o a foreigner, and In a strang,
land? Nehemiah was an exile. Ar
you pennilessp Nehemiah was poor. Ar