Democratic messenger., 1889-11-09

for the Holy Land In the East all TO whom
preach by tongue or type would embark
tor Heaven! What you oil most need Is
God. and you need him now. Some Of
you leave in trouble. Things are going
very rough with you. You have had
hard struggle with poverty. or sickness,
or persecution, or bereavement. Light
after light has gone out, and IL is so dark
that you can hardly see any blessing left.
May that Jesus who comforted the widow
of Main and raised the deceased to life
with Ills gentle hand Of sympathy wipe
away your tears! All is well.
When David was fleeing through the
wilderness, pursued by his own son, he
was being prepared to become the sweet
singer Of Israel. The pit and the dungeon
were the best schools at which Joseph
ever graduated. The hurricane that upset
the tent and killed Jobs children prcpar.
ed the man of Cz to write the magnificen,
poem that has astounded the ages. There
Us no way TO get the wheat out Of the
straw but to thresh il. There Is no way
TO purify the gold but TO burn IL. Look
at people who have always had II their
own way. They are proud, disconientcd,
useless and unhappy. Ifyou want TO find
cheerful folks, go among those who have
been purified by the fire. After Rossini
had rendered "william Tell the 50Oth
time company OF musicians came under
his window in Paris and scrcnaded him.
They put upon his brow golden crown
of laurel leaves. hut amidst all the ap
plausc and enthusiasm, Rossini turned to
friend and said: II would give all this
brilliant scene for few days Of youth and
love-" Contrast the melancholy feeling
of Rossini, who had every thing that this
world could give him, TO the joyful ex-
pericnce Of Isaac Watts. whose misfor.
tunes were innumerablc. when lie says
The Hiil OF Zion yields
\ thousand sacred sweets.
Before we reach the Heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets,
Then let our Songs abound.
And every tear bc dry;
wc'er marching through Immanucl's ground.
To faircr wGTlds on high.
PROSPERITY HILLS. TROUBLE SAVES.
II is prosperity lhat Kills and trouble
that saves. While the lsraeli,cs were an
the march. amidst great privations aud
hardships, they behaved well. Aitcr u
while they prayed for meat, and the sky
darkencd with large flock Of quails, and
these quails fell in great muliitudes all
about them; and the lsraelitcs ate and ate.
and stuffed themselves until they died.
Oh my friends, |, is not hardship. or trial
or starvation that Injuries the soul. but
abundant supply. II is not the vnlturc
Of trouble llat eats up the Christian
life; II is the quails il is the quails.
l cannot leave you until once more !
confess my faith in the Savior whom l
have preached. lie is my all in ali.
owe more TO the grace oi God than most
men. With this ardent temperament, IL |
had gone overheard, | would have gone
To the very depths. You know can do
nothing by halves.
u to grace how great debtor
Daily I'm constrained To be.
! think all will be well. DO not b
ried abou, me. know that my
er live,h. and if any fatality. 5.
me, | think | should go ST,
been most unworthy. and wo.
to think that any one of my fricE
been as unworthy Christian rs III.
But God has helped a good many throl
and hope lie will help me through
is long account Of shortcomings, bt
lie is going to rub any Of il out, ! thin.
lie will rub il all out. And now give us
uor go not alonel your bcncdiction'
When you send letters to friend in n
distant land, you say via such n city, or
via such steamer. When you send your
good wishes TO us, send them via the
throne Of God. We shall not travel out
of the reach of your prayers.
There is n scene where spirits dwell.
Where friend holds intercourse with fricni
Though sunderei far. by faith We meet
Around one common mercy seat.
And now. may the blessing Of God come
down upon your bodies and upon your
souls. your fathers and mothers. your com.
panions, your children, your brothers and
sisters and your friends. May you he
blessed in your business and in your pleas
urcs. In your JOYS and in your sorrows, in
the house and by the way. And, II during
our separation, an arrow from the unseen
world should strike any of rs, may 1t only
hasten on the raptnrcs that God has pre-.
pared for these who love Him. ! utter
no, the word farewell; IL is too sad, too
formal word for me To speak or write.
But. considering that have your hand
tightly clasped in mine, utter kind, an
alrcciionatc aud cheerful goodbye.