The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1889-12-25


hoavenT Sorrow may endure but Joy
cometh In the morning. .H
remark further, Jesus does not shadow
the Joys Of others with his own grefs. He
might have sat down in that wedding and
said; ~ have so much trouble so much pow
erty, so much persecution, and the cross Is
coming; ! shall not rejoice, and the gloom of
my face and OF my sorrows shall be cast over
oil this group" SO said not Jesus. He said to
himself: "Here are two persons starting out
In married life. Let It be joyful occasion.
| will hide my own grefs. / will kindle their
| JOY" There are many not so wise as that.
| know a household where there are many little
children, where for two years the musical In
strumcnt has been kept shut because there
has been trouble in the house. Alas for the
follyb Parents saying; 1--WE will have no
Christmas tree this coming holiday because
there has been trouble in the house. Hush
that laughing upstairs How can there be
any JOY when there has been so much troubep
And 30 they make everything consistently
doleful, and send their sons and daughters TO
ruin with the gloom they throw around them.
oh, my dear friends, do you know not those
children will have trouble en- Ugh Of their
own after whilel BE glad they cannot APP
preciate all yours. Keep back the cup of Bit
y
| your head is down In the grass of the tomb,
| poverty may come to her, betrayal TO her,
bereavement to her. Keep back the sorrows
as long as you can DO you not know that
son may, after while, have his heart
brokeni Stand between him and all harm.
You may not fight his battles long; fight
them while you may. Throw not the chill
Of your own dependency over his soul;
rather be like Jesus, who came to the we'd
ding hiding his own grief and kindlng the
joys Of others. So have seen the sun, on a
dark day, struggling amidst the clouds,
black, ragged and portentous, but after a
while the sun, with golden pry, heaved back
the blackness, end the sun laughed TO tho
lake, and the lake laughed TO the sun, and
from horizon to horizon, under the saffron
sky, the water was all turned into wine.
HE WANTS US TO BE COMFORTABLE.
| learn from this miracle that Christ is not
impatient with the luxuries OF life. 1t was
not necessary that they should have that
wine. Hundreds Of people have been mar
ried without eny wine We do not read that
any Of the other provisions fell short. When
Christ made the wine it was not necessity
but positive luxury. do not believe that
be wants us to eat hard bread, and sleep on hard
mattresses, unless we like them the best. |
right to the luxuries of dress, the luxu-
ries of diet and the Injuries of resi-
dence There is no more religion in an
oil coat than in a new one. We can serve
God drawn by golden plated harness as GER
tainly ms when we go afoot. Jesus Christ
will dwell with us under fine ceiling as
well as under matched roof; and when
you can get wine made out of water, drink
as much of it as you can.
What is the difference between Chinese
mud howell and an American homel What is
the difference between the rough bear skins
OF the Russian boor and the outfit Of an
American gentlemanl No difference except
that which the Gospel of Christ, directly or |
indirectly, has caused. When Christ shall
have vanquished all the world, suppose
every house will be a mansion and every
garment robe, and every horse an arch
necked courser and every carriage glitter
ing vehicle, and every man king, and every
woman a queen, and the whole earth para
disc; the glores of the natural world harmo-
nizing with the glories of the material world,
until the very bells Of the horses shall jingle
the praises Of the Lord. 'o h
learn, further, from this miracle, that
Christ has no impatience with festal joy
otherwise he would not have accepted the in
vtation to that wedding. He certainly
would not have done that which increased
the hilarity. There may have been many In
that room who were happy, but there was
not one of them that did so much for the Joy
of the wedding party as Christ himself He
was the chief of the banqueters When the
wine gave out he supplied it; and So take
it, he will not deny us the joys that are posi-
lively festaf. l loon. DO.
think the children OF God have more right |
to laugh than any other people, and to clap |
their hands as loudly. There is not single |
joy denied them that is given 10 any other |
people. Christianity does not clip the wings |
Of the soul. Religion does not frost the flow
ers. What Is Christianity take it to be,
simply, proclamation from the throne of
God of emancipation for all the enslaved;
and If a man accepts the terms of that proc
lamation, and becomes free, has he not right
to be merryi Suppose q father has
an elegant mansion and large grounds. To
whom will he give the first privilege of these
groundsi VIII he say; my children, you
must not walk through these paths, or sit
down under these trees, or pluck this fruit
These are for outsiders They may walk In
them" No father would say anything like
that He would say; "The first privileges In
all the grounds, aud all of my house, shall be
for my own children" And yet men try to
make us believe that Gods children are on
the limits, and the chief refreshments and
enjoyments of life are for outsiders, and not
for his own children. II is stark atheism.
There is no innocent beverage too rich for
Gods child TO drink there is no robe too
costly for him TO wear. There Is no hilarity
too great for him TO indulge In, and no house
too splendid for him TO live in. He has
right TO the joys Of earth; he shall have
right to the joys Of heaven. Though tribu-
lation, and trial, and hardship may come
unto him, let him rejoice. "Rejoice in the
Lord, " righteous, and again say, rejoice"
HE COMES IN THE HOUR OF EXTREMITY.
remark again that Christ comes to US In
the hour Of our extremity. He knew the
wine was giving out before there was any
or modification. Why did
he not perform the miracle sooner, Why
wait until it was all gone, and no help could
come from any source, and then come In and
perform the miraclei This is Christ's way;
and when he did come in, at the hour OF ex-
tremity he made first rate wine, so that they
cried out; "Thou Inst kept the good wine
until now.n Jesus in the hour of extremity
He seems to prefer that hour. rs,f IA
! In Christian home In Poland great pow
arty had come, and OH the week day the man
was obliged to move out OF the house with
his whole family. That night he knelt with
his family and prayed to God. While they
were kneeling in prayer there was tap on
he window pane. They opened the window,
md there was raven that the family had
'ed and trained, and II had in It's bill ring