The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-31
Uses OF TROUBLE.
,r MINISTRY OF SORROW
L,.,oos Of a Brighter World are Seen
Through Tears.


10, y, an overfiowing congregation a.
20, apo..,,,tivn Academy of Music
n,1D' nio1,,l -, achiny he said that mistaken
beiu'v ~ oh-oad that the insurance on his
tlon 'I ,,urrh was enough to rebuild. The
~ ~ disasters left us in debt. We
pe'lu'p.l,.;callv built three churches since
'Ne ~ p~ooklyn. First. the original laoer-
no " -, after that we made an enlarge
cie 49, ,cst almost rs much as a church.
~. Nv ''.,, ,..,y. after IL all burned. Then we
Jew ,so buildins recently destroyed, and
uY =. !, time when the whole country
"" ts worst financial distress.
rss these repeated disasters that
!, vs in dcb. My congregation nave
~, ,maniicently, but any church would be
~. after 81 many calamities. NOW lor
= srst time we are out OF deot' but We
y ~ ~ ieast one hundred thousand dollars 20
~ lfrsI" ~ cbyrch large enough, and we call
.a nss,,e of ali creels and all lands 10 help.
l,,e helm dedicate new church we must
t..cvsry dollar of II paid. will never
~. n, tas.or Of church in debt. IL has
- ne in all our movements, and l
kld reyer again wear the shaclslcs. have
4 tbe last sixteen years preached To
T.. pO people sitting and stand
Y ! ,,vi,, Sabbath, but everybody knows
4, r,e re,d place that will hold 5000
IN r5t b, surprised II some man Of wealth
10. "Hcre are Si00 900 IL you will
|, rn 4 memorial structure, and call it after
|. asma of my departed father or child
~, memory want nut before all nations
n n. nll time And so it will be done.
I-s-r "God dap icipc array all tears
em their Rev. vii, IL.
3pan- across western prairie, wild
r. M ,a the hub of the carriage wheel,
N vhl1a long distance from any shelter,
10 rl.na % sudden shower, and while the
In vls falling in torrents, the sun was
Lrry rs brightly rs ] ever saw IL shine;
4 I thought what n beautiful spectacle
is ~ tho tears of the Bible are
4 nilni.ht storm, but rain on pansied
rics in COTS sweet and golden sunlight.
II remember that bottle which David
klei rs containing tears and Mary's
L. and Paurs tears, and Christs
H. and the harvest Of JOY that is to
H.. from the sowing of tears. God
b., thrm God rounds them. God shows
u where to fall. God exhales them. A
hsus is taken OF them. and there Is record
b. the moment when they are born, and
h. the plac, of thoir grave. Tears OF bad
N arr not kept Alexander, in his sorrow.
the hair clipped from his horses and
kles. and made "A great ado about his grief;
\ In all the vases of heaven there is not one
| IAlcxandcr's tears. Ispeak of the tears of
good Alas me! they are falling all the
b. In summer. You sometimes hear the
|w,ing thunder, and you see there is
|rm miles away; but you know from the
)t OF the clouds that IL will not come any
ere near you. SO, though it may bc all
ght around Us, there is a shower of trouble
\. A.. 81.
yhat is the use OF them anyhow Why
substitute laughter Why not make this
orld wherc all the people arc well and
rnal strangers 10 pain and aches? What
(hc use Of an eastern storm when we might
e perpetual nor'westcry Why, when
tly is put together, not have them all
h. or If they must be transplanted TO make
er homes, then have them all liver the FAM
record telling a story of marriages and
rhs, but OF no deaths. Why not have the
veSts chase each other without
guing toll? Why the hard pillow.
hnrd crust, the hard struggle?
easy enough TO explain smile, or
b., or a congratulation: bnt, come now,
bring all your dictionaries and all your
Psophies and all your religions. and help
Explain n tear. A chemist will tell you
Il IS made up of salt and lime and other
Ponent parts; but he misses the chief
e1ientS-the acid of n soured life. the
Pine sting of a bitter memory, the frag-
= of broken heart. | will tell you
tear is: it is agony in solution.
bar me, then. while discourse TO YOU OF
b,es of trouble.
Fst-lt is the design of trouble To keep
"orld from being too attractive. Some
must be done To make us willing TO
this existence. II IL were not for trouble
Morld would be n good enough heaven
he You aud | would be willing TO take
p OF this life for "A hundred million years
pre- were no trouble. The earth cush-
and upholstered and pillared and chan
ei "lth such expense, no story of other
Us could enchant us. We would say :
well enough alone. IL YOU want
and have your body disintegrated in
nst' and your soul go out on celestial
ntrre, then you can go; but this world
pd enough for me- You might as well
a man who has Just entered the Louvre
us and tell him TO hasten of To tho
re galleries OF Venice or Florence.
", ne would say, what is the use of
ping therey There are Rembrandts and
us ana haphaels here that l haven't
II at YETI
man wants to 90 out OF this world, or
any house, until he has better house.
lre THIS wish 10 stay here, God must
low create disgust for our surround
now snail He do itl He cannot afford
iace Ills horizon, or to tear off n fiery
from the sunset, or to subtract an an
from the water lily, or TO Danish the
nv aroma from the mignonette, or to
'ne roDes OF the morning in the mire.
c'hnot expect Christopher Wren Ia
rs own ~. Paurs cathedral or a Mich
ihgelo TO dash out his own Last
ieht ora Handel TO discord his ''Israel
Pt, and you cannot expect God to
ne architecture and music of His own
now Then are we to be made willing
We; here is where trouble comes in
man nan has had good deal OF trouble,
wen, am ready to go. II there
IA dSu in,l somewhere whose roof doesn't leak,
iu IKE 10 live there II there Is an M.
ere somewhere that does not distress
~ would like 10 breathe IL. III therq
le'y somewhere where there Is no little.
l would like to live there. II
~ hplie circle somewhere where
~, ma my lost friends
llIe TO go there" He used to rand
~ part OK the Bible chiefly now bs
ne last part OF the Bible chiefly. Whv
uised Genesis for RevelationP All
3 oe anxious chiefly to know how
Dr'a cnl,., was made, and all about its geo
tnn,,' tp"s.Fuctlon' Now he is chiefly anx-
Auow now the next world was made
'oohA anu who live there. md
Wy dress. He reads Revelation fan
w" where he reads Genesis once. This
,, IN tue beginning, God created the
ana tho earth," does not thrill
nl as much as the other story.
new heaven and new earth
mans hand trembles as he turns
~ ap9calyptic leaf, and he has 10 take
hahaEerchlef TO wipe his spectacIes
oh OF revelations is prospectus now
1unuy into which he Is 20 soon immi.
shs country into which he has lots al.
u "ng gut' ana avenues opened, and trees
ana mansions built.
noGght OF that blessed place comes
niigntily, and | declare that ~ this