The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05

/ are 70 enter into the kfngdOm. How our
/ loved ones used to have to struggled how their
! old hearts achedl how sometimes they had
tussle for bread In our childhood we
wondered why there were 50 many wrinkles
/ on their faces. We did not know that what
were called crows feet on their faces were
the marks Of the black raven of trouble.
( Did you never hear the old people,
seated by the evening sand, talk
over their early trials their hardships,
the accidents, the burials, the disap-
/ pointments, the empty flour barrel when
there were 50 many hungry ones to feed, the
/ sickness almost unto death where the next
/ dose OF morphine decided between CHASTITY
/ bereavement and an unbroken home circlea
| Oh, yes 1t was trouble that whitened their
hair. IL was trouble that shook the
/ cup in their hands It was trouble
that washed the lustre from their eyes
with the ram OF tears until they
needed spectacles. 1t was trouble that
made the cane necessity for their journey.
DO You never remember seeing your old
mother sitting, on some rainy day, looking
out OF the window, her elbow on the window
sill. her hand to her brow-looEing out, not
seeing the falling shower at all you well
knew that she was looking into the distant
past until the apron came up to her eyes,
because the memory was too much for herr
loft the big, unbidden tear.
Stealing down the furr0wed cheek,
TOD in eloquence sincere,
Tales OF woe they could not speak.
But this scene OF weeping DER
Past III scene Of toll and pain,
hey shall feel distress no more
Never, never weep again"
"Who are these under the altar the cues
ton was asked: and the response came:
These are they which came out OF great
tribulation, and have washed their robes
and made them white in the blood of the
Lamb Our friends went by path of tears
into glory. Be not surprised if we have to
travel the same pathway
remark, again, if we want to win the so
ciety of our friends in heaven, We viii not
only have TO travel path OF faith and a
path of tribulation, but we will also have to
positively battle for their companionship.
David and his men never wanted sharp swords |
and 1nvulnerable shields and thick breast !
plates so much as they wanted them on the day
when they came down upon the Amalekites. I
II they bad lost that battle, they never
would have got their families back. l sup |
pose that one glance at their loved ones in !
captivity hurled them into the battle with !
ten-foid courage and energy. They said: /
I'VE must win it Every thing depends upou
it Let each one take a man ON point of spear /
or sword. We must win it = And have to /
tell you that between is and coming into the 4
companionship of cur loved -=The-aFs +
departed there is an Austerlitz, there is a 1
Gettysburg. there is a Waterloo. War with /
the world, war with the flesh. war with the j
devil We have either to conquer our troub- |
les, or our troubles VIII conquer US. David /
viii either slay the AmaIekites, or the |
Amalekites viii slay David. And yet is not |
the fort TO be taken worth all the pain,
all the peril, all the besiegementi |
Look who are they on the bright |
hills OF heaven yonder: There they |
are, those who sat at your own table, the /
chair now vacant There they are, those |
whom you rocked in infancy in the cradle, !
OF hushed 10 sleep in your arms There they /
are, those in whose life your life was bound /
up There they are, their brow more radiant /
than ever before You saw it, their lips /
waiting for the kiss OF heavenly greeting. /
their cheek roseate with the health Of eternal /
summer, their hands reckoning you up the 4
steep, their feet bounding with the mirth of |
heaven The pallor Of their last sickness 4
gone out OF their face. never more to be sick, |
never more 10 cough, never more to limp,
never more 10 be Old, never more to weep
They ara watching from those heights to see
II through Christ you can take that fort, and
whether y on will rush in upon them-victors
They know that upon this battle depends
whether you will ever Join their society. Ipi |
strike harder Charge more bravelyl Re
member that every inch you gain puts you
50 much further on toward that heavenly re-
union.
N this morning while I speak you could
hear thecannonade of a foreign navy coming
through the Narrows which was to despoil
our city, and if they really should succeed in
carrying our families away from US, how
long would we take before we resolved to 90
after themf Every weapon, whether fresh
frora Springfield or old and rusty in the gar
ret would he brought out; and we would
urge on, ana, coming in front of the foe. we
would look at them, and then look at our
families, and the cry would be: Victory or
death!N and when the ammunition was
gore, we would take the captors on
the point OF the bayonet or under the breech
e
struggle for the getting back of your earthly
friends, viii you not make as much struggle
for the gaining of the eternal conpanionshi9
OF your heavenly friendst Oh. yesl we must
lolr them We must sit in their holy society.
We must sing with them the song. We
must celebrate with them the triumph Let
u never be told on earth or in heaven that
David and his men pushed ont with drawer
hearts tor the getting back Of their Serthly
friends for few years on earth thai we to
get 1ur departed
You say that all this implies that our de-
parted Christian friends are alive. Why, had
you any idea they were deadi They have
only moved. II you should go the I'd of
Mal, TO house there one of your friends
hyeiI and found him gone, you would not
think that he was dead. You would
Inquire next door where he had moved
TO- Our departed Christian friends
nav, only taken another house. The secret
Is mat they are richer now than they
once were, and can afford better residence.
They once drank out of earthenware they
now drink from the Kings chalice. Joseph
Is yet alive, and Jacob viii 20 up and see
MN. Living, are they Why. if a man can
live in this damp dark dungeon of earthly
captivity. can he not live where he breathes
the hracing atmosphere Of the mountains of
heaven Oh, yes, they are living
DO you think that Paul IS 50 near dead
now as ne was when he was living IN the
hoinan dungeonf DO you think that Fred
erick Robertson, of Brighton. is as near dead
now as he was when, year after year. he
aiept ateo on the floor, his head on the
bottom OF a chair, because he could find
Ease in no other position Do Won think
nat Robert Hall IS as near dead now as
when, on his couch, he tossed in rbvsicaI for
ures' No. Death gave them the few black
irops that cured them. That is all death
Toes TO Christian cures him. know that
What l have said implies that thew are living.
There is no question about that The only
question this morning IS whether YOU viii |
yer join them. I
But must not forget those two hundred
len who tainted by the brook Besor They
ould not take another step farther. Their
eet were sore; their head ached: their ca.
ire nature was exhausted Besides that,
hey were broken hearted because their
ONES were gone Ziklag in ashesi And yet
layid, when he comes up to them, divides
be spois among them. He says they shall
ave some OF the jewels, some of the robes,
ome Of the treasures l look over this
udienee this morning, and / find al least
wo hundred who have tainted by The brook
,esor--the brook Of tears You feel as
you could not take another step farther
3 though you could never look up again.
tut am going 10 initiate David and divide
mong you some glorious trophies. Here is
robe; An things work together for good
those who love Cod Wrap yourself in I
lat glorious promise Here is for your neck
string q pearls, made out Of crystalized I
saTs Weeping may endure for night y
az Joy coineth in the morning. Here Is a
Dronet: Be thou faithful unto death. and n
VIII give thee crown OF life" o We faint =
= ones by the brook Besor, dip your bis
RED teet IN the running stream of Gods 5