Dodge City times., 1889-12-12

rush into His outspread arms. Then We
shall be face to face. Not shadow then,
but substance. Not hope then, but the
fulfilling of all predgurement.
That will be magnificent unfolding.
The rushing out in view of all hidden
excellency; the coming again OF long
absent Jesus to meet us-cot in rags and
penury and death, but amidst . light,
none but glorified intelligence could
experience. Oh! to gaze full upon the
brow that was lacerated, upon the side
that was pierced, upon the feet that
were nailed; to stand close up in the
presence of Him who prayed for Us upon
the mountain, and thought of MS by the
sea, and agonized for us in the garden,
and died for us in horrible crucifixion,
feel of Him,to embrace Him, to take His
hand, to kiss His feet, too run cur fin
gers along the scars of ancient suffering,
to say: This is my Jesus! He gave
his life for me. shall never leave his
presence. I shall forever behold His
glory. shall eternally hear His voice.
Lord, Jesus, now see thee! I behold
where the blood started, where the tears
coursed, where the face was distorted.
have waited for this hour. l shall
never turn my back on thee. No more
looking through imperfect glasses. No
more studying thee in the darkness.
But as long as this throne stands, and
this everlasting river flows and those
gariands bloom, and these arches of
victory remain to greet home Heavens
conquerors, So long shall see thee,
Jesus of my choice, Jesus of my song,
Jesus of my triumph-forever and for
ever-face to face?
The idea of my text is just as true
when applied to Gods providence. Who
has not come to some pass in life
what does this mean? What is God GO
ing to do with me now? He tells me
all things work together for good. This
does not look like it." You continue
to study the dispensation, and after
awhile guess about what God means.
He means to teach me this. think He
means to teach me that. Perhaps it is
to humble my pride. Perhaps it is to
make me feel more independent. Per-
haps to teach me the uncertainty of life. :"
But, after all, it is only guess-a look
ing through the glass, darkly: The
Bible assures us that there will be o
satisfactory unfolding. What I do
thou knowest not now, but thou shalt
know hereafter" You will know why
God took to Himself that only child.
Next door there was household of
seven children. Why not take one from
that group, instead Of your only one?
Why single out the dwelling in which
there was only one heart beating respon-
sive to yours3 Why did God give you
child at all, if he meant to take it away?
Why fill the cup of your gladness brim-
ming if he meant to dash it down? Why
allow all the tendrils of your heart to
wind around that object, and then, when
ever fiber of your own life seemed to be
interlocked with the child's life, with
strong hand to tear you apart, until you
fall bleeding and crushed, your dwell
ing desolate, your hopes blasted, your
heart broken? Do you suppose that
God will explain that? Yes. He will
make it palmer than any mathematical
problem-as plain as that two and two
make four. In the light of the throne
you will see that it was right-all right.
Just and true are all thy ways, thou
king of saints.
Here is man who cannot get on in
the world. He always seems to buy at
the wrong time and sell at the worst dis
advantage. He tries this enterprise, and
fails; that business, and is disappointed.
The man next door to him has a lucra-
tive trade, but he lacks customers. A
new prospect opens. His income is in
creased. But that year his family are
sick; and the profits are expended in
trying to cure the ailments. He gets
discouraged look. Becomes faithless as
to success. Begins to expect disasters.
Others wait for something to turn up:
he waits for it to turn down. Others
with only half as much education and
character, get on twice as we'll. He
sometimes guesses as to what it all
means. He says: Perhaps riches
would spoil me. Perhaps poverty is
necessary to keep me humble. Perhaps
might, if things were otherwise, be
tempted into dissipation" But there is
no complete solution of the mystery.
He sees through a glass darkly, and
must wait for higher unfolding. Will
there be an explanation? Yes; God will
take that man in the light of the throne
and say: Child immortal. hear the ex-
planation." And you will answer: 1T
is all right"
see, every day, profound mysteries
of Providence. There is no question
We ask oftener than Why? There are
hundreds of graves that need to be ex-
planned. Hospitals for the blind and
lame, asylums for the idiotic and insane,
almshouses for the destitute and o world
of pain and misfortune that demand
more than human solution. All! God
will clear it all up. In the light that
pours from the throne no dark mystery
can live. Things now utterly inscruta-
BILE will be illumined as plainly as
though the answer " ere written on the
jasper wall or sounded in the temple
anthem. Bartimeus will thank God that
he was blind; and Lazarus that he was
covered with sores; and Joseph that he
was cast into the pit; and Daniel that he
denned with lions; and Paul that he was
humpbacked; and David that he was
driven from Jerusalem; and the sewing
woman that she could get only few
pence for making q garment; and that
not lift his head from the pillow; and
that widow that she had such hard work
to earn bread for her children. You
know that in q song different voices
carry different parts. The sweet and
overwhelming part of the hallelujah of
Heaven will not be carried by those who
rode in high places, and gave sumptu-
GUS entertainments; but pauper children
will sing it, beggars will sing it, re-
deemed hod carriers will sing it, those
who were once the offscouring of earth
will sing it. The hallelujah will be all
the grander for earth's weeping eyes,
and aching heads, and exhausted hands,
and scourged backs, and martyred
agonies.
Again: The thought of my texts is
true when applied to the enjoyment of
the righteous in Heaven. l think We
have but little idea of the number of the
righteous in Heaven. 1nfidels say:
Your heaven will be very small place
compared with the world of the lost; for,
according to your teaching, the majority
of men will be destroyed" I deny the
charge. suppose that the multitude
of the finally lost, as compared with the
multitude of the finally saved, will be q
handful. I suppose that the few sick
people in the hospitals of our great
cities, as compared with the hundreds of
thousands of we'll people, would not be
smaller than the number of those who
shall be cast out in suffering, compared
with those who shall have upon them
the health of Heaven. For We are to re-