The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-23

Aio ul4uS nave SAT down In that wedding
and said; II have so much trouble, so much
| poverty, 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 all this group.n 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
griets. / will kindle their joy." There
are many not SO wise as that. I know a
| household where there are many little
children, where for two years the musical
instrument has been kept shut because there
has been trouble in the house. Alas for the
follyl Parents saying: ave will have no
Christmas tree this coming holiday because
there has been trouble in the house Hush
that laughing up stairsl How can there he
any Joy when there has been so much
| troublep And SO they make everything
consistently doleful, aud send their sons aud
daugh ers TO ruin with the gloom they
throw around them.
o, my dear friends. do you not know
those children will have trouble enough OF
their own after awhilel Be glad they can
not appreciate all yours. Keep back the
cup of bitterness from your daughters lips.
When your head is down in the grass of
the tomb, poverty may come to her, be-
trayal 70 her. bereavement to her. Keep
oack the sorrows as long as you can. D.
you not know that son NAV.
after awhile, have his heart brokenl
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, VINO came to the
wedding hiding his own grief and kindIing
the joys OF others. So have seen the sun
on a dark day, struggling amidst clouds,
Diack, ragged and p~rtentous, but after
awhile the sun, with golden pry, heaved
back the blackness; and the su laughed to
the lake, and q lake laughed to the sun,
and from horizon to horizon, under the SAT-
from sky, the water was all turned into
wine.
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
married without any 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 he wants us to eat hard
| bread and sleep on hard mattresses, unles,
we like them best. / think, If circumstances
will allow, we have right to the luxuries of
dress, the luxuries of diet, and the luxuries
| OF residence. There Is no more religion in
| an old coat than in new one. We can
serve God drawn by golden plated harness
as certainly as when we go a-foot. Jesus
Christ will dwell with us under fine cell
ing as we'll as under a matched roof; and
when you can get wine made out Of water,
drink as much of it as you can
What Is the difference bet Neen q Chinese
| mud hovel and an American home? What
is the difference bet Veen the rough bear
skins of the Russian boor and the outfit Of
| an American gentlemani No difference,
| aYQanf that "a uiQh no -
| directly or indirectly, has caused. When
Christ shall have vanquished all the world,
l suppose every house will be mansion,
| and every garment robe, and every horse
| an arch-necked courser, and every carriage
a glittering vehicle, and every man king,
aud every woman gu sen, and the whole
earth paradise; the glories of the natural
world harmonizing with the glories of the
material world, until the very bells Of the
horses shall jingle the praises OF the Lord.
learn, further, from this miracle, that
Christ has no impatience with festal Joy,
otherwise he would not have accepted the
invitation to that wedding He certainly
would not have done that which increa eased
the hilarity. There may have been many
In that room who were happy, but there
was not one Of them that did 80 much for
the Joy Of the wedding party as Christ him.
self. He was the chief of the banqueters.
When the wine gave out, he suppliedit; and
so. | take it, he will not deny US the Joys
that are positively festaL
l 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 to
any other people. Christianity does not
clip the wings Of the soul. Religion does
not frost the flowers. What Is christianity?
/ take it to be simply procla nation from
the throne of God Of emancipation for all
the enslaYed; and IL man accepts the
terms of that proclamation, and becomes
free, has he not a right TO be merryl Sup
pose a father has an elegant mansion and
large grounds. To whom will he give the
first privilege of these groundsl Will he
say: "My children, you must not walk
through tnese 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, and 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,
aud not for his own children. 1t 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 a right to the joys Of heaven. Though
tribulatlon, and trial, and hardship may
come unto him. let him rejoice. "Rejoice
in the Lord, ye righteous. and again say,
rejoice"
remark again that Christ comes to us
in the hour of our extremity. He knew
the wine was giving out before there was
any embarrassment or modification. Why
did be not perform the miracle sooner
Way wait until 1t was all gone, and no help
could come from any source, and then come
in and perform the iniraclel This is Christ's
way; and when he did come in, at the hour
Of extremity, he made first rate wine, so
that they cried out: Thou hast kept the
good wine until now." Jesus in the hour of
extremity He seems to prefer that hour.
In a christian home IN Poland great pow
erty had come, and on the week day the
man was obliged 10 move out OF the house
with his whole family. That night he
knelt with his family and prayed to God.
While they we're kneeling in prayer there
was a tap on the window pane. They
opened the window, and there was raven
that the family had fed and trained, and it
had in its bill ring all set with precious
stones, which was found out to be a ring
belonging to the royal family. 1t was
taken up to the kings residence, and for
the honesty of the man in bringing it back
be had house given to him, and garden
and farm. Who was it that sent the
raven tapping on the windowl The same
God that sent the raven TO feed Elijah by the
brook Cherith. Christ In the hour Of ex-
tremityl