The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-05-11

become silent forever, and now some-
times, whenever in sudden annoyance and
without deliberation you say: II will go
and tell mottIer," the Thought flashes ON
you, II have ne mother" or the father,
with voice lett tender, but as stnmch aud
earnest and loving as ever, watchful of
all your ways, eXultant over your success
without sayIng much, although the old
people do talk it over by themselves, his
trembling hand on that staff which You
now keep as n family relic, his memory
embalmed in grateful hearts is taken away
forever.
Or, there was your companion in life,
sharer of your joys and sorrows, taken,
leaving the heart an old ruin, where the
chill winds blow over a wild Wilderness
of d esolation, the sands of the desert driy-
ing across the place wh!ch once bloomod
like the garden of God. And Abraham
mourns for Sarah at the cave of Mach
pelah. Gong along your path in life,
suddenly, right before you was an open
grave. People looked down and they saw
it was only II few feet deep and n few feet
wide, hut 10 you il WAS II cavern down
which went all your hopes and all your
expectations.
But cheer up in the name of the Lord
j esus Christ, the Comforter. He is not
going to forsuke you. Did the Lord take
til at child out of your arms? Why, He is
going to shelter it better than you could.
He is going TO array it in u hite robe,
and with palm branch it will bs all ready
to greet you at your coming home. Blessed
the broken heart that Jesus heals. Blessed
the importunate cry that Jesus compass
%sionates. Blessed the weeping eye from
which the soft hand of Jesus wipes away
the tear.
l was sailing down the st. John river.
Canada, which is the Rhine aud Hudson
commingled in one scene of beauty and
grandeur, and while / was on the deck OF
the steamer a gentleman pointed out to
ME the places OF interest, and he said, "All
this is interval land, and it is the richest
land in all the provinces of New Buns
wick and Nova Scotia"
what" said ]. 'do you mean by in
terval land?" Well" he said, "this
land is submerged for a part of the year;
spring freshets come down, and all these
plains ere oyeTlowed with the water, and
the water leaves a rich deposit, and when
the waters are gone the harvest springs
up, and there is the grandest harvest that
was ever reaped." And l instantly
thought, at Is not the heights of the
Church and il is not, the heights of this
world tnub Is the scene OF the greatest
prosperity, but the soul over which the
foods of sorrow have gone, the sou over
which the freshets of tribulation nave
torn their way, that yields the greatest
fruits of righteousness, and he largest
harvest for time, and the richest harvest
for eternity" Bless God that your soul
is inter val land.
L place the dying "reminiscences of Au-
gustus Ce Sar against the dying reminis-
cence of the Apostle Paul. Thu dying
"Reminiscences of Augustus Cesar wa adj
dressing his attendants. 'Have | played
my part we'll on the stage of life?" and
they answered in the affirmative. and he
said: "Why, then, don'tyou applaud me?"
The dying "Reminiscences of Pau the Apos-
tie was: 81 have fought a good fight, l
lave kept the faith; henceforth there is
laid up for me a crown of righteousness.
which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will
give me in that day, and not to me only,
but to al them that love His appearing"
Augustus Caesar died amid pomp and
great surroundings. Pau uttered his dy-
ing "Reminiscences looking up through a hole
in the wall of a dungeon. God grant that
our last hour may be the closing of a USE
full life and the opening of a glorious
eternity.