Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-11-03

God knocked the blank verse out of
me long ago, and / have found out
that l cannot comfort people except as
| myself have been troubled. God
make me the son of consolation to the
people. / would rather be the mean
of soothing one ~perturbed spirit today,
than TO play a tune that would set all
the sons of mirth reeling in the dance.
| am an herb doctor. | put into the
caldron the Root out Of dry ground
without form or conleliness. Then i
put in the Rose of Sharon and the
Lily of the Valley. Then | put into
the caldron some Of the leaves from
the Tree of Life, and the Branch that
was thrown into the wilderness Marah.
Then | pour in the tears of Bethany
and Golgotha; then | stir them up.
Then ! kindle under the caldron a fire
made ont Of the wood of the cross, and
one drop of that potion will cure the
worst sickness that ever afflicted q
human soul. Mary and Martha shall
receive their Lazarus from the tomb.
Tie danscl shall rise. And on the
darkness shall break the morning, and
God will wipeall tears from their eyes.
You know on Il well spread table
the food becomes more delicate at the
last. | have fed you today with the
bread Of consolation. Let the table
now be cleared. and let us set on the
chalicc of heaven. Let the Kings cup
bearers come in. Good morning,
Heaven! oh" says some critic in
the audience, 1.-THE Bible contradicts
itself. Ii intimates again and again
that there are 10 be no tears in heaven,
and if there be no tears in heaven
how is it possible that God will wipe
any awayf' answer, have you never
seen a child crying one moment and
laughing the next; and while she was
laughing, you saw the tears still on
her facet And perhaps you stopped
her in the very midst Of her resumed
glee, and wiped off those delayed
tears. So, ! think, after the heavenly
raptures have come upon us, there
may be the mark Of some earthly
grief, and while those tears are gilt.
tering in the light of the jasper sea,
God will wipe them away. How well
he can do that.
Jesus had enough trial to make him
sympathetic with all trial. The short
est verse in the Bible tells the story:
"Jesus wept." The scar on the back
of either hand, the scar on the arch of
either foot, the row of scars along the
line of the hair, will keep all heaven
thinking. Oh, that great weeper is
just the one to silence all earthly
trouble, wipe out all stains Of earthly
grief. Gentlel Why, his step is
softer than the step Of the dew. Il
will not be a tyrant bidding you to
hush up your crying. 1t will be a
Father who will take you on his left
arm, his face cleaning into yours,
while with the soft tips Of the fingers
of the right hand, he shall wipe away
all tears from your eyes. | have no
ticed when the children get hurt, and
their mother is away from home, they
go right past me and TO her; | am Of
no account.
So. when the soul comes up into
heaven out of the wounds of this life,
il will not stop TO look for Paul, or
Moses, or David or John. These did
very well once, but now the soul shall
rush past, crying: Where is Jesusi
Where is JeSuSf' Dear Lord, what a
magnificent thing to die il thou shalt
thus wipe away our tears. Methink
1t will take us some time to get used
To heaven; the fruits of God without
n specll; the fresh pastures without
N n%ettle; the orchestra without one
snapped string; the river Of gladnesS
without one torn bank; the soiferinOs
and the saffron of sunrise and sunset
swallowed up in the eternal day that
beams from Gods ~countenance!
Why should I wish TO llnger in the wild,
When thou art waiting, Father, to receive thy
chulg
Sirs, if we could get any apprecia.
ton of what God has in reserve for
us, il would make us so hOmesick we
would be unfit for our every day work.
Professor Leonasd. formerly of Iowa
university, put in my hands a mcteoric
stone, Il stone thrown of from some
other world to this. How suggestive
il was TO me And | have 10 tell you
the best representations we have Of
heaven are only acrolites flung off
from hat world which rolls on, bear.
ing the multitudes of the redeemed.
We analyze these aerolites. and find
them crystallizations of tears. No
wonder, flung of from heaven. God
shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes"
THE GLoRIEs OF HEAVEN.
Have you any appreciation Of the
good and glorious times your friends
are having in heaven2 How different
it is when they get news there of a
Christians death from what il is here.
II is the difference between embarka-
ton and coming into port. Everything
depends upon which side of the river
you stand when you hear Of a Chris
tian's death. If you stand on this side
OF the river you mourn that they 90.
II you stand on the other side OF the
river you rejoice that they come. Oh,
the difference between a funeral on
earth and a jubilee in heaven-be-
tween requiem here and triumphal
march there-parting here and re-
union there. Togetherl Have you
thought OF itf They are together. Not
one OF your departed friends in one
land and another In another land;
but together, in different rooms Of the
same house--the house Of many man.
sions. Togetheri
never appreciated that thought SO