The morning news., 1889-01-21

LOOK VINO are LDth Ou Jub DItRub IAIAo u
of heaven yonderl 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, or huseed
TO sleep in your arms. There they are,
tho Sc in whose life your life was bound up.
There they are, their brow more radiant
than ever before you saw it, their lips wait
ing for the kiss of heavenly greeting, their
cheek roseate with the health of eternal sum-
mer their ha IDS beckoning you up the
steep, their feet bounding with the mirth of
heaven. The pallor of their last sickness
gone out Of their face never more to be sick,
never more to cough, never more 20 limp,
never more to be old, never more TO weep.
They are Watching from those heights to
see if through Christ yQu can take that
fort, aud whether you will rush in upon
them, vctors. They know that upon this
battle depends whether YOU will ever join
their society. Up! Strike harderl Charge
more bravelyl Remember that every inch
you gain puts yOu so much farther on toward
TINT heav anly reunion.
II this morning while speak you could
hear the cannonads % a foreign navy,
coming through the "Narrows, which was
to despoi our city, and if tAey really should
succeed in carrying our families away from
us, how long would we take before we re-
solved to 60 after themf Every weapon
whether fresh from Springfield or old and
rusty in the garret, would be brought out
and we would urge on, and, coming ia
front of the foe, we would look at them,
and then look at our families, and the cry
would be, Victory or deathl' and when
the ammunition was gone, we would take
the captors on the point Of the bayOnet or
under the breech Of the gun. II you would
make such u struggle for the getting back
of your earthly friends, will you not make
as much struggle for the gaining OF the
eternal compauionship Of your heavenly
friendss Oh, yes we must Join them. We
must sit in their holy society. We must
sing with them the song. We must cele-
brate with them the triumph. Let 1T never
be told on earth or III heaven that David
and his men pushed out with braver hearts
for the getting back Of their earthly friends
for few years on earth than we to get our
departed
You say that all this implies that our de-
parted Christian friends are alive. Why,
had you any idea they were dead9 They
have only moved. If you should go on the
ID Of May to a house where one of your
friends lived, 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
have only taken another house. The secret
is that they are richer now than they once
were, and can afford q better residence.
They once drank out or earthenware; they
now drink from the Kings chalice, Joseph
is yet alive" and Jacob will 90 up and see
him. Living, are they? Why, if man
can live in this damp, dark dungeon of
earthly captivity, can he not live where he
breathes the bracing atmosphere of the
mountains Of heaven! Oh, yes, they are
living
Do you think that Paul is so near dead
now as he was when he was living in the
Roman dungeonG Do you think that Fred
erick Robertson, of Brighton, is as near
dead now as he was when, year after year.
he slept seated on the floor, his head on the
bottom of a chair, because he could find
ease in no other postions Do you think
that! Robert Hall is as near dead now as
when, on his conch, he tossed in physical
torturess No Death gave them the few
black drops that cured them That is all
death does to Christian-cures him. |
know that what | have said implies that
they are living. There is no question about
that TIE only question this morning is
whether you will ever join them.
But must not forget those two hundred
men who tainted by the brook Besor They
could not take another step farther. Their
feet were sore; their heads ached; their
entire nature was exhausted. Besides tnat,
they were broken hearted because their
mes we're gone Xiklag in ashes! And
yet David, when he comes up to them,
divides the spoils among them. He says
they shall have some of the jewels, some of
the robes some of the treasures. | look
over this audience this morning, and | find
at least two hundred who have tainted bv
the brook Besor-the brook of tears. You
feel as If you could not take a step farther,
as though you could never look up again
But | am going to initiate David and divide
among you some glorious trophies
Here is a robe All things work t.
gether for good, 10 those who
love God" Wrap yourself in that glorious
promise. Here is for your neck a string of
pearls, made out of crystallized tears:
Weeping may endure for a night, but Joy
cometh in the morning Here is a corOnet
BE thou faithful unto death, and will
give thee crown of life" o. ye faintipg
ones by the brook Besor, dip your blistered
feet in the running stream of Gods mercy.
Battle your brow at the wells of salvation.
Soothe your wounds with the balsam that
exudes from trees OF life. God will not
utterly cast you off, . broken-hea ted man
o broken-hearted woman, flaming by the
brook Besor
A shepherd finds that his musical pipe is
bruised. He says: II can't get any more
music out of this instrument, SO | will Just
break 1t, and will throw this reed away;
then | will get another reed and | will play
music on that But God saws he will not
cast you off because all the music las gone
out OF your soul. THE bruised reed he will
not break" As far as | can tell the dag
nosis of your disease, you want divine nurs-
ing, and itliS promised you: "As one whom
his mother comforteth, so will | comfort
you" God will see you all the way through,
oh troubled soul, and when you come down
10 the Jordan of death, you will find it to be
as thin brook as Besor; for DR.. Robinson
says that in April, Besor dries up and there
is no brook at all. And In your
last moment you will be as
placid as the Kentucky minister VINO went
up TO God, saying, in the dying hour:
'Wriie TO my sister Kate, and tell her not
to be worried and frightened about the
story OF the horrors around the deathhed.
Tell her there is not a word of truth in it,
for am there now, and Jesus is with me,
and find 1t a very happy way; not because
| am a good man. for am not; | am moth
ing but poor, miserable sinner; but have
al Almighty Saviour, and both of his arms
are around me.
May God Almighty, through the blood Of
the everlasting covenant, bring US into the
of our loved ones who have
already entered the heavenly land, and en-
tered tue presence Of Christ, whom, not
having seen, we love, and so David shall re-
cover all, "and as his part is that goeth
down 10 the battle, SO shall his part be that
Jarrieth by the stuff"
FISTS AND PRNKNIFE.
A Representative, a Mayor and Mag
istrate in Fight