The national leader., 1889-09-14


i'd the springs, and the farmhouse. your
eek bronzed and your spirits lighted. i hail
bu home again with the words of Gehazi to
q Shunammite: rs it well with thee? is
well with thy husband? is it well with the
lidW On some faces see the mark of re-
nt grlef, but all along the track of tears l
e the story OF resurrection and reunion
hen all tears are done: the deep plowing of
Keel followed by the fash of the phos-
loreSence.
Now that | have asked Won in regard to
Pur WeMare, you naturally ask how am.
cry wen, thank you. Whether it was the
aclng ar OF the Colorado mountains 12,-
~ Ieet above the level of the sea, or the
mic atmosphere of the Pacific coast. or a
hth IN the surf Of Long Island beach, or
neither 1t is the JOY Of standing in this great
oup OF warm hearted iris;Sc.-..ds, CT whether
y FeW appreciation of the goodness OF
od, | cannot tell. I simply know I am
randy, and gloriously and inexpres-
olL happy 1t was said that John
oHatt, the great Methodist preacher,
OCCASIONALLY got fast in his sermon, and to
ktrlcate himself would cry ''Hallelujahp' 1
10 IN no such predicament to-day, but am
Ill OF the same rhapsodic ejaculation. Start
pg out thl1morning on a new ecclesiastical
ear, want to give you the key note of my
ext Twelve months ministry l want to set
TO the tune OF Antioch, Ariel and Corona
on. Some time ago we had new stop put
uhls ofgan-a new trumpet stop-and l
ant to put new trumpet stop into my SER
hons.
In all our Christian work you and l want
hore of the element of gladness That man
as no r1ghtto say that Christ never laughed.
20 you suppose that He was glum at the we'd
ing in Cana of Galilee? Do you suppose
christ was unresponsive when the children
flambered over His knee and shoulder at His
Pwn invitation? Do you suppose that the
Evangelist meant nothing when he said of
Christ: He rejoiced in spiritw Do you
believe that the Divine Christ who pours
Pill the water over the rocks at Vernal
Falls, Yosemite, does not believe in the
sparkle and gallop and tumultuous joy
and rushing raptures of human life? [
believe not only that the morning laughs, and
that the mountains laugh, and that the seas
laugh and that the cascades laugh, but that
IChrist laughed Moreover, take laugh and
a tear into an alembic, and assay them, and test
them, and analyze them, and you will often
/ find as much of the pure gold OF religion in
laugh as ina tear. Deep spiritual joy always
shows itself in facial illumination. John
Wesley said he was sure of good religious
impression being produced because of what
he calls the great laughter he saw among the
people Goddess merriment is blasphemy
anywhere but expression of Christian joy is
appropriate everywhere.
Moreover the outlook of the world ought
to stir us to gladness Astronomers recently
disturbed many people by telling them that
there is danger of stellar collision. We have
been told through the papers by these as
tronomers that there are worlds coming very
near together and that we shall have
anlapues and wars and tunHlltS and perhaps
the worlds destruction. Do not be scared.
If YOU have ever stood at y railroad center,
where ten or twenty or thirty rail
tracks cross each OYher, and seen
that by the movement of ne switch one OF
two inches the train shoe thls Way and that,
without collding, then may understand
s.aw fftv worlds may come within an inch
Ll ns J;Ssster and that inch be as good as mill
~ ~, noiIsS If human switchtender can
IT, The tsai1s this way and that without
siious cannot the Hand that for thousands
ne rasrs has upheld tie universe keep our lit
~ ~ !,TorN out of harms way? Christian geo.
1a;sts ,ae tell us that this world was million OF
years years in building; Well h. now, l do
Ilo' br;ld un house which was to last only six
70 ou., ana wears. There is nothing in the
tnoIS1N tnoiS Or outside the world, terrestrial or
~orlu ~oaomcal to excite dismay. | wish that
asIr D+ont Gospel breeze might scatter all
some S iaTs of human foreboding. The sun
Ine lS;, morning at about half-paSt 5, and
rose VpD t1at is Just about the hour in the
!rorId's enldS history. THE day is at hand"
Woriu f-st raw of the dawn l see in the
Inc pg p:gnbstitution of diplomatic skill for
gradua amtchery. Within the last twenty
human ulnrs there have been international
fve !s~S which would have brought a
tlffeEsfar arms in any other day, but which
shock .acefully adjusted, the pen taking the
were fthe sword.
place Alabama question in any other
Ina the world would have caused
age gstween the United States and
wal r.rI How was it settled? BY
men By the Gulf Stream of the ocean
Merse bv a gulf stream of human blood?
crosse, @,,thway of nations incarnadined? No.
BY Use men 60 INTO quiet room at Cen
A few the MATTER over, and telegraph to
eva " ton and to London: "All settled" :"
WaSDD Peace England pays to the United
Peae the amount awarded-pays really
Ssts nan she ought TO have paid. But still,
NOR Alabama broil is settied-settled for
all | vibration instead of battle
eTe' ae quarrel eight or nine years ago
s. no canadian fisheries in any other age
abG,,Ssve caused war between the United
TO1D nd England England said: PAY
Stae the invasionof my Canadian fisher
me ~. United States said ''I'-,ill not pay
oS aSn Well, the two nations say: Il
aafps had better leave the whole matter
gpss mission. The commission is ap-
fos and the conmission examines the
pon. md the commission reports, and pay
aser y pay we must pay we do. Not a
wsT powder burned, not a cartridge bit
pCn, no one hurt SO much as by the
tSG> Of a pin. Arbitration instead OF
sosp
1Sp Sornoan controversy in any other
ssd have brought Germany and the
sc States ia bloody collision. But all is
1G Arbitration instead of battle.
~ will never agaln, L think, through
HsIo of arnbassador, bring on battle
Of ber nations She sees that God, in
fFtI~ent of Sedan, blotted out the French
and the only aspirant of that throne
E5 any right of expectation dies in q
Sst has not EVEN the dignity of being
,Sssble What is that blush on the
~ england to-day? What is the leat
leland would like to tear out of her
hn