Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-05-26

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of body and fatigue Of mind. great
Encouragement for the future and
great disgust for the past" Oh, my
friends, this is "a south land, and il
slopes off toward deserts of sorrows;
and the prayer which Achsah made
TO her father Caleb, we make this day
TO our Father God: Thou hast given
me a south land; give me also springs
of water. And he gave them the up
per springs, and the neither springs"
Blessed be Cod We have more add
vantages given us than we can really
appreciate. We have spiritual bless
ings offered us in this world which !
shall call the neither springs, and
glories in the world to come which ]
shall call the upper springs.
THE PURE JOY OF RELIGION.
Where shall | finds words enough
threaded with light TO set forth the
pleasure Of religionf David, unable
TO describe il in words. played il on a
harp. Mrs. Hemans. not finding en-
ough power in prose, sings that praise
in a canto. Christopher Wren, un.
able TO describe il in language, sprung
il into the arches Of ST. Paul's. John
Bunyan, unable TO present il in or.
binary phraseology, takes all the fas-
cination OF allegory. Handel, with
Ordinary music unable 10 reach the
height Of the theme. rouses il up in an
oratorio. Oh, there is no life on earth
so happy as a really Christian life. i
do not mean a sham Christian life, but
a real Christian life. Where there is
a thorn, there is a whole garland Of
roses. Where there is one groan.
there are three doxologies. Where
there is one day of cloud, there is a
whole season of sunshine. Take the
humblest Christian man that you
know-angels of God canopy him
with their white wings; the lightnings
Of heaven are his armed allies; the
Lord is his Shepherd, picking out for
linn green pastures by still waters; if
he walk forth. heaven is his body
guard: If he lie down TO sleep, ladders
Of light, angel blossoming, are let
into his dreams; if he be thirsty, the
potentates Of heaven are his cup bear
ers; if he sit down TO food, his plain
table blooms into the Kings banquet.
Men say: Look at that old fellow
with the worn out coat" the angels Of
God cry: Lift up your heads, We ev-
erlasting gates, and let him come inl'
Fastidious people cry: Get off my
front steps" the doorkeepers Of heav-
en- cry: Come, you blessed of my
Father, inherit the kingdom When
he comes to die, though he may be
carried outin a pine box TO the potters
field, to that potter's field the chariots
of Christ will come down, and the
cavalcade will crowd all the boule-
wards of heaven.
IT MAKES A MAN ''ALL RIGHT"
| bless Christ for the present salts.
faction of religion. 1t makes a man
all right with reference TO the past;
il makes a man all right with refer.
ence TO the future. Oh these neither
springs Of comfort They are peren-
NAL. The foundation of God stand
eth sure having this seal, The Lord
knoweth them that are his" The
mountains shall depart and the hills
be removed, but my kindness shall
not depart from thee, neither shall
the covenant of my peace be removed.
saith the Lord, who hath mercy upon
them" Oh, cluster of diamonds set
in FURNISHED gold! Oh, neither springs
Of comfort bursting through all the
valleysof trial and tribulationl When
you see, you of the world, what salts.
faction there is ON earth in religion.
do you not thirst after it as the
daughter of Caleb thirsted after the
water springsi 1t is no stagnant pond,
scummed over with malaria, but
springs of water leaping from the
Rock of Agesl Take up one cup of
hat spring water. and across the top
Of the chalice will float the delicate
shadows of the heavenly wall, the yell
low of jasper, the green of emerald, the
blue of sardonyx, the fire Of iaciuth.
HAPPY IN LIFE AND GLAD IN DEATH.
/ wish l couldmake you understand
the JOY religion is TO some of us. II
makes a man happy while he lives,
and glad when he dies. With two
feet upon a chair and bursting with
dropsies, i heard an old man in the
poor house cry out: Bless the Lord.
oh my soull' ] looked around and
said: What has this man got to thank
God for!' II makes the lame man leap
like the hart, and the dumb sing.
They say that the old Puritan religion
is a juiceless aud ioyless religion; but
| remember reading of DR.. Goodwin,
the celebrated Puritan, who in his
last moments said: lis this dvingp
Why, my bow abides in strength |
am swallowed up in God" "HeIways
are ways Of pleasantness, and an her
paths are peace" Oh, you who have
been trying TO satisfy yourselves with
the ''south land'o this world, do you
not feel that you would, this morning,
like TO have access 10 the neither
springs of spiritual comforts Would
you not like TO have Jesus Christ bend
over your cradle and bless your table
and h~l your wounds, and strew
flowers of consolation all upand down
the graves of your deadl
It's religion that can give
Sweetest pleasures while we Ivei
lis religion can supply
Sweetest comfort when we die.
But | have something better TO tell
you, suggested by this text. II seems
that old father Caleb on the wedding
day OF his daughter wanted 10 make
her just us happy as possible. Though
Othnlel was taking her away, and his
heart was almost broken because she