The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-31

the cnuln nu ana sODbed as though YOU were
! only five or ten years OF age q man, prnise
God II YOU have In your memory the picture
OF an honest. sympathetic. kind. self sacrific-
ing. Chrst-like mother. oh, IL takes these peo-
pie who have had trouhlc 10 comfort others
in trouble. Where did Paul get the ink with
which TO write his comforting epistlei Where
did David get the ink 10 write his comforting
Psalms? Where did John get the ink TO
write his comforting Revelationg They got
II out OF their own tears. When man has
gone through the curriculum, and has taken
course Of dungeons and imprisonments and
| shipwrecks, ho Is qualified for the work Of
sympathy
When began 20 preach, my sermons on
the subject of trouble were all poetic and In
serni-blank verse; but God knocked the blank
| verse out Of me long ago. and I have found
out that cannot comfort people exccpt as 1
myself have been troubled God make mo
the son OF consolation 60 the people. | woud
rather be the means of soothing ono per-
turbed spirit to-day, than to play n tune that
would set all the sons of mirth recling in tho
dance. am herb doctor. put into the
caldron the Root ont of dry ground without
form or comeliness. Then l put in the
Rose of Sharon and the Lily
of the Valley. Then put into
the c1ldron 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 kindlo under the caldron
fro made of the wood OF the cross and one
drop OF that potion will cure the worst sick
ness that ever afflicted a human soul. Mary
aud Martha shall receive their Lazarus from
the tomb. The damsel shall rise. And on
the darkn sss shall break the morning and
b God will wipe all tears from their eyes.
You know on n well spread table the food
becomes more delicate at the last. | have
ted you to-day with the bread Of consolation.
Let the table now he cleared. and let MS SIT
az h. II, al So a
cup bearers come in. Good morning, Hca-
ven "Oh," says somc critic In the audience,
'thc Bible contradictS itself II intimatcs
again aud again that there are 10 be no tears
In heaven, and if there bc no tears in heaven,
how is il possible that God will wine
any awayp | answer. have YOU never
seen child crying one moment and laughing
the next; aud while she was laughing. YOU
saw the tears still on her facc And perhaps
you stopped her IN the very midst Of her ~
sumed glcc, and wiped or those DELAYED
tears So | think after the heavenly rap
lures have come upon us. there may be tho
mark Of some earthly grief, and while those
tears are glittering in the light OF the Jasper
sea, God will wine them away. How well He
can do that
! Jesus had enough trinl 10 make Him
sympathetic with all trial. The shNrt-
est verse in the Bible tells the story:
Jesus wcpt.' Tho scar on the bacl,
Of either hand, the scar on the nrch, Of
either foot, the row Of scars along the line of
the hair, will keep ,ll heaven thinking. Oh.
silence all earthly trouble wipe out
all stains OF earthly grief, Gentle Why,
/ His step is softer than the step Of the
dew. IL will not be n tyrant bidding YOU to
hush up your crying. 10 will bc n Father
/ who will take you on His left arm. His fnco
cleaning into yours, while with the soft tips
of the fingers of the right hand, lie shall wipe
"A Hut No
/ ticed whom the children get hurt, and their
/ mother is away from home they come 20 mo
. for comfort and sympathy: hut l have mo-
ticed that when the children get hurt and
their mother is at home, they 20 right past
mo and 10 her; | am of no account
So, when the soul comes up into heaven out
/ of the wounds of this life, II 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 Jesus,
Wherc is Jesus" Dear lord, what n magni-
iiceEt thing 10 die IL Thou shalt thus wip1
away our tears. Methink il will take US
some time To- get used to heaven: the fruits
of God without one Spcck, the fresh pastures
without one n6ttle the orchestra without
one snapped string; tho river of gladness
without one torn bank: the solferinos aud the
saffron OF sunrise and sunset swallowed up IN
the eternal day that beams from Gods
countenance!
Why should wish to llngcr In tho Wild
/ When Thou art waiting, Father, TO receive Thy
childi
If we could get any appreciation of what
God has in reserve for Us, IL would make Ms
so homcSick we would be unfit for every day
work Professor Leonard. formerly OF Iowa
University, put in my hand n meteOric stone,
stone thrown oif from some other world to
this. How suggestive il was to me. And
have to tell you the best representations wa
have of heaven are only aerolitcs flung OIL
| from that world which rolls on. bearing the
multitudes of the redeemed. We analyze
these aerolites, and find them crystalzations
of tears, No wonder, flung oir from heaven.
God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes,
Have YOU any appreciation OF the good and
| glorious times your friends are having in
heaveny How different IL is when they get
| news there of Christians death from what
il is here. IL is the difference between em-
barkatlon and coming into port. Everything
| depends upon which side OF the river YOU
stand when you hear Of IL Christians death.
IL you stand on this side OF the river YOU
mourn that they GO II you stand on the
other side of the river you rejoice that they
come. Oh, tho difference between u funeral
on earth and jubilee in heaven-between
requiem here and triumphial march there
parting here and reunion there. Together
Have you thought Of ity They are together
Not one of your departed friends in one land
in different rooms Of the same house-th,
house Of many mansions Together
mover appreciated that thought so much
as when we laid away in her last slumber
my sister Sarah. Standing there in the vii
lage cemetery, l looked around and said
There is father there is mother, there il
grandfather, there is grandmother, there arc
whole circles OF Kindred" and 1 thought 10
myself: Together in the grave--together in
glory am SO impressed with the thought
that do not think 1t is any fanaticism when
some ono is going from this world To the
next If you make them the bearer of dis
patches 70 your friends who are gone, say
ing: give my lovo 10 my parents, give my
love to my children. give my love 10 my old
comrades who are in glory, and tell them
am trying 20 fight the good fight of faith,
and will join them after awhile"
believe the message will be delivered: and
/ believe IL will increase the gladness of those
who are before the throne. Together are
they, all their tears gone. No trouble getting
good society for them. All Kings, Queens
Princes and Princesses. In l15l there was a
bill offered in the English parliament pro
posing To change the almanac so that the Isl
of March should come Immediately after the
18th Of February. But, OH, what glorious
change in the calendar when all the years OF
your earthly existence are swallowed up IN
the eternal year of God
NV friends take this good chaer homo