New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-01-30

der? 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 hushed to sleep in your arms,
There they are. those in whose lie your life
was bound up. There they are, their brow
more radiant than ever before you saw it,
their lips waiting for the kiss of Heavenly
greeting. their cheek roseate with the health
OF eternal summer, theirhands reckoning you
up the steep, their feet bounding with the
mirth of heaven. The pollor of their last
sickness gone out of their face, never m ore to
be sick, never NJ ore to cough. never more to
limp, never more to be old. never more to
weep. They are watching from those heights
to see if through Chrisht you can take that
fort, and whether you will rush in upon them
-victors. They know that upon this battle
depends whether you will ever join their soci-
ETY.. Upl strike harderl Charge more bravely!
Remember that every inch you gain puts you
SO much farther toward that heavenly reun-
ion.
If this morning while speak you could hear
the cannonade OF q foreign navy, coming
through the stNarrows,'' which was to de-,
coed in carrying our families away from us,
how long would we take before we resolved
to go after them? Every weapon, whether
fresh from Sprinfeld or old and rusty in the
garnet, would be brought out; and we would
urge on, and, coming i'll front of the foe we
would look at them, and then look at our
families, and the cry would be: Victory or
deatb!' and when the ammunition was gone
we would take the captors on the point of
the baYonet or under the breech of the gun
If you would make such struggle for the
getting back of your earthly friends, will you
not make as much struggle for the gaining of
the eternal companionslip Of your heavenly
fripn6S2 oh veal M Sif, n tbor bn1I
society. We must sing with them the song.
We must celebrate with them the triumph
let it never be told on earth or in heaven
that David and his men pushed out with
Drawer hearts for the getting back of earthly
friends for few years Oh 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 dead?- They have
only moved. Ifyou should go on the I'd OF
May to q house where one of your friends
lived, and found him gone, you woald not
next door where he had moved to- Our de-
parted Christian friends have only taken an
other house. The secret is that they are
richer now than they once were, and can al
ford a better residence. They once drank
out OF earthenware, they now drink from the
Kings chalice. 'Joseph is yet alive" and
Jacob will go up and see him. Living, are
w y fJs
dark dungeon of earthly captivity, can he
not live where he breathes the bracing at
mosphere of the mountains of heaven? Oh,
yes, they are living.
But must not forget those 200 men who
tainted by the brook Besor They could not
take another step farther. Their feet were
sore; their head ached; their entire nature
was exhausted. Besides that, they were
brokenhearted because their homes were
gone. Ziklag in ashes! And yet David,
when he came up to them, divided 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 I find at least 200 who have
tainted by the brook Besor-the brook of
tears. You feel as if you could not take an
other 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: .sAll
love God" Wrap yourself in that glorious
promise. Here is for your neck string of
pearls, made out OF crystalized tears:
Weeping may endure for q night, but joy
co1neth in the morning He is coronet:
Be thou faithful unto death, and will give
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 basam that exudes
from trees of life God will not utterly cast
you off, 0 broken-hearted man, broken
hearted woman, tainting by the brook Besor.
shepherd finds that his musical pipe is
bruised. He says: 81 can't get any more
music out of this instrument, SO I will just
break it, and will throw this reed away.
Then | will get another reed, and / will play
music on that" But God says he will not
cast you off because all the music has gone
out of your soul. s'The bruised reed He
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nosis of your disease you want divine nurs-
ing, and it is promised you: "As one
whom his mother comforteth, SO will COM
fort you" God will see you all the way
through. o. troubled soul, and when you
come down to the Jordan of death, you will
find it to be as thin a 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 who went up
to God, saying, in the dying hour: Write
to my sister Kate, and tell her not to
be worried and frightened about the story of
the horrors around the deathbed Tell her
there is not q word OF truth in it, for I am
there now, and Jesus is with me, and find
it a very happy way; not because am good
man, for am not; am nothing more than
q poor, miserable sinner: but have an Al
mighty Savior, and both of his arms are
around me"
May God Almighty, through the blood of
the everlasting covenant, bring us into the
companionship of our loved ones who have
already entered the heavenly land. and en-
tered the presence of Christ, whom not hav-
ing seen. we love, and SO David shall recover
all, "and as his part is that goeth down to
battle, SO shall his part that tarrieth by the
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