Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-10-03

nave 10 you IL lh al pctCt, anu Ii al bA9
States of the Union you could not now mar.
shall a military company of one hundred so..
diers to fight against the United States Gov
ernment unless you got your men out OF the
penitentiary Did the corrupt and gangrened
political parties do this work Of recutcation
and pacifcationf mol IL was by divine In
terposition that the crooked has been made
straight.
On the 2d Of December, 1851, Louis Ma
poleon Bonaparts rode down the Champs
Elysee of Paris, and under the hoofs Of his
horse a republic was trampled as the rider
went to take a throne. 1t was the outrage
of the century. For nineteen long years the
wrong triumphed. The will OF one mau
who wanted to remain Emperor kept down
a nation who wanted a republic. But Sep
tember, 1870, arrived, and Sedan uurolled its
crimson scroll. The Emperor surrenders
with $1,000 troops. 4l9 field guas 6ool
horses and 80, 900 mussets. From that day
the ballot box was up and the tirons was
down. Free institutions have been substi-
tuted for an infamous monarchy. Thank
Godl The crooked has been made straight
But why go so far to fini fuldllmeut of my
text2 In all our lives there ara crooked
things that need to be made straight AMI
each hearer or reader will enumerate for
himself or herself. With one IL is dilapidated
physical health, an1 you are saying, why
cannot be IN good health when have such
opportunities and such responsibilities Alas
Tor the sicS headaches. and tha rhsumath
Joints and tho neuralgia thrusts, a1t the
lame footl But you will be well soon. Lie
at the longest is an abbreviated durancs.
There Is black doctor that will euro you.
Some people call him death.
No diseass was ever able to stand befor5
his touch. Use all the means afforded for
physical recuperation, but IL they fail the
hour of release is not Tar away. There need
be no incurabes There is no sorrow that
heaven cannot cure. Those who in this
world have always been well will not get the
best part Of heaven. They will not have the
advantage Of contrast. They were well oe-
fore they left this world, and why should they
be 80 graduated at being well in the next
world7 But those who on earth were hindered
or broken down In health what a contrast as
they step into that domain where there has
never been an aching brow, or lame foot, or
lnfiamei muscle or disordered nerve! For
forty years there may have been stopping
In the back, or twisted muscle, or curved
ypine, or a crooked limb. but the promise has
been fulfilled, "The crooked shall be mafe
Itraight."
In many domestic life are. difficulties TO
| be removed There are thousands OF
matches that were not made In heaven.
| Some OF the loveiiest women have been uni
! ted to some OF tho meauest men, and some
| or the grandest men TO the most worthless
women. There may bs no sufficient Gauss
Of divorcement, but there has never oesn
any accord For them the wedding marcd
ought never to have been played. The twain
divergent in sentiment the north pole and
tho south pole might Just as we'll have been
married A twist OF nettles would have been
more appropriate than garlan OF orange
blossoms The uuutterable mistake was
mado to please parents or Tor the Acquisition
ot .state, or Tor heightening OF social posi-
hon, or from thorough thouyhtiessneSs.
cali the attention OF such to tue rapio o's5''
luton OF families.
This thought, which is a sadness to happy
marital state, might he consolation to thoss
uneaually yoked. A very short path is tne
oath of life. The rolling years will give
1uick emancipation. Everybody for dfscs
Cline must have some kind of trouble, and
that is your trouble. Put in song now ano
then to cheer your spirit Make 'ne oess ., ~
things. Find in God that peaca wncn NJ
one else can bestow The days and month
.nd years are crowding past, and the last Q
the procession 50 far as you are concefnee
will soon have gone by. Remember that som
Of the best men and women who nave eve
lived have had the same lifetime mtsfort tune
They bore up under 1t, and 30 eau you; IN
expiration OF the life OF one Oh you VIII aiSs .'
A while remove the affection. Let the on
that remains make no hypocriticsi MOURNING
at the obseouies Of the one that goes, or im'
lata those whom we have all noticed wh
rou9ht like cats and dogs oil their nsrrie
,tsts and then could not get enough organ
to sound dirges do!eful enough, or rurnisf
Ing stores to prepare weeds black enough, o
tombstone cutters 10 chtsei epitapns eu'oSH
tic enough 40,
Its matter OF cougratulatiou that tn
unhauplest coujugal relation viii terminate
The crooked shall be made straight. In tn
aces OF the world when people lived i've G
az or eight or nine hundred years such cor
: ,olation Tor any kind OF trouble would nav
besn inapt It. would have brought no rene
to sons Of those old pstriarchs to say 'yo
Q will have only ssvsn huntred more Years
this But life has been abbreviated by th
nIttiny of of century after century until "
can console people, whether their trouble
!. financial or social or domestic, by saying
:, will not be long before the crooked shall
- made straight.
But 70 those who were once happily unit
: on earth, but are now separated, the san
) thought comes in a good cheer. Not ioI
!, separatedi Tradition says that two pc
= we're nodded and sent from Spain for di
!, tant land tn chime in church tower. b
u while in storm at sea one OF these bells
= wrecked and only one reached the shore al
y was hung In the church tower. And sor
Q people thought that when standing ON T
9 land. they heard that bsll ringing for worsh
= or In a wedding peal they could ut the sat
y time hear from the sea the lost bell rinsll
as II in response. Some of our friends a
!. Kindred have crossed the stormy sea aud a
= In the tower of God on high. But we
q still In the tempest and sometimes the SUR
J, beat over US, but our souls are still In accc
'e s with those who ara gone, AID they ring do'
~ TO us and we ring M TO them, and there 1!
- sympathy between ua that cannot die
=. "Oh." says come one, "the crook In !
~ ~ lot you have not mentioned, ami L SIT Gle
n outside Of all the consultations you ha s
~ ~ offered Well, 1 will take after you WI
~ Gospel comfort and reach you before l clio
~ Do YOU think your wound La 30 deep the
10 vine Surgeon cannot treat itf Hav5 yo'
W w trouble that overinasters GoiS Is your
y. noyance of such nature that you must 81
~ press iti All that Is what Is killing y
II, Trouble must be told, or it stlngs to death
a. one who carries It, II there Is no man
u9 woman that you can trust with the sec
ou YOU can trust God. HE away to Him.
y. Him all about 1t. Lock your door and
~ ,ea Him aloud, and IL you do not get relief
iV will be the first soul in the six thous'
10 years Of the worlds existence and the o
mp one of the hundreds of millions OF the
10. man race, who ever called on God for
led and did not get IL. In oil the universe IN
err eternity there IL not an exception. y
brooding aud commence praying.
vi. bless my Cod in that, while thsre I
cd many crooked things IN life, there are 50
are things 50 straight God Himss could !
at make them straighter. Divine help col
an. straight to thos, who will have 1t. The an
the OF mercy fly straight when they underta
are rescue. The hour Of your final deltvera
In marches straight out OF tho eternties An
Of the carpenter puts down his rule on piec
in timber, and with his axe hews away until
re- last inequality and irregularity dtsappe
er 20 when God In the last great day shat
ing iown His untatiing measuring rue Des
ord hat event which seemed the most tw1ste'
oh. yur lives OF in the world 1t will be found
me hat the last discrepancy has vanished,
.he last wrong has been righted, and the
,vs rocked thing has been made straight