Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1890-01-04

tropics, oregon forests. Does ne go
forth TO make flowers? lie makes
plenty OF them. they flame from the
hodge, they hang from the top of the
grape vine in blossoms, they roll in the
blue wave OF the ~violets, they toss their
white heads into the spirBa-enough
for every child's hand a flower, enough
TO make for every brow a chaplet,
enough with beauty to cover up the
ghastliness Of all the graves. Does he
go forth TO create water? He pours it
out, not by the cupful, but by a river
full, a lake full. an ocean full, pouring
1t out until all the earth has enough TO
drink, and enough with which TO wash.
Does Jesus, our Lord, provide re-
demption? 1t is not a little salvation
for this one, a little for that, and a
little for the other; but enough for all
-'Whosoever will, let him come"
Each man an ocean full for himself.
Promises for the young, promises for
the old, promises for the lowly, prom
Uses for the blind. for the halt, for the
outcast, for the abandoned. Pardon for
all, comfort for all, mercy for all,
heaven for all; not merely a cupful Of
Gospel supply, but 100 gallons. Ay,
the tears of godly repentance are all
gathered up into Gods bottle, and some
day, standing before the throne, we will
lift our cup of delight and ask that ii be
filled with the wine of heaven: and
Jesus, from that bottle of tears, will
begin TO pour in the cup, and we will
cry: stop, Jesus, ne do not want to
drink our own tears!" and Jesus will
say: know ye not that the tears of
earth are the wine Of heaven" Sor-
row may endure, but Joy cometh in the
morning.
/ remark further, Jesus does not
shadow the joys of others with his own
griefs. He might have sat down in
that wedding and said: Il awe so
much trouble. so much poverty, so much
persecution, and the cross is coming; 1
shall not rejoice, and the gloom of my
face and Of my sorrows shall be cast
He said to himself: "IIere are two per-
sons starting out in married life. Let
it be a joyful occasion. | will hide my
own griefs. | will kindle their JOY"
There arc not many so wise as that. l
know a household where there are many
little children, where for years the
musical instrument has been kept shut
because there has been trouble in the
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saying: 1--WE will have no Christmas
tree this coming holiday because there
has been trouble in the house. Hush
that laughing upstairs! How can there
be any Joy when there has been so much
trouble?" And so they make every
thing consistently doleful, and send
their sons and daughters TO ruin with
the gloom they throw around them.
Oh NV daar friapdc do vn, not Enpu
those children will have trouble enough
of their own after a awhile? BE
glad they cannot appreciate all yours.
Keep back the cup of bitterness
from your daughters lips. When
your head is down in the grass of the
tomb poverty may come to her, be-
trayal 10 her, bereavement to her.
Keep back the sorrows as long as you
can. Do you not know that son may,
after a while, have his heart broken?
Stand between him and all harm. You
may not fight his battles long; fight
them while you may. Throw not the
chill of your own dependency over his
soul; rather be like Jesus, who came TO
the wedding hiding his own grief and
kindling the joys of others. So have l
seen the son, on a dark day, ragged and
~portentous, but after a while the sun,
with golden pry, heayed back the black
cess; and the sun laughed TO the Lake,
and the lake laughed to the sun, and
from horizon to horizon, under the
saffron sky, the water was turned into
wine.
learn from this miracle that Christ
is not impatient with the Injuries of
life. 1t was not necessary that they
should have that wine. Hundreds Of
people have been married without any
wine. We do not read that any Of
the other provisions fell short. When
Christ made the wine it was not a
necessity, but a positive luxury. / do
not believe that he wants US to eat
hard bread and sleep on hard mat
~tresses, unless we like them the best.
l think, If circumstances will allow,
we have a right to the Injuries Of
dress, the luxuries of diet and the lux
uries of residence. There Is no more
religion in an old coat than in a new
one. We can serve God drawn by
golden plated harness as certainly az
when We go a-foot. Jesus Christ will
dwell with US under a fine ceiling as
well a. under a matched roof; and
when you can get wine made out Of
water, drink as much of ii as you can.
What is the difference between a Chi
nese mud howell and an American home?
What is the difference between the
rough bear skins of the Russian boor
and the outfit of an American gentle
man? No difference, except that which
the Gospel of Christ, directly or indi-
rectly, has caused. When Christ shall
have vanquished all the world, / sup
pose every house will be- a mansion,
and every garment a robe, and every
horse an ~arch-necked courser, and every
carriage a glittering vehicle, and every
man a king, and every m a queen,
and the whole earth q paradise; the
glories Of the natural world harmonic
ing with the glories of the material
world. until the very bells of the horses
shall jingle h praises OF the Lord.
1 learn, further, from this miracle,
that Christ has nc impatience with fes-
tai Joy, otherwise he would not have
accepted the invitation to that wedding.
He certainly would not have done that
which increased the hilarity. There
may have been many in that room who
were happy, but there was not one Of
them that did SO much for the Joy of the
wedding party as Christ himself. He was
the chief Of the ~banqueters. When the
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