The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-02-14

vonf gladness brimming, if He meant 10 dash
It down. Why allow all the tendrils of vour
hear to wind around that OBJECT, and then.
wheit every fibre Of ycrr own life seemed to
be iatariocksd with the childis life with
stroll hand to tear you apart, until YOU fan
bleeding and crushed, your dwelling desolate
: vorlr homes blasted your heart brokepY Do
, you suppose that tod viii explain that? Yes
lie will make It palmer than any mathenat
! teal i1robian-as plain as that two and two
] Riak, four. In the light OF the throne Won
VIII zee that it was right-an right. oJust
and true are all Thy ways, Thou King of
Sains.h
! Hsts is a man who cannot get on in the
worli He always seems to buy at the
wrong time and to sell at the worst disad.
5 vantSge he tries this enterprise, and fails;
: that business. and 8 disappointed. The man
J next door 10 him has q lucrative trade. but
he laeka customers, A new prospect opens.
fiis income is increased. But that yea. his
family are sick; and the profits are expended
in trying p cira the ailments. He gets a
dise6lraged look. Becomes faithless as to
success. Begins tc expect disasters. Others
wait for something to turn up; he waits for
it to turn down. Others, with only half as
much education ard character, get on twice
As we'll Ho sometimes guesses rs TO what it
al mesns. Re says: Perhaps riches would
ss'oii me. Perhaps poverty is necessary to
keep me humble. Perhaps might if things
were otherwise, be tempted into dissipa-
tons But there is no complete solution OF
tho mystery. he sees through glass dark
", ard must wait for a higher unfolding.
j VII there be an explananonf Yes; God /
viii take that man in the lightof the throne.
and aay: '.Child immortal, hear the explana-
tom You remember the falling of that
greag enterprise This IS the explanation
Ard you viii answer: 1T is all rightm
I see, every day, profound mysteries Of |
Providence. There is no question we ask /
oftenas snan Why There are hundreds of 4
graves that need to be explained. Hospitals I
for the blind and lame, asylums for the lido I
tic and insane alnshouses for the destitute, 1
and world of pain and misfortune that de (
nand mere than human solution. Ali God {
viii clear Il all up In the light that pours
from the throne no dark mystery can live.
Things row utterly inscrutable viii be il (
lumihed as plainly as though the answer
were written on the Jasper wall o. sounded
IN the temple anthem. Bartimeus viii thank
Sod that lie was blind: and Lazarus that he
was covered with SORES; and Joseph that he
/ Has cast into the pit; and Daniel that he
denned vita lions; and Paul that he was
! humpbacked; and David that he was driven
/ from jerusalem; and the seTing-woman that
/ she could get only few pence for making a
garment; and that invalid that for twenty
years he could not lift his head, from the oil.
low; and that widow that She had silcb hard
know that in song different voices carry
different parts Tho sweet and overwheln-
ing part OF the hallelujah Of heaven will not
be carried by those who rode in high places
and gave sumptuous entertainments: but
pauper children viii sing it, beggars will
sing Il redefrnst hod-carrlers win sing il,
tluse VINO were once the offscouring Of earth
VIII sing IL The hallelujah viii be ali the
gTaEder for earth's weeping eyes and aching
heads, and exhausted hands, and scourged
backs and inartyred agonies
Again; The thought Of my texts is true
when applied to the enjoyment Of the right
e9us II heaven. l think we haze but little
idea Of the number of the righteous in heav-
en-. liifidels say: Your heaven viii be a
very snail place compared with the world of
the lost; Tor, according to your teaching, the
majority Of men viii be DESTROYED Idenv
the ehTge. suppose that the multitude Of
the finally LOST. as compared with the multi
tude Of the finally saved, viii be a handful.
1 suppose That the few sick people in the hos
pitfalls Of our great cities, as compared with
the hundreds Of thousands OF well people.
would not be smaller than the number Of
those Hho shall be cast out in suffering. COM
pa-sd With those who shall have upon them
the health Of heaven. For We are 70 remem-
Der tliit we are living in only the beginning
II the Christian dispensation. and that this
whole world is 10 be populateu and redeemed.
and u II ages Of Light and love are to flow
On. II this be 50, the mnltitudes of the saved
Will be in vast majority. Take all the CON
gregatlons that have assembled for worship {
throughout Christendom. Put them together. !
and they would make but small audience I
impaired with the thousand and tens Of 5
Thousands and ten thousand times ten thou /
SIND, slnd the hundred and forty and four
I houssnd that snail stand around the
lhron'. Those flashed mp 20 heaven in
martyr fires, those tossed for many years I
Upon he invalid couch; these fousht In the s
iIrnlies Of liberty, and rose as theeF4ssH;
hose tumbied from high seaifoldif = |
tihpred rom the mast q. were wasf1s-3 l.,,.,:
INTO the sea They came up from Co.. ~
From Iaodiesa from ths Red Sea and up
.gartis, and Cideon's fhreshings door time |
Ind ese are tSs n aSD ssP sse tfe any XII
, ,sosI9 bs snd their limbs stretched off, anc
A General expecting an attack leaving
fnalnF stands on {. hill and looks tl smooth
'iela glass and SEES, in the great e
multitude approaching, but has ] consr
thing about them. merely know tia seians,
tsenBr fns H 10 count s Apa 50 s011, f
lude that no man can number HxindS J
What b We know about llapFiacssi slighte:
hess m this world is only half fiedge4 r I,
I ilowery path, with serpent hissinS unaliy
3. I l6e9 pitch PlsenE from d Which did,
y ezllilar Ct followed BY disas the tire
heaven, the Bible takes US to ri 81 there,
low On a. with esassles 1 ways ss Bnt Specific
4 the cities IS emptied into it, and L 9 c c
ne torn, and unhealthy exhalatior - ~
ip from i and We fail to get an derful.
liver Of life in heaven.
" e get very Imperfect ideas a atter tai
4 heaven. We think Of SOM q XIX, ~
arth. when father ans mothett sAo ny One
lg, and the children came mira hotties I
ime that But it had this -, os
7ere rot there. That brother the by Swift
'e not '1 lay her away away in the fr' for the wor
D9Bg ba[ n sg Fbs more in tirson had fail
asst: and tears mingled wig was
n that Christmas day Not
suIlions It VIII be an uniapt IN 5. 81
ess. Many n Christian eS.z.,. q
round and find al his chiidltsll Aes, leInee a
e says can it be possibldn was pota =
periis Overt tlld5 :,
ID not one wantings Why. q the IL =,
nj IS here. ] almost gave him d., q
aespised my counselsl but gltt.i9 0Ift N
nphed All berei all herci TellrA "a 49,
y through the city. Let the bells T,Ills nd \,
ls angels mention it IN their song. Wave it ~ =.
ON OF the top Of the walls. All hereF' - =,
no more breaking Of heartstTings, but face u +.
lace Tho orphans that were left poor, -
"a In merciless world, kicked AID euffed a,
many hardships, shall join their parents r.
'er whose graves they so long wept, and "a
'ze into their glorified countenances for =,
er, lace TO face. We may come up from nj
nereut parts Of the world. one from the n
M and another from the depths Of the sea; 81
On ives atiiuent and prosperous, or from III
enss Oh ragged distress: but we shall ell gI
- -. IN rapture and jubilee, face 10 face. Dr
-,l@a! o. our friends have entered upon that m
y. :, a lew days ago they sat with US study s.
z sleae GOSPEL themes; but they only saw
iy-now revelation hath come Your
le VII also come. God win not leave you
,lillering IA the darkness. You stand
: yl u, struck and amazed You feel as if FRI
! zee loveliness Of life were dashed out. You
- gang into the open chasm OF the ms
aEe, Wait a little. In the presence OF oil
~ ". departed and Of Him who carries them
MS bosom, you shall soon stand face TO VIZ
e. Oil that our last hour may kindle up fnl
"a This promised ioyi May we be able TO
{ hEs the Christian not long ago, depart sci
{ Though pilgrim walking through III,
valley, the mountain tops are cleaning
m peak 10 peakf' or, like my dear friend Yo