Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-01-23


cover up the ghastliness of all the
graves. Does he go forth to create wa
ter? He pours it out, not by the cupful,
but by river full, lake full, an ocean
FULL pouring it 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, little for that, and lit
tie 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 one hundred and
thirty 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 it 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, we do not want to drink our own
tears" and Jesus will say: "Know We
not that the tears of earth are the wine
of Heaven" Sorrow may endure, but
1 Joy cometh in the morning.
| | remark further, Jesus does not shad-
ow the joys of others with His own
griefs He might have sat down in
l nj easI A. 10.
much trouble, so much poverty, so much
persecution, and the cross is coming; l
shall not rejoice, and the gloom of My
face and Of My sorrows shall be cast
over all this group" So said not Jesus.
He said to Himself: "Here are two
persons starting out in married life.
Let it be joyful occasion. / will hide
My own griefs. win kindle their joy"
There are many not so wise as that.
know household whore there are many
little children, where for two years the
musical instrument has been kept shut
because there has been trouble in the
house. Alas for the folly Parents say
ing: "We will have no Christmas tree
this coming holiday because there has
been trouble in the house. Hush that
laughing up-stairsl How can there be
any Joy when there has been so much
troublegr And so they make every
thing constantly doleful, and send their
sons and daughters to ruin with the
gloom they throw around them.
Oh, my dear friends, do you not know
those children win have trouble enough
of their own after while? BE glad
they can not 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, betrayal may come to
her, bereavement may come TO her.
Keep back the SORROWS as long as you
can. Do you know that my son may,
after while, have his heart broken?
Stand between him and al harm. You
may not fight his battles long;hght 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 l have
seen the sun, on a dark day, struggling
amidst clouds, black, ragged and por-
tentious, but after while the sun, with
golden pry, heaved back the blacl1ness; /
and the sun laughed TO tho lake, and
lake laughed to the sun, and from hori
ION TO horizon. under the saffron sky,
the water was all 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 ne
cessity, but a positive luxury. do not
believe that he wants us to eat hard
bread and sleep on hard mattresses, un-
less we like them the best. think, if
circumstances will allow, we have a
right to the Injuries Of dress, the lux
uries Of diet and the luxuries of resi-
dence. There is no more religion in an
old coat than in a new one. We can
serve God drawn by golden plated har- 1
ness as certainly as when We go a-foot. |
Jesus Christ will dwell with as under a !
fine ceiling as well as under matched I
roof: and when you get wine made out I
of water, drink as much of it as you can. Z
What is the difference between Chi I
nese mud howell and an American home?
What is the difference between the
rough bear skins of the Russian boor I
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 I
an arch-necked courser, and every car 4
rage glittering vehicle, and every /
man a king, and every woman queen, /
and the whole earth paradise; the glo-
ries of the natural world harmonizing /
with the glories of the material world, (
until the very bells Of the horses shall 1
jingle the praises of the Lord.
/ learn, further, from this miracle, !
that Christ has no impotence with /
festal JOY. otherwise he would not have I