The Forrest City times., 1890-09-27

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 In many domestic llfc are dialcuitieb C oe removed. ThsFc asv th0usahda ok mnlcheo hat werc not made iu heaven. Some of the lovelicst women have been auited tu some of the meahest men, and some Uf the gfakid- i est men to the most worthless women. Thore may bc no tuflcieht cause of divorcement, but there has never been any accord. Epk them the wedding march osight never to have been played. The twain diyergsnt il, sentiment, the north pole and the south polo might just as we'll havo bcen married. twist of nettles would have been more appropriate than garland of orange blos- soms. The unutterable mistake was made to please parcnts, ~ for the acquisition of sstate, of for frightening of social position, or thorough thoughtlessnoss. call the at- tention of such to the rapid dissolution of families. This though which is sAdnosa to happy maeital state, might be consolA. tory to those uhsQually yoked. A very short path Is tho path of life. The rolling yeafs will give quick emancipation. Every body. for discipline. must have somc kind of tfou- Ole, and that is your truublc. Put in asons now and then to cheer your spirit. Make the best of things. Find in God thSt peace which no one else can bcstuw. The days and months and years are crowdlne past, and the last of the procession, so far d you are concerned. will soon have gone by. Remcm- Der that some of the best men and women who ever lived have had tho same lifetime misfortune. They bore up under 1t, and 60 can you. The expiration of tho life of one of you will. after while, remove the affiic- ton. Let the one that remains mako no hypocritical mourning at the obsequies of the ono that goes, or initiate those whom layp nil vrh hn fo rut and dogs nll thcir married state, and then could not g., organs to eound dirgcs dole lul enough, or furnishing stores to prepare weeds black enough, or tombstone cutters to chisel epitaphs eulogistlc enough. It is matter of congratulation that the unhAp- piest conjrgal relation will terminate. The crooked shall be made straight. In the ages If the world when people lived five or six or eight or nine hundred years, such consolA- ton for any kind of trouble would have been inapt. It would have brought no re- lief to son1o of those old patr.archs to say: You will have only seven hundred year. more of this" But lifc has been abbrevi- Ated bv tho cuttn9-ofr of century after con- tury, untn we can console people, whether their trouble be financial or social or domes- tic. by saying. it will not be long before the crooked shall be made straight.
 But to those who were once happily united on earth but are now separated, the same
 
 separated! Tradition says that two bells were nodded and sent from Spain for a dis. tant land to chime In a church tower. But while in storm at sea one of these bells was wrecked. and only one reached the shore and was hung in the church tower. And some people thought that, when standing on the land they heard that bell ringing for worship or in a wedding peal. they could at the same time hear from the sea tho lost bell ringing as If in response. Some of out friends and kindred have crossed the stormy sea. and are in the tower of God on high. But we are still in tho tempest. and sonie- times the surges beat over us, but our souls are still in accord with those who are gone. and they ring down to us and VIC ring up to them. and there is sympathy between us that can never die.
 .sOh." says some one. 'the crook in my lot you have not mentioned. and I sit clear outside of all the consultations you have offered" We'll. 1 will take after you with Gospel comfort, and reach you before ] close. Do you think your wound is 90 deep the divine Surgeon cannot treat itf Have you trouble that overmastcrs Gods h your annoyance of such nature that you must suppress 1t? An, that Is what Ia kill Ing you. Trouble must be told. or 1t stings to death the one who carries 1t. If there is no man or woman that you can trust with the secret. you can trust God. He away tc Him. Tell Him all about 1t. Lock your door aud tell Him aloud, and if you do not get relief you will be the first soul in the six thousand years of the worlds existence, and the only one of the hundreds of millions of the human racc who ever called on God for help and did not get it. In all the uni- verse. in ali eternity. there is not m exccp- lion Stop breeding and commence pray ing. l bless my God that, while there are so many crooked things in life. there are some things so straight God Himself could aot make them straightcr. Divine help .omcs straight to those who will have it. The angels of mercy fly straight when they undertake rescue. The hour of your final feliyerance marches straight out of the stcrnitics. And as tho carpenter puts down his rulc on piece of timber. and with his K hcws away until the last inequality and lrregularity disappears, 80 when God in the sast great day shall put down Ills unfatling noasarinx rue best,.e tnat event whlcn seemed the most twisted In our lives or In he world II will be found out that the last iicrepancy hns vanished. and the last wrong ias been lighted. and the last crooked thing ,as been made straight,