Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-01-30

who have had bereaNenents ana oen COLI
soled In those bereavements are the ones to
sympathize With thoss who have lost father
or mother or companion or child or friend
What multitudss OF us are alive to-day, and
In good health, and buoyant In this life, who
would have been broken down OF dead long
ago but for the sustaining and cheering help
Of our holy religioni SO we say Come!
The we'll IS not dry. The buckets ara not
empty. The supply is not exhausted. there
Is Just as much mercy and coincidence and
soothing power in God as before the first
grave was dug, or the first tear started, or
the first heart broken, or tho fist accident
happened or the first fortune vanished.
Those Of us who have felt the consolatory
power OF religion have q right TO speak out
of our own experiences and say Come"
What dismal work OF coincidence the
world makes when it attempts to condole!
The plaster they spread does not stick; Inc
broken bones under their bandage do not
knit. A farmer was lost in the snow storm
on a prairie of the far West. Night coming
on, and after he was almost frantic from not
knowing which way to go, his sleigh struck
a rut of another sleigh, and he said, Il VIII
follow this rut, and It will take me out TO
safetyn He FASTENED on until he heard tins
bells Of the preceding horses, but, coming up
be found that that man was also lost and, as
Is the tendency OF those who are thus con-
Iubeu III Tic IOTccb Ut On tuc thOy
were both moving in a circle, and the runner
of the one lost sleigh was following the run
ner Of the other lost sleigh round and round
At last it occurred to them TO look at tho
north star, which WAS peeping through the
night and by the direction OF that star they
got home again. Those who follow the adj
vice OF this world in time OF perplexity are
in fearful round; for it is one bewildered
soul following another bewildered soul, and
np1v thAca whn haUa IN gIfCh TINA thar
eye on the morning star of our Christian
faith can find their way out, or be strong
enough to lead Others with an all persuasive
invitation.
But" says some one. "you Christian peo-
pie keep telling us to Come yet you do not
tell us how to come" That charge shall not
be true on this occasion. Come believing!
Come repeuting. Come prayingl After all
that God has been doing for six thousand
years sometimes through patriarchs and
sometimes through prophets and at last
through the elimination OF all tragedies on
Golgotha, can any one think that God will
not welcome your coming! VIII father at
vast outlay construct a mansion for his son,
and lay out parks white with statues, and
green with foliage, and all a-sparkle with
fountains and then not allow his sou TO live
in the house or walk in the parksf Has God
built this house Of Gospel mercy and will He
then refuse entrance to His children? Will a
Government at great expense build life saw
ing stations all along the coast, and boats that
can hover unhurt like petrol over the wild
est surge, and then when the lifeboat has
reached the wreck OF a ship III the offng not
allow the drowning to seize the lifeline or take
the boat for the shore in safety? Shall God
provide at the cost Of His only Sons assaS-
sination escape for a sinking world, and then
turn a deaf ear to the cry that comes up from
the breakers?
But" you say, there are 50 many things
| have to believe, and so many things in the
| shape of a creed that have to adopt that
am kept back No no! You need believe
but two things-namey, that Jesus Christ
came into the world TO save sinners, and that
| you are one Of them. But" you say, II do
! believe both of those thiugs!' Do you really
believe them with all your heart' Yes
Why, then, you have passed from death into
! life Why, then, you are a son or a daughter
| of the Lord Almighty. Why, then. you are
an heir or an heiress Of an inheritance that
will declare dividends from now until long
after the stars are dead. Hallelujnh! Prince
Of God. why do you not come and take your
coronetl Princess Of the Lord Almighty,
why do you not mount your throne? Pass
up into the light. Your boat Is anchored,
why do you not go ashorei Just plant your
feet hard down. and you will feel under them
the Rock of Ages.
challenge the universe for one instance in
which a man in the right spirit appealed for
the salvation Of the Gospel and did not get
it. Man alive! are you going to let all the
years OF your life go away with you without
your having this great peace, this glorious
hope, this bright expectancy Are you so
ing to let the pearl Of great price lie in the
dust at your feet because you are too indo'
lent or too proud TO stoop down AMI pick II
up? VIII you wear the chain OF owl habit
when near by you is the hammer that could
with one stroke snap the shackle' win you
stay in the prison Of sin when here is a Cos
pei key that could unlock your incarcera
ton? No, mol As the one word Come
has sometimes brought many souls to Christ,
will try the experiment OF pilling up into q
mountain and then sending down IN All avail
anche OF power many of these Gospel
Comes" Come thou and all thy houst
into the ark Come unto Me all ye VIII,
labor and are heavy laden and will give you
rest" "Come, for all things are now ready :
"The Spirit and the Bride say Come, ,tnC
niiu let him that heareth say Come, and 10
him that ia athirst come"
The stroke of one bell in tower may b'
sweet, but a score Of bells we'll tuned, anC
rightly lifted, and skillfully swung in on,
great chime fill the heavens with music
A almost celestial And no one who has heart
: the mighty chimes in the towers OF Amster
| dam or Client or Copenhagen can forge
: them. Now, it seems to me that in THU
, Sabbath hour all heaven Is Ginning, aud tn
i voices of departed friends aud kindred rim;
/ down the sky saying Come" The angel
who never fell, bending from sapphir
thrones, are chanting Come" Yea, all tn
q towers OF heas en-, tower OF martyrs, towe
, of prophets, tower OF Apostles, tower OF evan
gelists, tower Of the temple Of the Lord Go.
, and the Lamb are Ginning, "Comel Cons
, Pardon for all, and peace for all, and heave
, for all who will come.
r When Russia was in one Of her great war
the suffering OF the soldiers nad been Ion
and bitter, and they were waiting for tn
end of ths strife.
One day a messenger in great excitemen
ran among the tents Of the army shoutin
"Peacel Peacer' The sentinel on guar
, asked, ''Who says peace" And the sic
soldier turned on his hosrital mattress an
asked, "Who says peaceP' and all up an
| down the encampment OF the Russians wen
, the question, "Who says peace" Then til
messenger responded, The Gar say
, peace That was enough. That NEAR
, going home. That meant the war was owe
, No more wounds and no more long marchc
So to-day, as one of the Lords messenger
, move through these great encampments {
, souls and cry: peace between earth an
heavenl Peace between God and maj
Peace between your repenting soul and
pardoning LordF II you ask me, "Wt
says peacef' l answer, "Christ our King d
, clares it." my peace give unto you
Pence OF God that passeth all undersfan
, ing Everlasting peace