St. Landry democrat., 1891-07-25

eve drv and frantic. no moisture on
the upp-r or lower lid. You saw there
were 30. is of anger in the cloud but
no rain. 10 your Christian comfort.
he said: Don't talk 20 me about goa.
there is no God; or if there is hate
him: don't talk to me about Hod'
would he have left me and these moth
erless children" But few hours
or DAYS after. coming across some leao
renciI that she owned IN me-
or some letters which she wrote when
he was away from home, with an out
crv that appals. there bursts the fo;n
tain Of tears. and as the SunAghI ol
Gods con collation. strikes that fountain
Of tears. YOU find out that 1t is a ten
Ger-hearted, merclful. pltltui, ana
! all-compassionate God who was the
| father Of that rain. 80 you say, -
| is absurd to think that God IS going TO
watch over tears.
NV parents never mentioned inc
death of a child who died fifty years pe-
| fore. without a trcmOr III the voice ana
a sigh. oh. how deep-fetched. 1t was
! better she should die. 1t was mercy
she should die. She would have been
q lifelong invalid. But you can not
argue away a parents grief. nov
often you hear the moan: 10
nv child, my child Then there
are the filial tears. Little
children soon get over the loss OF pa
rents. They are easily diverted with
new toy. But where is the man tha5
has come to thirty, or forty, or nI'y
wears of age, who can think OF the
old people without having all the foun-
tains of his soul stirred up? You may
| have had to take care OF her Il gooo
MANY wears. but you never can forgcU
how she used to take care of you.
There have been many sea-captalns
converted in our church, and the pecu-
liaritv of them was that they were
nearly all prayed ashore by their
mothers, though the mothers
went into the dust soon
after they went to sea. Have you
never heard an old man in dellr!um or
some sickness, call for his mother?
The fact is we get so used to calling
for her the first ten years OF our NE
we never get over it, and when she
Goes away from Us it makes deep sor-
row. You sometimes, perhaps, in days
of trouble and darkness, when the
world would say: "Iou ought to be
able to take care of yourself you
wake up from your dreams hndlnS
yourself saying: 80, mother. mother.
In arelis ious assemblage man arose
and said: II have been very Wlclec
man; broke my mothers heart; | be-
came an infdel; but l have seen my
evil way, and / have surrendered my
heart to God: but it is a grief | never
can get over that my parents shoult
never have heard Of my salvation;
don't know whether they are living o.
dead" While yet he was standing il
the audience a voice from the gallert
said: "Oh. my son, my son. III
looked up, and he recognized her.
was his old mother. She had beer
PRAYING for him for great many years
| and wneD. at the foot of the cross, th'
: prodigal son and the praying mother
embraced each other there was a rain
, a tremendous rain. of tears, and Go'
was the father of those tears.
The king of Carthage was dethroned
His people rebellcd against him. IL
: was driven into Punishment. His VII
. wife and children were outrageous.
abused. Years went by and the kin.
! OF Carthage made many friends. Ill
, gathered up great army. lie marche'
again toward Carthage. Reaching tn
gates Oh 1il thS bS''o hii>tt ~ 49,
9 place came out barefooted and bare
:, headed, and with ropes aroun'
! their neclss, crying for mercy
! They said: Owe abused you an
: we abused your family, but we cry 10
= mercy" The king of Carthage locke
, down upon the people from his chario
. and said Il came to bless, dldn
: come to destroy. You drove me out
:, but this day pronounce pardon for a.
, the people Open the gate and let tn
:. army come in The king marched
; and took the throne. and the peopl
> all shouted: ''Long live the king
NV friends. you have driven the Lor
6 Jesus Christ the King OF tn
! Church, away from your hear
you have been mal1reati1g hill
all these years: but he comes back tx
. dav. lie stands in front of the gate
= of your soul. If you will only pray L
= his pardon, he will meet you with n
= gracious spirit and he will say: 9Th
! sins and thine iniquities will remen
: Der no more. Open wide the gate; wi
, take the throne My peace give unit
: YOU" And then, all through this aud
y ence, from the young and from tt
- old, there will be rain of tears, al
: God will be the Father of that rain!