Telegram-herald., 1891-09-07

tsok 4 sway. don't went 20 have ny
prouurty hnck." Well. would you have
ysar 1spaxssd friends bask axsinf .'Ne.s
you ssy. Il eouldnt take the responsiblli-
g. of hssnxiaa shsu fEon teasi0s realm
70 . realm of tAau- ! eeaidn'y do II"
We'll, thea. What Do you wassf \ tAou-
sasd voices in the Audiencs cry out. Com
fort. give US comfort" For that reason
have pollsd svsy the sssas froa The wells
mouth. Cooa, ell - wounded It the
dock, pursusd of the wolves. conc 70 the
fountain WHARF ths Lords sick ana hRsfs
ones have come.
pEsoLArioS or rHH nEnxAv1n
"Ah," says some one, '.yoa are zoe cid
enough to understand my sosrows Y1a
have nos been IA the world - long -
have, and you can talk 10 me about nay
misfortunes In the sims Of old ags." Well.
! have been grsas deal among cid people.
aud know how they fsel about their TAIL
ing health. and about their departed
friends. and aboas the lonelinsss that
sometimes strikes through their soul.
Alter two psrsons have lived togsshsr tor
forty or atty PEARS and ono sf them y
taken away, what desolaaionl
shall not forget The cry Of the late Rev.
DIR. Do Witt, Of New York. when he stood
By tie open grave OF hts beloved wife, and.
after the chaequies had ended. he looked
down into the open place and aaid: Fare
we'll. my houored. faithful and beloved
wife. The bond that bound us is severed.
Thou art in glory, and l am here on earth.
We sllAIl meet again. FAREWELL Farewsllr'
To lean on prop for fifty years. and then
have 10 break under you! There were only
two year, differences between the deaths Of
my father and mother. After my mothers
decease my father used to 20 around -
though looking fer something: and be
would often get up from one room with
out any sesmina reason and 60 TO another
room; and then he would take his cane
and start out and some one would say.
Father, where are you goings" and he
would answer, 81 don't know exactly
whNre am going" Always looking for
something. Though he was = tender heart
ed man, never saw him cry but once, and
that was ut the burial Of my mother. After
sixty years living together. it was hard to
part.
And there are aged people today who are
feeling just such q pang ~ that. want
to tell thsm there Is perfect enchantmcut
in the promises OF this Gospel; and como
to them and offer them my arm. or takc
their arm and bring them to this Gospel
well. Sit down. father or mother. sit
down. Sec IL there II anything at the we'll
for you. Come. David, the psalmist, havo
you anything encouraging to offer thcmf
"Yes," says the psal,nist; They shall
still bring forth fruit In old age, they shall
bs fat aud fourishing. to show that the
Lord Is upright. kc is my rock, and there
is no unrighteorsress In me-" Come.
Isaiah, have you anything to say ont Of
your prophecies for these aged pcoples
"Yes." says Isaiah; "Dswn to old age a,n
with thee, and TO hosry hairs will carry
thee"
Well, II the Lord is ecing to carry you.
You ought not to worry much about your
failing syesight and failing limbs. You
get little worried for fear sometime you
will csme to want, do your Your children
and grandchildren sometimes speak nttic
sharp at you because of your ailments.
The Lord will not speak sharp. Do you
think you will como to want? Who do
you think the Lord Is! Are his grauxries
empty. Will he feed the raven and the
rabbit, and the lion In the desert, and for
get your Why, natursiists tell us that the
porpoise will not forsake its wounded and
sick mate. And do you suppose the Lord
Of heaven and earth has not as much SYM
pathy as the fish Of the scar but you
say: II am 40 near wornout, and am OF
no use to God any more" think the
Lord knows whether you arc of any more
use or not; IL you were Of no MON use he
would have taken you before this. Do you
think God has forgotten you because he
has taken care of you seventy or eighty
years! He thinks more of you today than
he ever did, bccanss you think moro Of
him. May the God OF Abraham and Isaac
and Jacob and Paul the aged be Jour
God for cvcri
CATHKR TOUR FLoCKs.
But gathar all the promises today in .
group, and I ask the shepherds to drive
their focxs Of lambs and sheep rp to tho
sparkling supply. Behold. happy is the
man whom God corrccteth." Though he
cause grief, jet will he have compassion"
"Nlany are the a11ictions of the righteous,
but the Lord dslivereth him out Of them
all" "Weeping may endure for q night,
but Joy corneth in the morning." am de-
termined today that no ono shall go
away uncontrolled. ronder is . timid
and shrinking soul who sccms to hide
away from the consultations am uttering,
as . child with . sore hand hides away
from the physician lest he touch the wound
too roughly, and the mother has to 20 and
compel the little patient to come out and
sec the physician.
So I come to your timid and shrinking
soul today. and compel you to como out in
the presence Of tho Divine Physician. Ee
will not hurt you. He has been healing
wounds for many years, and he will give
you gentle and omnipotent medicament.
But people, when they have trouble, 60
anywhere rather than to God. De Quincy
took opium to set rid of his Troubles.
Charles Lamb teok to punch. Theodore
Hook took to something stronger.. Edwin
Forrest took to theatrical dissipation. And
men have run al around the earth, hoping
In the quick transit to get away from their
misfortuuos. Il has been q dead failure.
There ID only one well that can slake tho
thirst OF an afflicted spirit, and that is the
deep and inezhnustible we'll Of the Gospel
THE THOUGHT OF HEAVEN.
But some one says, In tho audience.
Notwithstanding all you have said this
morning, I 1nd no alleviatiou Tor my
truublss." Well. am not through yet.
have lsft the NEST potent consideration for
the last ! am going to sooths Jon with
the thought ~ heaven. However talka'
tive NO may be, there will come time when
the stoutest and most emphatic interroga
ton will evoke from ms no answer. As
coon ~ We have closed our ips for thu
final silencs no power on earth can break
that tAciturnity, but whore, oh. Christian
will b your spirit In . scene OF infnit<
giadness. The spring morning Of hcaver
WavinR ia blossoms In the bright air. Vic