The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-10-09


4 while, ] must toll on mp 10 that tim,
D Tor the sustenance of my family" Ant
: he wrote on his book until tho clocl
struck -four, when he folded up his man
uscript and. 10y his own hand. conclud
! ell his earthly lie.
There arc men here who are perfect.
~ discontinued. Unhappy in the past,
unhappy to-day, TO be unhappy forever
unless you come to this Gospel we'll
This satisfies the soul with n high,
deep, all-absorbing and eternal salts.
faction. IL comes and it offers the
m ost unfortunate man SO much of this
world as is best for him. and throws
all Heaven into the bargain. The
wealth of Crmsus and of all the Roths-
childs is only poor, miserable shilling
compared with the eternal fortunes
that Christ offers you to-day. In the
far east there was q king who used
once year TO get on n scales, while on
the other side of the scales were placed
gold and silver and gems; indeed, enough
were placed there to balance the king;
then, at the close of the weighing all
those treasures were thrown among the
populace.
But Christ to-day steps on one side
the scales and on the other side all the
treasures of the universe, and He says:
| "All are yours-all height, all depth,
all length, all breadth, all eternity; all
are yours" We don't appreciate the
promises of the Gospel When an aged
clergyman was dying-a man very emf
nent in the church-a young theological
student stood by his side, and the aged
man looked up and said to him: Cant
You give me some comfort in my dying
hour?" No" said the young man; II
can't talk to you on this subject; you
know all about it, and have known il
so long" WELL" said the dying man,
lust recite to me some promises"
The young man thought moment,
and he came to this promise: The
blood of Jesus Christ clcanseth from all
SIM and the old man clapped his hands,
and in his dying moment said: That's
just the promise / have been waiting
for The blood of Jesus cleanscth from
all sim" Oh. the warmth the grand
eur, the magnifcence of the promise? |
Come, also, to this Gospel well, all |
We troubled ! do not suppose you have |
escaped. Compare your view of this |
life at ID years of age with what your
view of it is at 40, or 60, or 20. What
a great contrast of opinion! We're you
right then, or are you right now? Two
cups placed in your hands, the one a
sweet cup, the other a sour cup A cup
of joy and cup of grief Which has
been the nearest to being full and out
of which have you the more frequently
partaken?
What different place the cemetery
is from what it used to be. Once it was
to you a grand city improvement and
you wenbout on the pleasure excursion,
and you ran laughingly up the mound,
and you criticised in a light way the
epitaph. But since the day when You
heard the bell toll at the gate as you
went in with the procession, it is a sad
place, and there is a food of rushing !
that suffuse the eye and over
master the heart. Oh, you have had
trouble, trouble, trouble. God only
knows how much you have had. 1t is |
l wonder you have been able to live
through it. 1t is wonder your ner- {
7ous system has not been shattered, I
ihN JOui has HOb Tcclcu.
Trouble, trouble If l could gather all ,
he griefs, of all sorts, from this great '
audience, and could put them in one I
croll. neither man nor angel could en- 1
lure the recitation I
Well, what do you want? Would you 4
ike to have your property back again? a
No." you say, as a Christian man. ~ I
vas becoming arrogant, and | think C
hat is why the Lord took it away. ! p
ont want to have my property back" o
Veil, would you have your departed O
ricnds back again? NO" you say, II q
ouldn't take the responsibility of r.
ringing them from fearless realm to
realm of tears / couldn't do it." c.
Veil, then, what do you want? A Il
thousand voices in the audience cries C,
ut: Comfort, give us comfort" For il
nat reason | have rolled away the u
tone from the wells mouth. Come, p
II ye wounded OF the flock, pursued of m
ne wolves, come to the fountain where I'll
ne Lords sick and bereft ones have s.
ome. pl
"Ah," said some one, "you are not cl
Id enough to understand my sorrows a
GU have not been in the world as long B
) | have, and you can't talk To me 81
bout my misfortunes in the time of fe
ID age" Well, / have been a great OF
eal among old people, and l know Cl
DIV they tell about their failing health, OF
nd about their departed friends, and su
bout the loneliness that sometimes ST
rikes through their souls. After two re
.rsons have lived together for forty or to