Telegram-herald., 1891-07-07

raShl time. said = maniac In one q our
public Institutions. ander . GOSPEL sermon
that started tie tears: DO yea see that
texrf that Is the rrst | have weyt for
twelve pears l thiak IL Will help ny
brain"
There are a great many Ia the grave who
could net stand any longer under Tie
glacier Of trouble. II that glacisr had only
melted into weeping they could have en-
dared IL There have been times In your
LIFE when you would have given the world.
II you had possessed IL, for one tear You
could SHREK, you could blaspLerns. but you
could not cry. Have you never seen inaa
holding toe hand Of dead wife. vi o had
been ali the world 10 llms The temples
Iiyid with excitement. the eye dry aud
frantic, no moisture on the upper or lower
lid You saw there were bolts Of anger in
the cloud, bur no rain To your Christian
comfort, he said, Don't talk 10 me about
God, there Is no God, or If there Is hate
him. don't talk 10 me about God, would
he hare left me aud these motlerless chill
dren,'
But a few hours or days after. COM
ing across some lead pencil that she owned
ia life, or some letters which she wrote
when he was away from home, with an
cutlery that appals, there bursts the foun-
tain CT tears, and as the sunlight Of Gods
consolation strikes that fountain of tears.
you find ont that it Is tender hearted.
merciful. pitiful and all compassionate
God who was the father Of that rain. ''Oh,"
you say, 1t is absurd to think that God
Is going 10 watch over tears" No. my
friends There are three or four kinds Of
them that God counts. bottles and eter-
nixes. First, there are all parental tears,
aad there are more Of these than of any
other kind. because the most OF the race die
Ia infancy. and that keeps parents mourn
ing all around the world. They never get
over it They may live to shout and sing
afterward but there is always a corridor
In the soul that is silent, though 1t once re-
sounded
Ny parents never mentioned the death
Of child who died fifty years before with
out trenior in the voice and a sigh, oh.
how deep fetched. Ii was better she should
die. IL WAS a mercy she should die. She
would have been a lifelong invalid. But
you cannot argue away parents grief.
How often you hear the moan, "Oh, my
child, my child" Then there are the filial
tears. Little children soon get over the
loss of parents They are easily diverted
WIN u NEW 10Y. DUt w mere ID tGc l-ittt
that has come to thirty or forty or fifty
years OF age, who can think OF the old
people without having all the fountains Of
his soul stirred up, You may have had TO
take care of her a good many years. but
you never can forget how she used to take
care of you.
There have been many sea captains con-
verified in our church, and the popularity
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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 delrum Of some sickness
, call for his mother? The fact is we get
SO used TO calling for her the first ten years
| OF our life 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. "You ought to be able to take
| care Of yourself''-yosi wake up from your
dreams finding yourself saying, ION, moth
er motherl" Have these tears no divine
| origin, Why, take all the warm hearts
| that ever beat in AL lands. and in ell ages,
| and put them together and their united
rhrob would be weak compared with the
! throb of Gods eternal sympathy. Yes,
| God also IS father Of all that rain of re-
( pentance.
| Did you ever see a rain of repentancel Do
you know what it is that makes man re-
! pents lsee people going around trying to
| repent. They cannot repent. Do you
/. know no man can repent until God helps
! him to repent, How do | know. BY tnis
passage, Him hath God exalted to be a
| prince and a Saviour to give repentance"
| Oh, it is tremendous hour when one
| wakes up and says: Il am bad man.
| have not sinned against the laws of the
| land. but / have wasted my life; God
| asked me for my services and / haven't
| given those services. Oh, my sins; God
| forgive me-" When that tear starts it
thrills all heaven. An angel cannot keep
his eye of II. and the church of God assem-
| bles around, and there is acommingling Of
/ tears, and God is the Father Of that rain,
the Lord, long suffering. merciful and grac
| cious.
| THE CRIT OF A MOTHERS HEART.
| In religious assemblage man arose
and said: II have been a very wicked man;
broke my mothers heart. l became an
| infldel, but have seen my evil way,
and l have surrendered my heart to
God but II is a grief that | never can
1 kCt ONCE bDoS NY pdTcDtS sDOutu HcNtE
have heard OF my salvation; don't know
| whether they arc living or dead" While
yet he was standing in the audience a
voice from the gallery said, "Oh, my son.
| my sonr lie looked up and he recognized
her. 1t was his old mother. She had been
PRAYING for him a great many years, and
| when at the foot 1T the cross the prodigal
son and the praying mother embraced each
| ofhHr fbAro ,x-a "A in N frap,sndnf,s Votn
Of team, ard God was the Father of those
tears. Oh. that God would break us down
with sense OF our sin, and then lift us
with an appreciation OF his mercy. Tears
over our wasted life. Tears over grieved
spirit. Tears over an injured father. Oh.
that God would move upon this audience
with great wave of religious emotion
The king OF Carthage was dethroned.
His people rebelled against him. He was
| driven into punishment His wife and
children were outrageously abused. Years
went By. and the king of Carthage made
many friends He gathered mp a great
army. lie marched again toward Car
thage. Reaching the gates Of Carthage
the best men OF the place came out bare
footed snd barehcadcd. and with ropes
around their necks. crying for mercy.
They said, I'VE abused you and we abused
your family. but we cry for mercy" The
king Of Carthage looked down upon the
people from his chariot and said: II came
TO bless, didn't come to destroy. You
drove me oes. but this day pronounce
pardon for all the people. Open the gates
and let the army come in" The king
marched In and took the throne. and the
people all shouted, Long live the kingff
Ny friends. you have driven the Lord
Jesus Christ. the King OF the church,