The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-09-10

obsequies had ended, he looked down
into the open place and said: Fare.
well, my honored, faithful and beloved
wife. The bond that bound us is sew
cred. Thou art in glory, and am here
on earth We shall meet again. Fare
welll Farewell!' To lean on a prom
for fifty years and then have it break
under you!
There were only two years difference
between the deaths of my father and
mother. After my mothers decease
my father used to go around as though
looking for something; and he would
often get up from one room, without
any seeming reason, and go another
room; and then he would take his cane
and start out, and some one would say:
Father, where are you going?" and he
would answer: Il don't know exactly
where | am going" Always looking
for something. Though he was tender
hearted man, 1 never saw him cry but |
once, and that was at the burial of nv |
mother. After sixty years living to-
gether, it was hard to part And there |
are aged people to-day who are feeling |
just such pang as that | want to
tell them there is perfect enchantment
In the promises of this gospel; and l |
come to them and | offer them my arm.
or l take their arm, and / bring them
to this gospel we'll Sit down, father.
or mother, sit down. See if there is
anything at the well for you. Come.
David. the psalmist, have you any thing
encouraging to offer them? eyes" saws
the psalm1st they shall still bring
forth fruit in old age, they shall be fat
and hourishing, to show that the Lord
is upright He is my rock, and there is
no unrlghteousness in me-" Come
isaiah, have you anything to say out of
your prophecies for these aged people? ,
Yes" said Isaiah ''down to old age I
am with thee, and to hoary hairs will l |
carry thee ;
Well, if the Lord is going to carry !
you, you ought not to worry much q
about your failing eyesight and failing .
limbs. You get a little worried for
fear some time you will come to want
do you? Your children and grandchil-
dren sometimes speak little sharp at I
you because of your ailments. The y
Lord will not speak sharp. Do you G
think you will come to want? Who do
you think the Lord is? Are His gran
aries empty? viii He feed the raven
and the rabbit, and the lion in the des- 81
'rt and forget you? Why, naturalists N
ell us that the porpoise will not for
AXE its wounded and sick mate And =
10 you suppose the Lord of Heaven and .
arth has not as much sympathy as the
ish of the sea?
But gather all the promises to-day G
n group, and ask the shepherds to
rive their fiocks of lambs and sheep :,
p to the sparkling supply. Behold, "
Apply is the man whom God correct
tn. Though He cause grief yet will c.
lie have compassion. . 'Many are the .;
tfiictions of the righteous, but the Z,
ord delivereth him out of them all"
Weeping may endure for night. but H.
~ cometh in the morning." | am de- Bl
'rmlned to-day that no one shall go ~ ~
way uncontrolled. D.
80 come to your timid and shrink
g soul to-day and compel you to come
1t IN the presence of the Divine Phys Ia Ia
ian. He will not hurt you. He has
cen healing wounds for many years GA
ID lie will give you gentle and omnip-
ent medicament But people. when nc
ev have +rorLlo -. , 70 SH
an TO God De Quincy took opium to WI
t RID OF his troubles Charles Lamb co
ok to punch. Theodore Hook took to GA
netting stronger. Edwin Forest M M
Ok to theatrical dissipation. And 20
en- have run all around the earth,
ping in the quick transit to get awav CA
1m their misfortunes. 1t has been a no
ad failure. There is only one well en- en-
at can Stake the thirst of an afflicted WI
rlt and that is the deep and mex col
ustible we'll of the gospel. GA,
5ut some one says in the audience: mr.
Notwithstanding all you have said POI
S morning | find no alienation for
troubles. Well, | am not through ga
have left the most potent con- =. ~ =
Grafton for the last | am going to WI
the you with the thought of Heaven. COR
viewer talkative we may be, there DAT
l come time when the stoutest and b. Bon
st emphatic interrogation will pro-
re from us no answer. As soon as -
have closed our lips for the final ST.
&c, no power on earth can break that
iturnity. But where, o Christian.
be your spirit? In a scene of
mite gladness. The spring morning
heaven waving its blossoms in the
yht air. Victors fresh from battle
wing their scars. The rain of earth
orrow struck through with the rain
' of eternal joy. In one group, God
angels and the redeemed-Paul
Silas, Latiner and Ridley, Isaiah
Jeremiah, Payson and John Mil. Nh
Gabriel and Michael the arch. NlIII
ell. Long line of choristers reach 'IlV
across the hills. Seas of ioy dash S0'
to the white beach. Conuuerors
ching from gate to gate. You IN u
ng them.
what great flock of sheep God -
gather around the celestial we'll. On'i
stone on the wells mouth, while the llLne
oherd waters the sheep There othe
ID will recognize Rachel the shep- putr
ess- And standing on one side Of taste
well of eternal rapture your Not