Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-12-11
Their streaming eyes together flow
For human guilt and mortal woe.

II you rejoice at another's misfortune, you
are not one OF the sheep, but one OF the goats;
soul, and not the Dove OF the Spirit
Next notice the family property After
man oflarge estate dies, the relatives assemble
TO hear the will read so much OF his property
ls willed 10 his sons, and 80 much 10 his daugh-
ters, and so much TO benevolent societies. Our
Lord Jesus hath died, and we are assembled
to-day 10 hear the will read. He says: my
peace give unto you" Through HIS apostle he
says: "All are yours" What everything?
distinguished families there are old pictures
hanging on the wall They are called the heir
loom" OF the estate. They are very old, and
have come down from generation 10 generation.
So look down upon all the beauties OF the
natural world as the heir-looms OF our royal
family. The morning breaks from the East.
The mists travel up Hill above hill, mountain
above mountain, until skylost The forests arc
full OF chirp, and buzz, and song. Trees leaf
and birds wing iutter with gladness Honey
makers in the log. and beak against the bark
call OF the hawk out of clear sky, make you
feel glad The sun, which kindles contagra-
minaret and dome afiame stoops 10 paint the
lily white and the buttereup yellow, and the
forget menot blue. What can resist
the deepi Light for the shepherd guard
Ing the hocks aheldl Light for the poor
who have no lamps 10 burn Light for the down
cast and the lowly Light for aching eyes, and
burning brain apd wasted captive Light for
The smooth brow OF childhood. and for the dim
VISION OF the OctOgen8rluni l4lgnt Tor Queens
coronet, and for sewing girls needlel Let there
b. light Whose morning is thisg My morn
ing. Your morning. Our father gave US the
picture and hung II on the sky in loops OF fire
Il is the heirloom OF our family. And so the
night. 1t is the fun moon. The mists from
shore 20 shore CLEAN like shattered mirrors; and
great tides, painting upon the beach,
mingling rs 1t were, foam and fire. The
poor man blesses God for throwing such
cheap light through the broken window pane
into his cabin; and 10 the SICK IL seems a light
from the other shore which bounds this great
deep OF human pain and woe. III the sun seem
like q song full and poured from brazen instru-
ments that fill heaven and earth with great
harmonies, the moon Is plainuve and mild stand
ing beneath the throne OF God, sending up her
soft, sweet voice OF praise while the stars
listen, and the sea. No mother ever more
sweetly guarded the sckcradle than oil night
long this pale watcher of the sky bends over
the weary. heartsck slumberiDg earth Whose
u this black framed, black tasseled picture Of
the night II is the heirloom OF our family
Ours, the grandeur Of the spring, the crystals
81 the snow, the coral OF the beach, the odors
Of the garden, the harmonies of the air.
You cannot 500 large estate in one morning
You must take several walks around it The
family property OF this royal house OF Jesus Is
70 great that we must take several walks 10 get
any idea ofits extent Lot the hrst walk be-
mound this earth, All these valleys, the har
vests that wave in them, and the cattle that
pasture them--all these mountains, and the
precious things hidden beneath them. and the
crown az glacier they cast a. 80 feet OF the
Alpine hurricsne-ail these lakes, these is
lands, these continents, are ours. In the second
walk, SC among the street-lamps of heaven and
see stretching on on every side wilderness OF
worlds. For us they shine. For us they sang
81 a Savi0ur's nativity. For US they will wheel
INTO line, and with their flaming torches
add TO the splendor OF our triumph on
tho day for which all other days were made.
Ia the third walk, go around the Eternal City
Az VIZ come near II, bark to the rush OF its
thariots, and tho wedding peal OF it's great
towers. Tho bell Of heaven has struck ~ IL
In high noon We look or upon the chaplets
rhich never fade, the eyes that never weep,
zoe temples TINT never close, the loved ones