The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-09-17

satisfies the soul with a high, deem air.
absorbing and eternal satisfaction. H.
comes and it offers the most unfortun-
ate man 80 much of this world as is best
lor him, and throws all heaven into the
bargain. The wealth of Crnsus and of
all or the Rothschilds is only poor,
miserable shilling compared with the
eternal fortunes that Christ offers YOU
| today. LII the far east there was a king
VINO used once year to get on a scales
While on the other side of the scales
were placed gold and silver and gems;
indeed, enough were placed there to
Dalancc the king; then, at the close of
the weighing, all those treasures were
thrown among the populace. But Christ
today steps on one side the scales, and
on the other side are all the treasures of
the universe, and he says: "All are
yours--all height, all depth, all length.
all breadth, all eternity; all arc yours.n
We don't appreciate the promises of the
Gospel.
When an aged clergyman was dying
Il man very eminent 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 dyin. hour?" No"
said the young man; ~ can't talk to
you on this subject; you know all about
1t. aud have known it so long" "Well,"
said the dying man, lust recite TO Inc
some promises" The young man
thought moment, and he came to this
promise, "Thc blood of Jesus Christ
cleanseth from all SIM" and the old man
clapped his hands and in his dying mo-
!nent SAID: "That's just the promise 1
have been waiting for. The blood Of
Jesus Christ clcanseth from all sin"
on, the warmth, the grandeur, the mag
nlicence of the promises!
COME ALL YE TROUBLED.
Come, also, to this Gospel well. all
yc troubled. L do not suppose you
have escaped. Compare your view Of
this life at fifteen years of age with what
your view OF it is at forty, or sixty, or
seventy. What great contrast of
opinion! Were you right then, or are
you right now? Two cups placed in
your hands, the one sweet cup, othc
other sour cup. A cup of Joy and a
cup OF grief. Which has been the near
est to being full, and out Of which have
YOU the more frequently partaken?
What different place the cemetery ,s
from what 1t used to be! Once it was to
you Il grand city improvement, and YOU
went out on the pleasure excursion. and
ran laughing up the mound, and YOU
criticised IN light way the epitaph.
| 5uC since the day when you heard The
bell toll at the gate as you went IN witt,
the procession, 1t Is q sad place, and
there Is Hood Of rushing memories that
sullusc tho eye and overmaster the heart
Oh. you have had trouble, trouble, trou.
bic. God only knows how much YOU
nave had. 1t Is wonder you have been
able to live through it. 1t is wonder
your nervous system has not been
shattered and your brain has not rceled
Trouble, trouble. II could gather all
The grIcts of all sorts from this great au.
dlcnce and could put them in one scroll.
neither man nor angel could endure the
recitation. Well, what do YOU want?
| Would you like to have your property
| back again? NO" YOU say, as a Chris
tian man: 81 was becoming arrogant,
and think that is why the Lord took it
away. | DON'T want to have nv pro-
pcrty back" Well, would you have
your departed friends back again? NO."
you say; Il couldn't take the response
bllty of bringing them from fearless
realm to realm Of tears. l couldn't
do it," Well, then, what do you want?
II thousand voices in the audience cry
out, "COmtort, give us comfort" For
that reason have rolled away the stone
from the Wells mouth. Come, all We
wounded Of the flock, pursued of the
wolves, come to the fountain where the
Lords sick and bcreft ones have come.
DESOLATION OF TIE BEREAVED.
"Ah," says some one, "you arc not
old enough to understand my sorrows.
You have not been in the world as long
as L have, and you can talk to me about
my mlstortunes in the time If old age"
Well, | have been great deal among
Old people, and l know how they icel
about their failing health, and about
their departed friends, and about the
loneliness that sometimes strikes
through their soul. After two persons
have lived together for forty or fifty
years and one OF them Is taken away,
| what dcsoation!
shall not forget the cry Of the late
Rev. DIR. De Witt, of Yew York, when
he stood by the open grave of his be-
loved wife, and, after the obsequics mad
ended, he looked down into the open
place and said: Farewell, my hon
ored, faithful and beloved wife. The
bond thaC bound us is severed. Thou
art in glory, and | am here on earth.
| We shall meet again. Farewell! Fare
weli!" TO lean on prop for fifty years,
and then have it break under you!
There were only two years difference
! between the deaths Of my father and
mother. Alter my mothers decease
my father used to 80 around as though
looking for something; and he would Of
ten get up from one room without any
seeming reason and 60 to another room;
and then he would take his cane and
start out and some one would say,
Father, where arc you gong?" and he
| would answer, II don't know exactly
where | am going" Always looking
Tor something. Though he was ten.
der hearted man, ! never saw him cry
but once, and that was at the burial of
my mother. After sixty years living
| together, it was hard to part.