Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-30

land. who were Oeineh'e" ~. r;rht
that they could not cry az IA. un III
time. Said maniac in one Oh w" ~,
lie institutions, under a.. +ears.
sermon ,hat started VIZ Srst
..Do YOU see that tear? that Is inc ., ~
7 have wept for twelve years ! .n,N
it will help my brain. ihete a. not
great many in the grave VINO cou,a n ~
Stand any longer under the giae'e a,,n
lrouble. If that glacier hau un.y
r,elted into weeping they couio nav; ",
endured it. There have been 'lnlt ; 40
vour life when you would nave ei.en
the world, if you had possessed ~, Ia
one tear. You could shrek. YOU co nrv
hlaspheme, but you couio INV Ia
Have YOU never seen man ~
mo the hand OF deaa WV,
who had been all the worlo 70 M
The temples livid with excitement, 'ne
eve dry and frantic, no molstuIt on
the upper or lower lid. You saw 'neIt .
were bolts of anger in the CLOUD, ou'
no rain. To your Christian conntoiS'
he said: Don't talk 20 me apo"I wv,
there is no God; or if there is nate
him: don't talk to me aoo"' 'ou'
would he have left me and these noun
crless children" But few hours
or DAYS after, coming across some !esu
mcneil that she owned IN me-
br some letters which she wrote "hen
he was away from home. with an ou'-
crv that appals. there bursts the ioon.
tain of tears. and as the sunllehe ol
Gods consolation strikes that FOUNTAIN
of tears. YOU find out that it is ten,
der-hearted, merciful, pitiful, ana
nll-compassionate God who was tne
father of that rain. 80" you say, III
is absurd to think that God is gong 10
watch over tears"
NV parents never mentloneo Siio
death of child who died fifty years be-
fore. without tremor in the voice and
n sigh. oh! how deep-fetched. 1t was
better she should die. 1t was mercy
She should die. She would have been
n lifelong invalid. But you can not
argue away a parents grief. How
often YOU hear the moan: ~.
nv child, my child" Then there
are the tilial tears. Little
children soon get over the loss OF pa
rents. They are easily diverted with
new toy. But where is the man that
has come to thirty, or forty, or nifty
years of age, who can think OF the
old people without having all the foun-
tains of his soul stirred up? You may
have had to take care of her good
MANY years, but you never can forget
how she used to take care OF you.
There have been many sea-captalns
converted in our church. and the pccu-
liaritv of them was that they were
nearly all 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 delir!um o,
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 sh'
goes away from US it makes deep sor
row. You sometimes, perhaps, in day
of trouble and darkness, when The
world would say: "You ought to b
able to take care of yourself
wake up from your dreams. finding
yourself saying: 80, mother! motheri
In relis ious assemblage man aros
and said: Il have been a very .wicke'
came an infdel; but l have seen M
evil way, and l have surrendered m
heart to God; but it is grlef ncve
can get over that my parents shoul
never have heard OF my salvation;
don't know whether they are living @
dead" While yet he was standing i
the audience voice from the CALLER
said sob! my son, my son!" II
looked up, and he recognized her. ]
was his old mother. She had bee
praying for him for a great many years
and when, at the foot of the cross, tn
prodigal son and the praying mothe
embraced each other. there was q rain
tremendous rain, of tears, and Go
, was the father of those tears. .
The king of Carthage was dethronet
His people rebelled against him. II
was driven into Punishment His VIII
wife and children were outrageous)
| abused. Years went by and the kin
OF Carthage made many friends. II
gathered up great army. He marche
again toward Carthage. Reaching tt
| gates of Carthage, the best men of tn
place came out bare-footcd and bar
headed, and with ropes aroun
. their necks, crying for mere,
They said: eve abused you ar
we abused your family, but we cry Il
> mercy" The king of Carthage locke
| down upon the people from his chari
and said: II came to bless, didn
come to destroy. You drove me on
but this day pronounce pardon for a
! the people. Open the gate and let Il
army come in" The king marched
t and took the throne, and the Peep
: all shouted: "Long live the king
f My friends, you have driven the Lol
: Jesus Christ, the King of 81
: Church, away from your hear
t you have been maltreating hi
v all these years: but he comes back t
Y day. He stands in front of the gat
a of your soul. If You will only pray
e his pardon, he will meet you with h
: gracious spirit and he will say: "Tl
h sins and thine iniquities l will rene,
f Der no more. Open wide the gate; w
e take the throne. My peace give un
n you" And then, ali through this au'
S ence, from the young and from t
e old, there will be rain of tears, a,
e God will be the Father of that rain!