Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-22

the shore put out for the rescue, and he
nad a big boat and he got it so full it would
not hold another person, and as he laid
hold OF TIRE oars to pull for the shore, leay-
ing hundreds helpless and drowning, he
cried out, "Oh, that / had a bigger boatr'
Thank God, | am not thus limited, and that
l can promise room for all in this Qospel
boat. Get in; get inl And yet there is
room. Room in the heart of a ~pardoning
God. Room in heaven.
THERE is NO Escape FROM LIES
also apply the word of my text to those
who would like practical comfort. II any
ever escape the struggle of life, / nave not
ionnd them. They are not certainly among
the prosperous classes. In most<cases il
was a struggle all the way up till they
reached the prosperity, and since they nave
reached these heights there Lave been per
plexities, anxieties and crises which were
almost enough TO shatter the nerves and
turn the brain. 1t would be. hard to tell
which have the biggest fight in the world
the properties or the universities, the con.
spicuities or the obscurities. just as soon
as you have enough success TO at
tract the attention of Others the envies
and jealousies are let loose from their
Kennel. The greatest crime that you can
commit in the estimation Of Others is TO
get on better than they do. They think
your addition is their subtraction. Five
hundred persons start for a certain goal of
success; one reaches it and the other four
hundred and ninety-nine are mad. 1t
would take volumes to hold the story of
the wrongs, outrages and defamations that
have come upon you as a result of your
success. The warm sun of prosperity
brings into life a swamp full of annoying
insects.
On the other hand the unfortunate
classes have their struggles for mainte-
To achieve a livelihood by one who
had nothing TO start with, and after a
while for a family as well, and carry this
on until children are reared and educated
and fairly started in the world. and to do
this amid all the rivalries of business, aud
the uncertainty of crops, and the fickleness
Of tariff legislation, with an occasional labor
strike, and here and there a financial panic
thrown in, is "a mighty thing TO do. aud
there are hundreds and thousands such
heroes and h~eroines who live unsung and
die unhonored. What veal need, whether
up or down in life or half way between, is
the infinite solace of the Christian religion.
And so we employ the word Come H.
will take all eternity to find out the mum
Der of business men who AVE been
strengthened by the promises of God, and
the people who ave been fed by the ravens
when other resources gave out, and the
men and women who, going into this battle
armed only with needle. or aw, or AK, or
yardstick, or pen, or type, or shovel, or
shoelast, have gained Il victory that made
the heavens resound With all the re-
sources of God promised for every ext
gency no me need be left in the lurch.
A SUBLIME FAITH.
] like the faith displayed years ago in
Drury lane. London, in a humble nome
where every particle of food had given out,
and "A kindly soul entered with tea and
other table supplies, and found a kettle on
the fire ready for the tea. The benevolent
lady said, "How is it that you have the
kettle ready for the tea when you had no
tea in the housey'' And the daughter in
the home said: Mother would have me
put the kettle or the fire, and when / said
What is the use of doing SO, when we
have nothing in the houseg' she said My
child, God will provide. Thirty years he
has already provided for me through all
my pain and helplessness, and he will not
leave me to starve at last. He will send us
help, though we do not see how We have
been waiting all the day for something to
come, but until We saw you we knew not
how it was to come" Such things the
world may call condolences, but | call
them almighty deliverances, and, though
you do not hear Of them, they are occur.
ring every hour of every day and in all
parts of Christendom.
But the word Come" applied to those
who need solace will amount TO nothing
unless it be uttered by some one who has
experienced that solace. That spreads the
responsibility of giving this gospel call
among II great many. Those who have
lost property and been consoled by religion
in that trial are the ones TO invite those
who nave failed in business. Those who
have lost their health and been consoled
by religion are the ones to invite those who
are in poor health. Those who rave had
bereavements and been consoled in those
bereavements are the ones to sympathize
with those who rave lost father or mother
or companion or child or friend. What
multitudes Of us are alive today, n in
good health, and buoyant in this life, who
would have been broken down or dead
long ago but for the sustaining and cheer
ing help OF our holy religionl So we say
"Come!' The well is not dry. The buck
cts are not empty. The supply is not ex-
hausted. There is just as much mercy and
condolences and soothing power in God as
before the first grave was dug, or the first
tear started, or the first heart broken, or
the first accident happened, or the first
fortune vanished. Those of us who have
felt the consolatory power of religion have
a right to speak out Of our own expert
ences, and say Gomez
THE WORLDS DISMAL CONDOLENCES.
What dismal work OF coincidence the
world makes when it attempts to condolei
The plaster they spread does not stick.
The broken bones under their bandage do
not knit. A farmer was lost in the snow
storm on a prairie of the far west. Night
coming on, and after he was almost frantic
from not knowing which way to 20, his
sleigh struck the rut of another sleigh and
he said, Il will follow this rut, and il will
take me out to safety" He FASTENED on
until he heard the bells Of the preceding
horses, but, coming up. he found that that
man was also lost, and. as is the tendency
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