The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-07-10
the soul that is silent. though It once

death OF child who died fifty year
before without tremor In the voice
and a sigh, OIL how deep fetched. Il
was better she should die; It wal
a mercy she should die. She would
have been lifelong invalid But YOU
cannot argue away parents grief
How often you hear the moan, "Oh
my child, my child" Then there are
the filial tears.
OUR GRIEF FOR THE DEAD.
Little children soon get over the loss
of parents They are easily diverted
with new toy. But where is the man
who has come to thirty or forty OF
fifty years of age who can think of the
old people without having all the foun-
tains of his soul stirred up2 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 captains
converted in our church, and the Pc
culiarity of them was that they were
nearly all prayed ashore by their mo-
theirs, though the mothers went into
the dust soon after they went to sea.
Have you never heard an old man in
delirium of some sickness call for his
mother9
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 she goes
away from us it makes deep sorrow.
You sometimes, perhaps, in days of
trouble and darkness, when the world
would say, "You ought to be able to
take care of yourself" you wake up
from your dreams finding yourself
saying, ooh, mother! mother!'' Have
these tears no divine origin9 Why,
take all the warm hearts that ever
beat in all lands and in all ages, and
put them together, and their united
throb would be weak compared with
the throb of Gods eternal sympathy.
Yes, God also is Father of all that rain
of repentance.
Did you ever see rain of repent
ance2 Do you know what it is that
makes man repenh see people 60
ing around trying to repent. They
cannot repent. Do you know no man
can repent until God helps him to re-
pent? How do I know9 By this pas
sage, Him hath God exalted to be a
prince and a Saviour to give repent
ance." Oh! it is a tremendous hour
when one wakes up and says: II am a
bad man; have not sinned against the
laws of the land, but have wasted my
life. God asked me for my services
and haven't given those services. Oh!
my sins, God forgive me-"
When that tear starts it thrills all
heaven. An angel cannot keep his eye
off it, and the church of God assemblies
around, and there is a commingling of
ears, and God is the father of that
ain, the Lord, long suffering, merciful
md gracious. In religious assem-
)lage man arose and said: IT have
,een very wicked man; I broke my
d other,s -lestrt; became an infiaol;
'ut have seen my evil way, and
lave surrendered my heart to God.
But it is grief I never can get over
hat my parents should never have
heard of my salvation. don't know
whether they are living or dead. "
While yet he was standing in. the audi
nee, voice from the gallery said,
oh, my son, my sonw
He looked up and he recognized her.
was his old mother. She had been
raging for him for great many years,
nd when at the foot of the cross the
rodigal son and the praying mother
mbraced each other, there was rain,
tremendous rain, of tears, and God
,as the Father of those tears. Oh,
nat God would break us down with a
ense of our sin, and then lift us up
18th an appreciation of his mercy.
ears over our wasted life. Tears over
grieved spirit. Tears over an injured
lther. Oh. that God would move
pom this audience with great wave
{ religious emotion.
THE GREAT KING PARDoNs.
The king of Carthage was dethroned
lis people rebelled against him. He
as driven into Punishment His wife
I'D children were outrageously abused.
ears went by, and the king of Garth
ye made many friends He gathered
. great army. He marched again
ward Carthage. Reaching the gates
Carthage the best men of the place .
me out barefooted and bareheaded, ,,
I'd with ropes around their necks, cry
g for mercy. They said, Eve abused
~ and we abused your family; but I.
Q cry for mercy" The king of Garth
re looked down upon the people from .
s chariot and said: Il came to bless,
didn't come to destroy. You drove
g out, but this day pronounce par
IN for all the people. Open the gate .
i'd let the army come i'm" The I"
NO marched in and took the throne, :
ID the people all sounded. Long live :
g king!"
My friends, you have driven the Lord
sus Christ, the king of the church,
way from your heart; you have been $,