The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-09-04

of n representation and abuse, arc
we hove to urge our way through tr
thousand obstacles that have to To
slain by our own light arm. We have
TO ford the river, we have TO climb the
mountain, we have 10 storm the castle;
but, blessed be God the day Of rest and
reward will come. On the tip-top OF
the captured battlcments we will shout
the victory; if not in this world, then
In that world where there is no gall TO
drink, no burdens to carry, no battles
to fight. How do know it? Know It'll
know it because God says so.
They shall hunger no more, neither
thirst any more, neither shall the sun
light on them, nor any heat, for the
Lamb which is in the midst of the
throne shall lead them TO living fount-
aims of water and God shall wipe all
tears from their eyes" 1t was very
hard for Noah to endure the scofiing OF
the people in his day, while he was try
ing TO build the ark, and was every
morning quizzed about his old boat that
would never he of any practical use;
but when the deluge came, and the tops
of the mountains disappeared like the
backs of sea monsters, and the ele-
ments, dashed up in fury, clapped their
hands over drowned world then Noah
in the ark rejoiced in his own safety
and in the safety of his family, and
looked out on the wreck of a ruined
earth.
Christ, bounded of prosecutors, denied
a pillow, worse maltreated than thu
thieves on either side ofthc cross, hu
man hate smacking its lips in satsfac
tion after it had been draining His lass
drop of blood, the sheeted dead burst
ing from the sepulcher at His crucitix-
ion. Tell me, Oh, Gethsemane and
Golgotha! were there ever darker times
than those? Like the booming of the
midnight sea against the rock, the
surges of Christ's anguish beat against
the gates of eternity, to be echoed
back by all the thrones of Heaven
and all the dungeons of hell.
But the day of reward comes for
Christ, all the pomp and dominion
of this world are to be hung on His
throne, uncrowncd heads are to bow
before Him on whose head are many
crowns, and all the celestial worship is
to come up at his feet like the hum
ming of the forest, like the rushing Of
the waters, like the laundering Of the
seas, while all Heaven rising on their
thrones beat time with their scepters:
"Hallclujah, for the Lord God omnipo-
tent rcignethi Hallelujah, the king
doms of this world have become the
Kingdoms of our Lord Jesus Christi
That song OF love, now low and far,
EreOng shall swell from star to star;
That light, the breaking day which tips
The golden-spircd Apocalypse
Again, learn from my subject that
events which seem to be most insight
fcant may be momentous. Can you
imagine anything more unimportant
than the coming of poor woman from
Moab to Judca? Can you imagine any
thing more trivial than the fact that
this Ruth just happened to alight-as
they say-just happened to alight on
that field of Boa2? Yet all ages, all
generations, have an interest in the
fact that she was Ia become an ances-
trcss of the Lord Jesus Christ, and all
nations and Kingdoms must look at the
one little incident with thrill of un.
speakable and eternal satisfaction.
SO it is in your history and in mine;
events that you thought of no impor-
lance at all have been of very great
moment That casual conversation,
that accidental meeting--you did not
think of it again for long while; but
how it changed all the current of your
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1t seemed to be of no Importance that
Jubal invented rude instruments of
music, calling them harp and organ,
but they were the introduction of all the
worlds minstrelsy; and as you hear the
of stringcd instrument,
even after the fingers have been taken
away from it, so all music now of lutte
and drum and cornet is only the long.
continued strains OF Jubal's harp and !
Jubal's organ. IL seemed to be a mat |
ter of very little importance that Tubal |
Cain learned the uses of copper and |
iron; but thatrud foundry of ancient |
days has its echo in the rattle of Bir-
mingham machinery and the roar and |
bang of factories on the Merrimac.
Again, see in my subject an illus
tration of the beauty of female indus.
try. Behold Ruth toiling in the har.
vest field under the hot sun, or at noon
taking plain bread with the reapers, or
eating the parched corn which Boaz
handed to her. The customs of society
Of course, have changed, and without
The hardships and exposure to which
Ruth was subjected every intelligent
woman will find something to do. /
know there is a siclsly sentimentality
On this subject In some families there
ire persons of no Dractical sarv;ca 90