The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16

some Of the clouds that look to be
only as. large as a mans hand, and to
pe almost quiet in the heavens, are
great mountains of mist 1000 feet
rom base toltopy and that they rush
miles q minute. But after allthe brilli-
ant experiments OF DR.. James Hutton
and Saussure' and other scientists,
there is an infinite, mystery about the
ram. There is an ocean OF the IN
lathonable in every rain drop, and
God says today as he said in the time
OF JOB: "h you cannot understand
one drop of rain, do not be surprised
u my dealings with. YOU are, inexplic-
Again, my text makes me think that
the' rain OF tears is, of divine origin.
GREAT clouds, of trouble sometimes
mover, over us. They are black and
they are gorged, and they are thun-
uerous. They are more ~portentous
than Salvador OF Claude ever painted
clouds OF poverty, or persecution, or
bereavement. They hover over us
and they get darker and blacker, and
alter a. while q tear starts, and we
think by an extra pressure Of the eye
nd to stop it. Others follow, and
after awhile there is shower OF tear
ful emotion. Yea, there is a rain of
tears: "Hath that rain a father?"
y you. say, ga tear is nothing but
a drop OF limpid fluid secreted by the
lachrymal gland-it is only a sign of.
weak eyes" Great mistake. 1t is
II of the Lords richest benedictions
to the world. There are people in
Blackwell's Island insane asylum and
at Utica,. and at all the asylums in
this land,. who were demented by the
fact that they could not cry at the
right time. Said a maniac in one of
our public institutions, under gospel
sermon that started the tears: "Do
you see that tear? that is the first I
have wept for'twelve years. I think
1T will help my rain" There are a
great many in the grave who couldnot
stand any longer under the glacier of
trouble. If that glacier had only
melted into weeping, they could have
endured it There have been times
in your life when you would have CIV
en- the world, if you possessed it, foy
one tear.
Then there are
THE FILrAL TEARS.
Little. children soon get over the loss
OF parents. They are easily diverted
with a new toy. But where is the
man that has come to 80, or 49, or
so years of age, who can think of the
old people without having all the
fountains of his soul stirred up? You
may have had to take care Of her a
good many years, but you can never
forget how she used to take care of
you. Have you never heard an old
man in delirium of some sickness, call
for his mother? The fact is we get so
used to, calling for her the first 10
years OF our life we never get over it,
and when she goes away from US it
makes deep sorrow. Have these tears
no divine origin? 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 God eternal sympathy. Yes,
God also is Father OF all that rain
of repentance?
My friends you have driven the
Lord Jesus Christ, the king of the
church, away from your heart; you
have been maltreating him all these
years, but he comes back to-day.
stands in front OF the gates of your
soul: If you will only pray for his
pardon, he will meet you with his
gracious spirit and he will say: "Thy
sins and thine iniquities, 1 will re-
member. no more. Open wide the
gate; I will take the throne. NV
peace I give unto YOU" And then, all
through this audience, from the
young and from the old, there will be
a rain of tears, and God will be the
father OF that rain!