Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-02-24

mischief, and aroused the OUTLAW thu,
often rang through that happy home
But now she is dead. and the grief a.
her departure is as violent as her pres.
encc had been vivacious and inspirit-
ing Oh. the bereavement was So sharn
SO overwhelming How could they
give her up? l suspect that they blatr cd
themselves for this or for that Obi N
they had had some other doctor. or
taken some other medicine. or had been
more careful OF her health. or il they
had not given her that reproof some.
time when she had not really deserved
it Oh. If they had been more patient
with her hilarities and. instead of hush.
ing her play. had participated in i'll
You know there are so many things
that parents always blame themselves
for ut such times Only twelve wears
of age. So fair, so promising. so full
of life few days ago, and now so still
Oh, what is IL to have a daughter deadl
The room is full of folks. but Wonder
IS the room where the young sleeper
is The crowd can not GO in there.
Only six persons enter, five besides
Christ-rhree friends, and, of course.
the father and mother They have the
first right to go in The heaviest
part of the grief was theirs All eve,
in that room are on the face of this girl
There lay the beautiful hand, white
and finely shapen. but IL was not lifted
in greeting to any one in the group.
Christ stepped forward and took hold
of that hand, and said, with n tone and
accentuation charged with tenderness
and command: "Damsel. l say unto
thee, arisel" And. without n moments
delay. she arose. her eyes wide open,
her cheeks turning from white lily Ia
red rose and the parents cry, "She
livesl She livesl" and the thronp in
front of the doorway repeat it: "she
lives! She lives!" VIII not all those
who have lost daughter feel that such
Christ as that can sympathizep
On another occasion He showed how
He felt about the loss of a son. Here
are the obsequies A long procession
widowed mother following her only
son. l know not how long the hus.
band and father had been gone bu,
upon this son, who had now come to be
young man. the leadership OF that
household had fallen. | think he had
got to be the bread winner He was
proud of his mother. and she should
never lack anything as long as he lived
And there is no grander spectacle or
earth than n young man standing be-
tween want and widowed mother.
But that young man had fallen lifeless
under accident or disaster and he was
being carried out Only a very few hours
in that land are allowed to pass between
decease and burial 1t is the same day
or the next And there they move on.
Christ meets the procession. His eve
picks out the chief mourner He puts
His hand on the bier as much rs TO saw
to the pall-bearers: Stop! There will
be no burial to-day. That broken
heart must be healed. That mother
must have her home rebuilt" And
then looking into the face of the young
man (for in those lands the face is al
ways exposed in such n procession).
Christ speaks one sentence, before
which death fell PROSTATE under the
bier. Young man, / say unto thee,
arise He sat up, while the overioyed
mother wrapped him in her arms, and
wellnigh smothered him with her ca
resses and the air was rent with con.
gratulations. Can anyone who has
ever lost son doubt that Christ sym.
pathizes with such woe? And how
many there are who need that particu-
lar comfort. 1t was not hollow senti-
ment, when, after Edmund Burke. the
greatest orator of his time, had lost his
son, and the bereaved father crossing
the pasture field, met the horse that
had belonged to that deceased son, that
the orator threw his arms around the
horses neck and kissed the dumb brute
1t was not hollow sentiment when
David, the psalmist, cried out at the
news of his sons death, although ho
had been desperately bad boy: "Oh,
bsalom, my sonl my son! Would God
L had died for thee. Oh, Absalom, nv
sonl my SOM, But for such and all
other bereavement there is Divine con.
dolence
Christ on the plain carenot from
what side you approach Him, You can
touch Him and get His helm is II
mental depression you suffer? Remem.
Der Him who said MY God. INV God
why hast Thou forsaken me?" Is il
struggle for bread? Remember Him
who fed the s. 600 with two minnows
and five biscuits, neither of the biscuits
larger than your fist. Is it chronic all
ment? Remember the woman who for
eighteen years was bent almost double.
""N iiC AAitth hcr lace until Sne could
look into the blue sky. Are YOU a
sailor and spend your life battling with
the tempests? Remember Him who
flung the tempt of Genesareth fat on
the crystal pavement Of a quiet sea.
That Christ is i'm sympathy with all
who have trouble with their eyes, and
that is becoming an almost universal
trouble through much reading in rail
cars, and the overpressure Of study in
the schools where children are expect
ed to be philosophers at ten, boys and
girls Mt fourteen with spectacles I
say with all such trouble Christ is
in sympathy. Witness blind Barti-
meus Witness the two blind men
in the house. Witness the two blind
men near Jericho. Witness the man
born blind. Did he not turn their per-
petual midnight into midnoon, till they
ran mp and down clapping their hands
and saying: 81 sect sect That Christ
is in sympathy with those who STAN.
mcr, or have silenced ears, notice how
promptly he came 90 that man with
impeachment Of speech and gave him
command ON the tongue so that he
could speak with ease and, putting
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