Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-28

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have cous Up just such Indian maize -
We raise N New York and Ohio. 30 |
am righs when | say thai my text may
refer ~ shock Of corn just - Yoa snd
bound il; jrss - you and l thrr~ IT.
,ust as you and huskei II. There may
come some practical aud useful aud
comforting lessons 70 al our souls while
We think of coming In al last like
shock Of corn eosaeth ia In his season
IL Is high time that the King Of Terron
were thrown out Of the Christian vocab-
uiary. A vast multitude Of people talk
Of death As though il were IA. disaster
Of disasters instead u being 70 good
man the blessing Of blessings Is Is
moving out Of cold vestibuls into
warm temple. IL Is migrating into
groves Of redolenee and perpetual fruit
age. It Is change from bleak March
% roseate June 1t Is change q man
acles for garlands. IL Is the transmit
ing Of the iron handouts OF earthly In
generation into the diamonded wrlstiets
OK bridal party, or, To use the sugges-
ton Of my text. il Is only hrsking time
II Is the tearing of Of the rough sheath
Of the body that the bright and the beau
tiful soul may 20 free. Coming In like
a shock Of corn cofneth n Ia his Sea-
son" Christ broke mp funeral pro-
cession at the gate Of Main by making
a resurrection day for young man and
his mother. and l would that l could
break up your sadnesses and halt the
long funeral procession OF the worlds
grief by some cheering and cheerful
view OF the last transition.
We all know that husking time was
time of frost. Frost on the fence; frost
on the stubble; frost on the ground; frost
on the bare branches Of the trees; frost
in the air: frost on the hands Of the
huskers. You refnembeS we used to
hide between the corn Stacks so as 10
keep of the wind, bat still you remem-
Der how shiyering was the body, and
how painful was the cheek, and how
benumbed were the hands. But after
awhile the sun was high up. and all the
frosts went out of the air, and hilarities
awakened the echoes, and Joy from one
corn shock went up, AHA, aha!' and
was answered by joy from another corn
shock. "Aha, ahaT'
So we all realize that the death Of our
friend Is the nipping Of many expecta-
lions, the freezing, the chilling, the
frosting of many Of our hopes. 1t is far
from being south wind. 1t comes out
of the frigid north, and when they go
away from US we stand benumbed in
body, and benumbed in mind. and be-
numbei in soul. We stand among our
dead neighbors, our dead families, and
we say, "Will we ever get over it,"
Yes. we will get over it amid the shout
ings of heavenly reunion. and we will
look back to all these distresses of be-
reavement only as the temporary dis
tresses Of husking time. Weeping may
endure for night. but JOY cop,eth in
the morning" Light, and but for a
moment" said the apostle as he clapped
his hands eight. and but for mo-
ment" The chill Of the frosts followed
by the giadness that cometh in like a
shock Of corn cometh in IN his season."
OFF WITH THIS HUsK OF FLESH!
OF course the husking time made
rough work with the ear of corn. The
husking peg had to be thrust in. and the
hard thumb Of the husker had to como
down on the swathing of the ear. and
then there was pull. and there was a
ruthless tearing. and then a complete
Swapping of before the corn was free,
and if the husk could have spoken il
would have said: why do you lacerats
me? Why do you wrench mef All,
my friends, that is the way God has ar
and that is the way he has arranged that
the body and the soul shall separate
You can afford to have your physical
distresses when You know that they are
only forwarding the souls liberation.
Every rheumatic pain Is only plunge
of the husking peg. Every neuralgia
twinge is only a twist by the husker.
There Is gold in you that must come out.
Some way the shackle must be broken.
Some way the ship must be launched
for heavenly voyage. You must let
the Heavenly Husbandman husk off
the mortality from the immortality.
There ought TO be great consolation in
this for all who have chronic ailments,
since the Lord is gradually and more
mildly taking away from you that which
binders your souls liberation. doing
gradually for you what for many of Us
IN robust health perhaps he will do In
one fell blow at the last At the close
Of every illness. mt the close of every
paroxysrn. you ought to say, Thank
God. that il all past now; thank God. I
will never have to suffer that again:
thank God. am so much nearer the
hour of liberation.
You viii never suffer the same pain
twice. You may have a new pain In an
old place. but never the same pain twice
The pain does its work. ard then ii dies.
Just 50 many plunges of the crowbar 10
free the quarry stone for the building.
just go many strokes of the chisel to
complete the statue. just Sd many
pangs To separate the soul from the body
You who have chronic ailments and dis
orders are only paying In instalments
that which some Of us will have to pay
in one payment when we pay the debt
II nature Thank God. therefore, ye
who have chronic disorders. that you
have SO much less suffering at the last.
Thank God that you will have 80 much
less to feel in fhe way Of psin at tho
hands ~ the Heavenly Husfandrnan