Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-23

Is shocked al the Oro6en D 0ua o. e1s caIId o.
at the sic zness that sets thu era lie on fir
with fever, but 1t taxes the mother t. sym
pathizs with all the little ailments an little
bruises of ths child. II the chilli have
splinter in its hani IL wants the m1ther to
take 1t out and not the father. The fats-r
says. sob, that is nothing but the mother
knows it is something, and that little hart
sometimes Is very great. So with Col, our
Mother; all our annoTancsS ara imDorCaa.
enough TO look at and sympathizs with.
Nothing with God is sometainy. Thara
are no ciph ers in God's arithmetic Aud il
we were only good enough Of sigat We could
see as much through microscope a.
through a telescope. Those things that
may be palpable and indnitesimal TO US may
be pronounced and infinite to Col. 4
mathematical point Is defined as having no
parts, no magnitude. Il is so small you can
not imagine it, AMI yet a mathsmatical
point may be starting point for great
eternity. Gods surveyors carry a very long
chain. A scale must be very delicate that
can weigh a grain. but Cots scale is 81 deli
cate that He can wei "a VITA 1t t1a1 wlltL
is so small that a grain Is a million times
heavier.
When John Kitto, poor boy on back
street Of Plymouth, cut his foot wita
piece of glass, God bound it up SO success
fully that he became thu great Christian
geographer and commentator known
among all nations. So every wound OF t1e
soul, however Insignificant, Col is willing
to bind up. AS at the first cry OF the CHILD
the mother rusheS TO kiss [ he wound, s.
God, our Mother, takes tae smallest wouni
of the heart and presses 1t to the lips OF
divine sympathy. "As one whom his mother
comforteth, so will comfort you"
I remark further that God has a mothers
patience 1or the erring. II one does wronG
first his associates in life cast him off: if hs
goes in the wrong way his business partner
casts him off, if he goes on his best friends
ST off fat skS 0fP PVT
after all others have cast him off, where
does he go? Who holds no grudge and for
gives the last time we'll as the first? Who
sits by the murderer's counsel all through
the The long trial? Who tarries the longest at
the windows OF culprit's cell? Who, when
all others think i'll OF a man. keeps on think
ing we'll Of him! It is his mother God
bless her gray hairs il she be still alive, and
bless her graveit she be gone! And bless
the rocking chair in which she used to sit.
and bless the cradle that she used to rock
and bless the Bible she used to read!
So God, our Mother. has patience for all
the erring. After everybody else has cast
man off God, our Mother, comes to the res
cue. God leaps to take charge OF a bad case.
After all the other doctors have got through
the heavenly Physician comes in. Human
sympathy at such time does not amount to
much Even the sympathy of the church,
L am sorry to say, often does not amount to
much. | have seen the most harsh and bit
ter treatment on the part of those who pro-
fessed faith in Christ toward those who were
wavering and erring. They tried on the
wanderer sarcasm and billingsgate and Carl
cature, and they tried little tattle There
was one thing they did not try, and that was
forgiveness.
A soldier in England was brought by
sergeant to the colonel. What" says the
colonel, bringing the man here again! We
have tried everything with him" ooh,
no." says the sergeant; 'taere is one thing
you have not tried. I would like you to try
that" What is that%' says the colonel.
Said the man, ''Forgiveness.' The case had
not gone so far but that it might take that
turn, and so the colonel said swell, young
man, you have done so and SO. What is
your excuse" 81 have no excuse, but am
very sorry" said the man.
1--WE have made up our minds to forgive
you. said the colonel. The tears started.
He had never been accosted in that way be-
fore. His life was reformed, and that was
the starting point for positively Christian
life. 0 church Of God, quit your sarcasm
when a man falls! Quit youc irony, QUIT
your little tattle, and try forgiveness. God,
sin may be like continent, but Gods for
giveness is like the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans, bounding it on both sides.
The Bible often talks about Gods hand
l wonder how it looks. You remember dis
tlnctly how your mothers hand looked,
It was different from your fathers hand.
w hen you were to be chastised you had
rather have mother punish you than father.
1t did not hurt so much. And fathers hand
was different from mothers partly because
it had outdoor toll and partly because God
intended it to be different. The knuckles
were more firmly SGT. and the palm was cal
louse1.
But mothers hand was more delicate.
There were blue veins running throuy III the
~ %ko
them, were picket with needle, the palm
Of it Was soft. Oh, it was very softi Was
there ever any poultice like that to take
pain out Of wound? So Gods hand is
mothers hand. What it touches it heals.
x it snite you it does not hurt as If it were
in sin, it is not bailif's hand that seizes
You to-day! It is not hard hand. It is not
an unsympathetic hand. 1t IS not a cold
hand. 1t is not an eneuy's hand. No. 1t
IS gentle hand a loving hand, a sympa-
thetic hand, a soft hand, a mothers hand.
las one whom his mother comtorteth, 50
will I comfort you"
I want to say finally that God has q
mothers way OF putting a CHILD to sleep.
You know there is no cradle song like a
mothers. After the excitement Ok the even
ng it is almost impossible to get the child
70 sleep. If the rocking chair stop a mo-
nent the eyes are wide open; but the
mothers patience and the mothers soothing
manner keep on until after awhile the angel
IT slumber puts his wing over the pillow.
Well, my dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
,he time will come wnen we will be wanting
% be put to sleep. The day of our life will
De done. and the shadows OF the night Of
leath will be gathering around Us. Then
We want God to soothe us, TO hush US to
sleep.
Lat the music at our going not be the dirge
If the organ, or the knell Of the church
over, or the drumming OF q dead march,"