Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-17

vars ago, when tn IRE was a great railroad
STRIKE, | remember seeing all along the rOut'
from Omaha % CuicIEpanl from ChicagJ
70 New York hun lred. an thousands o.
freight cars svItchel ON tho side tracks
those cars loadsl with all kinds OF perishaOlI
material decay ing and wasting
| After the strike was over dii the railroad
companies bring all that persisted material
iowa 10 the mark ~ M, they throw it
)if where n was DESTROYED and loaded uu
with something else. LIT the long train OF
yCur thou gifts throw OH ths worse than use
less freight Of CORFU Ut ami destroyed past
I an load up with gratitude aud faith anl
Z holy determination. We do not please Col
| Ov the cu tlvaLinr Of the miserable. lie
would rather sea US happy tnan TO sse us ds-
pressed. You would rather see your chill
dren laugh than 10 see them cry, and your
| Heavenly Father has no fondneSs for hys-
terics.
Not only forget your parlonel trans.res.
! siOns, but allow others u forget tn m. The
| chief stock on hand of many people is b
recount in prayer meetings ami pulpits
| what biS scOunirels they once were. They
| not only will not forget their forgiven de-
! fcits, but they see. II 10 bs determined that
| the church aud the world shall not forget
! them. IL you want to declare that you have
been the chefot sinners aui eXtll the grace
that could save such wretch rs You vera
l
not tell how many times YOU got drunk, or
10 what bad plnc, 5 You went OF how many
free rides you had III the prison van before
you were converted. Lumpit brother; give
1t tn Us III bulk.
II You have any scars got in honorable
warfare, show them, hut II you have sears
got in iynoble warfare do not display them.
know YOU will quote the Bible reference 70
the horrible pit from which YOU were
Nn- hA thankful for hot
but do not make displays OF the mud OF that
horrible pit or splash It ovlr other people.
sometimes have felt in Christian meetings
discounted and unit for Christian service
because | ha done none of those things
which seemed to he III the estimation OF
many necessary for Christian usefulness. for
never sworc a word, or ever got drunk, or
went to compromising PLACES, or was guilty
Of assault or battery, or ever uttered a
slanicrOus word, or ever did any one a
hurt, although | knew my heart was sin
tut enough; AMI sal | to myself, There is
no use of my trying u do any good, for
never went through thOS. dcpravel eN-
pericnces:' but afterward | saw consolation
in the thought that no ons gained any
ordination by the laying on Of tn hands Of
ldissoluteuess and infamy. AMI thou IN AN
Ordinary moral life. en- Ing in a Christian
lie, may not b. rs dramatic story b tell
about, let US bo grateful b Go rather than
worry about IT. If We have never plum ;el
Into outward denominations.
It may be appropriate in meetin, OF r.,
'ormei drunkards or reforme dc5auchees ID
quote for those not reformed how desperate
aud nasty you once were, but d. not drive a
scavengers cart into aSSembllges of peopla
the most of whom have always been decent
and respectable. But have been sometimes
III great evangeIistlc meetings WA are peoole
went into particulars about the sins that they
once committed, 50 much 20 that | felt like
putting my hanl on my pocketbooA or call
Ing the police lest these reformel mon mi.bt
fall from grace anl 20 at their old business
ot thelt or drunkenness or cutthrOatery. Ii
your sins have boon forgiven AMI your lie
purified, forget the waywarlness OF the past
AMI allow others to forget it.
But what most want in tho light OF this
text 10 impress upon my hearers an readers
Is thAt We have "A sln-tOrgottInZ God. Sup
pose that on the last day-cllel the last day
because the sun will nsv'r again riss upon
our earth, the earth itself being fun. INTO
hery demolition -supposlng that on tn It last
day group Of Internal spirits should some.
how get near enough the gate Of heaven AMI
challenge our entrance. and say: Glow
canst thou, the just Lord, let tn0so soul,
into the realm OF sup arnal gla lness? Why,
they said great many things they never
ought to have sail, aud thoy did great
many things they ought never to have dons.
Sinners are they; sinners ALL
And suppose God shout deiyn to answer,
lie might say: Yes, but did not Ny only
Son die for their ransom Did He not nay
the price, Not one drop OF blood was 70.
tanned in His arteries, not ono nerve of His
that was not wrung IN the torture. He'tooh
in His own body aud soul all the sutferings
that those sinners deserve. They pleaded
that sacrifice. They took tho full pardon
that | promised to all who, through My
Son, earnestly applied for it, and it plSsol
out of My mind that they were Offenders.
| forgot all about it. Yes, Iforsota all about
1t. Their sins and their inquIties do | re-
member no more A in-forsctting Coll
That is clear beyond and far above a sln.
pardonng God
How often W. hclr it said: II can for
give, but | cannot forget" That is equal
TO saying, al verbally a INIT it Is all right.
but will keep the old CRU igo COOL" HUI.
man forgiveness IS often IA tlpsy affair. 1t
does not 60 deep down. 1t doaS not reach
far up. 1t does not fix things up. The con-
teStlnts may snake hanlS or passing each
other on the highway they may speak the
Good morning" or Cool night" but tho
Old cOriiuiity never returns. The relations
always remain strained.
There is something in the demeanor ever
after that seems to say, II would not do
you harm; indcel, wish you well, but that
unfortunate affair can ucver pass out of my
mlnd.' There may no hard words pass b..
tween them, but until death breaks in tho
same GOODNESS remains. But Goi lots our
pardone1 oifenses 20 into oblivion. He
never throws them up to us again. He feels
as kindly toward us as though we had been
spotless and positively angelic all alsng.
Many years ago family, consisting OF
the husband and wife and little girl of two
years, lived far out in cabin on a western
prairie. The husband took few cattle 10
market. Before he started his little child
asked him to buy for her doll and he
promised. He could after the sale of the
cattle purchase household necessities, and
certainly would not forget the doll he had
promised. In the village to which he went
he sold the cattle and obtained the groceries
for his household and the doll for his little
darling. He started home along the dismal
road at nghtGall.
As he went along on horseback a thunder
storm broke, and in the most lonely part
OF the road, and in the heaviest part of the
Storm he heard child cry. Robbers had
been known to do some bad work along that
road, aud it was known that this herdsman
had money with him, tho price OF the cattle
Sold The herdsman first thought IL was a |
stratagem to have him halt and be despoilel
Of his treasures, but the child's cry became
more keen and rending, and so he dismounted |
and felt around in the darkness aud all in |
vain, until he thought of hollow that he
remembered near the road where the child |
might be, and for that he started, and sure
enough found little one tagged out and |
drenched Of the storm and almost dead.
He wrapped it up as well as he could and
mounted his horse and resumed his Journey
home. Coming in sight OF his cabin he saw
1t all lighted up and supposed his wife had
klndled all these lights SO as to guide he
huso2n through the darkness. But M
mo house was full Of excitement and the
!4g were gathered and stood around
the wife of the house, who was insnnsibIo ~.
from some great calamity. On inquiry Tho
returned husband found that the little child
OF mat cabin was gone. She had wandered