Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-02-25

through lHitl IhppS rs
;s dead and the grief at her departure u az
,.;,sl.,nt az her presence had been vivaclous
IA ;nsniriting. Oh the bereavement was
~ harm 40 overwhelming, How couiu
tbav Give her upS suspect that Iney
hI,n,ad themselves for this or Tor InaV'
| oh II they had had some other doctor, VI
,.lsn some other medicine, or had oeen
,,,ora careful of her health, or II they nf'u
moi given her that reproof some time When
sba had not really deserved II. On, II tney
IA baan more patient with her hllarlles'
and instead of hushing her play had par
tic;nated i'm i'll You know there are 81
many things that parents always DIANE
themselves for at such times
Only twelve years of age. so fair' 30
promising so full of life few days ago
and now SO still Oh, what 1t IS 10 nave
daughter deadl The room is full OF foiks'
hut wonder is the room where the youhs
| cleaner is The crowd cannot go IN there.
! ONLY six persons enter-fve besides CHRIST
| three friends. and of course the father
and mother They have the nrst rlgh' 70
20 i'm. The heaviest part OF the grlei was
tbeirs All eyes in that room are on lhe
face of this girl. There lay the beautilui
hand. white and finely shapen, but IL was
! not lifted in greeting to any of the group
/ Christ stepped forward and look hoiu VI
that hand and said, with a tone ana accen
tuation charged with tenderness ana com,
mand "Damsel, | say unto thee, arlses
! And without moments delay she arose.
her ewes wide open, her cheeks turning
from white lily to red rose, and the parents
cry. .'She lives! She livesp and in the next
room they take up the sound, She llVesl
She livesl' and the throng in front OF tne
doorway repeat IT, "She livesl she lves!
VIII not All those who have lost dang D.
ter feel that such IA Christ rs that can sym
., SAY INTO THEE. ARISE"
On another occasion he showed how he
felt about the loss Of Il son. Here are the
obseauies. \ long procession, widowed
mother following her only son. know
not how long the husband and father had
been gone. bur upon this son, who had now
come to be young man, the leadership OF
that household had fallen. think he had
rot to be the breadwinner. He was proud
of his mother, and She should never lack
ANYTHING as long ms he lived Aud there
is no grander spectacle on earth than
Young man standing between want and
widowed mother But that young man
had fallen lifeless under accident or disas
ter, and he was being carried out.
Only a VERY few hours in that land are
allowed to pass between decease and
burial. II is the same day or the next.
And there they move on Christ meets the
procession His eye picks out the cnief
mourner He puts his hand on the bier as
much as 10 say TO the pallbearers; stop
There will be no burial today That broken
heart must he healed That mother must
have her home rebuilt" And then looking
into the face OF the young man (tor IN
those lands the face is always exposed In
such processionl, Christ speaks one SEN
tence, before which Death fell PROSTATE
under the bier, Young man, say unto
thee, arise He sat up, while the over
loved mother wrapped him in her arms,
and well nigh smothered him with her ca
resses. and the air WAS rent with congratu-
lations.
Can any one who has ever lost son
doubt that Christ sympathizes with such
woes And how many there are who need
that particular comfort. II was not hol-
low sentiment 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 be
Ionged TO that deceased son, that the ora
tor threw his arms around the horses neck
and kissed the dumb brute. IL was not
hollow sentiment when David. the psalm
ist, cried out at the news Of his sons death,
although he had been desperately bad
boy; "Oh. Abs'tlom. my SON my sonl
Would God | had died for thee oh, Alb
salon, my SOM my SOM But for such
and all other bereavement there is divine
coincidence
Christ on the plain. care not from what
side you approach him you can touch him
and get his help Is il mental depression
You suffer- Remember him who said,
"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken
mef' Is It struggle for bread? Remem-
Der him who feel the five thousand with
two miunows and five biscuits, neither OF
the biscuits larger than your fist. Is il
chronic almentg Remember the woman
who for eighteen years was bent almost
double. and liftsl her face until she could
look into the blue sky Are you sailor
and spend your life battling with the tenn
pestss Remember him who flung the tenn
pest Of Genesare.h fiat on the crystal pave
ment of the quiet sea-
That Christ is in sympathy with all who
have trouble with their eyes. and that is be
coming an almost universal trouble
through much reading in rail cars and the
overpressure Of study in the schools where
children are expected to be philosophers AT
ten, boys and girls ut fourteen with spec
taclcB. | say with all such trouble Christ
Is in sympathy Witness blind Bartimeus
Witness the two blind men in the house
Witness the two blind men near Jericho
Witness the man horn blind Did he moi
turn their perpetual midnight into mid
noon. till they ran up and down clapping
their hands aud saying. Il see ! seer
That Christ is in sympathy with thos,
who stammer or have silenced ears, notics
how promptly lac came TO that man with
impeachment of ipeech and gave him com
mand of the tongue 10 that he could speai
with ease. and putting his fingers into the
ears returned the tympanum
Is therea lack OF circulation in your arm
think of him who cured the defective circu
lation and the inactive muscles Of II patient
who had lost the use Of hand and arm by
saying. stretch forth thy handl' and th,
veins and nerves and muscles resumed