Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-08

OF coming in at last ''like a shock OF
corn coming III in his season."
THE HUsKlNa PEG.
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
come down with the swathing Of the
ear. and then there was pull and
there was ruthless tearing. and then
a complete swapping off before the
corn was free, and il the husk could
have spoken it would have said, why
do you lacerate me- Why do:you
wrench me?" All, my friends. th::t is
the way God has arranged that TIN.
ear. and the hus& shall 'part. and that
is the way he has arranged that the
body and soul shall separate. You
can afford to have your physical dis
tresses when you know that they are
only forwarding the souls liberation.
Every rheumatic pain is only aplunge
OF the husking peg. Every neuralgia
twinSe is only twist by the husker.
| AASAS 10 SOlA la ,fou ti"e IIluoS SoitiS
out. Some way the shackle
ship must be launched for
heavenly voyage. You must let the
heavenly Husbandman husk off 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 hinder's
your souls liberation, doing eradually
for you what for many of us in robust
health perhaps he will do i'll
one fell blow at the last. At the close
OF every illness, at the close Of every
paroxysn, you ought to say: "Thanl1
God, that is all past now: thank God,
will never have to suffer that again.
Thank God, am so much nearer the
hour of liberation" You will never
suffer the same pain twice. You may
have new pain in an old place, but
never the same pain twice. The pain
does its work and then it dies. Just
so many plunges Of the crowbar to
free the quarrystone for the building.
Just so many strokes OF the chisel to
complete the statue. Just so many
panss to separate the soul from the
body. You who have chronic nil
ments and disorders are only paying
| installments that which some OF us
will have to pay in onepayment when
we pay the debt OF nature, Thank
! God, therefore, we who have chronic
disorders that you have so much
less suffering at the last. Thank God
that you will have SO much less to
feel in the way OF pain at the hands
OF the heavenly Husbandman when
1.-The shock OF corn comelh in in his
season.
ALI. EQUAL.
Yes, Heaven is a great sociable,
with Joy like the 10y at
the husking time. No one there
feeling so big he declines to speak
to some one that is not so large.
Archangel willing to listen to smallest
cherub. No boiling OF the door OF
caste ut one heavenly mansion to
keep ont tie citizen OF smaller man
sion. No Clique in one corner whisper
ing about {. clique in another corner.
David taking none of the airs OF a
giant-killer. Joshua making no one
halt until he passes, because he made
the sun and moon halt. Paul max
ing no assumption over the most ordi-
nary preacher OF righteousness.
Naaman, captain of the Syrian host,
no more honored than the captive
maid who told him where he could
get Il good doctor. O, my soul, what
a country! The humblest man king.
The poorest woman a queen. The
meanest house a palace. The short
"a at nd hot
more strange about it all we may all
get there. Not l." says some one
standing back under the galleries.
Yes, you. Not l." says some one
who has not been in church in fifteen
years before. Yes, you. Not l."
says some one who has been for fifty
years filling up his life with all kinds
of wickedness. Yes, you. There are
monopolies on earth, monoplistic
railroads, and monopolistic telegraph
companies, and monopolistic grain
dealers, but no monopolies in religion.
All vino want to be saved may he
saved, without money and without
price" Salvation by the Lord Jesus
Christ for all the people. OF course,
use common sense in this matter.
You can not expect toget to Charles
ton by taking the ship for Portland,
and you can not get to heaven by 60
ing in an opposite direction Believe
in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou
shalt be saved. Through that one
gate OF pardon and peace all the race
may go in.
But" says someone, "do you
really think l would be at home in
| that supernal society if should reach
it?' l think you would. know you
would. remember that in the husk-
ing time there was great equality of
feeling among the neighbors. There
At one cornshock a farmer would be
at work who owned 200 acres OF
ground. The man whom he
! was talking to at the next corn
shock owned but thirty acres of
ground, and perhaps all that
covered by mortgage. That evening.
at the close Of the husking day, one
man drove home roam span so
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