Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-03-17

ana they move their chair nervously and
say, Il hope am not in the way" Alas
that father and mother should ever be in
thc way When you were sick and they
SAT up al night rocking you. singing 10
| YOU administering TO you, did they think
That you We're in the wayy Are YOU tired
OF the Old peoDiey DO you snap them up
| quick and sharps You will be cursed To
the bone for your ingratitude and unkind.
ness!
THE WoRla COLD WITHOUT RELIGION.
] On, II Is hard to be old without religion
| Ito feel this world goia away, and not n
my better coming If there be any here
VINO have gone far on without Christ,
address you deferentially. You have found
TINS a tough world for old people. Alas!
10 have aches and pains, and NJ Christ TO
soothe them. ! want to give you cane
better than that you lean on. 1t is the
cane that the Bible speaks of when it says.
Thy rol and thy staff they comfort me .
want To give you better spectacles than
those you now look through. Ii is the
| spiritual eyesight of divine grace. Christ
will not think that you are in the way.
Does your head tremble with the palsy
of old ages Lay II on Christ's bosom. Do
You feel lonely now that your companions
and children are gomez | think Christ has
them. They are safe in his keeping. Very
soon he will take You where they are. /
take hold of your arm and try to lead Won
TO place where you can put down all your
burden. Go with me. Only little while
longer and your sight will come again, and
your hearing will come again, and with
the strength OF an immortal athlete YOU
will step on the pavement of heaven. No
clutches in heaven, no sleepIess nights in
heaven, no cross looks for old people
Dwelling there for ages, no one will say
Father, You know nothing about this
step back; you are in the wayr'
Oh, how many dear old folks Jesus has
put to sleep How sweetly he has closed
their eyesl How gently folded their arms!
How he has put his hand on their silent
hearts and said "Rest now, tired pilgrim.
1t is all over. The tears will never start
again. Hushl hnshl' So he gives his be-
loved sleep. | think the most beautiful
object ON earth is an old Christian-the
hair white, not with the frosts of winter,
but the blossoms of the tree of life. never
feel sorry for Christian old man. Why
feel sorry for those upon whom the glorics
of the eternal world are about to bursts
They are going to the goodly cedar.
Though their wings are heavy with age.
God shall renew their strength like the
eagle. and they shall make their nest in the
cedar "All fowl of every wingn
GOD can SAVE ANYBODY.
Again, the very bad, the outrageously
sinful. may come Men talk of the grace
of God as though It were so many yards
long and so many yards deep. People point
to the dying thief as an encouragement TO
the sinner. How much better it would
be To point to our own case and say, If
God saved us he can save anybody"
There may be those here who never had
one earnest word said to them about
their souls Consider me as putting my
hand on your shoulder and looking in
your eye. God has been good to you
You ask. 'How do you know that?
He has been very hard on me -
"Where did you come fromf' Home. ,"
"Then you have home. Have you ever
thanked God for your home? Have you
childrenf" Eyes" Have you ever
thanked God for your childreng Who
keeps them safei Were You ever sickf
Yes" who made you wellS Have you
been fed every days Who feeds your Put
your hand ON your pulse. Who makes it
throbY Listen to the respiration of your
lungs. Who helps you to breatheY Have
you a Bible in the house, spreading before
you the future lifeS Who gave you that
Bibleyn
Oh, it has been a story Of goodness and
mercy all the way through. You have
been one of Gods pet children. Who fon-
died you and caressed you and loved you
And when you went astray and wanted to
come back, did he ever refuse? | know of
father who, after his son came back the
fourth time, said, "No; forgave you three
times, but Twill never forgive you again.
And the son went off and died. But God
takes back his children the thousandth |
time as cheerfully as the first. As easily |
as with my handkerchief strike the dust
off book, God will wipe out all your sins |
There are hospitals for "incurabes."
When men are hopelessly sick, they are
sent there. Thank Godl there is no hos
pital for spiritual incurabes. Though you |
had the worst leprosy that ever struck
soul, your flesh shall come again like the |
flesh of little child. Oh, this mercy Of
Godi lam told it isan ocean. Then place
on it four swift sailing craft, with compass
and charts anl choice rigging and skillfal |
nayigators and tell them to launch away |
and discover for me the extent Of this ocean.
mat cffslI puts out VI Oifc hiitttiOiif anu
sails to the north; this craft to the south:
this TO the east; this to tie west. They
crowd on all their canvas and sail ten
thousand years, and one day come up the
harbor of he.ven, and | shout TO them
from the beach, "Have yon found the
shores" and they answer mo shore TO
Gods mercy;'' Swift angels, dispatched
from the throne. attempt to go across it.
For million years they fly and fly, but
then come back and fold their wings at the
foot of the throne and cry. NO shorel no
shore to Gods mercyw
MERCY MERCY MERCY
Mercy! Mercyl Mercy! | sing it.
preach it. pray it. Here ! find a man
bound hand and foot to the devil but with
one stroke of the hammer of Gods truth
the chains fall off and he is free forever
Mercy Mercy Mercy There is no depth
il cannot fathom; there is no height 1t can
not scale; there is no infinity 1t cannot