Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-05


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Increasing wa4chfulnsss- Il wesps st
ths prison doer Over The incarcerated
prodigal. and pleads for pardon q the
gogsgnorb fset. md Il forced array BY
conpassionats friends from witnessing
tAs struggles a. the galloua- oSAsr
lights 90 out. bat this burns on without
extinguishmens. - IA > gloom struck
night you may go = single star. one Of
Gods pieksts, With slsaming bsyonst Of
light guarding the outpoets ct heaven
The MArchionses q Spadara, when
the earthquake ct Aessina occurred,
was carried out insensible from the
falling houses. On coming 70 her
senses she found that her infant had
not been rescued. She went back and
persisted in the ruins. Illustration Of
ten thousand mothers who In - many
different ways have saorifed themselves
for their children.
Es KIND TO THE AGED PARENT.
Oh, despise not . mothers love! II
heretofore you have been negligent Of
such one, and you have still cppcr-
tunity for PREPARATION, mako haste. II
you could only just look in for an hours
visit to her. you would rouse mp in the
aged one . whole world Of blissful MEM
cries. What II she does sit without
talking muchg She watched You for
many months when you knew not how
to talk at all. What il she has many
ailments to tell abont? During fifteen
years you ran to her with ever little
scratch and braise, and she 6octored
your little finger as carefully ss sur
geon would bind the worst fracture.
You say she is childish now; wonder
II she ever saw You when You were
childish. You have no patience to walt
with her on The street, abe moves so
slowly; wonder If she remembers the
time when you were glad enough to SO
slowly. You complain ut the expense Of
providing for her now; wonder whct
your financial income was from one year
to ten years of age. Do not begrudga
what you do for the old folks. Gaze
not how much you did for them; they
have done more for You.
But from this weird text Of the morn
ing comes rushing in upon my soul a
thought that overpowcrs me. This
watching By Rizpah was an after death
watching. wonder if now there Is an
after death watching. / think there Is.
There arc Rizpahs who have passed
death and are still watching. They look
down from their supernal and glori6ed
state upon US. and is not that an after
death watching? / cannot believe that
those who before their death were inter-
ested in as have since their death become
indifferent as to what happens to Us.
Not one hour Of the six months during
which Rizpah watched, seated upon the
rocks, was she more alert or diligent or
armed for Us than our mother, il glori-
fed, Is alert and diligent and armed for
rs. 1t is not now Rizpah on rock, but
Rixpah on throne. How long has your
mother been deadi Do you think she
has been dead long enough to forget
you? My mother has been dead twenty
nine years. believe she knows more
about me now than she did when I stood
In her presence, and am no Spiritualist
either. The Bible says, "Are they not
all ministering spirits sent forth to min
lister to them that shall be heirs Of saliva
tion?'
Young man, better look out what
You do and where you go, for your glo-
rified mother is looking at you. You
sometimes say to yourself, "What would
mother say if she knew thisr She does
know. You might cheat her once, but
you cannot cheat her now. Does it en-
barrass Us to think she knows all about
Us nowg If she had to put up with 90
much when she was here, surely she
will not be the less patient or excuse
tory now.
Oh, this tremendous thought u my
text-this after death watchingl What
an uplifting consideration, and what q
comforting thought Young mother,
.you who have just lost your babe, and
who feel that need Of . nearer solace
than that which comes from ordinary
sympathy, your mother knows all about
it. You cannot run In and talk it all
over with her as you would II she were
still q terrestrial resident, but it will
comfort you some, / think-yea, it will
comfort you . good deal-to know that
she understands it all. You see that the
velocities Of the heavenly conditions are
so great that it would not take her half
second to como to your bereft heart.
Oh, these mothers In heaveni They
can do moro for US now than before
they went away. The bridge between
this world and the next is not broken
down. They approach the bridge from
both ways. departing spirits and coming
spirits, disimprisoned spirits and sym
psthizng spirits. And so let rs walk as
to be worthy Of the supernal companion
ships, and If to any Of rs life ON earth is
q hard grind, let as understand that II
We watch faithfully and trust fully our
blessed Lord there will be . correspond
ing reward in the land Of peace, and
that Rizpah, who once wept on . rock,
now reigns on throne.
Eruption Of the Skin Cured.
Ed yeuuev. Brock vile. Ontario. Can.