Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-12-17

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corn was tree. and If the husS could have
spoken it would have said: why Go you
lacerate me, Why do you wrench me-
An, my friends. tat Is the way God mas ar
RANGED that the ear aud husk shall part.
and that is the way He has arranged that
the boiv AMI the soul saall separate. You
can afford to have your physical distresses
when you know that they are only forward
ing the souls liberation. Every rheumatic
lain Is only 4 plunge OF the husking peg.
Every neuralgia tWlnge Is OILY i tWis. by
the husEer.
mere is .ol4 In You tnat must come ont.
Some way the shackle must be broken.
Some wa the snip must be launched for
heavenly voyage. You must let the Heaven
iy Hu5bandmen husk off tbs mortality from
tue immortality. There ought to De great
consolation in this for all who have chronic
ailments since tae Lord is gradually AMI
more mildly takin away from you that
which ninIers your souls liberation, doing
gradually Tor you Wlat 10" many OF Us Ill
robust health perhaps He Will do in one fell
blow a. the last. At the clos. OF every ILL.,
ness, at the Close o, every paroxysm you
ouglt y say: Than. Go1, that IS al pas
nov; than co.. / vii never cave u suffer
that again: thena Col. / am s. nuch nearer
the hour Of liberatinn.'
You viii never sut II thasame pain two.
You may bave i ne~ patl III an oil piac-,
but never the same paln two. Inc pain
does its wors an then 1t dies. Just 50 many
pluuges OF the crOTo1r to free the quarry
stone .or the building. jus soxnanv strokes
Of the chisei to com ,Iete rIe statute. Just
50 many pangs to separate t4e SOU from the
body. You VINO haTe caroaic a.Iments All
disorder are only '4y:n5 IA lnstlil'lents
that when so1la OF us will haze to pay n
one payment when We pay the deo. o.
nature. Thank Cod, therefore, ye WAC nave
chrome Disorders. tuat va nave 50 much
tat-u e, :" 49, - Yr az traa f1Sr Fl 'I'4.vt- TO- that
you viii HAYES 80 fnuc.l less 70 fee! IN the way
OF pam at tn liant, u the Heavenly Illus
sandman when the st.3,l oi cora co meth
IN III hls s@aaoD.
Perhaps no." this mag =. a. a7s"4. t. a
| question which | a9set ole .a)batn morn.
Ing, bat did not aus"t WIS i, 1t that SO
many really god people have 50 dread:ulty
t. sutter: You o.ten tili II goo man with
enough pains anu uches AMI distre ssa=, You
would think, to disci,Iin5 II whole coiony,
while you will lial i E:l who i. per-ecely
useless Going uDJus WIN ca Dig 1stioa and
steady nerves an sh!nlu. health, aud MS
exit from the world i 60 n~parauvcly pain
less. How DO you explain that Well, l
noticed in the husking time that the husk-
ing peg was thrust into the corn. and then
there must be q stout pull before the swath-
ing was taken off the ear and the full, round,
healthy, luyuriant corn was developed.
while, on the other hand. there was corn
that hardly SEEMED worth nusking.
We threw that into a place all by itself,
and we called il nubbins. Some Of it was
mildewed, and some Of it was mice nibbled,
ana soIfe OF 1t was great promises and no
fultll'nent. All cobs and no corn. Nubbins.
After the COOL corn had been driven uD to
the barn we came around with the corr
basket and we picked up these nubbins.
Iney Were worth savlng, but not worth
much. 50 all around u, there are people
who atnount to comparatively nothing.
They neve'oo latO no kind Of usefulness.
They are nlbbiel on one side by the world.
and nlbD!ed on tie other side by the devil,
and nlildewec all over Great promise and
no Inih!ment. All co.'s and no corn Nub-
bins. They are worth saving. | suppose
many OF them VIII set to heaven: but they
are not worthy to be mentioned in thu same
day with those who went through great
trlbu,atlon ;uto the iingiom of our Go1
Who would not rather nave the pains Of
tn $ life. the mi>tortunes O.. this lfe-who
would not rather tie corn AMI wounded and
lac4rated ana "reucaei and hussel ana at
last 90 IN anltthe very bst grain o. the
graDery than 10 be pronounced not worth
h~usking atall> Nubbins; In other words,
want to say to yea people w 10 have distress
OF boiy and distress III business an distress
Of all sort, the lord has not any grudge
against you. 1t is not dero yatory; it is
complimentary. Whom the Lord Ioveth
He chasteueth,' AMI it is proof positive that
there is onetning valuab.c i'll you, o. the
Lord would no. haYeshuskel you.
You remember also that in the time. OF
huskirs it wa q neiguDorilood reunion. BY
the great fireplace III the winter, the fire.
roaring aruunt the g!Oritiej backiogs on al
olt-.ushiOuei hearth, OF which the modern
S,OveS and registers are only the degenerate
descendants, the farmers used to gather anc
i the evening, aud there would be mucl
sociality: but it was not anything like the
JOY OF the huSklng time, for then all the
n,Y,,. -. n 900 &pl ttntr 40 i &In 800,
best hunlor, and they came from beyond tn,
meadow 2ni they came from beyond thu
brook, aui they came from regions two am
three miles arouai.
Eool spir.tS reigEel supreme. AMI there
were great han IShakings, aud there wa
carnival, and there was the recital Of tn,
trightr>t eX|cri.nce ia all their lives, au(
thee VS. 4 neigah1rhoo1 reunion the mem
org o. whic! mases all the nerves of III
boiy treinble with motion as the strings o
a harp when the finger, OF the player hav
swept the chor5s. he husking time was tn
time Of neighborhool reunion, and $
hcav II will b just that. There they com
> up. Tnev slept in The old village church
yard. There they cone up They reclinet
amid the fountains and the sculpture and tn
pertelres of a city cemetery. There the
! come up! fLev went down when the shi
founderei off Cape liatte-as. They come u
{ from all sideS-from potter's field and on
a of the solid masonry OF Westminster Abbey
; They cothe no They come up
All the hiudrance To their better natur
. husked of. Alt their spiritual despond
encle> huskel of. AIT their hlndraucas t
2 ~usefa1pess hus&el of. The grain. tn
!, golden grain, the God fashioned grain
visible and consplcu u. Some OF them o
| earth Were such diSagreeabla Christian
YOU conld hardly stand it in their presence
Now in heaven they arr SO radiant 70
hardly know Them The fact is, ali the
! imperfections have been huskei OF. The
: did not mean on earth tt De disayreeabie.
They meant we'll enough. but they tol
YOU how sick You looked. and they told yo
:. how MANY harJ things they had heard abol
You, AMI they tol1 YOU how often they liza
| 10 stand up Tor yOu IN some battles un,
I you wished almost that they hld been sla
in some of the battles. Good, pious, co
: centrateeE we'll meaning di.agreeables. No
= IN heaven all their offenslveness has bee
husket off. Each one is as happy as he ca
:. b. Every one he meets as happy as he c
be.
: Heaven-onA Er>a. Observation-Disclosures
: All KINGS AM ~ ems. ali songs.erS. ali mi
lonaires. all banqUe.e.s. Col the Faith.
with his clil iren all around Him. \