Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-15

80 in The heaviest part Ct the gx1ef ~
sbszrS All eyes in that room ere % tho
fsce ot this girl There lay the beeptifu1
kasd. white and 6nely sAapen. but II was
ROT ilts<d Ia grsesxns - any e - &rspp.
czrisk stepped forward ard took he1d a
thai kaad and said. with : tone and accen-
tgaEiaa charged with tenderness ana con-
mand. Dams<i, I say unto thse. Ariss!"
And without moaaents delay 49, aronA
her eyes wide open. her ekseks turning
iron aEl<e lily 70 red roe. ard ths pasoota
cry, she hves. She Hvar' snd IN the naxt
room they take up the sound. '16he Invest
Size hyss." and the throng in frons q ~
doorway repeat il. '-She lives! She hvos!s
Will rot all those who have lot . daneh-
ter tsei that such Chrixf - thai san symr
pathizei
u SAT UNTO THEE. ARiSE.s
On another oceaxion he showed how -
felt about the loss Of son. Hero ara tha
obseGaieA A long procsssioa. widowed
mother following her only san- know
nos how long the hushand and father had
been gone, bat upon tbs sen. who had now
come to be young man. the leadership AZ
that household had failcn. think NJ had
got TO be the bresdwinner. He was proud
Of his mother, and she should never Isck
anything IS long ~ he lived. And there
Is no grsnder spectacle on earth than :
young man standing between want and :
widowed mother. But that young man
had fallen lifelcxs under accident O. dixas-
ter. and be was being carried out.
Qnly very few hours In that land ara
allowed to pass between decease and
burial It Is the same day or the next.
And there they move on. Christ meets the
~ h ~ -
mourner. He puts his hand on tho bier a.
There will DO no burial today. That broken
heart must be healed That mother must
have her home rebuilt" And then looking
into the face Of the young man (for il
those lands the face Is always EXPOSED in
such processicn), Christ speaks one sen
tencc, before which Death fell proetrate
under the bier, young man. say unto
thee, arise" He sat up. while the over
ioyed mother wrapped him In her arms,
and well nigh smothcrcd him with her ca
resscs, and the abr wa rent With congratu-
lations.
Can any one who has ever lost SON
doabt that Christ sympsthizes with such
wee. And how many there arc who need
that particular comfort It 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.
longed to that deceased son. that the ora
tor threw his arms around the horses neck
and kissed the dumb brute. 1t was not
hollow sentiment when David, the psalm
list, cried out 1T the news Of his sons death,
although he had been desperately bad
boy: "Oh, AbsAlom, nay son! my son!
Would Gcd had died for thee. Oh, Alb
SALON, my son! my scnr' But for such
and all other bereavement there h divine
condolences.
Christ on the plain. lcars not from what
side you approach him you can touch him
and get his help. Is it mental depression
you sa6crs Remember him who said.
'dy God. my God, Why hast thou forsaken
mss" Il 1t = struggle for breadf Reznem-
Der him who fed the i've theuaand with
two minnows and ave biscuits. neither Of
the biscuits larger thaA your Ast. Is It
chronic ailmcnt: Remember the woman
who for eighteen years WAS bent almost
double, and liftel her face until she could
Look into the blue sky. Are you eailor
and spend your life battling with the tenn
pestst Remember him who Sung the tenn
pest Of Genesaresh flat ON the crystal pave
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