Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-03-10

gently folded their armsl 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.
Hush hushr' So he gives his beloved
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 tho tree of life. / never
feel sorry for q Christian old man. Why
feel sorry for those upon whom tho glorics
! Of tho eternal world arc about to burstl
| 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 wing"
Again: Tho very bad, the outrageously
sinful, may come. Men talk Of the grace
Of God, as though 1t were so many yards
long and so many yards deep. People
point TO tho dying thief as an encourage
ment to the sinner. How much better II
would be to point TO our own case and say,
III God saved US, he can save any body"
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
thatl He has been very hard on me-"
"Where did you come 'FRONT.' Home"
"Then you have home. Have you ever
thanked God for your homei Have you
childrenp Eyes" "Have you over
thanked God for your childrenl Who
keeps them safel We're you over sick'
YES" Who made you Welt Have you
been fed every dayi Who feeds youl Put
your hand on your pulse. Who makes IL
throbl Listen to the respiration Of your
lungs. Who helps you to breathol Have
you a bible in the house. spreading before
you the future lifei Who gave you that BIZ
blei" Oh it has been story Of goodness
and mercy all the way through. You have
been one Of Gods pet children. Who
fondled you, and caressed you, and loved
youi And when you won't astray, aud
wanted to come back, did He ever refusel
I know of father who, after his son came
back the fourth time, said, "No; i forgave
three times, but l will never forgive you
again" And the son went OF and died.
But God takes back his children the thou
sandth time as cheerfully as tho first. As
easily as with my handkerchief l strike
the dust off book, God will wipo out all
your sins.
There are ospitals for "incurables."
When men are hopelessly sick, they are
sent there. Thank Godl there is no
hospital for spiritual incurables. Though
you had the worst leprosy that ever struck
a sLul, your flesh shall come again like the
flesh OF little child. o, this mercy OF
Godl / am told it is an ocean. Then
place on it four swift-sailing craft, with
I'D nj
aud skilful navigators, and tell them to
launch away, and discover for me the ex-
tent OF this ocean, That craft puts out
In one direction, and sails to the
north; this craft to the south; this to the
east; this to the west. They crowd on
all their canvass, and sail ten thousand
years, and one day como up the harbor of
heaven, and shout to them from tho
beach, "Havo you found the shore" and
they answer, mo shore to Gods mercyw
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, mo shore! no shore to
Gods mercy
MercyI Mercy Mercyl sing it. I
preach it. pray it, Hero 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 for ever
Mercy Mercy Mercy There is no
lepth it cannot fathom, there is no height
i cannot scale, there is no infinity it can
lot compass. / take my stand under this
yoodly cedar, and see the fiocks flying
;hlther. They are torn with the shot of
temptation, and wounded; and sick and
Scared Some fought with iron beak,
some once feastel on carcasses, some were
fierce of eye and cruel OF talon, but they
came flock after tiock-"all fowl OF every
wing
Again: all the dying will find their nest
In this goodly cedar. 1t is cruel to destroy
q birds nest, but death does not hesitate
to destroy one. There was beautiful
nest in the next street. Lovingly the pa.
rents brooded over 1t. There were two or
three little robins in the nest. The scarlet
fever thrust its hot hands into the nest,
aud the birds arc gone. Only those are
safe who have their nests in the goodly
cedar. They have over them 1.-The feathers
Of the Almighty" Oil TO have those soft,
warm, eternal wings stretched over us
Let the storms beat, and the branches of
the cedar toss on the wind-no danger.
When a storm comes, you can SEQ the birds
flying to the woods. Fro tho storm OF
death comes down, let us fly to the goodly
cedar.
Behold the saints, beloved of God,
Washed are their robes in Jesus blood
Brighter than angels, 10 they shine,
Their glories splendid and sublime
Through tribulation great they came;
They bore the cross and scorned the shame,
Now in the heavenly temple blest,
With God they dwell; on Him they rest.
While everlasting ages roll
Eternal love shall feast their soul,
Aud scenes Of bliss, forever new,
Rise In succession to their view.