Connecticut western news., 1892-03-10

Slrl, 'GoOu nlgnU; we small meet again on the other side of the river.
 The next Sabbath we buried her. We brought white flowers and laid them on the coffin. There was in all that crowded church but one really happy and delighted face, and that was the face of Fanny. Oh, I wish that now my Lord Jesus would go through this audience and take all these flowers of youth and garland them on his brow. The cedar is fit refuge for birds of brightest plumage and swiftest wing. See, they flyi they fly! "All fowl of every wing"
 THE OLD MAY COME.
 Again, l remark that the old may come. You say, Suppose a man has to go on crutches; suppose he is blind; suppose he is deaf; sup pose that nine-tenths of his life has been wasted" Then I answer: Come with erutches; come, old men, blind and deaf, come to Jesus. If you would sweep your hand around be- fore your blind eyes the first thing you would touch would be the cross. It is hard for an aged man or woman to have grown old without religion. Their taste is gone. The peach and the grape have lost their flavor. They say that somehow fruit does not taste as it used to. Their hearing gets defective, and they miss great deal that is said in their presence.
 Their friends have all gone and ev- erybody seems so strange. The world seems to go away from them and they are left all alone. They begin to feel in the way when you come into the room where they are, and they move their chair nervously and say, II hope 1 am not in the way" Alas that father and mother should ever be in the way. When you were sick, and they sat up all night rock ing you, singing to you, administer ing to you, did they think that you were in the way2 Are you tired of the old peoplel Do you snap them up quick and sharp2 You will be cursed to the bone for your ingrati- tude and unkindness!
 Oh. it is hard to be ol1 without re- igion-to feel this world going away and nothing better coming. If there be any here who have gone far on without Christ, 1 address you def erentially. You have found this a tough world for old people. Alas {! to have aches and pains, and no Christ to soothe them. I want to give you a cane better than that you lean on. It is the cane that the Bible speaks of when it says, Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me-" I want to give you better spectacles than those you now look through. It 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 age7 Lay it on Christ's bosom. Do you feel lonely now that your companions and children are gone2 I think Christ has them They are safe in his keeping. Very soon he will take you where they are. I take hold of your arm and try to lead you to a place where you can put down all your burden. Go with me. Only little while longer, and your slght 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 crutches in heaven; no sleepless 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 ill the wayr Oh, how many dear old folks Jesus has put to sleepl How sweetly be has closed their eyes How gently folded their armsl How he has put his hand on their silent hearts and said: Rest now, tired pilgrim. It is all over. The tears will never start again. Hush hush r So he gives his beloved sleep. Ithink 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. 1 never feel sorry for a Christian old man. Why feel sorry for those upon whom the glories of the eternal world are about to burst2 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"
 THE VERY BAD MAY COME.
 Again, the very bad, the outra- geously 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 Iaid to them about their souls. Con sider 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 that9 He has been very hard on me" Where did you come fromf "Home." linen you have home. Have you ever thanked God for your home9 Have you children2" Yes. Have you ever thanked God for your children9 Who keeps them safe2 Were you ever sick9" Yes. "Who made you well2 Have you beer fed every day7 Who feeds youl Put your hand on your pulse. Who makes it throb2 Listen S the res piration of your lungs. Who help: you to breathe2 Have you Bible II the house, spreading before you tho future life2 Who gave you tha' Bible2"
 Oh, it has been story of goodness