The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-14


acles for garlands 1t is the transmit
ing OF the iron handouts of earthly in
generation into the diamonded wrist
lets OF bridal party; or to use the sug-
gestion of my text, it is only husking
time. 1t is the tearing off of the rough
sheath of the body that-the bright and
beautiful soul may go free, Coming in
like shock of corn cometh in in his
season. Christ broke up funeral pro-
! cession at the gate of Main by making
resurrection day for young man and
his mother. And | would that | could
break up your sadnesses and halt the
long funeral procession of the worlds
grief by some cheering and cheerful
view of the last transition
We all know that huslSing time was a
time of frost Frost on the fence. Frost
on the stubble. Frost on the ground.
Frost on the bare branches of the trees.
FIR, st in the air. Frost on the hands of
the husIlers. You remember we used
keep off the wind, but still you remem-
Der how shivering was the body and
how painful was the cheek, and how
benumbed were the hands. But after
awhile the sun was high up and all
the frosts went out of the air, and hilar-
tiles awakened the echoes, and Joy from
one corn-shock went up. saba, aha"
and was answered with joy from an
other corn-shock, aha, ahaw So we
all realize that the death of our friend
is the nipping of many expec-
tations, the freezing, the chilling, the
frosting of many of our hopes. 1t is
far from being south wind. 1t comes
out of the frigid north, and when they
go away from us we stand benumbed in
body, and benumbed in mind, and be:
numbed in soul. We stand among our
dead neigh bors, our dead families, and
we say, "Will we ever get over it?''
Yes, we will get over it amid the shout
ings of heavenly reunion, and we will
look back to all these distresses of be-
reavement only as the temporary dis
tresses of liusking time. Weeping
may endure for a night, but JOY cometh
in the morning" Light and but for a
moment" said the apostle as he clapped
his hands, Eight and but for a mo-
ment" The chill Of the frosts followed
by the gladness that cometh in ''like a
shock of corn cometh in in his season. A"
1 OF course, the husl1ing made rough
work with the ear of corn, The husk-
ing peg had to be thrust in and the
hard thumb Of the husker had to come
down on the swathing of the ear, and
then there was pull and there was a
ruthless tearing, and then complete
swapping off before the corn was free,
and if the husk could have spoken it
would have said: why do you lacerate
me? Why do you wrench mt?' All,
my friends, that is the way God has ar
ranged that the ear and the husk shall
part, and that is the way he has ar
ranged that the body and the soul shall
separate. You can afford to have your
physical distresses when you know that
they are only forwarding the souls lib
Grafton. Every rheumatic pain is only
a plunge of the huslzing peg. Every
neuralgia twinge is only twist by the
husller. There is gold in you that
! must come out Some way the
shackle must be broken. Some
way the ship must be launched fol
heavenly voyage. You must let the
heavenly hu5bandman husk off the
mortality from the immortality. There
ought to be a great consolation in this
for all who have chronic ailments, since
the Lord is gradually and more mildly
taking away from You that which him
ders your souls liberation, doing grad.
ually for you what for many of us in 70
bust health perhaps he will do in one
fell blow at the last. At the close Of
every illness, at the close of every par
oXysm you ought to say, THANK God
that is all past now; thank God, / will
never have to suffer that again; thank
God, ! am so much nearer the hour o.
liberation. You win never suffer the
same pain twice You may have a new
pain in an old place, but never the same
pain twice. The pain does its worl
and then it dies. just so many plunge.
1 of the crowbar to free the quarry stone
for the building. just so many stroke.
of the chisel to complete the statue
Just so many pangs to separate the sou
from the body. You who have chroni,
ailments and disorders, are only paying
in installments that which some of u,
will have to in one payment when W,
pay the debt of nature. Thank God
therefore, We who have chronic disor
ders, that you have SO much less suffer
ing at the last. Thank God, that vo,
will have so much less to feel in tn,
way of pain at the hands of the Heaven
~ Husbandman when "the shock O
corn cometh in in his season."
Perhaps now this may be an answer
to question which l asked one Sab
bath morning, but did not answer
Why is it that so many really good PEG
pie have so dreadfully to suffer? Yo,
often find good man with enough
pains and aches and distresses, yo,
would think, to discipline whole col
ony, while you will find man who i
perfectly useless going about with cas-,
digestion and stea dy nerves and shinin,
health, and his exit from the world i
comparatively painless, How do yol
explain that? Well, l noticed in tn
hushing time that the husking-peg wa
thrust into the corn and then Their
must be a stout pull before the swath
ing was taken off the ear and the full
round, healthy, luxuriant corn was de
welcomed: while on the other hand Their