Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-18
No FEAR IN DEATH
N IS the Portal 10 Glorious
Existence
our TROUBLES WITH LIFE
DIR. Tzlmsgs Pfszchss ar Easter Sermon
From the Text. Surely the Bitter
ness Of Death Is Past"

Eso0xLYs. April iT.-Belng Easter
morning the Brookiyn Tabernacle con
gres.tion had been invited % bring
sswers ths night before. asd hank OF
them Wa ca the front Of the pnlpit and
wreatas Of thern ever tks puipit. Tbs
word +" zastFsece.on" was spelled ont in
letters e white hises. Especial music
was ai1sd 10 TIA great congregational
singing re.s, SAzanei xv. Sc. Surely
the bitterEess q death Is past
30 cvisd Azsg. snd the Gully objection
have % tsls text Is that q tad man ut
tered il. Nevertheless, is is xus, and m
higher and bstter sense than that II
which n was originally uttered. Years
ago a i-ssad something hke this was
told ne: lu hat hvei = very poor
woman by the name OF Misery. In front
of her door WIS pear tree, which was
her only resource for living. Christ.
the Lord. In poor garb was walking
throesh the earth aud no one would en-
tsrt4in htni- In vain he knocked az the
door Of palaces and OF humble dwell
in,ys. Cold sni hungry and insufficient
" clad. as 10 was, meme received HIM.
But coming ono day 70 the hut Of this
i woman. whose name was Misery. she
crusts ana asked him TO warm himself
at the handful Of Goals, and she sat up
all night that the wayfarer might have q
pillow TO rest on
In tie morning this divine being asked
her A. he departed what she would have
him do IN the way - reward. and told
her that he owned the universe and
woali give her what she asked. All she
ASKED wa. that her pear tree might bc
protected, and that the boys who stole
her frat, once climbing the tree, might
not DC able to get down without her con-
sent. 80 il was granted. and all who
climbed the tree were compelled to stay
there. After while Death came along
and told the poor woman she must 60
with MIN But she did not want 10 60,
for. however poor ones lot is, no one
wants % 90 with Death. Then she said
20 Death. Il viii go with you if you will
first cliab up izto my pear treo and
brng me down a few pears before
start" Tbs 40 consented 20 do, but
having climbed into the tree he could
not again come OWN r
Then the trozhlcs Of the world began
Jor Death did not come. The physicians
Aad no ps.ients, the rndcrsnkers no bus
h-ee, lawyers no wills to make, the peo-
sle who waited for inheri.ances could
Dot get them, the cid men sts;a in all
HE professions aGd occupations. so that
shere was no roon for the young who
svere coming On, and the earth got over
provided, and from all the earth the cry
s~eWs MP: "oh, for DEATH Where il
pesthr Then the people caxne 20 the
POOR woman and begged her to iet Death
descend from the tree. In sympathy for
the world she consented b let Death
game down On one condition. aud that
ws shst he sAould mover y,olest or take
he- away. ard On that condition Death
was allowed TO cosas down, and he kept
has word and never removed her. and
for that reason we always have Misery
with Us.
TX TIE N10dTfxsr MERCY.
! In that allegory some one has set forth
the truth that mean 70 present ON this
Faster norning, which celebrates the
xuusrection of Christ and cur coming
yss0yTection-saa one of the grandsst
md miyhtiest me-cies OF the earth is
ou divine permission 70 quit it. Sixty
f-rr persons every minute step OF this
planet. Thirty million people every
year beard this planet. IA steamer
must saiead before il takes another
cargo, ana ~ tho passengers Of . rail
tzssn must leave IL IA order to have an
other company ef passengers enter it, 80
with this weird.
What wv1ld happen to an ocean
Fhorh stay IN 1t forever What would
happen to rad train il one who pur-
ehAsss . ticket shs1ld always occupy the
s-ss assigned him, And what would
happen 70 tdn world il AL who came
anso IL newer departed from il? The
grave il a. mucA bsnediction as the
crsals. What sunk that ship in the
Biack SEA a few days ago. Too many
psssenssrs What was the matter with
fvw ycars age. went down wita 90
Gv~' Too many paeensers. Now, this
world Ia emily ssssp. which WA launched
toEsc ssx thousand years age. II Is ssil
bag AZ the rae Of many theusand miles
sn k-r II - frci<hted vith mountains
laa cStivs. and has in lbs s.atsxooDs and
bssw.xs asoat sixteeu hundred million
passengers. So many are coming aboard,
u necessary that a geed many disem-
bark.
suppose shas Ell the people that have
bvsd since the days Of Adam and Eve
bvrro st3u a6ve-whst q clssterrd mp
blaze thfs worid w7sld be-ne elbow
beam, No place 20 walk. no psivscy,
besAihG In sss or GEAR. % II anything
k-sre lea sae humaa rsce wsaid. hike q
bhipwr~sksd crew. have " be put on
bzasA rsAsons, each ef ~ having perhaps
bully bsSsit isy. Aad what chance
svssla sasre b for he rissng genera
serss Tee man sud vosneu who started
s-hen ne wsrid rear>ed we-id keep the
nscSsra resrls hsrk and down, saying.
I'VE ere ~ ssoseznS years cid. Bow
as~n. HistsrT - nssh~s. Ter ~s are
Als-r shsa hisenry- WHIST . merry foe
shs hns~en rae wss death. Within q
fsw yssrs pa eaa get from this world
81 here II "A ~
After yca hsvs had Str OF xxty or
N~-uty sprfsxsin~s, ron have $3.50
.nough sss<ssns sN~r afsy or <szty
cr seveuty susunns. ron havs seen
.Ssusa Il srrss~a~ foliage Afh~r ffsy
g. ssxsy ~ ~--~ney winters, yoa have
ses s.c-xh s>ov-sorrrs and ssfs enough
cAilss al wrsrpsa yeer~sk in erosaa