The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-09

rsvery rheumatic pam Is only "a plunge
OF the husking peg. Every neuralgia
twing is only u twist by tho huskcr.
There Is gold in you that must come
ont Some way the shacklc must he
brokcn. Some way the shin must lc
launched for the heavenly voyage. You
must let the Heavenly ~llusbandman
husk Off the mortality from the immor-
tally. There ought to he great con.
ISOLATION In this for all who have chronic
ailments, since the Lord il sradu-
ally and more mildly taking away
from you that which binders your
souls liberation, doing gradually
for you what for many of us in robust
health perhaps lie will do in one fell
blow ut the last. At the close of every
Illness. NJ the close of every paroxysm
you ought to say: "rhauk God that all
is past now; thank God that | will
never v to suffer that again; thank
God | am ST much nearer the hour ~
liberation" You will never suffer the
same pain twice. You nay have II new
pain in an old place, but never the
same pain twice. The pain does It's
work and then IL dies just So many
plun2cs of the crowbar To free the
quarry stone for the building. just so
many strokes Of the chiscl To complete
the statue. just ~ many pangs to
separate the soul from the body. You
who have chronic ailments aud disor-
ders, are only paying in installmcnts
that which some of us will have to pay
in one payment when we pay the debt
- nnt,y, fThanE Cd tk,,f asa,
who have chronic disorders that you
have 40 much less suffering at the last
Thank God, that you will havo 40 wach
less TO feel in tho way of pain ut the
hands OF the Heavenly ~ilusbandman
when "the shock Of corn comcth In in
his season."
Perhaps this may be an answer TO Il
question which l asked one Sabbath
morning, but did not answer: Why Is
II that so many really good people have
40 drcadfully to suffer? You often fine
u good man with enough pains and
aches and distrcSses, You would think,
To discipline II whole colony, Will,
you will find u man who Is perfect
~ useless going about with easy III
gestion and steady nerves an,
shining health, and his cxi
from the world is comparatively pain
less. How do you explain that? Well
| noticed in the husking time that thC
husking peg was thrust into the cor
and then there must he n stout pull he
fore the swathing was taken of tn
ear, and tho full, round, healthy, lux
, uriant corn was developed; while %,
the other hand there was corr tina
| hardly seemed worth husking. w
threw that into n place all by Itself
and we called it "nubbinS" Some o
! it was mildewcd, and some OF IL wa
m~ice-nibbicd, and some of II vas grea
| promise and no fulillmcnt. All cob
: and no corn. Nubbins. After the goo,
/ corn had been driven up To the barn W,
came around with the corn basket ant
we picked up these nubbins. The,
. were worth saving, but no. wort
much. SO all around IA there are pee
, Pile who amount to comparatively moth
e ing. They develop into no kind q
usefulness. They are nibbled IN on
. side by the world, and nibbled on tn
D other side by the devil, and mildewc
D all over. Great promise and no fulfil
: mcnt All cobs and no corn. Nubbin'
n They are worth saving. ! suppos
many Of them will get to Heaven, In
e they are not worthy To bc mentioned
the same day with those who WEI
through great tribulation into the kint
;; drm of our God. Who would not rathe
t have the pains IF this life, .he misfo
z tunes of this lifc-who would NJ
Z rather be torn al wounded an
y lacerated and wrench . | hushc
and ut last go in amid the ven
best grain Of the grauary than to l
C pronounced not worth husking Mt al
n Nubbins. In other words, | want ,
say to you p9oplc who have distress
p body and distress in business md di
trcss of all sorts, the Lord has not an
e grudge against you. 1t is not derog'
t tory, it Is complimentary. "Whom II
Lord lovcth he ~chastcncth," and it
n proof positive that there Is somcthir
J. valuable in you or the Lord would NJ
G have husked you.
If You remember also that in the tin
n of huskiug it was IA ncighborhood +
l. union, by the great fireplace in Il
n winter, the free roaring around u
Il glorifed back logs on an old-fashiono
IS hearth, Of which the modern stow
.e and registers are only the ~degenera'
Ic descendants, tho farmers used to gath,
Is aud spend the evening, and thore Won
" be much sociality, but 1t was not an
e thing like the joy of the husking tim
X for then all the farmers came, and th'
l. came ia tho very best humor, and tbs
{. came from beyond the meadow, ~
.e they came from beyond the brook, M
Ia they came from regions two and thrv
), miles around. Good spirits reign'
q supreme, and there were gre
m handshaking, and there W
II carnival, and there was the recital
the brightest experiences in all the
n lives, and there was n neighborhood 1
union the memory Of which makes {
If the nerves Of my body trcmble wi
d emotion. The husking time was t
- time OF neighborhood reunion, and
t. Heaven will be just that There tn
IL come up! They slept in the old villa.
= c~hurchyard. There they come u
s. They come up from all ~sides-from ~
q ter's field and out of the solid mason