The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-11-30

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generation into the diamonded wrist
lets Of bridal party; or TO use the sug-
gestion Of my text 1t is only husking
time. II 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, T" Christ broke up funeral pro-
cession at the gate of Main by making
resurrection day for a 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
time of frost Frost on the fence. Frost
on the stubble. Frost on the ground.
Frost on the bare branches Of the trees.
Frost In the air. Frost on the hands OF
the huskers. You remember we used
to hide between the corn-stacks so as to |
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 wentout Of the air, and hilar-
tiles awakened the echoes, and joy from
one corn-shock went up "Aha, aha"
and was answered with Joy from an
other corn-shock, "Aha, aha!" 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
60 away from us we stand benumbed in
body, and benumbed in mind, and be-
numbed in soul We stand among our
dead neighbors, our dead families, and
we say "Will we ever get over itP"
Yes, we will get over 1t 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 husking time. Weeping
may endure for night but Joy cometh
in the morning" Light and but for
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
shock of corn cometh in in his season"
OF course, the husking 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
ruthless tearing, and then a complete
swapping off before the corn was free,
and II the husk could have spoken 1t
would haye said: "Why do you lacerate
me? Why do you wrench meP" 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 huslsing peg Every
neuralgic twinge is only twist by the
huslSer There is gold In you that
must come out Some way the
shackle must be broken. Some
way the ship must be launched for
heavenly voyage. You must let the
heavenly husbandman husk off the
mortality from the Immortality. There
ought to be 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 ro'
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, I win
never have to suffer that again; thank
God, / am so much nearer the hour oi
liberation" You will never suffer the
same pain twice. You may have n new
pain in an old place, but never the same
pain twice. The pain does its worl
and then II dies just so many plungei
of the crowbar to free the quarry stone
for the building. Just so many strokes
} of the chisel TO complete the statue
Just so many pangs TO separate the sou
| from the body. You who have chronic
c ailments and disorders, are only paying
l In installments that which some of nj
will have to in one payment when We
nav the debt Of nature. Thank God
8 therefore, ye who have chronic disor
ders, that you have so much less suffer
D ing ut the last Thank God, that yot
a will have so much less to feel In thu
e way Of pain at the hands of the Heaven
= ly Husbandman when "the shock o
s corn cometh in In his season."
j Perhaps now this may be an answer
, TO question which l asked one Sab
q bath morning, but did not answer
I Why is It that so many really good peo
b pie have so dreadfully to suffer- Yoi
a often find good man with enougl
7 pains and aches and distresses, yol
4 would think, TO discipline a whole col
: ony, while you will find man who 4
|, perfectly useless going about with eas,
9 digestion and stea dy nerves and shining
health, and his exit from the world 1
0 comparatively painless How do yoV
8 explain that2 Well, / noticed In tn
!; huslSing time that the husking-peg wa
t thrust into the corn and then ther
n must be stout pull before the swath
4 ing was taken Off the ear and the full
9 round, healthy, luxuriant corn was de
Q veloped; while on the other hand ther
q was corn that hardly seemed wort
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