Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-08-29

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he4fAeies q fainknesens ~ haas easily
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struna hlow - zhtysr t.e Eol.iua hosi
- llfe q hrrak TIE pitcher Al tAe foam
tan. asny q yua have kppf ca IN hfl
thrpnzh sl,eer feFes q MI. Yoa tank
~ ons cad ualersfeni Tpur dizfresesA
PorhzFs yca loek s,ronz. anA /, Is sep
r.se>i tA2a "a sFe hyI-<hosldriae.
Thy sly yea ers nervous Il thai
sers notbingl dod have mercy upon
any nan 20 woman tisa< \ nersouss
Al tiEz pa "a Hioas in your roosn.
Frfensis ID ncf eon.e. Y0u feel an lnds-
scribahla h1nziines IA your sufIerfngs,
bat Gid knows. God feels: 0od com
ps<zion4tss. lie counts tbs sleepltss
niehlA lie regards the scafenesa u the
pain. he estimates TIA hardness q tbs
breathing. While yon pour ost the
n.edicins from the bottle and count the
drops. God counts al your falling teaFsL
A yoa Iook AZ the vials allied with naus-
Sous drafts and az the bottles q tiss
tasteful tonic that stand On the shelf. r,'-
fnazaber that there l. larger bogtle than
thesr. which u filed with no mixfnre BY
earthly apothecarics. bnt II i Gods bot
dc. IN which he hath gathered al our
tears.
THE SORROWS 90 fOgEKTy.
Again. God rsmembers al the sorrov's
Of poverty. There IA much want ths.t
- $500. A.. t~.~<-~s<.~. r.. a..a~...
Of the church never see IL. Tho 1&rrl,-
trollers Of alznshouses never report n. q
CONES not to church. for IL has no apprs-
pirate apparel Il makes no appeal FIR
help, but chooses rather TO suffer thah
expose its bitterness. Fathers who ~
20 gain q livelihood. 30 that they q a
their children suLsnit 20 constant pr va
ton: sewing women. who cannot ply
the neediaquick enough to earn them
shelter and bread.
Bat whether reported or uncomplain-
ing. whether in seemingly comfortable
parior. or in damp cellar. or In hot gar
ret. Gods angels Of mercy ares on tho
watch. This moment those Rriefs are
beng collected. Down on the back
streets. IN all the alleys. amid shanties
and bog cabins. tho work GOES on Tears
Of want--ssstlling in summers heat or
freezing Ia winters cold-they fall not
UNDECIDED. They are jewels for heavens
casket. They are pledges Of divine sym
pathy. They arc tears for Gods bottle.
Again. the Lord preserves the remem-
branco u all paternal anxieties. You
Sc q man from the most infamous sur
roundings step out into the kingdom OF
God He has heard no sermon. He has
received no startling providential warn
ing. What brought hun 10 this new
mind1 This Is the secret-God looked
over the bottle in which he gathers the
tears Of his people. and he saw a paren-
tai tear In that bottle which has been
for 40 years unanswered. He said, "(io
20. noa, and let mo answer that tearf'
and forthwith the wanderer Is brought
home to God
Oh, this work of training children for
Godl II Is a tremendous work. Some
people think IL easy. They have never
tried IL. A child Is placed in the arms
Of the young parent. II Is beautiful
plaything. You look into the laughing
eyes. You examine the dimples In the
feet You wonder az its exquisite or
ganism. beautiful playthingl But on
some nightfan az you sit rocking that
little one a voice seems 10 fall straight
from the throne Of God. saying: THAT
child il irnInortali The stars shall die,
but that Is an immortall Suns shall
grow old with age and perish. bat that
Il an inmortalr'
COD UNDERSTANDS yoCR Heart.
Now. know with many of Jon this Is
the chief anxiety. You earnestly wish
your children 20 grow up rightly. but
you find IL hard work 10 make them 10
"a you wish. You check their temper.
You correct their waywardness; In the
midnight your pillow il wet with weep
ing. You have wrestled with God in
agony for the salvation Of your children.
You ask mo il all that anxiety hns beer
Intellectual I answer. No. God IN
derstansis your hart. He understands
how hanl Won have tried O. make thai
daughter 10 right. though she Is 30 very
petnlant and reckless. and whist pains
you have bestowed in teaching that s1h
- walk Ia tke path Of uprightncss,
though he has such strong procliyities
fer Dissipation
sr<s,k = cheering worl God heard
every coansel yon ever offered him. Gs,d
has known All the sleepless nights ysn
have pas@ed. God has sen every sink
IND of your depressed spirit. God re-
menllsrs yoar prayers. He KEGS eter-
nal record e yoar anxieties. and IN his
lachrymatory not such AZ stood la an-
cirns tnnb. hut IN cue that CLOVIS and
critters beside the tbrune Of God4,s
hsi.!s Al those exhausttnx tears. \
Tie rraas may b rank upon your
graves and the letters upon your tomb
stones dsfacei With the elements befora
the divine Responses viii come. but be
who hath declared. Il will h = God -
ti.es sod g. thy see-l after thee. vii not
forget. and safno day Ia heaven while
yon ar ranging the fslis Il h4,ht The
Eafes = pearl vii swing hack. and gar
landed with glary hat l,ng wsywaid
one vii rash iato your outstrstohsd
arms Il usiconse and triumph. Tho
hills may detarf. AMI fhe earth rna,y
burn. and the stars fall. and time peri-la.
but 6sol will trtaA hs- cath AMI trisuapIs
npa hsa promises neyeri nevefi
Agatn. sca kess~ . pert~fnai refaens-
brsses - al hsrsasesneHts. Thea afe
ths trisls thaf eleave the soul and throw
the ri heaffs g men - D. crushed y
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