Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-28
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BROOKLYN, Aug eT.--Rey T. De Wit
Taluage chose unique theme M his sub.
ject for today-yiz, "a Bottle OF Tears
tho text selected being Psalms lyi, 8, Put
thou my tears Into thy bottle
Hardly mail has come 70 INC for 2Oyears
that has not contained letters saying that
my sermons have comfortcd the writer's Of
those letters. have not this summer nor
for 20 years spoken on the platform Of any
outdoor meeting, but coming down have
been told by hundreds OF people the same
thing, SO think will keep ON tsying TO
DO son Of consolation"
The prayer Of my text was pressed ont OF
Devids soul by innumeruble oalninities,
but 1t is Just AZ appropriate for the dis
tresscd Of all agcA. Within the past c''li-
tury travellers and aatiquarians have ex-
plorcd the ruins Of many Of the ancient
cities, and from the very heart Of those
buried splendors Of other days have been
brought up evidences OF customs shat long
ago vanished from the world. From among
tombs Of those ages have been brought up
laohrymatories, or lachrymals, which are
vials made of carthenware. It was the Gus
tom for tho ancients 10 Ct ch the tears that
they wept over their dcad In bottle, and
TO place that bottle in the graves OF the de
parted, mud we have many specimens Of the
ancient lachrymotorie, or tear bottle, In
our museuna.
When on the way from the Holy Land
our ship touched at Cyprus, we went back
into the hills Of that island and bought
tear bottles which the natives had dug out
OF the ruins Of the old city. There is moth
ing moro suggestive to me than the tear
Il. .
among my curlosltles. That was the kind
OF bottle that my text alludes to when Dn-
vid cries, Put thou my tears into thy bot
tia"
GOD KNOWS our GRfEFA.
The textintimates that God has an init.
mate acquaintance and perpetual remem-
brance OF all our gricfs, aud a vial or ZACH
ryinHtory, or bottle. ia which he catches
aud saves ou> tears, aud bring to you the
coincidence Of this Christian sentiment.
Why talk AJout grief Alas, the world
has lea pangs, and now, while speak, there
are thick darkscsses, Of soul that need TO be
lifted. There Hrc many who are about to
break under the assault OF temptation, aud
krchnnce, II no words appropriate to their
&se be uttered. their perish come en- no
FOOLS errand. Put upon your wounds no
salve compounded by human quhckery;
but, pressing straight TO the mark, hail
you as n vessel midsea cries to a passing
crnft ship nhoy" and invite You on
board vessel which has faith for u rud-
der, and prayer for H.ils, AND Christ for
captain, and heaven for an eternal harbor.
Catherine Rheinfeldt, a Prussian, keeps
boat with which sho rescues tho drown
ing. When u storm comes on the coast,
and other people 90 TO their beds 20 rest,
sho puts out In her boat for the relief OF tho
distressed, sud hundreds OF the drowning
has she brought safely TO tho beach. In
this lifeboat OF the gospel put out today,
hoping, by Gods help, TO bring ashore at
least one soul that mny now be sinking in
the pillows OF temptation and trouble Tho
tears that weru once caught In the lachry.
matories brought up from Herculaneum
an. Pompcii are all gono, and the bottle Is
rs dry rs the scoria OK the volcano that sub.
merged them, but not so with tho bottle
in which God gathers all our tears.
First, remark that God keepA perpatu-
ally the tears Of repentance. Many man
has awakened IN the morning 30 wrctchcd
from the nights dolauch that he has
Aobbed and wept Paths In the head, ach-
Ing In the eyCs sick at heart aud undt TO
step into tho Light He grieyes, not about
his n.isdoing, but only about It's conze-
qucncca. God makea no record OF such
weeping. OF all tbemillion teRrB that have
gtished rs the result oil such misdcmoanor,
not one ever got into Coda bottle They
dried on the lowered check, or were dashed
down by the hleatad hand, or fell into the
red wine cup as it catao agaiu 20 the lips
foaming with still worse amortization.
but when man IA sorry for bis past und
tries 70 dc botter--when he mourns his
wasted advantages Gnd bemnans his re-
lection OF Gods mercy and cries amid the
decorations OF AN aroused conscience for help
out OF his terrible predicainept--thenG God
listens; then heaven bows down; then sosp-
tefs OF pardon are extended from the throne;
then his crying rends the heart Of heavenly
cpmpasFon, then his tears are caught in
Gods bottle.
You know the story OF paradise and the
perl think II might bo put To higher
adaptation. An angel starts from the
throne of God 70 find what thing Il can on
the earth worthy OF belng carried back 70
heaven. IL goes down through tho gold
and silver mines u earth, but finds moth
ing worthy OF transportation 10 the celes-
tial city IL goes down through the
depths Of the SEQ, ,yheru the pearls lie. and
tinds nothing worthy Of taking back to
heaven. But coming TO tho foot OF a noun
tain IL sees wanderer weeping over his
evil ways. The tears OF the pr9digal start.
but do not fall to tho ground, for the
angels wing catches them, and with that
treasure speeds back to henven. God s,es
the angel coming and tRys. behold tho
brightest gem OF earth and the brightest
Jewel OF heayen-the tear Of sinner'a 70.
pentAnco"
Obi when I Bee the heavenly Shepherd
bringing alamb from the wilderness; when
! hear the quick tread Of tho prodig.l hast
ening home TO lind his father; when see a
sailor boy coming on the wharf and hurry.
lug away TO beg his mother'g pardon for
long neglect and unkindnesa; when sex
the housoless coming 10 God for shelter
and the wretehed, aud tho vile, and tho sin
burned, and the passion blasted appealing
for mercy TO compassionate God. ex,
claim IN scstaey and triumph, more tear
for Gods bottler'
BODILY AFFECTIONS.
Again, God keeps tender rumem br,,ncs
OF an your aicknesaes, How many Of you
are thoroughly sound Ia bodyf Not Que oui
o. teni do not sNEggerate. The vast mn
jority OF the race arc constant subjects q
MlmentA There Il some ono form " dis
eaao that you are particularly subject 70
aoa have weak side or back. or arc sub
lee. 70 headaches or faintnesses OF lung,