Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-08-07

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thers- Marey spoke. As yoa were stout
g pat thak cup - yoar bps God said.
s.Les Il pazs. and forthwith. - By fhs
kzpd II Anxels, another cup was pat ints
ycar hllndA IL wss tAs cup ~ Gods
eoneolai1oa- Aud ~ y0u have soEDs-
tiEsss lifted the hassd ~ wounded sol-
der and r<nrrd vile into his lips. >,
God puts his lsft arm under yoar hsasi.
ard with his right hand h. ponrs into
yoar hips The wine ~ his comfort and
his conaolailon. and yon looked at the
empty cradle and looAed - your hroken
heart. and VOC lo0ksd At the Lords ehAs-
tisement. aud yoa sid. Even -, Ia
Their. for 80 Il sesmeth good M Thy
sight
An, it l. your first trouble. How did
you get over IL. God comf0rted you
You have been q better nan ever since.
Y0u have besn better woman ever
since. In the jar u tho closing gate of
the sepnlcher you heard the changing OF
tho opeaing gate Il heaven. and you felt
"a irresistible drawing heayenward-
You have been purer and holier Of heart
ever since that night when the little one
for tho last time put its arms around
your neck and said, Good night, papa.
Good night. mamma Meet me IN heav-
en-"
But must come ON down to your later
sorrow. What was IT. Perhaps 1t WAS
sickness. The child's tread on the stair
or the tick Of ths watch ON tho stand dis
turhs you Through the long. weary days
you counted the figures on the earpet or
the flowers Ia the wall paper. On. tho
WEAKNESS and exhanstionl On. the burn
inx pAngsl Would God il were morn
ing, would God it were night, were your
frequent cry. But you are better-per-
haps even well. Have you thanked God
that today you can come out ia the fresh
air: that you are in this place 10 hear
Gods name. aud 10 sing Gods praise,
and TO iInplore Gods help. and TO ask
Gods forglvenesss Bless the Lord who
healeth all our diseases and redeeneth
our lives from destruction.
Perhaps your last sorrow was finar-
cial embarrassment. / congratulate
some Of you On your lucrative profession
or occupation. on ornate apparel, on
commodious residonce-eyerything you
put your hand 10 seems to turn 10 gold
But there are others Of you who are like
the ship on which Paul sailed where two
seas met. and you are broken ~ the vio-
lence Of the waves BY an unadvised
Endorsement, or by conjunction Of I'M
foreseen events. or by fire OF storm. or n
senseless panic, you have been flung
headlong. and where you once dispensed
great charities now you have hard work
TO make the two ends meet.
THANK GOD FOR PROSPERITY.
Have YOU forgotten TO thank God for
your days of prosperity. and that through
your trials some of you have made in
vessments which viii continue after tho
last bank Of this world has exploded and
the silver and gold are molten in fires of
burning WORLD Have you, amid all
your losses and discouragements. forgot
that there was bread on your table this
morning and that there shall be a shell
ter for your head from the storm, and
there is air for your lungs and blood for
your heart and light for your eye and a
glad and glorious and triumphant reli-
gion for your soull
Perhaps your last trouble was q be-
reavement. That heart which IN child
hood was your refuge. tie parental
heart. and which has been a source Of
the quickest sympathy ever since, has
suddenly become silent forever. And
now sometimes whenever in sudden an
noyance and without deliberation you
cay, II will 60 and tell mother" the
thought flashes ON you. II have no moth
er" Or the father, with voice less ten
der. bat at heart rs earnest and loving
watchful OF al your ways, exultant over
your success without saying much. al
though the old people do talk it over by
themselves-is taken away forever.
Or there was your companion in life.
sharer OF your joys and sorrows, taken.
leaving the heart an old ruin. where the
III winds blow over a wide wilderness of
desolation. the sands of the desert driving
across the place which once bloorned
like the garden Of God. And Abraham
mourns for Sarah AZ the cave OF Mach
pelah- Going along your path In life.
suddenly. right before you was an open
grave.
People looked down. and they saw 1t
was only few feet deep and few feet
wide. but % you IL was chasm down
which went all your hopes and all your
expectations.
But cheer up Ia the name OF the Lord
Jesus Christ. the comforter. He is not
going 20 forsakc you. Did the Lord take
that child out II your arms. Why. no
Is going 20 shelter It better than you
could. He Is going 10 array IL in a white
Iobo and give II palm branch and have
IL AL ready 20 greet you at your coming
home. Blessed the broken heart that
Jesus heals. blessed the importunate
cry that Jesus compassiouates Blessed
tho weeping ere from which the soft hand
q Jeens wipes away the tear.
Some years ago ! was sailing down the
p. John river. which is the Rhine AMI
the Hudson commingled in one scene Of
h~auty and grandeur. and while / was
on the deck - the steamer gentleman
pointed cut TO me The places II interest,
sud he said. "All this Is interval land.
and II IA tho richest land in all the prov
inces az New brunswick and Nova
Scotia
What" szid I. do you mean By In
terval lAniy' We'll be said. this land
Il submerged for . part Of the year.
f3prinx frsshsts come down. and al these
plains ars ovsrfowed with the water,
and the water leaves r1ch deposit. aud