Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-08-23


road you could not sleep at night. There
was Just one word that seemed TO sob tbroI,gb
!our banking house, or through Your office
or your shop, or your bedroom. and that
word was eternity" You said :'T AN NOT
ready for 1t. o God have rnerov y, rrna
Lord heard. Pence came to your heart Won
Ioinenloer how your hand trembled as Won
TOOK the cup OF the holy communion Yon.
remember the old minister who consacroted
~ anu you remember the church officials
rN mno carried II through the aisle. You re-
Iietnoer the old people who at the close of
ths service took your hand in theirs I'm con-
Eraluiating sympathy, IA much as to saw
Heico'ne home, you lost proIipnl" and
@ .@nouSh those hands have all withered away
that communion Sabbath is resurrected to-
uaV- IL L. resnrrcctod- with all its nrayers
ana songs and tears and sermons and trans
n;uration. Have you kept those vouys.
Iavo you been backslider? God helm Won
Ihis day knael at the foot OF mercy ana start
sSain Tor heaven. Start to-day as you
reminisconce
But L must not spend any more of nv time
IN going over the advantages OF your life. I
Just put them all In one great sheaf. and I
p'hu tnem up In your memory with one loud
harvest song, such as reIperS sing Praise
ths Lord, ye blood bought mortals on earth |,
Praise tae Lord, ye crowned spirits of heay-
en-!
But some OF you have not alwavs had n
smooth life. Some OF you are now in the
swallow. Others had their troubles years ago ,
you are mere wreck of what you once were
L !, must gather up the sorrows of your past
NE, but how shall do it? You say that Il
impossible, as you have had so manytroanles
and adversities. Then will Just tako two.
the first trouble and the last trouble.
Ana when you are walking along the street
and there has been music in the distance
lx- ApI 4,
step to the music, SO when you started life
your very life was musical timebeat Ths
air was full OF Joy and hilarity. With the
Dr1Sht, clear oar, you ma le the boat skip
You went on, and life grow brighter until
after awhile suddenly a voice from heaven
said, "Halt!" And you halted. You grew
pale. You confronted your first sorrow
You had no iden that the flush on your
child's check was an unhealthy flush. You
said 1t cannot be anything serious. Death
IN sippered feet walked round about the
cradle. You did not hear the tread, but
! after awhile the truth flashed on you. You
walked the floor. Oh, II you could, with
your strong, stout hand, have wrenahed the
child from the destroyerI
You went to your room, and you said
God, save my childl God, save my child p
The world seemed going out In darkness.
You said, II cannot bear II, 1 cannot bear
it ~ You felt rs II you could not put the
lashes over the bright eyes never to see them
again sparkle. Oh, If you could have taken
that little one in your arms and with it
lcapcd into the grave, how gladly you would
have done it Oh, II you could let your
property go, your houses, your land and
| your storehouss go, how gladly you would
have allowed them to depart IL you could
only have kept that one treasured
But one day there arose from the heavens
n chill blast that swept over the bedroom,
and instantly all the light went out, and
| there was darkness-thick, murky, impene-
! trlble, shuddering darkness. But God did
not leave you there. Mercy spoke. ks YOU
/ were about to put that cup to your lips God
said, "Let it pass" and forthwith as by the
| hand of angels, another cup was put into
| your hands. 1t was the cup Of Gods conso-
| lation. And as you have sometimes lifted
| the head of a wounded soldier and poured
J wine into his lips, 50 God puts His left arm
under your head, and with His right hand
| He pours into your lips the wine OF His COM
| fort and His consolation, and you looked at
| the empty cradle and looked at your broken
heart, and you looked at the Lords chas-
| tisemeDt, and you said, Even so, Father,
FOR so 1t seemeth good In TRY sight.
All, it is your first trouble. How did you
get over it2 God comforted you. You have
| been a better man ever since You have been
! n better woman ever since In the jar OF the
| closing gate of the sepulcher you heard the
langing of the opening gate of heaven and
| 'Ou felt an irresistible drawing heavenward.
| 'ou have been purer and holier OF heart ever
| since that night when the little one for the
| ] Ist time put its arms arouct your neck and
6 aid: "Good night, papa Good night,
| lamma. Meet me in heaven"
| But | must come on down to your later
.,orrow. What was it2 Perhaps it was sick
| ness The child's tread on the stair or the
| tick of the watch on the stand dtsturos you.
| Through the long, weary days you counted
| the figures on the carpet or the howers In
| the wall paper. Oh, the wearinesS and ex-
haustionl Oh. the burning pangs! Would
| God It were morning, would God 1t were
night, were your frequent cry. But you are
| better-perhaps even well. Have youthanked
| God that to-day you can come out IN the lresh
air; that YOU are in this place to hear Gods
name, and to sing Gods praise, and TO i'm
| plore Gods help, and to ask Gods forgive
| ness? Bless the Lord who healeth ell our
| diseases and rcdeencth our lives rom de-
| struction-
Perhaps your last sorrow was financial
| embarrassment. l congratulate some OF you
| on YOUR lucrative profession or occupation,
| on ornate apparel, on IL commodious resi-
dence-everythinS you put your hand 10
seems 20 turn to gold. But there are others
| OF you who are like the ship on which Paui
| Sitisd where two seas met, and you are
| broken by the violence of the waves. BY an
| uuldyised Endorsement, or by conjunction
| of unforeseen events, or by fire or storm, or a
| senselCss panic, you have been hung mead
| long, and where you once disp"nseu gt gresit
charities now you nave hslru "oRA ~ i4iA'
| he two ends meet
Have you forgotten to thank God for your
iays of prosperity, and thar through your
| trials some of you have made investments
| which will continue after the last bank OF
| this world has exploded and the silver ana
| gold are molten in fires OF a burning worldE
| Have YOU, amid all.your losses ana dlScouf-
| agencnts. forgot that there was bread on
| your table this morning and that there shall
| be n shelter 1Or your head from the s'oIn
- iTrnC
vour heart and light for your eye and giad
mi glorious AMI triumphant religion Tor
| YOUR soCIP -
per5,Ds your last trouble was be>eave-
| rnrnt. That helrt which IN chndhoou was
| YOUR refuge, the parental heart, ana "hicn
| has been a source OF the quickest sympa.ny
| oyer since has suddenly become slleEt 1cr''
| ever and now sometimes whenever In sud"
fcp npnOyance aud without deliberatlon you
| saw. ~ will go and tell mother, the thouSht
flashes on you, 81 have no mo,ner. 81. tne as
| father. with voice less tender, but at heart as
| arrnast and loving-watchful OF all your
| WAYS exultant over your success WITHOUT
| saving much, although the old people 90
| taik il over by themselves-is taken away
forever. . y
| Or there was your companion IN me-
| sborer OF your Joys and sorrows, taken, ieaV-
| in, the heart an old ruin, where the Ill WINDS
| bIow over a wide wilderness OF desoiatioh,
| the sands of the desert driving across tne
| Mace which once bloomed like the gardSh OF
| - AM Abraham mourns for Sarah at
the cave of Machpelnh. Going along your
nath in life, suddenly, right before you was
an open grave
peonle looked down, and they saw was
- . Tow feet deep and few feet wide, puI put
~ you II was chasm down which weht al
70 voge gG hopes and all your expectations: 1,sr.
'oR Bnt cheer up il the name of the Lord Jests -
Christ, the comforter He ra Is nor tbSt st child Id
lorslso o,, y, your arms2 why, He is going to
ope,tar Gus + better than you could He Is gong
81 sneirra rray II in a white robe and give 1t palm
bIanch and have it all ready to greer oten you as
your coming home. bieSsea RIsssed edo the i'm
aortnnate cry that Jesus compassiona.ess;; l aes;
BLESSED the weeping eye from when ehe SOIL