Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-06-12

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we made our graduating st,ptoh sifesil,,
fueDoement day on fflen1sbip, on, n
was charmed tiinM INT aoss u ssmn
a much " yot, a. ~ nad ~ yot bsys
gone on IN life, abd une friend h~s ias
trayed y0s, shd another ffisnd has mis-
interpreted you. and another friend has
neglected you, and frirbdship comes
now so,notinies 70 mean W yort inetefy
another AZ 10 gfindi
so with money. We tbgught NJ man
had y competency he was safe Tor MI the
future, bnt we have learned that. a
mortgage may be defeated by an uoa
known previous ipounnsnoe, that sign
Ing your name on the baek ~ note
may be your business death eaffahti
that new tariff may obenge The cur.
ront Of tradoi that man may be rich
today and poor tomorrow. And 0od,
by all these mIsfortuDes, In trying w
loosen our grip, bat still we hold on.
God smites us with stsf, but We hold
on. And no strikes us with n rod, hut
we hold on. And hs sends over us tho
iron wheel Of misfortune, but We hold on.
There are men who keep their grip on
this world until the last moment who
suggest 10 me the condition and conduct
Of the poor Indian In The boat In tbs Nj
ngara rapids coming on towafd the fall.
Seeing that no could not escape, q mo-
ment or two before he. got, 70, the verge
Of the plunge no lifted o wibe bottle
and drank II of and then tossed thebot
tie into the air. so there are men who
clutch tho world, and they 20 down
through the rapids Of temptation and
sin, and they hold ON TO tho very last
moment Of life, drinking 10 their oternsl
damnation as they 20 over and 20 down.
Oh, lot goi Lot got Tho best fortunes
are In heaven. There are no absconding
cashiers from that bank. no failing IN
promises TO pay. Set your affections on
things above, not ON thing on the earth.
Let goi Depend npon 1t that God Win
keep upon you the STAFF, or the rod, or
the iron wheel until you do let 20.
THE STAFF AND THE ROD.
Another thing my text teaches us In
that Christian sorrow Is going 10 have n
sure terminus. My text says, Bread
corn is bruised because he will not be
ever thrashing it," Blessed be God for
thati Pound away, O fail. Turn on,
o wheell Your work will soon be done.
HE will not be ever thrashing IT," Now
the Christian has almost as much use in
the organ for the stop tremulant ms no
has for the trumpet. But after awhile
he will put the last dirge into the portfo-
lio forever. So much Of us as is wheat
will be separated from 10 much ~ Is
chaff, and there will be no moro need Of
pounding.
They never cry in heaven because
they have nothing to cry about. There
are no tears Of bereavement, for you
shall have your friends all round about
you. There are no tears Of poverty be-
cause each one sits at tho kings table
and has his own chariot Of salvation
and free access TO tho wardrobe where
princes get their array. No tears Of
sickness, for there are no pneumonias on
The air, and no malarial exhalations from
The rolling river Of life, and no crutch
for the lame limb, and no splint for the
broken arm, but the pulses throbbing
with the health Of tho eternal God in a
climate like our June before the bios
SONS fall, or our gorgeous October be-
Tore the leaves scatter.
= In that land the souls will talk over
the different modes Of thrashing. Oh,
the story Of the staff that struck the
Fitches, and the rod that beat the cum
min. and the iron wheel that went over
the corni Daniel will describe tho lions,
and Jonah leviathans, and Paul the elm.
wood whips with which hewas scourged,
and Eve will tell how aromatic Eden
was the day she left 1t, and John Rogers
will tell Of the smart Of the fame, and
Elijah of the ffery team that wheeled
MIN up the sky sleeps. and Christ Of the
numbness and paroxysrp and hemor-
rhages Of the awfni1 erpcifxion. There
hey are before the throne Of God. On
one elevation all those who were struck
of the staff. ono higher elevation all
hose who were struck OF the rod. On
highest elevation, and amid the highest
Of heaven, all those who were
under the wheel. He viii not ever be
it,
Oh, my hearers, is there not enough
salve In this text TO make plaster large
enough to heal all your wounds3 When
. child Is hurt, the mother Is very apt to
say TO it,, Now, 1t will soon feel better"
And that Is what God says when he un.
bosoms all the trouble In the hush Of this
great promise, "Weeping may endure
FOR night, bnt Joy cometh In the morn
ng," You may leave your pocket hand
kerchief sopping wet with tears on your
leath pillow, but you will go up abso-
utely sorrowless. They will wear black;
you will wear white. Expresses for
hem; palms for you.
You will say; lis 1t possible that am
here? Is this heaven7 Am I 80 pure now
| will never do anything wrongf Am
20 well that viii never again DO sic6
Are these companionships 30 firm that
they will never again be brokenf Ii that
Nary Is that John7 Ii that my loved
one I put away into darknessS Can II be
that these are the faces OF those who Lay
10 wan and emacisted In tho back room
ON that awful night dyingf Oh. how ra-
diant they arel Look at themi How rar
diant they arei
why, how unlike this place is from
,.,lat n fhnnOht when 4 left the world