The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-09-07


| driac. They say you are nervous-as il
| that were nothing! God have mercy
upon any man or woman that is nervous
AT times you SIT alone in your room
| Friends do not come. You feel an indc
scribable loneliness in y0ur suficrnts,
but God knows, God feels; God compass
siOnatcs. He counts the slccplcss
nights; he regards the acutonCss o! thc
| pain; he estimates the hardness OF tuc
| breathing. While you pour ont i!tc
medicine from the hotLlc and count the
drops, God counts all your falling tears.
AS YOU look at Tho walls, filled with
nauscOus drafts, and at the bottles ot
distasLclul tonic that stand on the shc!t,
remember that there is a larger bottle
| than these, which Is filled with no mix
Lurc by earthly ap)thcCarics, but 1t IL
| GODS bottle, in which he hath gathered
| all our tears.
Avain, God remembers all the srr.
rows of uovcrty. There is mulch want
| that never comes to inspection. The
,Icacpns Ol the church never see IL. The
cOupcrOllcrs Of almshOu5cS never report
= It comes not to church, iortL has no
appropriate apparel. 1t makes no AZ
y ,ul Tor help, nut chO DscS rather tp suit
irr Lhon expose iLS bitterness. Fathers
who fail to yain "A livelihood, 80 that they
ana their children submit u constant
sriValiun; sewing woman who cannot ply
Tie needle quirk enough to earn LtGm
shelter and bread.
ful whether reported o. uiCompan'
lnw, whether IN seemingly comfortable
pdrior or in damp cellar or IN hot -;arrcL,
CONS angels OF mercy arc on The watch.
=
lcrtcd. Down ON the back streets, il
all the alleys, amid shaut!cs ald log
cabins, the work GOES on. Tears Of
in summer heat or
rr"c2lny IN wldcr's culd-thCy fail
not unhccdcd. They are jewels for
heavens caskct. They arc pledges OF
divine sympathy. They are tears for
G GDG'S bottle.
Ayain, the Lord preserves the re-
OF all patcrIal anXicLics.
You sec man from the most infamous
step out into the Kingdom
1T God. He has heard nO sermon.
/ ic 'ia9 received no startling providcnttal
What brought him to this
lcW mind? This is the secret: Cod
lnkcd over the bottle in which he gath
'"S Lhc tears OF his people, aud he saw Il
or rental tear in that bottle which has
been iOr 10 years ununsW He said
600 to, now, and let nc answer that
LcarW and forthwith the wandercr IS
Drought home to God.
Oh, this work OF training children tOr
God! 1t is a tremendous work. Some
people think it easy. They have never
tried it. ~ child is placed in the arms
OF The young parent. 1t is beautiful
plnYthnG. You look into the laughing
eyes. You examine the dmples in the
feet. EOu wonder at its exquisite
organism. Beautiful plaything! But
ON some niyhttall, as You SIT rockin-
that little one, Il voice seems To fail
straight from the throne OF God, saYin4;
''Tha. child is Immortal! The stars
shall die, but that is an immortal! Suns
shall grow old with aGc and perish. but
that Is an immortal!'
Now, | know with many OF You thi-
is tho chief anxiety. IOu earnestly
wish your children to grow up RIGHTLY
but you find it hard work to make then
do as you wish. You check their tenn
per. You correct their waywardncSS
In tho midnight your pillow is wet will
weeping. You have wrcsLlcd with Go,
drcn. You ask me if all that auNict'
has been Intellectual. | answer, No
God understands your heart. lie under
dcrstdnds how hard you have tried t.
make mat daughter do right, though sh
Is so very petulanL and reckless, an
what pains you have bestowed i'll teach
ing that son to walk in the paths OF ul
rightncss,t though he has such strOn!
plocllvlties for dissipation.
| speak cheering word. God hear
every counsel you ever offered him. Go
has known all the slcepleS3 nights 90
have ever passed. God has seen ever
sinking of your distressed spirit. God re
mem3ersiyour prayers. lie keeps ctcrna
record OF your mNictics, and IL hi
laChrymatOry, not such as stood in ;u
| clcnt tomb, but in one that glowS an
glitters beside the throne Of God, II
holds all those eXhausLinG tears.
| The grass may be rank upon you
| graves and the letters upon your toml
| stone defaced with tho elements bef0r
the divine response Will come, but Ii
who hath declared, 81 will be Il God t
thee and to thy seed after thee" Wi
not forget, and some day in heavc
while You are ranging the fields {
| llSllI Ine gates Oh pcarl VIII SWIM
back and garlandcd with glory thj
long wayward one will rush into you
outStretched arms of welcome and tr
umph. The hills may depart and tn
earth may burn, and the stars fall, am
time perish, but God will not Urrak hi
oath and tramplc upon his promises
never! never,
Again, God keeps a perpetual L,
mcmurancc of all hereavrmcnlS. ThrS
are the trials that clrayr the soul IN
throw the red hearts of men to l.
crushed in the wineprrSS. Troubles Il
the store You may leave at the Stor
Misrepresentation and abuse Of tn
world you may leave on the sire,
where yod found them. Thc LAVISH
that would swallow your honest arcr
mutations may be lett in the com
room. But bereavemrntS are hom
troubles. and there ls no escape frOl
them. You will sec that vacant chal
Your eye will catch at the suggestiv
picture.
! You cannot fly the presence Of sue
ills. You go to Switzerland TO g
| clear of them; but, more sure fOOtr