Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-21

welcomed. We have great many upphs
An our day about the hardships Of ministers
and the trials Of Christian ministers
wish somebody would write book about
the Joys OF the Christian minister about
the symphthics all around MN, about the
lxindnesscs, about th, genial considerations
az him. Docs sorrow come to our home.
and q there a shadow on the cradle. there
arc hundreds OF hands to help, and many
WHO weary not through the long night
watching, and hundreds of prayers going
m that God would restore the sick. Is
4 there burning. trimming cup Of calamity
/ placed on the pastors table, are there not
many to help him drink Of that cup and
who will not be comforted because he is
! stricken4 oh, for somebody TO write o
I book hbout the rewards Of the Christian
| minister-about his surroundings OF Chris
tian sympathy.
ONLY TYPE.
This woman Of the text was only type
Of thousands Of men and women who come
down from the mansion ind from the cot
70 do kindness TO the Lords servants
suppose the men Of Shunem had to pny tho
bills, but it was the large hearted Christian
sympathies OF the women Of Shunem that
looked after the Lords messenger,
Again, this woman In the text was great
IN her behavior under trouble,
Her only son had died on her lap. \ very
bright light went out I'm that household.
The sacred writer pats II very tersoly when
he says, He sat on her knees until noon,
and then he died" Yet the writer goes on
to say that she exclaimed, ut is WE'LL"
Great in prosperity, this woman was great
IN trouble
Where are the teet that nave not been
bhstered on the hot sands oil tnls great
sahhrHf Nhere are the shoulders thas
have not been bent under the burden OF
gHeif Where Is theship sAllingoNer CLASSY
sea that mas not after awhile Deen ci'uBhss
IN cyclonef Where Is tue garden oI
earthly comfort but trouble ha'S7-1'TTcned
up IT'S merry anu painting team ana Bouo
through u Wlth burning plo"Shafe oil us
asterl Under tho pelting OF ages OF suffer-
ing the great heart oil the world mas burst
wlth woe.
NHvisatoTs tell us about the rivers and
the Amazon ana the Danube and the Mis-
slsslppl nave been explored. but who eau
ten tho depth or length OF inc great river
OF sorrow made up OF tears and blood roll
ing through all lands and all ages, bearing
the wreck OF families and OF communities
and OF cinpires-ionmlns' writing, boilinH
with the ngonies oil 6Vo years. Etna and
ColopaN ana NesuNlus have been hescrIbedI
but VINO has ever sketehed the volcano OF
sulering ietehlng up nom It's depths the
lava ana the scorin ana pouring them down
the slaes 10 Whelm the nHtiohsi On, II
Sou,u Ha'ner Gll we he','Sttlhss' u;
u t .e'l a'''l'S', 'u'o h"'P WOMB
play ON IVA dltsthueh ns was mover sounded
GBEAIEl: THAN GOHGON'
MytholoBlsts tel us OF Gorgon and Cen
teur anu ilHu' ana geo'oGls's tel us OF eN'
t.nct species OIL monsters out greater thao
Horsou OF lhSS"IneF'uih' huu not beiohB'
lns 10 tine tehliii OF iable' ana not OF mn eN'
'lhSt species, Is monster win iron Jaw
ana IRON hoois waking across the nations
anu history anu poetry ana sculpture 10
tneir attempt 70 shetch IL ana describe u
"tnu scented 20 sweat great drops OF oIood.
put' thui'h Co.. there are lhose VINO can
ounq"vF Us 'hl' Woman o. the teNt con
quurtu "il shy u VEN Ihough my
PupeI,y uc gone 'Iough my Gh'iureh ID
gone though my nome be broken up,
tuougn my hea''h pe Saetiilceu' IL Is Well, u
~ wen, lhere Is no storm on inc sea bns
Sii''SV ~ l'tIy 70 Ii9o w. ~, 'ue hihuer part OF
.uu Niii anu huAl IT, lhefe ~ no darkness
uut Wy .,, 'uila'eiiu'loi'S Oh uou eternal loNd
u''n '''ullihe ~ ana though inc winter
- - A.'-'N
sometimes seen the northern SKY al aola7d
win Hurpras mat seem TO h'y' Come mp
thls way upthls way are thrones OF light,
'''" s','S VI e"ppulIu' ui'uV is splehaor OF an
p'''i'' heuNeH' Tome up thiH way
We may IKE the ships, by Tempest DO tossed
, on petiloua deers' but cannot be lost,
, loua g. arctic luo m'4u nnu iho tlae'
NV '''','-' ''77"''9 VS. '''u i'iu WIZ proN'ue'
ihea'u an eeho oil my text IN very dark
hour' when my father lay dying, and tho
ol1 country minister said to him, Mr..
I'lmage, how do you feel now as you ARD
ABOUT 70 pass the Jordan OF deathg' He
iep!lea-apu u was the last thing no evet
said ieel we'll feel very well; all IL
well liilihg up bis hand IN benedlction,
u Hpeechless bencdictlou, which pray God
may go down through all the generations.
IL was Wen OF course 1t was we'll
Again, this woman OF my text was grcnE
IN her application to domestic dutlcs Ev.
cry picture Is home picture, whether shd
Is entertaining mn Elisha, or whether she II
giving careful attention TO her sick boy, or
whether Sue IS appealing for the restora.
uon OF her propofty-oyery picture in hcf
case Is home picture, Those are not dis
ciples OF the Shunemite woman who, going
out to attend TO outside charities neglect
the duty OF home-tho duty Of wife, OF
mother OF daughter No fmthfulncss IN
n IN. L.. g.