The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-05-25
sss ess, are Those That Mourn for r,ev
Shall BE Comforted .-,Tsa. avs LEY ICY

IL S1lo o. much consolation ID the trne
ehltent heart that is inquiring after
nc way of life and salvation. Yesl
Nsaefe are Some persons who will tell
you that there's nothing in mourn !
ing, aut they are only hinderances to
an individual and prove carsc rather
( than blessing.
4 Wesmust agree that sAculd proph.
/ ct isaiah knew what he was talking
/ about In speaking of the Office oil
Christ. He said in IsaiaA 81. 2, 81
that Chlist's office IS Hto romfrt ali
that mcon, TO give Che OIL Of JOY for
mourning, The garment Of praise tor
the spirit Of hesvineSs; that they
might be called trees OF righteous
ness.
You viii also see Isaiah ST. Is, in
the promises co the penitent. he said;
81 have seen his ways, and viii heal
him: l will lead him also, and restore
comforts unto him and to his mourn
ers.'
Yon Will also find recorded in
Ecclcsiastes I. 2 and 3, In speaking
of notifying the natural ihclinations,
lust and desires of man; he says; "lt
is better to go to the house of mourn
ing, than to go to- the house of feast
ing. Sorrow is better than laughter,
for by the sadness of tire cpuntcnance
the heart is made better" SO YOU see
from those few quotations that it is
q commcndable trait to be an humble,
true, pehitcnt mourner seeking after
and crying for Divine blessings.
We will also give You SOME Prac-
teal illustrations Of true penitent
mourning and crying. recorded IN the
R;bIc. You remember that great city
Nincveh. which became so wicked,
corrupt and degraded that o'cd told
Jonah 70 go and tell them that IN Tor
ty days Nineveh should }c destroyed;
hnt when Jonah wgnthe preached with
such power and carnestncss that the
people repentcd in sack-clotlf ana
ashes: even the king came down from
his throne, disrohed himself and they
cried nightly unto God: and 0od
heard their cries and spared 'hc city.
Look if YOU please in the 9th chap
ter Of Luke, where Saul of Iarsus
Il was stricken down by a great hight
of conviction, mourning and praying
for three days without eating, drink
ing or sleeping, but at the end OF three
days Ananias went to him and talked
to him and the scales TEL from ms
ewes and hc received tic Holy Ghost
You also Remembers that on a certain
occasion az Christ was going out OF
Jericho with his disciples ami great
number as people. blind Barti"aeus
sat by the highway side 'esglng
And wheu he heard that It was Jesus
Il of Nazareth, be began TO cry "ttt ana
saw Jesus, thou son Of David have
mercy on ,ne. But many Of tile peo'
ple began 20 tslh TO him and tel HIM
no. to srp so load, NOT thalle any ado
etc. but he cried the iteore' Saying
thou son of David have merry on me-
And Jesus heard his cries and restor-
ed him to sight. There are a great
MANY people nowadays that Will tell
YOU not to cry. mourn or anything
Of the sort, that it is nothing but
sympathetic feelings excited. ana
sometimes when yon arc sitting anu
listening at the gospel, the love Oh
God floods your heart and soni with
such magnetic and elevating power
that your body cannot contain, ana
you clap your hands and say, GLORY
to God my souls happy! some one
is ready to say that it is nothing but
emotional excitement. l want TO
say, If this is what you call eSclce-
ment,s Il want 20 be excited as long as
I live, and when come to due want
to be wonderfully excited. so go
ahead, and when YOU ieci lake crying
or shouting do so, for on the day
of Pentecost when three thousand
were converted and shouting Gods
praise, some began to- mawk and say
they were drunk, but Peter standing
up and said these are not drunk. "but
this is that which was spoken by the
prophet Joel and it shall come to pass
in the last days, saith God, will
,,nrr ant my snirit nnuu all flesh"