The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-30

cried unto thee, o Lord'
And there is so much Of that style of lam- |
entation In his writings you think he
overdoes H., but afteraWhiletb the frost comes
upon you in the shape OF persecution, and
you are stuck with this ceusure and stuck
with that defamation, and stuck with some
falsehood, aud lies IN swarms are buzzing,
buzzing about your ears, and at last you
understand what David meant when he
said, "They compessed me about like bees
yea, they comprised me about like bees,
and you 70 down under nervous prostra-
ton and feel that you are rs far down as
David when he cried, out of the depthso Of
helll'
What opened all thoseChapters that hitb
erto had no appropriateness FrOstsl For
a long while the Bible seemed lopsidel and
a dsproportionate amount of 1t given up to
the cousulatory. Why page after page and
chapter after chapter and book after book
in the Bible taken up with alterations,
with qualifications, with condolences The
book seems like an apothecary store with
one-half of the shelves occupied with bal
sans. Why such a superlluity OF balsams'
But after awhile the memhranous Group
carries OIL your child, or your health gives
way under the grip, or your property Is
all three troubles come at once-bankrupt-
cy, sickness and bereavement. Now the
consolatnry parts of the Bible do not seem
to be disproportiouate. You want some
thing off almost all the shelves Of that sa.
cred dispensary. What has uncovered and
exposed to you the usefulness of SO much
of the Bible that was before hiddeni The
frosts have been fulfilling their mission.
Put down all the promises Of the Bible on
table for study, and put on one side the
table man who has never had any trouble,
or very little of it, but pile upon the table
beside him all encyclopedias, and all die
tionares, and all acknowledges, aud all com
mentaries, and on the other side of the ia
BILE put man who has had trial upon trial.
disaster upon disaster, and let HIM begin
the study of the promises without lexicon,
without commentary, without any bool; to
explain or help, and this latter man will I'M
derstand far more of the height and depth
and length and breadth of those promises
than the learned eXegete opposite, almost
submerged in sacred literature The one has
the advantage over the other because he has
felt the mission of the frosts. o take the
consolation Of this theme, ye to whom life
is a struggle, and a disappointment, aud a
gauntlet, and pang. That is beautiful
proverb among the Hebrews which says,
"When the tale of bricks is doubled, then
Moses comes"
THE BLASTS OF ADVERSELY.
Mild doses of medicine will do for mild
sickness, but violent pains need strong
doses, and SO stand over you and count
out some drops that will alleviate your
worst troubles if you will only take the
medicine, and here it Isl "ln the v -,ui ye
| shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer;
| l have overcome the world" Weeping
may endure for night, but joy cometh in
the morning." Thank God for frostsl
What helped make Milton the greatest of
poetsS The frost of blindness. What helped
make Washington the greatest of generals,
The frosts of Valley Forge What made it
appropriate for one passing John Bunyan' S
grave to eXclaim Sleep on, thou prince OF
dreamers" The frosts of Imprisonment.
The greatest college from which We can
graduate is the college of frosts. Especial
trial fits for especial work. just now watch
and you will see that trouble is preparative
and educational. That is the grndstOne
on which battle axes are sharpened. Ihave
always noticed in my own case that when
the Lord had some special work for me to
do it was preceded by especial attack upon
me. This is so proverbal in my own house
that if for something say ordo | get pour.
ed upon me "A volley of censure and anath.
ema, my wife always asks: Il wonder
what new opportunity of usefulness j.
about to openY Something good and grand
is surely coming"
What Is true in my case is true on 4
larger or smaller scale in the history Of
every man and woman who wants to serve
the Lord. Without complaint take the
hard knocks. You will see after awhile
though you may not appreciate it now
that by the breath of IA good and loving
God frost is given. Let the corners of YOU
mouth, SO long drawn down in complaint
be drawn up IA smiles of content.
For many years poets and essayists have
celebrated the grace and swiftuess of tn,
Arabian horses. The most wonderful ex
hibition of Craftsmanship that ever wit
messed was Just outside of the city of Jeru
salem-an Arabian steed mounted by al
Arab Do you know where these Arabian
horses got their 1eetness and poetry of mo
tions Long centuries ago Mohammed
with 10000 cavalry on the march, could find
for them not drop of water for three days
Coming to the top of hill, a river was il
s--s..-.' ~-----'.
sight. With Wild dash the 10000 horse.
started for the stream. A minute after ar
armed host was see" advancing, and at Mo
hammed's command 100 bugles blew for the
horses to fall in line, but all the 20 NnO con
tinued the wild gallop to the river except
five, and they, almost dead with thirst
wheeled into line of battle
Nothing In human bravery and self sac
rifce excels that bravery and self sacrifice
Of those five Arabian war horses Those
five spl~'Aid stceds Mohnmmed chose foi
his own use ana nom those five came that
lorsa- b4 frln
of the equestrian world. And let me say
that in this great war Of truth against
error, of holiness against sin and HEAVIER
/, against hell, the best war horses ar,
descended from those who, under pans
and self denial and trouble, answered tn,
gospel trumpet and wheeled into line
Out of great tribulation, out of great fires
out of great frosts they came.
REWARD AFTER SUFFERING.
And let me say 1t will not take long fo
God to make up to you in the next worlt
for all you have suffered in this. As yol
enter heaven he may say; Give this MAJ
one of those lowered and colonnaded pal
aces on that ridge of gold overlooking tn,
sea of glass. Give this woman "A HON,
among those amaranthine blooms and be
tween those fountains tossing In the ever
lasting sunlight Give her couch canopieC
with rainbows to pay her for all the fa
tigues Of wifehood and motherhood ant
housekeeping, from which she had no res
for 20 years.
"Cupbearers Of heaven, give these newly
arrived souls from earth the costliest bevcr
ages, and roll to their door the grandcs
chariots, and hang on their walls the sweet
est harps that ever thrummed to finger
seraphic. Give to them rapture on rapture
celebration on celebration, jubilee on jubi
lee, heaven on heaven. They had hard
time on earth earning livelihood, or nurs
ing sick children, or waiting on querulou,
old age, or battling falsehoods that wer,