The Penn's Grove record., 1893-06-23
REV. DR. 1ALNAGE'S SERMON
Tie BROOKLYN Divine's Sunday
9erEn6ns
subject: "Grapes from Canaan"

Va tHu 1'G attliO dCTOSS ID
wilderness was almost ended. They la
come 20 the borders Of the promised lnnt
W the!6O0, 900 adults who startedifrom ESvr
ior Canaan, how many do youJsuppose e
there2 Five hundred thousand? oh. NJ
Not 2OO, 00e. moti100, 900. nor 60, nor 20. NO
10, but only 2 men. oh. IL was q ruinuu
march that Cots people made, but thei
children Were living, and theyvwere. on tn
march, and now hat they h~adseomsup
tho borderssof the promised lnndA they wer
very curio'r5 to know what kind OF a,piaoe 4
was and whether 1t would be safe togo over
80 a scouting party is sent out 10 recon
hotter, antthey examine the land, and the,
bringing specimens oEiss gxyvth
Just as you came back from C6Sffornis
bringing to your famiiya basket of pears o
piHuls for apples to show Whist mpustrou
fruit thNr''ave there, so this scouting part,
cut OF e biggest bunehlof grapes ~theycoul;
fnd. Z was 80 large thai ono man could no
09rrg 1t, and they thrust q pole through th,
cluster, and there was one man at either ent
OF the pole, and 50 the bunch Of grapes wa
transported.
I was sometime ago,in q luxurlant vine
yard. Fhe IN dresser had lone his work
The vino had. clanbered up and spread ii
wealth all over the ,arbor. The sun an,
shower had mixed a cup which the vim,
drank until with flushed cheek it Law Stun
boring hithe light. clusAer against the cheel
OF cluster. The rinds of the grapes seemet
almost bursting with the Sutcs tn the warn
bps OF the autamnal day, and 1t seemed a. /
all you had to do was to 1ift5a ohalice TOWARD
the cluster and its lifebloodN would begin IL
drip away. But, my frienAsa1n these figor
Gus climes We know nothing about lsrg.
grapes.
Starbo states that In. Bibles times and ir
Bible lands there were ,gfapeyfnes so large
that 1t took two men with outstretohed arm,
to reach round them, and he says there wert
clusters two cubtts Ia length, ,or twlce thu
niger. Aclaicus, dwelling, In those lands
tells us that during the ameihe was smitter
with fever n grape would slaske his thirs,
Tor the whole day. No wonder. then, In
those Bible times two men thoughtit worth
their whileto put their ystrength together tc
carry down one cluster of :grapesfro the
promised land,
But this morning I bring you atlarger clus.
ter from the heavenly Eschol-ah cluster Of
hopes, a cluster OF prospects, sscluster OF
Christian, consultations, and I am expecting
that one taste of 1t wilk rouse up yqur appe-
ute for the heavenly Canaan, During the
past winter'some of this congregation. have
gone away never to return. The aged have
put down theirstafnand taken up the soepter.
Men in midlife csne home from office OF
shop and did, not go back again and
~ wan 81 bRch 3dkalH. h1l' IlB OeAf
children. some. of them have been gathered
in Christ's arms. Heifound this world too
rough q place for themn and so He.has gath
cred them In. And, oh, how many wounded
souls there are-woundsi for which this world
offers no mathematician unless from the
gospel OF our Lord Jesus Christ there shall
come a consolation there will be no consola-
ton at all. oh, that the God OF all comfort
would help me while I Hreach and tina the
God of ali comfort would help,you while YOU
hear!
First, I console you with thedivinely Sane
toned idea that your departed friends are as
much yours now as ~ttkeyjever were. I know
you sometimes get the idea in your mind
When you havethis And;of trouble that your
friends are cut off from you and they are no
longer yours, butthe desire, to nave all our
loved ones in the same'lot inthe cemetery is
q natural desire, universal desire and there
fore a God implanted desirel and Is mighty
suggestive OF the fact that death has no
power 10 break up the MANIFESTATIONS.
If our loved ones. go. away from our possess
sion, why put a fence around our lot In the
cemeterys Why the gathering OF four or five
names on one family monument? Why the
planting OF one cypress vine SO that 1t covers
all the cluster of grayes2 Why put the hus-
band beside the wife andthe children at their
feet3 Why the bolt on the gate OF our lot,
and the charge to the keepers of the ground
to see that the grass is cut and the vine at
tended to and the flowers planted? Why not
put our departed friends In one common
field and grave2 Oh, it is because they are
ours.
That child, o stricken mother Is as much
yours this morning rs IN the solemn hour
when God put it against, your heart and said
as of old, Take this child and nurse 1t for
Me, and l will give thee thy wages" 1t is
mere whim. 1t Is a diyinely planted
principle in the soul, and God certainly
would not plant a lie, Inc He would not
culture a lie! Abraham would not allow
Sarah TO be buried In a strangers grounds.
although some very beautiful ground was
offered him a free gift, but he DAYS 400
shekels for Machpelah, the cave, and the
trees oyershadowing 1t. The grave has been
well kept and to-day the Christian traveller
stands in thoughtful and admlring mood
gazing upon Maehpelah, where Abraham
and Sarah are taking their long sleep al
1000 years.
Tour father may be slumbering under the
tinkling of the bell of the Scotch kirk. Your
brother may have gone down in the ship that
of Cape Hatteras. Your little
child may be sleeping on the verge Of the
Towering western prairie. Yet God viii
gather them all up, however widely the dust
may be scattered. Nevertheless It Is pleasant
to think that We will be buried together.
When my father died and we took him, out
and put him down In the graveyard at Somer-
vile, it did not seem so sad to leave him
there, because right beside him was my dean.
good, old, beautiful Christian mother, andft
seemed as il she said 81 was tired, and |
came to bed a little early. I am glad yoS
have come it seemsa as OF DID,
Oh, Ii Is u consolation to feel that when
men come and with solemn tread carry'you
out to your resting place they will open the
gate through which SOM Of your friends
have already gone and through which many
OF your friends will follow. Sleeping undes
the same roof, at last s,eeplng under the
sod. The autumnal leaves that drift
your grave will drift across theirs, the
bird songs that drop on their mound viii
drop on yours, n then in starl4ss wjute,
when the wind comes howlins
through the gorge, You will be company fol
each other. The child close up to the bosom
of its mother. The husband and wife remar.
ried on their lips the sacrament of tho dust
Brothers and sisters who used In sport to
fling themselves on the grass, now again re.
side by side in the grave, In flecks OF
sitting through the long, 1.-THE will.
Then at the trumpet OF the archangal
10 rise side by side, shaking themselves from
the dust OF ages. The faces that were ghastly
and fixed when you saw them last all ahush
with the light of interruption. The father
~ ihh lANAAAA VA AhD AA1A uhu S1NlukA
come, my darlings this Is the NOM.
ing of the resurrection Mrs. Sigournes
wrote beautifully with the tears and blood q
her own broken heart:
There was a shaded chamber,
A silent watching band,
On a low couch a suffering child
Grasping her mothef's hand.
But mid the gasp and struggle
With shuddering tips she cried:.
Smother, oh, dearest mother,
Rury ma nv t0uf gfdRLh
Only one wish she uttered
As life was ebblngf fast:
"Sleep by my side, dear mother,
And rise with me at last"
oh, yes, We want TO be buried together. |
antelope OF everlasting residence IA (
zach others compHnlonship.
When the wrecker won't down into tbs
abin OF the lost steamer, he found N, |
and child in each others arms. II
vas sad, but II was beautiful, and ii was nm,
Together they went down. m. |
they will rise. One On earth, One
n heaven Is there not somethinp cheering
a all this thought and something 10 tnpress
pom ds fhsidea that the departed are ours |
et-ours f~orevera
But I console You again with the fact Of
our present acquaiptaneeship and com |
iunication with your departed friends. I'll
ave no sympathy. ! need not say. With the