Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06

will kser MP with tho lightning sx-
press in which you speed away. Or.
tarrying at home. they will set beside
you by day. and whisper over your Pill
low night after night l want TO assure
you that you are not left alone; aud
that your weeping is heard la Heaven
You viii wander among the hills and
say: up this hill last year our boy
climbed with great glee and waved his
cap from the top" or This Is the placs
where our little girl put flowers in he's
hair and looked up into her mothers
face" until every drop of blood in your
heart tingled with gladness, and you
thRked God with thrill of raptures
and you looked around as much as -
say; WHO dashed out that Light
Who filed this cup with gall? What
blast froze up these fountains OF the
hearth" Some OF you have Lost your
parents within the last twelve months
Their prayers for you are ended.
You take no their picture, and try to
call back the kindness that once looked
or from those old, wrinkled faces, and
spoke in such tremulous voice; and
you say it is good picture. but all the
while you feel that, after all, IL does
not do justice; and you would give al
most nything-you would eross the
sea, you would walk the earth over
20 hear just one word from those lips
that few months ago used TO call you
by your first name, though so long you
yourself have been a parent Now,
you have done your 9est 10 hide your
grief You smile when you do not feel
like a. But though you deceive the
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upon the empty cradle. upon the desc
late nursery, upon the stricken homs
and upon the broken heart, and says:
This is the way threSh my wheat;
this is the way / scour my jswslsl
Cast thy burden on my arm and viii
sustain You. All those tears I have
gathered into my bottle"
But what is tho use OF having sc
many tears in Gods lachrymatoryp In
that great caslSet or vase, Why does
God preserve all your troubles7
Through all the ages OF eternity, what
use of a great collection of tears? dc
not know that they will be kept there
forever. do not know but that in some
distant age Of Heaven an angel of Ged
may look into the bottle and find il as
empty OF tears as the lachrymals Of
earthenwRre dug up from the ancient
city. Where have the tears gone toi
What sprite OF hell hath been invading
Gods palace, and hath robbed the ZACH.
rymatories? None.
These are sanctIfied sorrows. and
those tears were changed into pearls
that are not now set in the crowns and
robes OF the ransomed. / walk up to
examine this heavenly coronet, CLEAN.
ing brighter than the sun, and cry,
Prom what river depths of Heaven
were those gems gathered?" and
thousand voices reply, These are trans
muted tears from Gods bottle" see
scepters OF light stretched down from
the throne of those who on earth were
trodden of men; and in every scepter-
point, ana inlaid in every ivory stair OF
golden throne, / behold In indescrib.
able richness and luster. and cry:
From whence this streaming light
these flashing pearls?' and the voices
of the elders before the throne, and OF
the martyrs under the altar. and OF tho
hundred and forty and four thousand
radiant on the CLASSY sen. exclaim:
Transmitted tears from Gods bottle
Let the ages OF Heaven roll on-the
story of earth's pomp and pride long
ago ended; the Koh-i-noor diamonds
that make kings proud, the precious
stones that adorned Persian tiaras and
famed in the robes of Babylonian pro-
cessions forgotten; the Golconda mines
charred in the last conllagration; but
firm as the everlasting hills, and pure
ms the light that streams from the
throne, and bright as the river that
flows from the eternal rock, shall
CLEAN, shall sparkle. shall flame for
ever these transmitted tears of Gods
bottle.
Meanwhile let the empty lachry1na-
tory % Heaven stand for ever. Let no
hand touch il Let no wing strike IL.
Let no collision crack It. Purer than
beryl or chrysoprasus Let IL stand on
the step OF JehovAh's throne and under
the arch Of the unfailing rainbow.
Passing down the corridors of the PAL
ace. the redeemed OF earth shall glance
At it, and think OF all the earthly trou.
bles from which they were delivered.
and say, each TO each. This Is what wa
heard on earth" THAT is what the
pSalmist spoke Of There once vvrre
put our tears" THAT is Gods hottie ;,
And while standing there inspecting
this richest inlaid vase of Heaven. the
towers Of the palace dome strike. M
this silvery chime: God hath viped
away all tears from all Eases Where
fore comfort one another viii thess
words"