The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-31
|OTTTE OF TEARS
DIR. rALMAoE's SERMON.
All oriefs and Sorrows in Hi
ns of n Remembrance. Tears In
ls. End Become Diamonds
Tor Heavenly Crowns.

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a. has not contained letters saying
sermons have comforted the writers
letters. have no. this summer nor
.,y wears spoken on the platform oi
,ioor meeting but coming down ]
on told BY hundreds OF people the
Inc. SO think will keep on trying
son OF consolation"
rayer Of my text was pressed out OF
soul by innumerable calamities. but
ns appropriate for the distressed OF
Within the past century travellers
,ounrinns have explored the ruins OF
the ancient cities. and from the very
those buried splendors OF other days
on brought up evidences OF customs
Inc ago vanished from the world.
mong tombs OF those ages have been
mn lnchrymatorles, or lachrymals,
re ylnls made OF earthenware. II
custom for the ancients TO catch the
at they wept over their dead In n bot.
10 plnce that bottle In the graves OF
nrted. and we have many specimens
ncient lachryma;orlcs, ortear bottles.
nusuems.
on the way from the Holy Land our
uchcd nj Cyprus, we went back into
OF that island and bought tear bot
blch the natives had dug out OF the
b the old city. There Is nothing more
i've 20 me than the tear bottles which
hit home and put among my curiosi-
bat was the kind OF bottle that mytext
TO when David cries, Put thou my
ITO thy bottle.
tcxt intlmates that God has an inti.
cquaintnncc and perpetual remem.
OF all our griefs, and n vial. or lachry.
or bottle. IN which He catches and
bur tears, and bring 10 you the con.
OF this Christian sentiment. Why
bout griet2 Alas. tho world has iis
and now. while | speak, there ore
lnrknesses OF soul that need to be
There are many who are about To
hinder the assault OF temptation, and
ncc. n no words appropriate to their
uttered, they perish. come on no
brand. Put upon your wounds no
ompounded by human quackery but.
g straight to the mark. | hail yon as a
midsea cries to IA passing craft,
ahoy r' and invite you on board u
which has faith for "a ruddcr, and
for sails. and Christ for captain, and
for an eternal harbor.
prime Rheinfeldt, IA Prussian, keeps
|ith which she rescues the drowning.
storm comes on the coust, and other
go TO their beds TO rest. she puts out
boat for tho relief OF the distressed,
nndreds OF the drowning has she
bt safely TO the beach. In this lifeboat
Gospel / put out to-day, hoping, by
help, 10 bring ashore at least one soul
ny now be sinking in the billows OF
tion and trouble. The tears that were
lught In the lachrymGtorlos brought
b Herculaneum and Pompeii are all
and the bottle Is rs dry rs the scoria OF
cano that submerged them. but no; 50
b. bottle in which God gathers all OUT
remark that God keeps porpetdally
Us OF repentance. Many man has
bed in the morning so wretched from
+ dobauch that he has sobbed and
Pains In the head, aching in tho eyes,
heart and unfit TO step into the light.
eves. not about his misdoing, but only
Its consequences. God makes no rec
such weeping. OF allthe million tears
lye gushed as the result OF such mis-.
nor, not one ever got into Gods bot
hey dried ON the feyered cheek or
ashed down by the bloated hand or
D the red wine cup as II came again TO
y, foamins with seiN worse iatoxicg-
when a man is sorry for his past and
do better-whenh he mourns his wasted
ages and bemoans his rejection OF
mercy, and cries amid the decorations
hroused conscience for help out OF his
p predicament. then God listens then
bows down then scepters OF pardon
Tended from the throne then his cry
pds the heart OF heavenly compassion !;
S tears are caught In Gods bottle.
when see the heavenly Shepherd
hg lamb from tho wilderness when
the quick tread OF the prodigal has
home TO find his father when | see a
boy coming on the wharfand hurrying
o Deg his mothers pardon for long
h and unkindness when | sec the
css coming TO God for shelter, and tho
bed. and the vile. and the sin burned,
n passion blasted appealing Tor mercy
DmpaSsionate God. | eNclaim in ecstasy
iumph More tea-s for Gods bottle %
IN. God keeps tender remembrance OF
pr sicknesses. How many OF you are
Rghly sound In bodyi Not one out OF
4 do not exaggcrate. The vast majority
race are constant subjects OF ailments.
Is some one form of disease that you
8rticularly subject to. You have weak
b back or ara subject to headaches or
esses or lungs easily distressed. 1t
not take very strong blow TO shiver
pldcn bowl Of life or break the pitcher
fountain. Many of you have kept on
through sheer force OF will. You
no one can understand your distresses.
}ps you look strong, and 1t is supposed
ou are hypochondriac. They say
r. neryous-as II that were nothing
lave mercy upon any man or woman
nervous
lines you sit alone in your room.
Is do MT come. You feel an indie
pie ionliness in your sufferlngs, but
nows God feels God compasslon>
He counts the sleepless nights. He
Is tho acuteness OF the pain. He
,cs the hardness OF tho breathing.
you pour out the medicine from tho
and count out tho drons, God counts
pr falling tears. As yt look at the
lled with nauseous drafts and at the
OF distnsteiul tonic that stand on the
remcmber that there is a larger bottle
hese, which Is filled with no mixture by
apothecaries, but II IL God y bottle, In
ne hath gathered all our tears.
n, God remembers all tho sorrows OF
y There ls much want that never comes
Pectlon. The deacons OF the church
pee II. The comptrollers OF the aims
never report Il. IL comes NOT 10
Tor It has no appropriate apparel.
es no appeal for help, but chooses
10 suner than expose its bitterness.
VINO fail TO gain livelihood, so that
pa their children submit to constant
on sewing women, who cannot ply
euie quick enough to earn them shell.
bread.
whether reported or uncomplaining