Democratic messenger., 1893-12-09
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much of the Bible that was before hill
den: The fr",ts have h,q-n fulfilling their
mission.
Put down all tio promises uf the Bible
on a table for study. and put on one side
the table - In,,n who has never had any
trouble. or very little of it. but pile upon
the table beside hirl all encyclopedias,
ani all diCii"narios ,.;lnd all acknowledges,
and all commentaries. and ON the other
side of the table put n man who has had
trial upon trial. disaster upon disaster,
and let hm begin the study of the
promises. without lexicon. without com
mentary. without any book to explain
or help, ard this latter man Will under
stand far more Of the height and depth
and length and breadth of those prom
ises than the learned exegcte opposite.
almost submerged in sacred literature.
The one has the advantage over tho
other because ho has felt the mission Of
the frosts. O. take the consolation of
this theme. We (" whom life is "A strug-
gle. and Il disappointment and a gantlet,
and a pang. That is beautiful proverb
among the hebrews which SAYS, when
the tale of bricks is doubled, then Moses
comes"
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 allie
viate your worst troubles if you will
only take the medicine. and here it is:
"ln the world We shall have tribulation,
but be Of good cheer have overcome
the world" Weeping may endure for
night. but joy comesh in the morn
ing" Thank God for frosts, What
helped make Milton the greatest Of poets:
The frost of blindness. What helped
make Washington the greatest Of gen
erals! The frosts of Valley Forge What
made 1t 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. Is
pccial trial fits for especial work. Just
now watch, and you will see that trou-
BILE Is preparative and educational. That
is the grindstone on which battle axes
are slarpened. have always noticed
III my own case that when the Lord had
some especial work for me To do it was
preceded by especial attack upon me.
This is so proverbial in my own house
that if for something | say or do l get
poured upon me vollcy of ccnsurc and
anathema. my wife always asks: Il won
der what new opportunity Of usefulness
is about to open: Something good and
grand is surely comingr'
What is true III my case is true on
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 ap-
preciate it now. that by the breath of
II good and loving Cod frost is given.
Let the corners Of your mouth. 50 long
drawn down i'll complaint. be drawn up
in smiles of content
For many years poets and cSsayists
have celebrated the grace AMI swiftness
of the Arabian horses Tire most won
derful exhibition of horsemanship that
ever witnessed was justoutsile of the city
by an Arab. Do YOU know where these
Arabian horses got their fleetness and
poetry of motion: Lon. centuries ago
Mohammed, with JO.00O cavalry on tho
march, could find for them not dropof
water for three days. Coming To the
top of II hill river was in sight. With
wild dash the 30.00O horses started for
the stream. \ minnie after an armed
host was seen advancing. and at Moham-
med's command 100 bugles blew for the
horses to fall i'll line. but all the 10000
continued the wild s,allcp to the river,
except five, and they. almost dead with
thirst. wheeled into line Of battle.
Nothing in human bravery and self
sacrifice excels that bravery and self sac
rifice of those five Arabian warehouses;.
Those five splendid stecds Mohammed
chose for his own Use, and from those
five came that race of Arabian horses for
ages the glory of the equestrian world.
And let me say that in this great war Of
truth against error. of holiness against
sin and heaven against hell. the best
warehouses; are descended from those who
under pang and self denial and trouble
answered the gospel trumpet and wheeled
into line. Out at great tribulation, out
of great fires, out of great frosts, they
came.
And let me say it will not take long
for God to make up to you in the next
world for all you have suffered i'll this.
As you enter heaven he may say: Give
this man one Of those lowered and col
onnaded palaces ON that ridge of gold
overlooking the sea of glass. Give this
woman a home among these amarinthine
blooms and between these fountains
tossing i'll the everlasting sunlight. Give
her a couch canopied with rainbows to
pay her for all the fatigues of wifehood
and motherhood and housekeeping, from
which she had no rest for 40 years
"Cupbcarcrs Of heaven. give these new
" arrived souls from earth the costliest
beverages and roll to their door the
grandest chariots. and hang ON their
walls the sweetest harl,s that ever
thrummed to fingers seraphic. Give to
them rapture on rapture. celebration on
celebration, jubilee on jubilee, heaven
on heaven. They had "a hard time on
earth earning n livelihood, or nursing
sick children. or waiting on querulous
old age, or battling falsehoods that
We're told about them, or were compelled
to work after they got short breathed
and rheumatic and dim sighted.
.Chamberlains of heavenl Keepers Of
the kings robes. Binqueters of eternal
ROYALTY! Make up To them hundred
fold. u tlousandfold, a millionfold for
all they suffered from swaddling clothes
to shroud. and let all those who, whether
on the hills, or in the temples. or ON the
thrones, or on jasper wall, were helped
and sanctificd and prepared for this
heavenly realm by the mission of the
frosts. stand up and wave their scepters!"
And looked. and behold. nine-tenths of
the ransomed rose to their feet and nine
tenths of the scepters swayed to and fro
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