Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-09-08

take very strong blow to shiver the
golden bowl of life. or break the
pitcher at the fountain. Many of You
have kept on in life through sheer
force of will. You think no one can
understand your distresses Perhaps
you look strong, and it is supposed that
you are hypochondriac. They
say that Won are nervous-as if that
were nothing. God have mercy upon
any man O" woman that is nervous At
times You sit alone in your room.
Friends do not come. You feel an IN
describable loneliness in your suffer
ings: hut God knows. God feels, God
compa>SionateS. lie counts the sleep
less nights: He regards the acuteness of
the pain: He estimates the hardness of
the breathing. While you pour out
the medicine from the bottle and
e"nnt the drops. God counts all your
Ealing tes.rS. As you look at the walls.
t5titI VIII nnuseouS draughts. and at
thr boz y of li>taSteful tonic that
stand on the shelf, remem Der that there
IS larger bottle than these. which is
h'Sd with no mixture by earthly
;'Nothecarics, but It is God'S bottle in
which He hath gathered all our tears
Again: God remembers all the Sor-
rows ." poverty There is much want
that .i>rtr comes to inspection. The
dcavuu, q. tnc church never see it.
II" comptrp!irrS of almhouSeS never
report 1t. 1t comes not to church, for
It has 20 appropriate apparel. It
max no appeal for help, but chooses
at ;I.-f e
;'sr,. fathers who fail to gain a live
'jhou,t. 50 that they and their children
sn'.tnjt to constant privation. sewing
women. who can not ply the needle
qnl:il enough to earn them shelter and
hrc'@ PVT whether imported or un-
complaining, whether in seemingly
romforta bic parlor. or in damp cellar,
or IN hot garnet Gods angels of mercy
are on the watch. This moment those
@riefs are being collected Down on
II" back streets, in I'LL the alleys amid
~h;intleS and log ca bins, the work goes
on Tears of want soothing in sum
raer'> heat. or freezing in winters
cold they fall not UNDECIDED They
arr Jewels for Heavens caSllct They
are pledges of Divine sympathy.
they are tears for Gods bottle
Again: The Lord preserves the re-
menlbrancc of all paternal anxicties
You see n man from the infamous sur
roundings step out into the kingdom of
God, He has heard no sermon. He has
received no startling provident warn
INC. What brought him to this new
nind? This is the secret--God looked
over the bottle in which He gathers the
tears of His people, and He saw par
entail tear in that bottle which has
been for forty years unanswered
lie said: go to, now, and let me
answer that tear!' and forthwith
the wandercr is brought home to God
nh, this work of training children for
is'"d, 1t is a tremendous work Some
people think it easy. They have tried
it. child is placed in the arms of
the yCun" parent. II is beautiful
p!av thin@ You look into the laugh
ing eyes Y0u examine the diInpleS in
tive feet. Yen wonder at its exquisite
organism liean''ftl play things. But
on some nightfall rs you sit rocking
that little one, voice seems to fall
straight from the throne OF God, say
ing: THAT child j. Immortal, The
stars, shat die, bat tat j. an innortan
Suns shall grow .sid with age ana per-
ish, but that is arr lmmertasr'
Now, Tl<now wiafs many of you this is
the chief anxiety. foG2 earnestly wish
your children to grow mp rightly. but
you find II hard work to make them do
as you wish. Tou check their temper
You correct their vaywardneSs: in the
midnight your pillow il: w-rt with weep
ing. E0u have Nvre>,tfed with tiod in
agony for the Salvati0n 0f your chill
dren, You ask me if all that anxiety
is Intellectual. T answer, No. God UNI
derstands youg heart. He nnderSta nds
how hard you have tried to make that
daughter do right, though she is SO
very petulant and reckless. and what
pains you have bestowed in teaching
thaJson towalll i'll the path of upright
ness though he has such strong pro
clivities for dissipation. / speak Il
cheering word. God heard every coun-
sci you ever offered him God has
known all the slerpjess nights You
have ever passed. God has seen every
sinking of your distressed spirit. God
remembers your prayers. lie keeps
eternal record Of your anxietics and
in His lachrymatory. not such as stood.
in, ancient tomb, but in one that glows
and glitterS beside the throne Of God,
lie holds all those exhauSting tears.
The grass may 6e rank Npon your graves
and the letters upon YOur tom bstone
defaced with the elements before the
Divine response viii come; but He who
hath declared, L will be a God to
thee, and to thy seed after thee will
not forget, and some day, in Heaven,
while you are ranging the fields of
light, the gates of pearl will swing
back, and garlanded with glory, that
long wayward one will rush in6o your
outstretched arms of welcome and tri-
uraph. The hills may depart and the
earth may burn, and the stars, fall and
time perish, but God will break His
oath and trample upon His promises
never. never!
Again: God keeps perpetual re-
mem brance OF all bereavements. These
are the trials that cleave the sonl and
throw the red hearts of men to be
crushed III the wine press. Troubles
at the store you may leave at the store
instrumentation and abuse of the
world YOU may leave on the street
where you found them The lawsuit
that would swallow your honest ac-
namulatlon may be left in the court
room. But bereavements are home
troubles and there is no escape from
them. You will see that vacant chair.