Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-28

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Friends do not come You feel an indie
scFibable loneliness in your su1erings, but
God knows. God feels, God compassion
ates. He counts the sleeplcss nights; he re-
CARDS the acutentss OF the pain; he esti-
mates the hardness OF the breathing. While
you pour ont the medicine from the bottle
and count the drops, God counts all your
falling tours. IA you look AT the viala,
hlleG with nauseous drafts, and at the
bottles OF distaateiul tonic that stand on
the shelf, remember that there Is a larger
bottle than these, which is filled with no
mixture by earthly apotbecaries, but it is
Gods bottle, In which he hath gathered all
our tearA
Again God remembers all the sorrows Of
poverty. There is much want that never
comes to Inspection. The deacons Of the
church never sec Il. The comptrollers of
almshouses never report II. II comes not
to church, for it has no appropriate appar-
ell II makes no appeal Tor help, but chooses
rather to suffer than expose its bitterness.
Fathers who fail to gain a livelihood, so
that they, and their children submit TO con-
slant priyation; sewing women who can
not ply the needle quick enough to earn
them shelter and bread
But whether reported or accomplishing,
whether in seemingly comfortable parlor
or 10 damp cellar or In hot garret, Gods
angels OF mercy are on the watch. This
moment those griefs are being collected
Down ON the back streets, in all the alleys,
amid shanties and log cabins, the work
goes on. Tears Of want--seething in sum
mer's heat or freezing in winters cold
they fall not unheeded They are Jewels
for heavens casket. They are pledges Of
divine sympathy, They are tears for Gods
bottle.
PATERSAL ANXIETIEs.
Again, the Lord preserves the remom-
hranco Of all pnternal nnxieties. You sec
man from the most Infamous surround
ings step out into the kingdom OF God
He has heard no sermon. He has received
no startling provdrntiRl warning What
brought him to this new mindy This Is
the secretj God looked over the bottle In
which he gathers tho tears Of his people
and no saw o parental tear in that bottle
which has been for 20 yei.s Unanswered.
He said, Go 10, now, and let me answer
that tearl' and forthwith the wandcrer is
brought home 10 God,
Oh, thin work Of training children for
Godl IL is tremendous work. Some PEG.
pie think IL easy. They have never tried it.
A cklld Is placed in the arms OF the young
parent. 1t is a beautiful plnythiug. You
look into the laughing eyes You examine
the dimples In the feet You wonder at its
exquisite organism. Beautiful playtbingl
But on some nightfnll, ms you eft rocking
that little one, a voice seems to fall straight
from the throne OF God, saying; "rhat child
is immortal Tho ltgis shall die, but that
is m irnmortall Suns shall grow old with
age and perish, but that is an immortal"
Now, know with many Of you this is the
chief anxiety. You earnestly wish your
children to grow up rightly, but you find it
hard work to make them do as you wish.
You check their temper. You correct their
waywardness, In the midnight your pillow
is wet with weeping. You have wrestled
with God in agony for the salvation OF your
children. You ask me II all that anxiety
has been Intellectual. | answer, No. God
understands your heart. He understands
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 that son to walk
In the path Of uprightness, though he has
such strong proclivities for dissipation.
| speak cheering word. God heard
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has known all the sleepless nights you have
ever passed. God has seen every sinking
of your distressed spirit. God remembers
your prayers. He keeps eternal record of
your RnHleties, and in his lauhrymatory,
not such as stood In ancient tomb, but in
one that glows and glltterB beside the
throne Of God, he holds all those exhaust
ing tears.
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and the letters upon your tombstone de
fscad with the elements before the divine
response will come, but he who hath de
esared, ~ will be God to thee aud to thy
seed aftey theo," will not forget, and some
day IN heaven while you are ranging tho
zelda OF light the gates Of pearl will swing
back, and garlanded with glory that long
waywRrd one will rush into your out
stretched arms Of welcome and triumph
Tbs hills may depart, and the earth may
burn, and the stars fall, and time perish,
bus God will break his oath and trample
upon his promises-noverl neyerl
OUR BEREAVEMENT.
Again, God keeps perpetual remem.
branoe Of nu bcreayemcnts. These are the
trials th9t clsave the soul and throw the
rcd hearts ofmen 70 bocrushed In the wine
press Troubles at tho store you may leave
ut tho store. Misrepresentation and abuse
of the world you may leave on the street
where you found them. The lawsuit
that would swallow your honest accutau.
lations may be left in the courtroom. But
Bereavement are home troubles, and there
Is no escape from them You win see that
vacant chair, Your eve will catch at the
suggestive picture.
You cannot fly the presence of such ills.
You so TO Switzerland TO get clear OF them;
but. more suro footed than the mule that
takes you up the Alps, your troubles climb
10 the tiptop aud sit shiyering on the gla.
elers, You may cross the seas, bat they
can outsail the swiitest steamer. You may
take caravan and put out across the Ara.
bian desert, hnt they follow you like 81.
moon, armed with suffocatiou. You plunge
into the Mammoth two, but they hang like
stalRetlses from the roof OF the great cav.
ern. They stand behind with skeleton fin.
gera 10 push you ahead. They stand beiorc
You 70 throw you back. They run upon
you like reckless horsemen. They charge
upon you with cleaning spear. They seem
to come haphazarl, scattering shots from
the gun OF a careless sportsman. Bat not
so. II II good aim that sends them ius,
right, for God Is the archer
This summer many OF you will especially
feel your grief Us you 20 TO places where
once you were accompanied by those who