Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-12-28

! Testament OF the heldS, nor reA Is Tie
wis lom and kindness and beauty OF
God written in blossoms on the
orchard. in sparkles on the lake. in
stars on the SKY, in frost on the mead
ows. The greatest jeweler o. all the
earth is the frost. There IS nothing
more wonderful in all crystallograp ply.
some morning in December a whole
continent IS found besprent with dia-
monjs. the result of one nights work
by this jeweler. Do You make the de-
predatory remark that the frost is inn
permanent and viii last only two or
three hours? What of that? We 50
into London tower and look at the
crown jewels of England. but we ave
in procession that the guards keep
moving on, and five minutes Or less are
your only opportunity of looking at
those crown jewels but at the crown
jewels bestarred of the frost in parks
and fields. you NAV stand to look de-
liberately and for hours. and no one to
tell you to move on.
o, these regalias and diadems Of
beauty flung ont of Heaven. Kings
and queens on celebrative days have
come riding through the streets throw
ing hahdfuls of silver and gold among
the people, but the queen of the winter
morning is the only queen rich enough
to throw pearls, and the king of frost
the only king rich enough to throw
opals and sapphires and diamonds.
Homer describes a necklace of amber
given to Penelope. but the frost neck
laces a continent The carcanet o.!
precious stones given to Harmonic ha.
piuions Of orange jasper and white
moonstone ana In liam agate, but 4
was a misfortune toany one who owned
or inherited it, and its history, genera
ton after generation, was a history Of
disaster; but tine regalia OF frost
is the good fortune of every
morning that owns it. The imperial
household of Louis XVI could not
afford the diamond necklace which
had been ordered for Queen Marie
Antoinette, and it was stolen and
taken apart and lost, but the necklace
that the frost put on the wintry morn
ing, though made of as many bril-
liants as the withered grass blades, l.
easily afforded by Divine opulence,
and is never lost but after its use in
the coronation of the fields is taken back
% Heaven o. men and women, accns.
toned TO go into ecstacy when in for
eign travel you come upon the his
torical gems of nations, whether the
Jewel be called "The Mountain OF
Glory" or the .'Sea of Light. or Tho
Crown of the Moon, or THE Eve
Allah" or "rhe Star of SarawaS," or
"The Koh-i-noor," | implead you study
the jewels strewn all round your win
try home and realize that by the
breath Of God frost is given"
But go a step further and speak of
the frost as an evangelist, and text
Of Scripture is not of much use TO me
unless | can find the gospel in it.
The Iraelites in the wilderness break.
tasted on something that looked like
frozen dew. The mamma fell on the
lew, and the dew evaporated and left
4 pulverized material, white. and look
ing like frost. but it was mama, and
Of that they ate. So now this morning.
mixed with the frozen dew of my text
there is mama on which we may break
fast our souls. You say the frost kills
Yes, il kills some things. but we have
seen that it gives health and life toI
others. This gospel is the SAVIOR of lit,
unto life or death unto death. As the
frost is mighty. the gospel is mighty
As the frost descends from Heaven, the
gospel descends from Heaven. by the
breath OF God frost is given. BY the
breath of God the gospel is giveR. A
the frost purifies. so the grace of God
purifles. As the frost bestars the earth.
so grace bejewels the soul. As the
frost prepares for food many thing
that otherwise would be inedible, 50
the frost of trial ripens and prepare
food for the soul. In the tight gril
of the frost the shells of walnut
and chestnut and hickory open.
and the luxuries of the wood
come into our laps or upon our tables
so the frost of trial takes many hard
and prickly shell and brushes it unit
that which stung the soul now feeds it |
There are passages of Scripture that |
once were enigmas, puzzles. riddles |
and impossible for you to understand |
but the frosts of trouble after awhile |
exposed the full meaning to your soul |
You said: II do not see why David
keeps rolling over in his Psalms the
story of how he was pursued and per
He describes himself as sur
rounded by bees. He says: They
me about like bees" Yop
think what an exaggerating thing fol
him to exclaim: ''Out of the depths o.
hell have | cried unto Thee. o Lord
And there is so much of that style O,
in his writings You thinl
he overdoes it, but after awhile the
frost comes upon you in the shape OF
and you are stuck with
this censure and stuck with that def
lmation and stuck with some false
hood and lies in swarms are buzzing.
Duzzing about your ears. and at las
rou understand what David mean
when he said: ''Thev compassed m,
ibout like bees; yea. they eompassed