Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-12-15

merged In sacred literature. The one has
| the advantage over the other because he has
| felt the mission Of the frosts. Oh, take the
consolation OF this theme, we to wnom Ire Is
| q struggle and disappointment AMI q
| gantlet aid a pang. That js beautiful
| proverb among the Hebrews which says
| s'Whe1 the tale Of bricks is doubled then
| Moses comes"
Mild doses Of medicine will do for mlld
sickness; but violent pains Heed strong doses,
and so / stand over you and count out some
drops that will alleviate your worst troubles
| If you will only take the medicine, and hero
it is I'm the world ye shall have trloula-
| ton. but be Of good cheer have overcome
the world" ''Weeping may endure for q
night, but JOY cometh in the morning.
Thank God for frosts! What helped make
Milton tho greatest of poets1 The frost OF
blindness. What helped make Washington
the greatest of generals? The frosts OF va
ley Forge What made it appropriate 1or ono
passing John Bunyan's grave to eNc'alni,
"Sleep on. thou prince of dreamersF Inc
frosts of Imprisonment.
The greatest college from which we car
graduate is the college of fross Especial
trial fits for especial work. Just now WATCH
and you will see that trouble is preparatiVe
and educational. That is tie grindstOne on
aIwats Noticed in my bwn csset that wnenthe
Lord had sd ne special work for me to do II
was preceded bt especial attack upon me-
This is 50 prdvefbia! In my own house that IL
for something I Say or do get poured upon
me a yolIey of censure AMI anathema; my
wife always asks III wonder what new op-
portunity of usefulness is about to open'
Something good and grand is surely com
ing !"
What is true in my case is true on a larger
or smaller scale in the history o. every man
and woman who wants to serve the Loru.
Without complaint take the hard knocks
You will see after awhile, though you may
not appreciate it now that by the breath OF
good and loving God frost is given. Lei
the corners Of your meuth; 30 long drawn
down in complaint, be drawn up in smiles Oh
content.
For many years posts and essiylsts have
celebrated the grace and swlitnes5 OF the
Arabian horses. The most wonderful ex1l-
bition Of horsemanship that | ever wltnesssi
was inst outside the city of JerusaIen-an
Arabian steed mounted by an Arab Do you
know where these Arabian horses got their
heetness and poetry of motion2 Long CEN
turtles aao Mohammed, with 10000 cavalry
On the march, could find for them not drop
of water for three days: Coming to the top
Of hill; river was IN sight. With VIII
dash the 81, coo horses started for the streams
A minute after an armed host was seen ad-
vancing. and at Mohammeds command lOO
bugles blew for the horses to fall IN lineI OUT
all the 80, 900 continued the Wild gallop 10
the river except five, and they. almost dead
With thirst, wheeled into line OF battle.
Nothing in human bravery and self sacri-
fee exceIs that bravery and self sacrifice OF
khooo fx,a ahial war hOrSpq Those 1--WE
splendid steeds Mohammed chose for his own
Use; and FROM those five came that race OF
Arabian horses for ages the glory 81 the
Equestrian world Aid let me say that III
this great war Of truth against error. OF holl-
ness against sin and heaven against he'll. the
best war horses are descended from those
Who under pang and self denial aud trouble,
answered the gospel trumpet and wheeled
into line. Out Of great tribulationi out OF
great fires; out Of great frosts, they came
Aud let me say it will not take long Tor
Go1 I'd make up to you in the next world Tor
all you have suffered in this AS you enter
heaven He may say, "Give this man one OF
those lowered and colonnaded palaces on
that ridge Of gold overlooking tae sea OF
glass. Give this woman a home among
those amafaIthine blooms and between ta Jse
fountains tossing in the everlasting sunlight.
Give her couch canopied with rainbows to
bay her for all the fatigues Of wifehood and
motherhood and housekeeping, from which
she had no rest for forty years.
"Cupbearers Of heaven; give these newly
arrived souls from earth the costliest bever-
ages, and roll to their door the grandest
chariots, and hang on their walls the sweet
est harps that ever thrummed to fingers
seraphic. Give to them rapture Oh rapture,
celebration Oh celebration, jubilee On iubi-
lee, heaven OH heaven. They had hari
time on earth earning livelihood, or nurs-
ing six children, or waiting on querulous
old age, or battling falsehoods that were told
about them, or were compelled to work alter
they got shortbreathed and rheumatic and
dimsighted.
'Chamberlains Of heaven Keepers fthe
kings robes Banqueters of eternal royalty
Make up TO them hundredfold, athousand-
fold. millionfold for all they suffered from
swaddling clothes to shroud, AMI let all
those who, whether on the hills. or in tho
temples. or on the thrones, or on jasper wall
were helped and sanctiied and prepared for
this heavenly realm by the mission of the
frosts stand up and wave their scepters?'
And looked and, behold lnine-tenths OF the
fansomed rose to their feet and nine-tenths
of the scepters swayed to and fro in the light
OF the sun that never sets, and then l UNDER
stood far better than | ever did before that
trouble comes for brnefcent purposes, and
that on the coolest nights the aurora Is
brightest in the northern heavens, and that
ssby tho breath of Col frost Is given"