The Baptist headlight., 1893-09-15

sway W peg MS mothers pardon fo,
lOhg neglect and unkindness: when
see the houseless coming to God fo,
snelter, and the wretched. and the
vie. ana the sin burned, and the
passion blasted appealing for mercy r
compassionate God, [ exclaim' II
ecstacy and triumph, ''MOre tears fo,
God bottle.' -oi
Bodily Affections.
Again, God keeps a tender remem.
Drance Of All your sickness. How MANY
q you are thoroughly sound in BODY:
not one out Of ten! I do not exag.
gerate. The vast majority of the race
are constant subjects of ailme nts.
mere Is some one form Of disease that
you are particularly subject to. You
nave weak SIDE or back, or are sub
w! 70 neadaches On faintness or lungs
easily distressed. It would not take a
vefy strong blow to shiver the golden
FOUNTAIN. Many Of you have kept on
in life through sheer force of will
| You think no one can understand vour
distresses. Perhaps YOU look strono
and it is supposed that YOU are a hypo,
chondriac. They say YOU are nervous
AS If that were nothing. God have
mercy upon any man or woman that is
nervousi
At times you sit alone in YOUR room.
Friends do not come. You feel an in
descrlbable loneliness in your suffer-
lngs, but God knows; God feels: God
cOmpasslOnates. He counts the sleen.
less nights; be regards the acuteness
Ot the pain: he estimates the hardness
Of the breathing. While YOU pour out
the medicine from the bottle and count
the drops, God counts all your falling
tears. AS you look at the vials. filled
with nauseous drafts, and at the bot
Ties OF dlstasteful tonic that stand on
the shelf, remember that there is a
larger bottle thai these. which is filed
with no mixture by earthly apotheca-
rles3, but it is Gods bottle, in which he
hath gathered all our tears.
Again, God remembers all the sOr-
rows Of poverty. There is much want
That never comes to inspection. The
deacOns OF the church never see it.
Ihe cOmptrOllers of almshOuses never
report 1t. 1t comes not to church. for
II has appropriate apparel. It makes
no appeal for help, but chooses rather
70 suffer than to expose it's bitterness.
Fathers who fail to gain livelihood. |
SO that they and their children submit |
to constant privation; sewing women |
who cannot ply the needle quick |
enough to earn them shelter and bread. |
But whether reported or uncompIain
ing, whether in seemingly comfortable |
parlor or in damp cellar or in hot gar
ret, 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 summers
heat or freezing in winters cold-thev
fall not unheeded They are Jewels
for heavens casket. They are pledges
of divine sympathy. They are tears
Tor Gods bottle.
Paternal Anxieties.
Again, the Lord preserves the re-
of all paternal anxieties.
Y on see man from the most infamous
step out into the kingdom
# God. He has heard no sermon. He
1as received no startling providential
What brought him to this
lew mind? This is the secret. God
ooked over the bottle in which he
gathers the tears Of his people, and he
aw parental tear in that bottle which
las been for forty years unanswered.
1e said, "GO to, now, and let me an
wer that tear" and forthwith the
is brought home to God. I
On, this work Of training children
or God! 1t is tremendous work. |
'ome people think it easy. They have q
ever tried it. A child is placed in
he arms Of the young parent. 1t is a /
eautiful plaything. You look into s
he laughing eyes. You examine the Q
implies in the feet. You wonder at L
IS exquisite organism. Beautiful play G
hing. But on some nightfall, as you G
It rocking that little one, voice c
GEMS to fall straight from the throne
t God, saying; THAT child is immor- l
II! The stars shall die, but that Is Il
n immortal! Suns shall grow old with $
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Now, | know with many of you that $
lis is the chief anxiety. You earnestly
ish your children to grow up rightly, G
ut you find it hard work to make s
lem do as You wish. You check their o
,mper. You correct their wayward- a
ess. In the midnight your pillow is a
ct with weeping. You have wrestled t
it'll God in agony for the salvation of d
our children. You ask me if all that ei
lxiety has been Intellectual. | answer, 81
o. God understands your heart. He ST
how hard you have tried a.
make that daughter do right, al
Iough she is SO very petulant and Ii
ckless, and what pains you have be- W
owed in teaching that son TO walk in al
e path of uprightness, though he has al
chfstrOng prOclivities for dissipation. tt
I speak cheering word. God heard cl
-ery counsel YOU ever offered him bt
ID has known all the sleepless nights
ii have ever passed God has seen
cry sinking Of your distressed spirit. ST
ID remembers your prayers. He a
,eps eternal record Of your anXieties. th
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