The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-01-21

Suggestion Oh my text, IL Is only uuSh-
ing time. 1t is the tearing off of the
rough sheath of the body that the
bright and the beautiful soul may go
free. Coming in like shock of corn
cometh in in his season." Christ broke
up funeral procession at the gate of
Main by making a resurrection day for
young man and his mother. And l
would that could break up your sad
ness and halt the long funeral process
sion of the worlds grief by some cheer
ing and cheerful and view of tbs last
transition.
We all know that husking time was
time of frost Frost on the fence.
Frost on the stubble. Frost on the
ground. First on the bare branches of
the trees. Frost in the air. Frost on
the hands of the huskers. You remem-
Der we used to hide between the corn
stacks so as to keep of the wind, but
you remember how shivering was the
body and how painful was the cheek,
and how benumbed We're the hands
But after awhile the sun was high up
and the frosts went out of the air, and
hilarities awakened the echoes, and
Joy from one corn shock went up.
AHA, aha!" and was answered by joy
from another corn shock, "Aha, aha"
So we all realize that the death of our
friend is the nipping of many expecta-
tions. the freezing, the chilling, the
frosting of many of our hopes.
1t is far from being south
wind. 1t comes out of the frigid north,
and when they go away from us we
stand benumbed in body and benumbed
in mind and benumed in soul. We
stand among our dead neighbors, our
dead families, and we say: '.Will we
ever get over it?" Yes, we will get
over it amid the shoutings of Heavenly
reunion, and we will look back to all
these distresses of bereavement only as
the temporary distresses of husking
time. Weeping may endure for a
night, but joy cometh in the morning"
Light, and but for moment" said
the apostle as he clasped his hands,
eight, and but for moment" The
chill of the frosts followed by the glad
ness that cometh in like shock of
corn cometh. in in his season."
OF course, the husking time made
rough work with the ear of corn. The
husking peg had to be thrust in, and
the hard thumb of the husker had to
come down with the swathing of the
ear, and then there was pull and
there was ruthless tearing, and then
a complete swapping off before the corn
was free, and if the husk could have
spoken it would have said: "Why do
you lacerate me? Why do you wrench
me?" All, my friends, that is the way
God has arranged that the ear and the
huslx shall part, and that is the way He
has arranged that the body and soul
shall separate. You can afford to have
your physical distresses when you
know that they are only forwarding
the soul to liberation. Every rheu-
matte pain is only plunge of the husk-
ing peg. Every neuralgia twinge is
only twist by the husker. There is
gold in You that must come out Some
way the shackle must be broken. Some
way the ship must be launched for
heavenly voyage. You must let the
heavenly Husbandman husk off the
mortality from the Immortality. There
ought to be great consolation in this
for all who have chronic ailments, since
the Lord is gradually and more mildly
taking away from you that which him
ders your souls liberation, doing grad
ually for you what for many of us in
robust health perhaps He will do in
one fell blow at the last At the close
of every illness, at the close OF every
paroxysm, you ought to say: THANK
God, that is all past now; thank God, l
will never have to suffer that again.
Thank God, I am SO much nearer the
hour of liberation. You will never
suffer the same pain twice. You may
have a new pain IN an old
place, but never the same pain
twice. The pain does its work
and then it dies. Just so many
plunges of the crowbar to free the
quarrystone for the building. just so
many strokes of the chisel to complete
the statue. Just SO many pangs to sep
Iarate the soul from the body. You who
have chronic ailments and disorders are
only paying installments that which
some of us will have to pay in one pay.
ment when we pay the debt of nature.
Thank God, therefore, We who have
chronic disorders that you have sc
much less suffering at the last Thank
God that you will have SO much less
to feel in the way of pain at the
hands of the heavenly Husbandman
when the ''shock of corn cometh in his
| season."
Perhaps now this may be an answer
1 to Question which asked one Sab
bath morning, but did not answer
Why is it that so many really good
people have so dreadfully to suffer,
You often find good man with enough
pains and aches and distresses, yor
would think, to discipline whole col
ony, while you will find man who il
perfectly useless going about will
easy digestion and steady nerves ant
shining health, and his exit from thu
world is comparatively painless How
do you explain that? Well, ] noticed
in the husking time that the husking
peg was thrust into the corn, and thel
there must be stout pull before thu
swathing was taken of the ear and thu
full, round, healthy, luxurient corr
was developed, while on the other hand
there was corn that hardly scenes
worth husling. We threw that into
place all by ITSELF and we called
"nubbins. Some of it was miicewcd
and some of it was mice-nibbled, ant