Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06

ARRN SUNG anu IL - NuNpOctu lnut
you nrc a hypochondriac. They say
Yen are nervous-ns IL that were
nothing. God have mercy on any man
or woman that is nerv ousl At times
you sit alone in your room Friends do
not come. You feel an indescribab BILE
loneliness in your sufferings: but God
knows God feels: God compassionates.
He counts the slecpless nights; He re-
CARDS the acuteness of the pain; He
estimates the hardness ct tho breath
ing. 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. filed with nau-
seous drnughts, and at the bottles of
distastcful tonic that stands on the
shelf, remember that there is n larger
bottle than these, which is filled with
no mixture by earthly upothecaries
but IL is Gods bottle. in which he hath
gathered al 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 sec IT, The
controllers OF nlmshouses never report
it. IL comes not 90 church for il has no
appropriate apparel II makes no APP
peal for help, but chooses rather TO suf-
fer than 10 expose its bitterness
Fathers who fail 10 gain livelihood,
SO that they and their children
submit 20 constant privation; sew
ing women who can not ply the
needle quick enough to earn them
shelter and bread. But whether re-
ported or accomplishing, whether in
seemingly comfortable purlor. or in
damp cellar, or in hot garnet. Gods an
gel of mercy are on tho watch. This
moment those griefs are being col
lccted. Down on the back streets. in
all the alleys. amid shanties and log
cabins, the work goes on. Tears of
want-scething in summers heat. or
freezing in winters eold-they fall not
UNDECIDED. They are jewels for heav-
ems caskct They arc pledges of di-
vine sympathy. They are tears for
Gods bottle.
Again the Lord preserves the reinen-
brance OF all paterunl anxieties. You
see a man from the most infamous sur
roundings step out into the kingdom Of
God. He has heard no sermon. lie
has received no startling providentinl
warning, What brought him to this
NNN A-AAaA1s AAAN IL INC secret hOU
looked over the bottle in which He
gathers the tears of his people and He
saw n parental tear In that bottle which
has been for forty years unanswered.
lie said; eco TO, now; and let me
answer that tenrm and forthwith the
wanderer is brought home 20 God Oh.
this work OF training children for God.
IL is tremendous work Some people
think il easy.
They have never tried it. a child ia
placed in the arms of young parent.
IL is beautiful plaything You look
into the laughing eyes. Nou examine
the dimples in the feet You wonder
at its exquisite organism. Beautiful
plaything! But on some uightfau. as
you sit rocking that little one. voice
seems TO fall straight from the throne
of God, saying "That child is immortall
The stars shall die, but that IS an inn
mortall suns shall grow old with ace
and perish, but that is an immortalr'
Now, ] know with many of YOU this
Is the chief anxiety. Nou earnestly
wish your children to grow up rightly.
but you fluid it hard work TO make
Thorn DO ~ YOU wish. You check their
temper.
on correct their waywardness; in
the midnight Your pillow is wet with
weeping You have wrcstled with God
in agony for the salvation of your
chi4slren. You ask me il all that anN-
iety has been intellectual. answer;
No God understands your heart lie
understands how hard you have tried
TO make that daughter 90 right. though
she is SO petulant and restless. and
what pains you have bestowed in teach
ing that son 10 walk In the path OF
righteousness, though he has such
strong proclivities for dissipation.
speak cheering word. God heard
every counsel YOU ever offered him.
God has known all the slecplcss nights
you have ever passed God has seen
every sinking Of your distressed heart
God remembers your PRAYERS He
keeps eternal record Of Your nnxieties.
and in His lachrymatory. not such as
stood in ancient tomb. but in one Tint
glows and glittcrs beside the throne OF
Cod. He holds al those erhnustiur
tear The grass may be rank upon
your graves, and the letters upon vour
tombstone defaced with the elements
before the Divine response will come;
hAt AAN w AlN AldAA NctlareU. ~ Will le u
God TO thee and TO thy seed after thee.
viii not forget; and some dav. i'm
Heaven, while YOU are ranging the
fields Of light, the gates Of pearl will
swing back and, garlHnded with glory.
that long hayward one will rush into
your outstrctchcd arms Of welcome and
triumph. The hills may depart and
the earth may burn and the stars FAN
and time perish but tod will not brenk
His oath and tramPle upon His prom
Uses never, never.
Again. Cod keeps o perpetual rcme,n.
orancc ~ an bercavcmcnts These are
The trials that clcsve the soul. and
throw che red hearts ~ men Co be
crushed ir the WINE press Troubles
nt thc store Won mny lcuvc az the store
Nl~rcprcsc ulatiou and abuse OF the
world you mly leave on Tn, street
where you found them The lawsuit
that would swallow your honest nceu.
mutations may tc LETT iva the court
rnum. but Dcrcr vcmrut- arc H.rns
troubles and thcre is no csrnrr r.m
them. ou VIII see that var4nt.rlsir
Nour eye win catch no thc suggestive.
p tufr. lou can mot Us she presence
ol such iII- You ro to ~wIt.. ..uf to
ret clear of them hut moro sur..f..i.i
thnn ttc mn.c fh1tt1kc. you nn tie
Alps. Vour troubles climb ta the .tI,,t.-,