The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-11-14
VCTOEY OVER PAIN
RsvDs. Tsimase wEitss osthe Heavenly

BROOKLYN, Nov, 4.-R>V. DR.. Tai
mage who is now 1esr!pg The close Of
his globe c,rc!ing tOar and will shortly
reach American shores, has selected se
the subj CT Of tcdaS's selmou thrtu2A
the press Victory Over Pam" ih@
text chosen Deing Revelation XXI, 4,
'sNsither shall there oe euy more pa'n. "
The first question that ycu ask 8hen
about to change your residences to any
civ il: What is the health Ct the
place? Is 1t shaken Of terrible dlsoEdtra:
What are tbs bills of mortality? What
is the death rstes How high rises tie
thermopelel?" And AMI not reason
able in asking, " baC are the sanitary
conditlors of the heavenly city into
which we all hops to move? NY text
answers it by saying, Neither shall
thsre be any more pain"
First, / remark, that there will be no
gain of disappointment in heaVen. II l
could put the picture of what you an
ticipated of life when you began 1t besid@
tho picture Of what you have realized
I would iud great diFsience. You
have stumbled upon great disappoint,
ments. Perhaps you expected rIcnes,
and you have worked bard enough to
gain them. You have planned and
worried aud persisted until your hands
were worn and your brain was racked
and your heart tainted, and at the end OF
this long strife with misfortune you hod
that if you have not been positively de-
fested it has bsen drawn baItla. Is Is
still lug and 1ussle, this Yesr losing
what You gained last, faaneial uocor-
tainti.s pulling down faster than yoa
can build. For perhaps 20 or 30 years
You have Deen lunnlpg your craft
straight into the teeth of the wind.
Perhaps you have had domestic dissp-
poEntmeRt. Your children, upon whose
education you laVished your hard earned
dollars, have not turned out as expcc.-
ed. n Notwithstanding al your counSais
and PRAYERS and psinstsklng t1sy Vii
not 60 right. Many good father has
had a bad boy. Absslom trod on DaV:
lG's heart. That mother never imsgiued
all this IS % or 80 years ago sho sat cy
that child's cradle.
Your lfs has bceG chapter OF GLssp-
polntuents, but come with me-, and |
will show you a different scene. By
Gods grsco. entering the other city you
viii never again have blasted hope,
The most iubiiart CT expectations Will
rot resch the real z stiou. Coming to
the top OF on3 bill OF joy, there VIII De
other heights rising upon the VISION.
This sope Of transport will but hit Sou
l., hignsr anthems, the sweetest c,ofa!
but a prelude TO more tremendous Lar
monv, all Thugs better than you had sn'
ticipated-the robe richer, the Grove
brighter, the temple grander, tie
throDg mlghtler.
Further, remark, there will be nc
pain of WEAKNESS. It may be many
hours since you quit work but maaY Of
YOU are unrested, some from oVerwork
and some from dulloess Of trade, tat
latter more exbsusting than the former
Your ankles ache; your spirits nag; Yoo
want rest, Are these wheels always
10 Turn. these shuttles to fy, these axe;
to hew, these shoVels 10 6alSe, thes
pens to fy, these b2SSs to be posted
these goods tQJss sold9
Alb, the great holiday approaches
No mGu curse Of taskmakers; no NOR
SssroC ping until the back aches; no NOR
calculation until the brain ls beWlldeEec
no more psiD; 10 more carpentry, 10
Ihe mansions are all built; no more DE
sonry for the walls are su reared; q
more diamond cutting, for the geons 81
sIl set; no moro gold beating, fcr 10
crowns are all completed; no more age
culture, for the harVests are sponEsn'
Gus.
Further, there will be no more pal
or poverty. It is hard thing 10
really poor, to have your coat wear OF
aud 90 money to get another, to max
your -four barrel empty and nothing
buv bread with for your children, to liz
in an unhealthy row and no NEAR
10 change your habltaDon,
Rave vour child sick with some myst
rious disease aid not be able to secu
eminent medical ability, to have son
daughter begin the world and you u
have anything to help them Ii siartlp
with q mind capable Of research al
high contemplation 10 DO perpetual
fixed on questions OF mere hVelh@oa.
Poets try to throw romanceS aoo'
the poor mans cot, but there Is no r
nance about it. Poverty Is hard, crue
unreleptiDg. But Lazarus walked
without his rags and MS diseases, ana
all of Christ's poor wake up at Ia
without any of then disadvantages
slmshouses, for they are all princes;
rent to pay, for the residence Is grat'
tous: no garments to buy for the ROB
are divinely fashioned; no seats
church for poor folks, but equall
among temple worshjppers; no hove
no hard crasts; no insufficient appar
ssTbey shall hunger nc more, Meth
THIRST any more, neither shall the s
light on tkem nor any heat" No me
pain.
Further, there will be no pain Of pa
ing. All these associations must sol
time break up. We clasp hands a
walk together and talk and laugh a
weep together, but we must after avn
,eparste. Your grave Will be in G
place, nine in another. we look ee
other full in the face for the last tin
We will be sitting together some eVi
ing or walking together some day, 8
nothing will be unusual il cur appoi
spce or our conversation, but God kno
that it Is the lsst time, and mes8eng
from eternity on their erEand to take
away know it is the last time. anc
heaven, where they make ready tor
departing spirits, they know it is the
time.
Oh, the long agony Of earthly sepa
tion! It is awful to stand in y
nursery fighting death back from
couch of your Child and try to hold
the little one ard see all the time t
he is getting weaker and the breath
shorter, and make outcry 10 Godto b
Us and to the doctors to save him
see if is of no avail, and ttea to In
that his spirit is gone, and that
have nothing left but the caaket t
held the jewel, and that in two or th