Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-05


ere through with such scenes fo.rexc- ~
uilae land there are many hand ciasnincs
anu enor1eings, but only In rcrogrit5on
dnat great bono circle mover hrssts
S 80 tnu Your comrades there, aud YOU
nave them forever. No crane eoofa from,
INC door OF that bllssful resldoncc NJ
oielt hillside where tho dead sleen. All
awake, Wide awake, and forever. No push.
ing out OF cmlgrant hip for fore,cn sbors
40 ~, t2illhg OF bell us the funeral masses
Mhoic generations IN glory. Hand TO
hand, heart to heart, Joy TO joy. No Green.
ing up the Limbs OF tho death chill. III.
lvet cod until hot ilnnnols cannot warm
thoin' No rattle Of sepulchral gates. No
parting, no pain.
Ahere Is No Pain In Heaven.
FURTHER, the heavenly city will have no
pam OF body. The race Is pierced with
snerp aistrr1scs. The surgeon : knife must
gaN inc dentists pinchcrs must pull.
Pain - fought with pain. The world Ia n
hospital. SCORES " diseases, like yulturos
contonding for onrcass. strngylo ns 10
which shall have Il. Our natures nro in.
nnltely susceptible to suffering. Thoeye.
the loot, the hand with Immense capacity
of anguish
The littlo child meets OF the entrance OF
HE manifold diseases. You hcnr tho shrill
cry OF Infancy rs tho lancet strikes into
inc swollen gum. You see its hoi.d toss In
consuming fevors that take more thnn
halt OF thom into tho dust. Old ago pnsses,
uiz1y and weak and short brrnthel ind
ann sighted. On ovory northeast wind
como down plcurisies and pncumonias.
War lifts its sword and hacks away the
lllo OF whole generations. Tho hospitals
OF the earth groan into theear OF God their
complaint Aslatlc choloras and ahip fc.
Vers ana typholds and London plaques
make the world knots knock togcthor.
ram has gone through every street and
mp every ladder and down every shaft. 1t
Is ON the wave, on tho mast, on the beach
Wounds FROM clip of elephants tusk and
addcr's sting and crocodiles tooth and
horses hoof and wheels revolution, We
gather up the iniirmitlcs Of our parents
and transmit to our children the inherit
nncc augmented by our own sicsnesses,
and they add 10 them their own disorders,
TO pass tho Inheritance to other genera.
lions. In A. ID, 2G2 the plague In Rome
sinuto into the dust 5000 citizens daily.
In ga, In Constantinoplc, ! 600 grave.
dlggers We're not enough TO hurry the dead
In 1919 ophthalmia seized the whole prus.
sian army At times tho earth has swell.
tered with suffering.
Count up the pains Of Austcrlitz, where
$4,000 fell; Of Fontenoy, where 100 600
fell; Of Chalons, whore 800, coo fell; OF
Marius fight, In which ESQ, 600 fell; Of tho
tragedy at Hera,, where Gcnghis Khan
mastered 600. 600 men, and Of Nishar,
where he slew l,541 600 people; OF the IS.
0OO 600 this monster sacrificed in IA years,
as he Went forth 10 do, ms he declared 70
oxtcrminatc theoutlro Chinese nation and
I ma La In ti9tn ~,
Think Of the death throes OF the 5000 0O0
mon sacrificed In one campaign Of Xerxes.
Think OF the 100, 600 that persisted in tho
siege OF Ostend, Of 800, 600 dead at Acre,
of / loo, 0U0 dead in the siege of Jerusa
lem, Of /, $40, coo OF the dead at Troy, and
then complete the review by considering
the stupondous estimate Of Edmund Burke
that the loss by war had been 80 times
the entire then present population OF the
globe.
Tale OF the battlefield.
Go through and examine the decorations,
the gunshot fractures, the sabcr wounds,
the gashes OF the hattleax, tho slain Of
bombshell and exploded mine and falling
wall, and those destroyed under tho gun
carriage and the hoof of the cavalry horse
the burning thirsts, the camp fcyers the
frosts that shlycred, the tropical suns that
compress It into one word, spell 1t in one
syllable, cianls it in one chain, pour 1t out
In ono gronn, distili 1t into one tear,
Aye, the world has writhod IN o,000
/ years OF suffering, Why doubt the posi-
| billy Of future world OF suffering when
we sec the fortunes that have been inflicted
] In thisf A desertur from Sevastupol com
I ing over to tine army OF the allies pointed
/ back TO the fortress and said, THAT place
| IS perfect hell.
Our photographers, aware of the i'm
monso necessity Of having plenty Of words
/ TO express the different shades Of trouble
/ have strewn over their pages such wordsas
/ "annoyancc. ""distrcss, ""grief, bitter
ness, -" heartachc, Z" misery, "'twinRc,"
"pang," torture "anlicton," IAN.
guish," "tribulation," ''wretchodness, "
"woe" But have glad sound for every
hospital, for every sickroom, for every
lifelong invalid, for every broken heart
"Therc shall be no more pain" Thank
Godi Thnnk Godl No malarias float in
the air. 10 bruised foot trcads that street.
No weary arm. No painful respiration.
No hectic flush. No one can drink Of that
healthy fountain and keep faint hearted
or faint headed. He whose foot touches
that pavement bccomcth an athlete. The
flrst kiss Of that summer air will take tho
wrinkles from tho old man cheek. Amid
the multitude Of s0nestors not ono diseased
throat. Tho first flash Of the throne will
scatter tho darkness Of those who were
born blind. See, the lame man leaps as a
hart mud tho dumb sing. From that bath
Of Infinite delight We shall step forth, cur
wearincss forgotten. Who arc those radi,
ant ones! Why, that one had his jaw shot
of at fredericksburg that ono lost his
eyes IN powder blast; that one had MS
back broken by fall from the ships hal
yards; that one died of gangrene in the
hospital. No moro pain.
Sure enough, here is Robert Hal, VINO
nevor before saw n we'll day, and Edward
Payson, whose body was ever torn OF dis,
trcss, and Richard Baxter who passed
through untold physical torture. Al
well. No more pain. Here too, are INC
Theban legion, great host Of g. d10 put TO
the sword Tor Christis sake. No distortion
on their countenanee. No ilros to hurt
them, or floods to drown them, or raehs
TO tear shsm. All we'll Hero are tue
sootoh Coycnantcrs, mono to hunt theln
now. Tho darl, cave and imprecatlonp OF
Lord Clayorhouso exchanged Tor temI'lp
service, and thu presence OF him W.;
o 4 NJ