Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-06-07

| have also TO say to you that the
path that these captives trod was a
troubled path, and that David and his
men had to go over the same difficult
way. While these eaptives We're being
taken off, they said, oh we arc so
tired; we are so sick; we are so hungry"
But the men who had charge of them
said, stop this crying. Go on!' David
and his men also found it hard way.
They had to travel it. Our friends have
gone into glory, and it is through much
.ribulation that we are to enter their
Kingdom. How our loved ones used to
nave to struggle. how their old hearts
ached. how sometimes they had tussle
for bread. In our childhood we won
1ered why there were so many wrinkles
On their faces. We did not know that
what were called "crow's-feet" on
their faces, We're the marks of the
| black raven of trouble. Did YOU never
hear the old people, seated by the even
! ng stand, talk over their early trials.
their hardships, the accidents, the
5urials, the disappointnents the empty
1our-barrel when there were so many
hungry ones to feed, the sickness al
most unto death, where the next dose
If morphine decided between CHASTITY
bereavement and an unbrolen home
:ircle? o, yes. it was trouble that
yhitened their hair 1t was trouble
hat shook the cup in their hand. II
was trouble that washed the luster ]
rom their eyes with the rain Of tears
until they needed spectacles. 1t was
.rouble that made the cane a necessity |
for their journey. DO You never re-
member seeing your old mother sitting |
IN some rainy DAY, looking out of the |
window. her elbow on the window sill.
her hand TO her brow-looking out,
not seeing the falling shower at all
you web knew she was looking into
the distant pastl, until the apron came
up to her eyes, because the memory
was too much for her?
OF the big, unbidden tear.
Stealing doNa The furrowed cheek,
Told In elOlueace sincere.
Tales OF Woe they could not speak
But this scene OF weeping DER,
Past this scene OF toll and pain,
They shall feel distress no more
Never, never weep again.
" ilb are llAfNt AnNtI tAAt dAAhEf AlAk
question was asked; and the response
came, These are they which came ont
of great trihulation. and have washed
their robes. and made them white in
the blood of the Lamb" Our friends
went by path Of tears into glory BE
not surprised If we have to travel the
same pathway.
/ remark again. if we want to win
the society of our friends in Heaven
we viii not only have to travel path
of faith and path of tribulation, but
we win also have to positively battle
for their companionship. David and
his men never wanted sharp swords
and invulnerable shields, and thick
breastplates SO much as they wanted
them on the day when they come down
upon the Amalekites. If they had lost
that battle. they never would have got
their families back. | suppose that one
glance az their loved ones in captivity
hurled them ints the battle with ten
fold courage and energy. They said.
I'VE must win il. Everything depends
upon il. Let each one take a man on
point of spear or sword. We must win
it, And ! have to tell you that be
tween us and coming into the compan-
ionship of our loved ones who are de
parted. there is an Austerlitz, there is a
Gettysburg. there is a Waterloo. War
with the world war with the hosh
war with the devil. We have
either to conquer our troubles
lr our troubles viii conquer us
David win either slay the Amale
Sites or the Amalel1ites will slay David
And vet is not the fort to be taken
worth all the pain. all the peril, all the ..
Look? Who are they on
he bright hills of Heaven yonder? :
There they are, those who sat at youi
,wn table-the chair now vacant. There .
hey are, those whom you rocked !
n infancy in the cradle, or hushed tc ]
leep in your arms. There they are I
hose in whose life your life was bound !
Up. There they are, their brow more
adiant than ever before you saw it
heir lips waiting for the kiss of heaven :
V greeting. their cheek roseate with
he health of eternal summer. Their .
ands reckoning you up the steep, the u
eet bounding with the mirth of Heaven. ?
he pallor of their last sickness gone u
ut of their face, never more to be sick =
ever more to cough, never more &c >
mp. never more to be old. never more i
D weep They are watching from q
hose heights To see if through Christ u
GU can take that fort, and whether
on will rush in upon them-victors :,
hey know that upon this battle de
ends whether you viii ever join then
,ciety Up! strike harder, Charg, !,
iore bravely! Remember that every I;
ich You gain puts you SO much farther !.
a toward that heavenly reunion. 9,
If this morning while | speak vou =
,uld hear the cannonade of foreign :,
iemy which was to despoil your city, -
nd if they really should succeed in car p
ing your families away from Won -
DIV long would we take before we re
lived to 60 after them? Every weapon >
neither fresh from the aT-norv or ,ldl -