The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1894-11-07
VICTORY OVER PAIN.
The Picture of the New Life as II is
Anticipated.
There VIII re No Pain Nor Sorrow There
Neither v IN There BE Blasted Homes
IN the Eternal City-Sermon hy zev.
DR.. a. Dewitt EalmaEe, DIG.


the press: Victory over Pain" the
text chosen being Revelation Xxi. &.
Neither shall there lie any more
pain"
The first question that you ask when
about 70 change your residence TO any
city IS WHAT is the health of the
place? Is 1t shaken Of terrible disor-
ce~s? What are the bills of mortality?
WHAT Is the death rate? How high
r-ses the thermometer And am not
reasonable in asking. What are the
I sanitary conditions OF the heavenly
city in which we all hope to move? Ny
text answers it by saying, Neither
shall there be any more pain"
First, remark. there viii he nopaiu
| of disappointment i'm Heaven. If
could put tine picture OF what You am
ticipated OF lie when you began 1t be-
SIDE the picture Of what you have real
lied, I would fiud great difference.
| G1u have stumbled upon great disap-
p9intments. Perhaps You expected
riches, and you have worked nard
enough to gain them; You have planned
and worried and persisted until your
/ hands were worn and your brain
was rac,zed and your heart
/ tainted, and at the end OF TINS long
. strife with misfortune You find
tnat Il you have not been positively
defeated IL has been q drawn
/ battle. Il IS still tug and tussle-
this year losing what YOU gained last.
! financial uncertainties pulling down
. faster than yOu build. For perhaps 20
I O. 5Ovears you have been running you-
C.aft straight into the teeth Of the
wind.
Perhaps Won have had domestic dis
a.uoinumeat. Nour children. upon
whose education You lavi>led YOUR
: hard earned dollars have not turned
/ ont rs expected. NotwitE~tau ling gli
/ Your coasels and prayers AMI pain~tall-
ing. they win not do RIGHT. Many "a
/ good father mas had bad BOY. Absa-
I lnm rrod On Dlyid's heart. That
mother never imagined all this Us 20 OF
F. o. years ago, she sat By ,lat clld's
c-cd'c.
Your life has been chapter Of dis
appointments. But come with me and
u w.l show you . different scene. BY
Gods grace, entering the other city
You will never again have blasted
hope The most juJilaut OF exp,ct3-
| tons VIII not reach the realization
! Coming 10 the top of oua hill Of JOY.
there viii bc other heights rising upon
the vision. This song Of transport viii
but lift YOU TO higher anthems. the
I sweetest choral but a prelIde 20 more
tremendous harmony: things better
than YOU had anticipated-the robe
richer. vEe crown brighter. the temple
grander. the throne uightier
Further, I remark. there viii be no
pain of weariness- 1t may Le many
hours since you quit work. but many
Of You are unrested. some from over
work. and some from dulluess Of trade.
the latter more eNhaustiug than the
former. Your ankles ache, Your >pir-
its flag, You want rest. Are these
wheels always 20 turn? these shuttles
10 fly? these axes to hcv? these show
els 70 delve? these pens 10 fy? these
books to be posted2 these goods 20 Ue
sold?
An. the great holiday approaches
/ No more curse Of taszmakers. No more
STOPPING until the back aches No
/ more calculation until the brain Is be-
wildered. No more pain. No more
carpentry. for the mansions are all
built. No more masonry. for the walls
are all reared. No more diamond cut
ting, for the gems are ali set No
more gold beating, for the crowns are
all completed. No more agriculture,
for the harvcSts are spontaneous.
Further. there will be no more pain
o. poverty. II is a hard thing TO bc
really poor; to have your coat wear out
ana no money TO get another; 10 have
your f0ur barrel empty and nothing to
buy bread with for yOur children; 81
live In an unhealthy row and no means
to change Your habitation; 10 have
Your enid sick with some mysterious
/ disease and not be able TO secure
eminent medical AGILITY; to have son OF
daughter begin the world and Won not
have anything 10 help them In start
inr: with a mind capable of research
and high contemplation. to be per
Ueuuliv fixed on questions Of mere
livelihood.
Poets try to throw romance about
the POOR mans cot. but there is no ro-
nance about Il. Poverty is hard cruel
unrelentinr. But lazarus walked ny
without his rags and his diseases, and S,
all of Christ-s poor wake mp ut LAS
I without any of their disadvantage
no aIn>houscs, for they are all princes
no rents TO pay, for the residence Is
p rratuitous; no garments 20 buy. foi
E. the robes are divinely fashioned: n,
seats in church for poor folks, bu
equality among temple w0rshipers y,
novels. no hard crusts. no insufficient
. apparel They shall hunger no more
neither thirst any more, neither shal
B. the sun light on them nor any heat.
o. No more pain,
Further, there win be no pain o
parting. All these associations mus
some time break up. We clasp hand
and walk together. and talk. an,
laugh. and weep together: but we mus
after awhile separate. Your grave vii
be in one place, mine in another. vs.
look each other full in the face for tn
last time We viii be sitting togethe
some evening or walking togethe
some day, and nothing Will be unusua
IN our appearance or our conversation
but GOD knows that IL is the last time
and messengers from eternity. on thei
errand to take us away. know IT IS Tn
last time. and in Heaven, where the
make ready for our departing spirit;
they know it is the last time.
Oh, the long agony Of earthly separf
ton. II is awful to stand in Won
nursery fighting death beck from In
couch OF your ehiid, and Try TO hol
f=s. 70 the little one, and see all II
time that he is getting weaker. an'
the breath is shorter and make outer
&c God To help rs, and to tina 1octor
so save him, and see it IS o
no avail. and then 10 know tina
5 his spirit is gone, and that 20
have nothing left but the caske
that held the jewel. and that in two
three days you must even put tina
way, and walk around about tn
house and find It desOlate, sometime
feeling rebelnous. and then resolve t
feel differently. and 10 resolve on sell
control and just as you have come
what You think is perfect self-coptrC
to suddenly come npaa some little Goa
or picture. OF shce aaif cfll -
I - IA the foods of the SOU burs- :
a one .sld vail of aggns oh. nv 'Fos
how hard it Is ID part. to close Inc eye
that never can hook merry a. our cog
rr to Kiss the hand thar Viii nevs