Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-05-11

few days Of youth and love-" Contrast the
melancholy feeling of Ros3ini, who hui
everything this world could give him, to the
joyful experience of Is1ac Watts, whose mis-
fortunes were innumerable, waen he says;
The hill of Zion yielis
tnouSa d ere sweets
Before we reach the heavenly fell
Or walk the golden streets.
Then let our songs aboun
And every tear be dry
We are marchinI throu IN Imm11ucl's ground
To fairer world on hi
It is prosperity that kills AMI trouble that
saves, While the Isrlelites wcrd on the
march. anil great prvations an har lship',
they behave well. After awhile they prayei
for meat, au the sky darlensd with great
flock of duails, and these QuaIls fell ID large
multitu les all about the II, IN tue lsra3ilte5
ate and ate AMI stu TeI themselves until
thew died. Oh, my fren Is, 1t IS not harl-
ship or trial or starvation that Injuries the
soul, but abun liant supply. 1t 10 NOT tne
vulture of trouble that eats up the Caris'iau
life it is the qulils. 1T IS the quaiS 1Uu
will vet find out that your midnight wrestle
by the brook Jabbok is with the anger vi
God. come down to bless AMI save.
Learn again that while our wrestling
with trouble may be triumphant we must eX-
beet that it will leavJ its MARI upon u.s.
jacob prevailed, but the angel touched MIN,
AMI his thigh bone eprang IRON It's socKet,
and the goot man went limpinG on his way.
We must carry through this world the MARI
OF the combat. What p.owed those prema-
ture wrinkles in your face? What whiteDed
YOUR hair before it was tmo for frost2 What
sienced forever so muoi Of the hilarity OF
YOUR household All, it is because the angel
of trouble hath touched you that you 70
| limping on your way, You need not be sur.
prised that those who have p1ssel thro uga
the fire do not feel az gay as they once did.
Do not be out OF patience with those who
| come not ont of their dependency They
| may triumph over their loss, AMI yet their
gait shall tell you that they have been trou1le
| touched Are we stoics that we can, un-
| moved, sec our cradle rified OF tho bright
eyes and the sweet lips2 Can we stanl I'M
moved an | see our gardens OF earthly de-
| light uprooted? Will Jesus who wept Him
self. be angry with Us II we pour our tears
| into tho graves that oDsn to swallow down
| what we love bestP Was Lazarus more dear
| TO Him than our beloved dead TO us? No
| We have u right to weep Our tears musl
| come. You shall not drive them back to
scad the heart. They fall into Coils bottle.
| Afflicted ones have died because they could
| not weep Thank Col for tho sweet, the
mysterious relief that c)meN TO u1 in tears
| Under this gentle rain the flowers OF corn
out forth their bloom. Col pity that dry,
withered, parched, all consuming grief that
vrings it's hands and grin is its teeth and
bites its nails unto the quick, bGt cannot
weep We may have foun tho comtoIt ~
the cross. AMI yet ever after show that in the
dark night and by the brook Jabbok we were
trouble touched.
Again, we may take the idea of the text
and announce the appro1c1 OF the day dawn.
| No one was ever more glal to see the morn
| oftor th1f NIGHT nj ct ruv-
gle. 1t is appropriate for phiIanthropiss
and Christians to cry out with this angel OF
the text "The day breaketh.' The worlds
nrospects are Frightening. The church OF
Christ is rising up in its strength to go forth
'"fair rs the moon, clear as the sun andter
bic as an army with banners
Clap your hands all ye people, the day
breaketb. The bigotries OF the earth are
perishing. The time was when we were
told that if we wantel to get to heaven we
must be immersed or sprinkle1, or wo must
believe in the perseverance, OF the saints, or
in falling away from grace, or liturgy or
no liturgy, or they must be CalvInsts or
Arminians in order to reach heaven. We
| have all como to confess now that these are
nonpssentias ia religion.
During nv vacation one summer | was in
PRESBYTERIAN audience, an it was Sacra-
mental day, and with grateful heart re-
ceived the Holy Communion. GA the neH
S,bb1th rs in n Methodist church and sat
Of n love feast. On the following Sabbath [
was in an Episcopal church and knet at the
alter and received the consscrate1 bread.
do not knew which service | enjoyed the
most. az believe in the communion OF saints
and in the life everlasting" "Ihe day
| breaketh."
AsIloolz upon this audience sec many
who havc passed through waves OF trouble
that cana up higher than their girdlr. In
Go is name proclaim cessation OF hostill-
ties. You shall not 80 away s1ddened an
broken-hearted. Go will lift your burden.
Col will bring your dead to life. God will
stanch the hearts blee ling know He will.
Like as n father pities his children, so the
Lord pties YOU The pains Of earth will
end. Tho tomb will burst Tao deal will
rise. The morning star trembles on bright
ening sky The gates OF the east begin TO
swing open. Tho day breaketh.
Luther and Melanchthon were talking to-
gethar gloomjIy about the prospects OF the
Shurch. They could sec no hopes Of deliver
anea. After awhile Luther got up and said
TO Melauchthon: "Come, Phlipp, let us sin ,
the forty-sixth psalm OF David, GOD IS our
refuge and strength, very pleasant help IN
1rouJle. Therefore will not We fear, though
the earth be removed aud though the noun
Trims be Carried into tho midst OF the sea
though the waters thereof rolr AMI be trOu-
blei; though the mountains shake with
the swelling thereof. Selah.
Death TO many, my TO all, is struggle
an wrestle. We have many irien Is that
it will be hard TO leave. care not low
bright our iuturc hopais. 1t is bitter
thing to look upon this far world and know
that we SHALL never again see its biossomin9
sprin :, its falling fruits, its sparkling
streams and to sly farewell to those win
whom We played in CHILDHOOD or counselel
in mrnhoO I. In that night, like JIco', we
nay have 10 wrestle but Col will not le1vl
us unhlesseJ. 1t shall not be told in heaven
that a dying soul crel unto Col for help
but was not delivered. The lattice may be
turned 10 keep out the sun, or book set to
dim the light of tho mi might taper or the
znom may be filled with the cries OF orphan
age and wdowhool I, or the church OF Christ
may mourn over our going but II Jesus calls
all is we'll The strong wrestling by the
brook will cease the hour of deaths nIgh
will pass along-1 o'clock in the morning
o'clock in the mornings 4 o'clock in int
morning The day breaketh.
, So [ would have it when l die. am In N
cru Ige against this world. TIC only iaul
have to find with the world IS that it treat
me too well, but when the time comes to g
trust 10 be ready my worldly affairs al
! settled. It'll have wrongel Others, L wan
then 10 be sure OF their forgiveness. Ii
; that last wrestling, my arm enfeeoled Will
sickness and my head faint, want Jesu. oc
side me. If there be hands on this side O
ont n m