The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-21

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coming into the cOmpaniOnship of our
loved ones who are departed, there is an
Austerlitz. there is a Gettysburg, there
is a Waterloo. War with the world, war
with the flesh, war with the devil. We
have either TO conquer our troubles, or
our troubles will conquer US. David will
either Stay the Amalekites, or the
Amalekites will Stay David. And yet is
not the fort to he taken worth all the
pain, all the peril. all the besiegement2
Look Who are they on the bright hills
of heaven yOnder! There they are, those
| who sat at your own table, the chair now
/ vacant There they are, those whom you
! rocked in infancy in the Grade, or hushed
to sleep in your arms. There they are,
/ those in whose life your life was bound up.
! There they are, their brow more radiant
! than ever before you saw it, their lips
waiting for the kiss of heavenly greet
! ing. their cheek roseate with the health
/ of eternal summer their hands reckoning
/ you up the steep, the feet bounding with
| the mirth of heaven. The pallor of their
! last sickness gone out of their face, never
more to be sick, never more to cough
| never more to limp, never more TO be old,
never more to weep. They are watching
| from those nights to see if through Christ
| you can take that fort, and whether you
wish to rush in upon them-victors. They
! know that upon this battle depends
| whether you will ever join their society.
! Up! strike harder! Charge more bravely
| Remember that every inch you gain puts
| you so much farther on toward that
/ heavenly reunion.
If this morning while l speak you could
| hear the cannonade of a foreign enemy
which was to despoil your city, and if
| they really should succeed in carrying
| your families away from you, how long
would we take before we resolved to go
after them Every weapon, whether
| fresh from the armory or old and rusty
| in the garnet, would be brought out; and
| we would urge on, and, coming in front of
| the foe, we would look at them, and then
look at our families, and the cry would be,
| Victory or death ~ and when the anu
milton was gone. we would take the cap
tors on the point of the bayonet or under
| the breech of the gun. If you would
make such struggle for the getting
back of your earthly friends, will you not
make as much struggle for the gaining of
the eternal companionship of your heav-
emily friends2 Oh yes I'VE must join them
We must sit in their holy society. We
must sing with them the song. We
| celebrate with them the triumph. Let it
never be told on earth or in heaven that
David and his men pushed out with
drawer hearts for the getting back of
their earthly friends for a few years on
earth than we TO get our departed.
You say that all this implies that our
| departed Christian friends are alive
| Why had you any idea they were dead
They have only moved. If you should go
| on the I'd of May to a house where one of
your friends lived, and find him gone, you
would not think that he was dead. You
would inquire next door where he had
moved to. Our departed Christian
| friends have only taken another house.
| The secret is that they are richer now
| than they once were, and can afford bet
ter residence. They once drank out of
| earthenware; they now drink from the
! kings chalice. Joseph is yet alive" and
| Jacob will go up and see him. LiYing2
are they! Why, if man can live in this
| damp, dark dungeon of earthly
| captivity, can he not live where he
| breathes the bracing atmosphere of the
mountains of heavenl Oh, yes, they are
| living!
Do you think that Paul is so near dead
now as he was when he was living in the
| Roman dungeon? Do you think that
| Frederick Robertson, of Brighton, is as
| near dead now as'he was when, year after
| year, he slept seated on the floor, his
| head on the bottom of a chair, because he
could find ease in no other positions Do
you think that Robert Hall is as near
| dead now as when, on his couch, he tossed
| in physical torturesl No. Death gave
| them the few black drops that cured
|
| ian-cures him. l know that what have
| said implies they are living. There is no
question about that. The only question
this morning is whether you will ever
join them.
But l must not forget those two hundred
men who tainted by the brook Besor.
They could not take another step farther.
| Their feet were sore; their head ached /;
their entire nature was exhausted. Be
sides that, they were broken-hearted be-
cause their homes were gone. Zil5lag in
ashes! And yet David, when he comes
up to them, divides the spoils among
them He says they shall have some of
the jewels, some of the robes, some of the
treasures. look over this audience this
morning and find at least 200 who have
tainted by the brook Besor-the brook of
tears. You feel as if you could not take
another step farther, as though you could
never look up again. But l am
going to initiate David, and divide
among you some glorious trophies.
Here is a robe, ''All things work
together for good, to those who love
God" Wrap yourself in that glorious
promise. Here is for your neck a string
of pearls, made out of crytallized tears,
Weeping may endure for a night, but
JOY cometh IN the morning" Here is a
coronet, BE thou faithful unto death
and | will give thee a crown of life" O
We fainting ones by the brook Besor, dip
your blistered feet IN the running stream
of Gods mercy. Battle your brow at
wells of salvation Soothe your wounds
with the balsam that exudes from trees
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