Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1894-05-30

hair. IL was trouble that shook the
cup in their hands. IL was trouble that
washed the luster from their eyes
with the rain OF tears until they
needed spectacless IL was trouble that
made the cane necessity for their
journey. Do you never remember see.
ing Your old mother sitting, on some
rainy day, looking out of the window.
her elbow ON the window sill, her hand
on her brow-looSing out. not seeing
the falling shower ut all you well
knew she was looking into the distant
past), until the apron came up To her
eyes, because the memory was too much
for her.
OFT the big. unbiddcn tear.
stealing down the furrowod check.
Told In cloqucncc sincere
Tales OF woe they could not speak.
Hut this scene OF weeping DER.
Pas; this scene OF toll and pain.
They shall feel distress more.
Never, never weep again.
"Who are these under the altar"
thes question was asked, and the re.
Spouse came, These are they which
came out of great tribulation 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 IL we have TO
travel the same pathway
remark, again, IL we want To win
the society Of our friends in Heaven.
we will not only have to travel path
of faith and path OF tribulation,
but we will also have to- positively
battle Tor their companionship
David and his men never wanted sharp
swords and invulncrablc shields and
thick brcastplatcs so much rs they
wanted them on tho day they came
down upon the AmalclSites. III they
had lost that battle, they never would
have got their families back. l sup
pose that one glance nj their loved
ones in captivity hurled them into the
battle with untold courage and energy.
They said: 1--WE must win Il. Every
thing depends upon 1t. Let each one
take man on point of spear or sword.
We must win it." And / have to tell
You that between us and the compan-
ionship of our loved ones who are de-
| parted there is an Austerlitz, there
is Gettysburg, there Is Waterloo.
War with the world, war with the
flesh, war with the devil Ne have
either to conquer our troubles or our
troubles will conquer us. David will
either Stay the AmalelSites or the Anal.
elSitcs will Stay David. And vet Is not
the fort to be taken worth all the pain,
all the peril, all the Disagreement?
Look! Who are they on the bright
hills of Heaven yonderp They are
those who sat at your own table, the
chair now vacant. They are those
whom you rocked I'm infancy in the
cradle or hushed to sleep In your arms.
There they are, those in whose life
your life was bound up. There they
are, their brows more radiant than ever
before You saw them, their lips waiting
for the kiss of heavenly greeting. Their
checks roseate with the health OF etcr.
nal summer, their hands reckoning WOW
! 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 he sick, never more
To cough, never more TO limp, never
more TO be old, never more TO weep.
They arc watching from those heights
to see If through Christ you can take
that fort, and whether you will rush In
upon thcm-victors. They know that
upon this battle depends whether YOU
will ever join their society. Up! strike
harder! Charge more bravely! Remem-
Der that every inch you gain puts YOU
so much farther on toward that Heay-
emily reunion.
If this morning while / speak Won
could hear the cannonade OF "A foreign
| enemy which was To despoil your city,
and II they really should succeed
in carrying your families awny from
you, how long would we take before
we resolved To go after them? Every
weapon, whether fresh from the armo-
ry 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 tho
ammunition was gone we would take
the captors on the point of the bayonet
or under the breach 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 heavenly
friends7 Oh, yesl we must join then
We must sit in their holy society. We
must sing with them the song. We
must celebrate with them the trinmpA
Let IL 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 re- our
departed
You say that all this implies that our
departed Christian friends are alive
Why, had you any idea they were dead2
They have only moved. II you should
go on the I'd Of May 20 house where
one OF your friends lived, and find him
gone, you would not think that
he was dead. You would in
| quire dcXt door where he
moved 90. Our departed Christian
friends have only taken another house
/ The secret is that they are richer now
/ than they once were. and can afford a
/ better residence. They once drank out
\ Of carthenware; they now drink from
I the Kings chalace. Joseph is vet
alive and Jacob viii 20 up and sec
him. Living? are they2 Why. il a
man can live In this damp, dark dun.
Rcon of earthly captivity. can he not
live where be breathcs the bracinQ nj.
nnOsphere of the mountains Of Heaven
Oh yes, they are living.
Do you think that Paul Is so near
dead now as he was when he was liv.
ing IN the Roman dungeOn2 Do you