Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-11-16

500 IN front OF filf Go X. anu rltN 49,
watching the clocs when the nurse reiurnsl.
The nurse said. '.Do Nou sea ANYTHING pecli-
lar about that clo,ky" She made no answer,
hut -ooa siad There IL clock scene IN
every history. II some o! You Would Tlss
from, the he'd OF leihargv an come out OF
your dalirium OF sin and LOOK on the cioeA ol
your destiny this moment, YOU would s'e
and hear something YOU have not seen or
ar heard before, and every tics OF the minui =.
and every stroke Of the hour, and every
sviny o. the pendulum, would say, Now,
now now nowl' Oh. cone home to VOlr
Fathers house, Come hone, oh. proiiSal.
from the wilderness, Come home, como
homel
But notice that when the pro ligal came
there was the fathers JOY. He did not greet
him with any formal How 10 YOU do2' He
did not come out and say: "You nro unfit to
enter. Go out and wash in the trough by
the we'll. and then you can come in. We
have had enough trouble with you" All,
no. When the proprietor OF that estate pro-
claimed festival. II was an outburSt OF
fathers love and fathers JOY. God is
your father.
have not much sympathy with that Do
scription OF God | sometimes hear, asthough
He were Turkish sultan--hard an unsym-
pathetic aud listening not TO the cry OF His
: subjects. A man told me- heslw in one oithe
eastern lands a king ri ling along, aud two
men were IN an alteration, AMI oae charged
the other with having eaten his rice, and
tae klng saIG, ''lhcn slay lac man, ahd by
post norton examination find whether ho
has eaten tho rice" And he WAS slain. All,
the cruelty OF a scene like that Our God Is
not sultan, not despot, but father
kird, loving, foreiving--and He makes all
heaven ring again when a pro iiGal comes
back. 81 have no pleasure Ho says, I'm
tho dpath OF him that dieth."
Ita mun does not get heaven. II is because
he will not 20 there. No difference the col
or, no difference the history. no difference
the Gntecedrnts. no difference the surround
ings, no difference the sin. When the white
horses OF Chrlsts'vic. DRY are brought Quito
celebrate the eternal triumph, you may ride
ono OF them, and, as God is greater than all,
His Joy is greater, and when II soul comes
back there IS in His heart the sur glnG OF an
infinite ocean OF gladnfss, and TO express
that gladness it takes all the rivers OF pleas
urc, and all the thrones OF poHp. ana all tho
ages OF eternity II IL a joy deeper than all
depth. AMI higher than all height, m
wider than all width, and vaster than all in
mrnsitY. Il Ov'rtOps, II un terS. Is. 1t Ol.-
weighs all the united splenior Gu | JOY OF tao
universe Who can tell what COTS JOY isZ
You remember reading the story OF Il kin :
who on some great day OF fcstivity scat
tered silver and gold among the people, wac
sent valuable presents to his Courtcrs, but
! methlnks when soul comes hacE Col is
SO glad that to express His iot II" hinC- out
new worlds into space, kiniIes up new suns
and rolls among the white ronei anthems u
the reieemei greater hUileluinh, while
with voc' that revrrJnrItes anon: tho
mountains OF frankinrense AMI Is echor
back from the everlasting gates lIs cries.
"rhis. my son. VS. lead and is alive again ~
( At the opening OF the exposition In New
/ Orlnans | saw Mexican tlutst, and ho
/ played the solo, and then afterwarl the
eight or ten ban g OF music, accompanied ny
/ the great organ, came in, but tae som o.
that one iiuIe rs compare with all the or
/ chrstra was greater than all the confined
/ Joy of the universe when compared with tho
rcs0unding heart OF Almighty God.
For ten years father went thre" times u
DAY to the depot His son went OIL IN a ::
gravatlng circumstances, but the father said,
He will come back The strain WIS too
much. and his mini parte I, and TIRES tines
day the father went. In the cary morning
he watched the traiG-its arrival, the strn'
ping out OF the passengers, and then the de-
parture OF train. At noon he was there
again, watchin; the advance OF the train,
Watching the departure
At night there again, watching the con-
in:. watching the going, Tor ten years He
been watching AMI waiting for some o. you.
my brothers, ten years, twenty years, thirty
years, forty years, perhaps a'tY years, WAIT
I ing, waiting, Watching. waite llng, and II
! this morning the pro ii.,al should co ne
home, what q scene OF gladucss and festivity
and how the great Fathers heart would
rejoice Mt your coming homo! You viii
come. some OF you, will You not? You wall,
you will
I ak hot b.p "a 1 vnl
home there is the JOY OF the ministers OF r.
ligion. Oh, it is "A grand thing to preach
this gospel! know there has beer a gr vi
deal sait about the trials and the hardship
OF the Christian ministry. IwIsh somebody
would write good rousinS book about III,
joys OF the Christian ministry. since | en-
tcre the profession have seen more OF tn,
goodness OF God than will be able TO crlc
bratc in all eternity. | know some boast
about their equilibrium. AMI they do no
Use into enthusiasm, and they do not br"al
down with emotion, but l confess to yol
plainly that when | see "a man coming L
God ana giving up his sin | feel in 10 iy
mind ana soul transport. When | see
man who Is bound hand AMI foot in evi
haiti cmancjpated. | rejoice over II "A
though 1t were my own emancipation. Whrn
in our Communion service, such throngs o
young and Old stood up ut the affairs and II
thn presence OF heaven an earth and hel
attestei their allegiance to Jesus Christ,
ieIt II JOY something akin to that which III
apostle describes when lie srys: "Whethe
in the body cannot tell. or out OF tho DO !!
cannot tell. God knowcth."
Have not ministers u right to re!olt
when prodigal comes home They biev
the trumpet, and ought they NOT 10 be gla.
OF the gathering OF the host They pointor
tothe full supply, and on Iht they not to re
ioice when souls pant us the hart for tn,
water brooks? They came forth saving
"All things are now ready" Ought they
not rejoice when the roligal sits down Al
the banquet?
Life insurance men will all tell YOU thu
ministers OF religion rs n class live Longer
than any other 1t is confirmed by tn,
statistics OF all those who calculate upoI
human longevity. Why is III Ther
is more draft upon the nervous system
than In any other profession, an
their toll is most eXhnusting | hav
seen ministers kept on miserable sti
Ponds by parslmonious congregation
who wondered at the dullness OF the sermon
when the men OF God were perplexed almos
TO death by questions OF livelihood and haC
not enough nutritious food 20 keep any FIR
in their temperament. No fuel. no fire.
have sometimes seen the inside OF tho life o
many OF the American clergymen-never nc
ceptlng their hospitality because they can
not afford it-but have seen them stru ggl
on with salaries OF $500 AMI 5000 year, tn
average less than that, their struggle we
depicted by tho Western missionary win
says in a letter: "Thank you for your las
remittance. Until II came we had not an
meat in our house for one year, AMI all las
winter, although 1t WAS severe winter, on
children wore their summer clothes.
And these men OF God | find in differeI
parts OF the land, struggling against annoy
Rnces and exasperations innumerabe. som
OF them week after week entertaining agent
who have maps to sell and submitting them
selves to all styles OF annoyances, and ye
without complaint and cheerful OF soul