The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-18


and out Of whose hands all the fowls of
heaven peck their food is my Father.
He clOtheth the lilies of the field; He
viii clothe me. If He takes care Of the
raven, and the hawk. ana the vulture.
most certainly He will take care of me,
His child"
Sorer troubles come-sickness and
death. Loved ones sleep the last sleep.
y child is buried out of sight. You say.
Alas for this bitter day, God has
dealt very severely with me; I can never
look up. O Goa. / cannot bear it,
Christ comes in, and He says: Hush.
. troubled soul; it is well with the
child L viii strengthen thee in all thy
troubles. My grace is sufficient. When
thou passeth through the waters, 1 Will
be with thee"
When through the deep waters 1 call thee
The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow.
For viii be with thee, thy troubles 10
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.
But there are hundreds Of families rep
resented her this morning where religion
has been a great comfort. There are in
your homes the pictures Of your departed
and things that have no wonderful value
OF themselves, but YOU keep them
previously and carefully because hands
now still once touched them \ father
has gone out of this household. mother
has gone out of this. a daughter just
after her graduation day, a son just as
he was entering on the duties of life.
And to other homes trouble viii come.
] say il not that you may be fOreboding,
not that YOU may do the unwise thing of
taking trouble by the foTelock. but that
you may he ready. We must go enc by
one. There viii be partings in all our
households. We must say farewell. We
must die. And yet there are triumphant
strains that drown there tremulous ac-
diTge. Heaven is fun of the shout of de-
livered captives. and To the great wide
field Of human sorrow there come now
the reaper angels with keen sickles t.
harvest the sheaves of heaven.
Saints will 10 end the endure:
Safely win the Shepherd keep
Those he purcha sed for his sheep.
Not to BE Forgotten.
co home this day and ask the blessing
on your MONDAY meal. Tonight set up
the family altar Do not wait until YOU
become a Christian yourself. This day
unite Christ To your household. for the
bible distinctly says that God win pour
out his fury upon the families that call
not upon his name. Open the bible and
read q chapter: that will make YOU
strong. Kneel down and offer the first
prayer i'm your household. 1t may be a
broken petition it may be only God
oe mcrciful to me, a sinner" but God
viii stoop. and spirits viii listen, and
angels VIII chant, Behold. he praysr'
Do not retire from this house this
morning until you have resolved upon
this matter. You viii be gone. / will
be gore, many years viii pass. and per-
haps your younger children may forget
almost everything about YOU. but forty
years from now, in some Sabbath twi-
light. our daughter will be sitting with
the family. when she will stop and pc
culiar solemnity viii come to- her face
and a tear will start. and the children
viii say. Mother, what makes YOU cry?"
and she viii say. Nothing. only 7 was
thinking that this is the very bible out
of which my father and mother used
to read at morning and evening prayer"
All other things about YOU they may
forget, but train them up for Cod and
heaven They viii not forget that.
When a queen died, her three sons
brought an Offering to the grave. One
son brought gold. another brought silver
but the third son came and stood over
the grave and opened one of his veins
and let the blood drop upon his mothers
tomb. and all who saw it said il was
the greatest demonstration of affection
Ny friends. what is the grandest gift
we can bring to the sepulchers of a
Christian ancestry? 1t is a life all con-
secrated to the Cod who made us and
the Christ who redeemed us. I cannot
but believe that there are hundreds of
parents in this house who have resolved
to do their whole duty, and that at this
moment they are passing into a
better life, and having seen the
grace of the GOSPEL in this
place today you are now fully
ready to return to your own homes and
show what great things God has done
unto YOU.
Though parents may in covenant be
And have their heaven in view
They are not happy till they see
Their children happy too
May the Lord God Of Abraham and
Isaac and Jacob the God of our fathers,
be our God and the God of our chill
dren forever