The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-11-15

which shall have it, Our natures sre mn
| nitely susceptible to suffering. Inc eye, tue
foot, the hand with immense capacity VI
| anguish.
| The little child meets at the entrance OF
| life manifold diseases You hear the shrlil
| cry OF infancy as the lancet strikes into inc
swollen gum. You see its head in consum-
ing fevers that take more than hall OF them
into the dust. Old age passes. dizzy ana
| weak and short breathed and dim sighted.
| On every northeast wind come down peur.
| ises and pneumonias. War lifts its sword
and hacks away the life of whole genera
| lions. The hospitals of the earth groan into
| the ear of God their complaint. Asiatlo
choleras and ship fevers and typhoids and
London plaques make the worlds knees
| knock together.
| Pain has gone through every street and up
every ladder and down every shaft. 1t 1s on
| the wave. on the mast, on the beacn.
Wounds from clip OF elephants tusk and
adder's sting and crocodle's tooth and
| horses boof and wheels revolution. we
gather up the iu6rmities OF our parents and
transmit to our children the inheritance
augmented by our own sicknesses, and they
add to them their own disorders, to pass the
inheritance to other generations In A. ID.
262 the plague in Rome smote into the dust
5000 citizens daily. In 544, in CONSTANT
nope. 1000 gravediggers were not enoughto
bury the dead. In 1918 ophthalmta seized
the whole Prussian army. At times the
earth has sweltered with suffering.
Count up the pains OF Austertz. where
so, 900 fell of Fontenoy. where 100. 900 fell;
of Chalons. where 300 900 fell; of Marius'
fight in which 900, 900 fell of the tragedy
Mt Herat. where Genghis Khan mastered
/, 900, 900 men, and of Nishar. whore he slew
1,747, 900 people ;of the IS, 900, 900 this mon
ster sacrificed in fourteen years as he went
forth to do az he declared. to exterminate
the entire Chinese nation and make the en-
pre a pasture for cattle.
Tuink OF the death throes OF the 5000 600
men sacrificed in one campaign of Xerxes.
Think OF the 120, 900 that persisted in the
siege of Ostend. OF 800. 900 dead at Acre, OF
LOO, 900 dead in the siege of Jerusalem, Of
l,8i6,000 Of the dead at Troy, and then com
plete the review BY considering the stupen-
1ous estimate OF lmund Burke, that the
loss by war had been thirty-6ve times the
entire then present population Of the globe
Go through and examine the decorations.
the Gunshot fractures, the saber wounds,
the gashes OF the battleaX. the slain ofbomb-
shell and exploded mine and falling wall
and those destroyed under the gun car
riaga, and the hoof OF the cavalry horse,
the burning thirsts, the camp fevsrs. the
frosts that shivered, the tropical suns that
smote. Add it up, gather it into one line.
compress it into one word, spell it in one
syllable, clank it in one chain, pour it
out in one groan. distil it into one tear.
Aye. the world has wrthed in 5000 years
of suffering. Why doubt the possibility OF q
future world of suffering whom we see the
tortures that have been inflicted in this2 A
deserter from Sevastopol, coming over to
army of the allies, pointed back to the fort
ress and said, "That place is a perfect hell"
Our photographers, aware of the immense
necessity of having plenty of words to ex-
press the different shades OF trouble. have
strewn over their paSes such woris as IAN
noyance," "distress," "grief." ''bitterness,"
"torture," "afficton," "anguish," "tribu-
1ation," "wretchedness. "woe." But | have
glad sound for every hospital. for every
sickroom, for every lifelong invalid. for
every broken heart "There shall be no
more pain" Thank God! Thank God
No malarias float in the air. No bruised
foot treads that street. No weary arm. No
painful respiration. No hectic flush. No
one can drink OF that healthy fountain and
keep faint hearted or faint headed. He
whose foot touches that pavement becomes
an athlete. The first kiss of that summer
air will take the wrinkles from the old mans
cheek. Amid the mu t.tuie OF songsters
not one diseased thr II. The first Hash
of the throne will s'i,ter the darkness
of those who were Torn blind. See, the
lame man leaps as hart and the dumb
shall step forth. our WEAKNESS forgotten.
Who are those radiant ones2 Why, that ona
had his jaw shot off at Fredericksburg that
one lost his eyes in powder blast that ono
had his back broken by fall from the ships
halyards !; that one died OF gangrene in the
hospital. No more pain. Sure enough,
here is Robert Hall, who never before
saw a well day, AMI Edward Pay
son, whose body was ever torn OF
distress, and Richard Baxter, who passed
through untold physical torture. All well.
No more pain. Here, too, are the Theban
legion, great host Of $685. put to the sword
for Christ's sake. No distortion on their
countenance. No fires to hurt them, or
floods to drown them. or racks 10 tear them.
All we'll. Here are the Scotch Covenanters,
none to hunt them now. The dark cave and
imprecatons of Lord Claverhouse OK
changed for temple service. and the pres
ence of Him who helped Hugh Lltimer out
OIL the fire. All well. No moro pain.
I set open the door of heaven until there
blows on you this refreshing breeze. The
fountains of God have made it cool, and the
gardens have made it sweet. 1 do not
know that Solomon ever heard on hot day,
the Ice click in an ice pitcher, but he wrote
us if he did when he said, ''As cold waters
10 thirsty soul, SO is good news from far
country"
Clambering among the Green Mountains
was tired and hot and thirsty, and L shall
not forget how refreshing it was when, after
awhile, heard the mountain brook tumb-
ling over tho rocks. l had no cup, no chalice,
SO got down on my knees and face to
drink. Oh, ye climbers on the journey, with
cut feet and parched tongues and fevered
temples, listen 10 the rumbing OF sapphire
brooks, amid Powered banks. over golden
shelvings. Listen 1.-The Lamb which is in
the midst of the throne shall lead them uuto
living fountains OF water" l do moi offer it
to YOU in a chalice. To take this you must
bend. Get down on your knees and on your
face, and drink out OF this great fountain OF
Gods consolation. "And, 10, l heard a
voice from heaven. as the voice OF many
waters"