Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-12

What the world most needs IL the con-
| soatOry and hero II comes. our holy re-
| ligion, with both hands full Of anodynea
aud sedatives and balsams, ~ In Daniels
! time to stop mouths leonine; as IN Shhd-
! racks time TO cool blast furnaces; as In
Ezekieps time TO console captivity; rs ia
! st. Johns time to unroll an apocalypse over
rocky desolations. Herr It's soothing voice
"A II declares; Weeping may endure for
night, but joy cometh IN the morning"
"The mountains shall depart and the hills
be removed, but my loving kindness shall
not depart from you" Whom the Lord
loyeth he chasteneth.n They shall hunger
no more, neither thirst any more, neither
shall the sun light on them. nor any heat,
for the Lamb which Is IN the midst OF the
throne shall lead them 10 thu living foun-
tHins Of water, md God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes,
The most wholesome thing on earth is
trouble II met IN Christian spirit To make
paui whit he was took shipwreck, and
whipping on the bare back and penlten-
tinry, and pursuit of wild mobs, aud the
sword OF decapitatiun To make David
what be was IL took nil that Ahtophel and
Saul aud Absaiom and Goliath aud all the
philistlnc hosts could do against him. 1t
took Robert ChAnhers' malformation Of
feet 70 make him the literary conqueror.
II was bereavement that brought VIII
liam Hnworth Of Wesley's time from wick
uuuess TO nm evangelism that won many
thousands for heaven. The world would
never have known what heroic stuff Ridley
was made Of had not the fires been kindlcd
around his feet, and not liking their slow
work ne cried ~ cannot burnt Let the
fire come 10 mel cannot burnp' Thank
God that there arr gems that unfold their
best glories under the lAmplight Thank
God for the ruby
THE uoPE OF HEAVEN.
Moreover. l am sure that Solomon was
right ia saying that religion or wisdom is
better than rubies, from the fact that
thing IS worth what IL will fetch Religion
will fetch solid happiness, and the ruby
will not In all your observation did you
! ever find person thoroughly felicituted by
mn incrustment Of icyelsi As you know
more Of yourself than my one else, are yon
/ happier now with worldly 8d0rnments and
successes than before you won them' Does
| the picture that cost you hundreds or thou
1 sands Of dollars on your wall bring you IA
1 much satisfaction ns the engraving that no
l the expense OF s. was hung upon the wall
when you first began 10 keep housed
| DO all the cutlery aud rare plate that
! glitter on your extension dining table, sur
rounded by lAttering guests. contain more
| Of real bliss than tho plain ware OF your
| hnt table, at which sat only twof Does
| wardrobe crowded with costly attire give
| you more satisfaction than your hrst
[ clothes closet with its four or five pegsP
! Did not the plain RUG set on the third
finger OF your left hand on the day OF your
hotrothal give more glndness than the
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finger OF your right handg
II in this journey Of life we have learned
anything, we have learned that this world
neither with its emolumcuts nor gains can
satisfy the soul Why, here come as many
witnesses as | wish to oull TO the stand to
testify that before high heaven and the
world, In compUuiouship with Jesus Christ
and good hope of heaven they feel iny
that all the resources of their vocabulary
fail to express Sometimes It evidences It.
self into calculations Of husannu, some
times in doNOlogy, sometimes In tenrH A
converted native u India IN u letter said,
"iiow long for my bed, not TINT l may
Bl'ep-I lie awake often md long-but to
hold sweet communion with my God.n
II 30 mighty is worldly Joy that Julius
II, hearing lis armies were triumphant. ex-
pired. and II ralya. hearing that the Roman
senate had decrced him an honor, expired,
and II Diunysius and Sophocles, overcome
Of Joy expired, aud II u shlpwreokcd purser,
waiting on the coast Of Guinea in want and
starvation a. the sight Of vessel bringing
relief fell dead from shock of delight, b. 10
any surprlse To you that the Joys Of pardon
aud heaven rolling over the soul should
sometimes be- almost too much for the
Christian 10 endure aud livc'
"a mad .utA tn ma ttIl. VIE
times have tainted dead away under too
great Christian JOY. IL was In all three
eases at the holy communion An emf.
nCut ChrAtiUu man while in prayer said;
stop Lord, | cannot bear any more Of this
Iladncss; IL ~ too much for mortal. with.
hodl Wfhhulil' We have heard OF poor
WOrkmen or workwomen getting letter
suddenly telling them that fortune had
been left them, and how they were almost
beside themselves with glce, taking the
first ship TO claim the estate HUT. oh,
what Ii is to wake up out OF tho stunor OF
u sinful life and through pardonng grace
find that all our earthly existence will bo
diyinely managed for our best welfare, mud
that then all heaven win roll In upon the
soul
Compared with that spring morning Is
stupid, an August sunBet is inane, and an
aurora has no pillared splendOr and dlg,
J mond has no lash and pearl no light, aud
u horyl no aquamrrinC, aud Il ruby no rud-
diness. My gracious Lordl My glorious
Godl My precious Christi Roll over on
! us u few blllows OF that rapture. And nov
! ask you, rs fair minded men aud women
accustomed TO make comparisons, is not
such u Joy as that worth more than any
thing one can have in icweled oasketi
Wasnot solomon right when he said, "Wis
dom Is better than ruhlosm
LIFE's sAcRuICEs.
There is also something Ia the deep car
mine OF the ruby that suggests the sacrinc,
/ ON which our whole system of religion de
ponds While the emerald suggests N,
d meadows, and the sapphircs the skies, and
! the opal thesea, tho ruby suggests the blood
Of sacrifice The most emphatic and star
Z thug Of all oolors hath tie ruby solomon
, the author Of my text, knew all about III,
> sacrifice OF lamb and dove on the affairs Of
tho temple. and he know the meaning Of
saoritcial blood, and what other prruiou,
! stone could he no well use To symbolize Il
~ the ruby Red Intensely rcd, red as In,
, blood OF the greatest martyr OF all time
: Jesus OF the centlresl Drive the story o.
the cruoinNion out OF the Bible and the doc
trine OF the Rtonement out OF our religion
and there would be nothing OF Christianity
left for orr worship or our admiration
Why should Il he hard TO adopt the Bibl