The Penn's Grove record., 1894-05-25

only moved. II you should go on tho 81 oil
May to a house whore one Of your friends
lived and find him gone, you would not
think that he was dead. You would inquire
next door whore he had moved to. Our de-
parted Christian friends have only taken an
other house. TIL secret Ia that they are
richer than they once were n can afford q
better residence. They once drank out OF
earthenware. They now drink from the
Kings chalice. "Joseph is yet alive" and
Jacob will go up and see him, Living, are
they2 Why, II q man can live In this damp,
dark dungeon OF earthly captivity, can no
not live where he breathes the bracing at
m%osphere Of the mountains OF heavenf oh,
yes, they are livlngl
Do you think that Paul Is 30 near dead
now as he was when he was living In the
foman dungeonf % you think that Fred
erick Robertson, Of Brighton, Is as near dead
1ow as ne was when, year after year ne. no
bottom Of a chair, because he could find ease
In no other p~ositionf Do you think that
Robert Hall is rs near dead now rs when on
bis couch he tossed In physical torture. No.
Death gave them the few black drops that
cured them. That is all death does to a
Ch~ristian-cures him. I know that what I
have said implies that they are living. There
Is no question about that. The only ques-
lion this morning Is whether you will ever
Join them.
But / must not forget those 400 men who
tainted by the brook Besor. They could not
take another step farther. Their feet wore
sore , their head ached their entire nature
broken hearted because their homes wore
zone. ZIklag IN ashes! And yet David,
when he comes up TO them, divides the
,poils amongthemi He says they shall have
| some OF the jewels, some OF the robes, some
| Of the treasures. l look over this audience
this morning.. and 1 find at least 200 who
have tainted by the brook Besor-the brook
Of tears. You feel as II you could not take
another step farther, as though you could
never look up again. But l am going to iml-
| tate David and divide among you some
glorious trophies. Here Is q robe, "All
things work together for good to those who
love God" Wrap yourself In that glorious
promise. Here Is for your neck q string Of
pearls made out OF crystaliized tears
''weeping may endure for a night, but Joy
| cometh in the morning" Here Ia a o~oronet,
'!Be thou faithful unto death, and I will
give thee a crown OF lite." Oh, ye faintins
ones by the brook Besor, dip your blistered
4 feet In the running Stream OF Gods mercy,
battle your brow at the wells Of salvation.
| soothe your wounds with the balsam that
exudes from trees Of life. God will not
utterly cast you of, o broken hearted man,
o broken hearted woman, fainting by the
brook Besorl
A shepherd finds that his musical pipe Is
bruised. He says: ~ can't get any moro
music out OF this instrument, 80 I will Just
break 1t, and I will throw this reed away.
| Then I will get another reed, and l will play
music on that" But God says He will not
east you of because nll the music has gone
out OF your soul. "The bruised reed He will
not break" As far as I can tell the dag
nosis OF your disease, you want divine nurs-
Ing, and 1t Is promised you, "As one whom
bis mother comforteth so will ! comfort
you" God will see you all the way through,
o troubled soul, end whom you come down
TO tho Jordan OF death you will ind It to be
as thin q brook as Besor, for DR.. Robinson
says that In April Besor dries up and there Is
no brook at all. And in your last moment
you will be as placid as the Kentucky min
lister who went up to God, saying In the
dying hour; 'Write to my sister Kato and
tell her not to be worried and frightened
about the story OF the horrors around the
deathbed. Tell her there is not a word
Of truth In It, for l am there now, and Jesus
is with me, and 1 find 1t q very happy way,
not because I am a good man, for I am not
| am nothing but a poor, miserable sinner,
but l haVs an Almighty Saviour, and both OF
His arms are around me-
May God Almighty, through the blood OF
the everlasting covenant, bring US into tho
companionship Of our loved ones who have
already entered the heavenly land and into
the presence Of Christ, whom, not having
seen, we love, and so David shall recover
all, ''and as his part ia that goeth down to
the battle, so shall his part be that tarrleth
| by the stuff"