The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-03-29

ccnsolatory. and here IL comes, our holy
religion. with both hands full of ano-
dynes, and sedatives, and balsams,
as in Daniels time to stop mouths leo
nine; as in Shadrach's time to cool
blast furnaces; as in Ezekiel's time to
console captivity; as in ST. Johns time
to unroll the apocalypse over rocky des-
olations. Hear its soothing voice as it
declares: weeping may endure for
night, but Joy cometh in the morning."
The mountains shall depart and the
hills be removed, but My loving kind
ness shall not depart from you"
Whom the Lord loveth he chasten-
eth" "They shall hunger no more,
neither thirst any more, neither shall
the sun light on them nor any heat;
for the Lamb who is in the midst of the
throne shall lead them to living foun-
tains of water, and God shall wipe
away all tears from their eyes" The
most wholesome thing on earth is trou-
bic IL met in Christian spirit To make
Paul what he was it took shipwrecls,
and whipping on the bare back, and
penitentiary, and pursuit of wild mobs,
and the sword of decapitation. To
that Ahithophel, and Saul, and Absa-
lon, and Goliath, and all the Philis-
tine hosts could do against him. 1t
took Robert Chambers malformation
of feet to make nim the literary con-
querer. II was bereavement that
brought William Haworthe of Wcslcys
time from wickedness to 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 lSindled around
his feet. and, not liking their slow
work, he cried: II can not burn; let
the fire come to me; can not burn"
Thank God that there are gems that
unfold their best gories under the
lamplight! That God for the Ruby.
! Moreover, | am sure that Solomon
was right in saying that religion, or
wisdom, is better than rubies, from the
fact that n thing is worth what it will
fetch Religion will fetch solid happi-
ness, and the ruby will not. In all
your observation did you ever find a
person thoroughly felicitatcd by an en-
enlistment of jewels? As you know
more of yourself than anyone else, are
you happier now with worldly adorn-
ments and successes than before you
won them? Does the picture that cost
! you hundreds of thousands of dollars
on your wall bring you rs much salts
faction as the engraving that ut the cx-
pense of SIS was hung upon the wall
when you first began to keep house?
DO all the cutlery and rare plate
| thaf IA a mi
table surrounded by Gathering guests
contain more of real bliss tran the
plain ware of your first table, at which
sat only two? Does IA wardrobe crowded
with costly attire give you more salts
| faction than your first clothes-closet
| with its four or five pegs? Did not
the plain ring set on the third finger
of your left hand on the day Of ue.sES
betrothal give more gladness thu 1AA1
ruby that is now enthroned on the
third finger of your right hand? If in
this journey of life We have learned any
| thing, we have learned that this world,
neither with its cmolunerts nor gains,
can satisfy the soul Why, here come
as many witnesses as / wish to call to
the stand to testify that. before high
| Heaven and the world, in companions
ship with Jesus Christ and good hope
of Heaven, they fee. joy that all the
resources of their vocabulary fail to
express Sometimes II evidences itself
| in CALCULATIONS Of hosannas, sometimes
in doXology, sometimes In tears. A
converted native of India In a letter
said: "How l long for my bed, not that
] may sleep; | lie awake often and
long, but to hold sweet communion
with my God" IL so mighty is
worldly Joy that Julius H., hearing
his armies were triunphank expired;
and il Talva, hearing that the
Roman senate had decreed him
an honor, expired; and IL Diony-
sius and Sophoclcs, overcome Of
JOY, expired; and II q shipwreclSed
purser waiting on the coast Of Guinea
in want and Starvation At the sight
of vessel bringing relief fell dead
from shock of delight Is Il any sur
paisc to you that the joys Of pardon
and Heaven rolling over the soal
should Sometimes be almost too
much for the Christian TO endure and
live? An aged aunt said TO me; De-
Witt three times have fniptcd dead
away under the great Christian Joy.
IL was in all three casos ut the Holy
Communities. An ominent Christian
man. while In prayer. said. 'sStop. Lord.
| can not bear any more OF this glad
ness. Il Is too much for mortal With
hold. Withhold! We have heard
/ Of poor workmcn or worIxWomen
getting letter suddenly telling
them that fortune had been l>ft
them. and hon tnux werA almost be-