Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-01-04

uU&OlOgy OF cOn1fepd OBS
A lad who had be.n blind from IN
fancy was cured. The oculist operated
upon the lad and then puta very heavy
bandage over the eyes. and after few
weeks had gone by. the bandagt was
removed. and she mother said TO hef
| child: Willie can you see" he sai@.
20 mamma, is this Heaven? The cor
trast between the darkness before and
the brightness afterward was over
| whelming. And | tell yon the giorles
of Heaven will be thousanifold
brighter for those who never saw any
thing on earth While many with good
vision closed their eyes in eternal night
and many who had good, artistic and
cultured ear went down into eternal
discord, the affi cted ones cried unto
the Lord in their trouble, and He made
their sorrows their advantage, and so
1.-The lame took the prey"
In the seventh century there was
legend of st. Modobert. 1t was said
that his mother was blinl and one
day while looking at his mother he felt
so sympathetic for her blindness that
he rushed Toward and kissed her biind
eyes. and. the legend says, her vision
came Immediately. That was only a
legend but it is a truth, glorious
truth. that the kiss of Gods eternal
love has brought 10 many blind eye
eternal illumination.
A step farther: There are those in
all communities who toll nightly 70
livelihood. They lave scant wages
Perhaps they are diseased. or have
physical inhrmities, so they are him
dered from doing a continuous day 5
work. a city missionary tinds them
up the dark alley, with no tre. with
thin clothing. with very coarse brea
They never ride in the street car; they
cannot afford the five cents. The
never see any pictures save those ~
the show-windows on the street from
which they are often iostled and looked
at by someone VINO seems to say in the
look. Move on what are you doing
here looking at pictures?"
Yet many OF taem live on mountains
of TRANSPORTATION. At their rough
table He who fed the five tforsand
breaks the bread. They talk often o.
the good times tat are coming Tie
world has no charm for them. but
Heaven entrances their spirit. The
often divide their scant crust with
some forlcrn wretch who knocas al
their door at night, and on the blatt o.
the night wind. as the door opens q
let them in, is heard the voice of Him
who said: Il was hungry and he fed
Me-" No coAort Of II aaven will be to
, bright to tran SPORT them By Col s
help they have vanluishel the Assy'
. rian host. They have divid ed among
them the sooils. Lame, lame, yet they
took the prey.
| was riding along the country -oad
| one day, and saw a man on crutches.
| overlook him. lie was very old. lie
was going very slowly. At that rate il
. would have taken him two hours TO &C
a mile. said: Wouldn't you like u
ride@ lie said: Thank you, ! would
, God bless YOU" When he sat beside
me. he said: "You see, | am very lame
! and very old, but the Lord has been Q
rood Lord to me. ! have buried all my
children. The Lord gave them and the
Lord had right to take the IN away
Blessed be His name. | was very sick
i. and had no money. and my neighbour
anne in and took care of me, and
, wanted nothing ! suffer a great dea
|, with pain. but then | have so many
. mercies left. The Lord has been gooC
Lord to me" And before we had go
. far. was in doubt whether | was Civ
! ;ng him a ride. or he was giving me ;
ride, lie said: Now. If you please
I'll get out here. just help me dowI
IN nv crutches. II you Please. Coz
=. bless YOU. Thank you, sir. Good morn
!, ing. Good morning. You have beer
I feet to the lams, sir, you have. Goo'
4 morning.
y Swarthy men had gone the road tina
Law. | do not know VIII ire they cam
!. out. but every hobble - that old maj
: was toward the shining gate. Wit
his old crutch he had struck dow
many a Sennacherib of temptatio.
which has mastered YOU and me Lame
20 fearfully lame, so aw fully lame; bu
; he took the prey.
A step farther: There are in al
communities many orphans. Dlrio,
our last war and in the years immedi
4 itely following. how many children a
! he north and south we heard sag
oh! nv father was killed in the war.
! lave you ever noticed 4 fea you nav
\ 1ot-how well those children hav
!, ,urned out? Starting under the great
q est disadvantage, an orphan asylna
. .ould do for them what their fathe
: would have done had he lived. Tn
! ,lSirmisher sat one night by the ligh
:. Of fagots in the swamp, writing 4 let
! der home. when a sharpshooter's bulle
!, ended the letter which was neve
rolded. never posted an never read
Those children came up under grea
N disadvantage No father to fight thei
4 way for them. Perhaps there was il
& the old family Bible an old yellow lei
/, ser pasted fast which told the story o
n that fathers long march and how h
suffered in the hospital; but the
# looked still further on in the Bible