Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-06-09
acgess this aaiiences WHY is II that in AZ

Acyess this aadience, Why is 1t that In AZ
Ness evere assaniblage black IS the preior-
Iaah, color of the apparel Il /. becaaseyol
DO not like saffron q brown or violet! Or.
no. foc say 'The word is not Sd bright
10 ~ a. once Ii was. an there isa story Of
sslen, voices. AMI o. still feet. AMI OF loved
ones gone, an when you LOOK overihe hills
expecting only beauty ant loyelin~ss You
find only devastation an wos. Zt1lsS IN
ashes
One day. in lister Cc9n,y. Y. i. the viii
lac church w.. aetr:atei Until iEe Ira
sFaR9e 6!the a3yars was Amos: bextl-r-
Ing. The n1iiens OF n. village ha emp
ii-d he place o. 1owers upon one marriage
aitar. On otih-ir number vi, IA
a minister o. Christ. whp hal COM II 'aSs
her 10 his oxn hon-. With han IS ~joinet,
amid a cOns1a,ulato.y au lien -. the vows
were taken IN three day, fro = that tine
one .. those VINO stool AZ the e'ta- erA
chan.ei csr;h fof heaset: The W. llini
lnsrch fs-ar iosn into tha fun-tsI dirs-.
1n-te we've not enough noSrr- now for tue
cofsn iii. because they ha! al t-en tak-n
FOR the Dri al hour. The d.a minister Of
Car At Is brou INT - another v!l!a:~.
lie had gone cit froI. them les, iaan q
w--t bsf6e- i'd his strength Dow he comes
home iife!-ss. TIE wAni- c2ur:l hewaii-l
him. The solemn procession norel around
10 loos upon the sill face that once nal
beamei the messages 0. salvation Little
children We're llftet up to ioc III hl,d. All
some O. thnse Hhd1i Ia hat c~oniors1 II
days Of sorrow. when they passel that silent
form. MAKE the place dr-aiful with their
weeping. Another yil!agt enH.iei o. It's
ioTers-soaa Of them pat in the shap. OF "A
cross 10 synlbosiz. his mop, others pne IN the
rape OF a crown to symbolic his triumph.
A hundred lights blown out in one strong
gust from the open door OF a sepu!chre.
Ziklag in ashes
/ preached this sermon today because I
want TO rally you. as David rillie1 his men.
for the recovery oi the love AMI tine lost. I
want not only to win heaven. but l want all
this cougregationt 10 90 along with me. | feel
that somehow nave q responsibility in your
arriving al tnat great city. Do You rally
want 10 Join the cOnpaniOnshlp OF your! lowell
ones who have gone? Are you as ANXIOUS
TO join them az David and his men wer" TO
join their families! Then | am here, in the
name OF God, TO say that you may AMI TO
tell you how.
remark IN the first place, if you want to
ioin your loved ones in glory. YOU must
travel the sane way they went. No sooner
had the half deaiEgyp,ian been resuscitated
than he pointed the way the captors and the
captives had gone. and David and his men.
followed after. 50 our Christian friends
have gone into another country. and IL We
want to reach their conpanionship we must
take the same road. They repen,ei. We
must repent. They prayed. We must pray.
They trusted in Christ. We must trust in
Christ. They liyed a religious life. We must
live a religious life. They were in some
things like ourselves. know, now they are
gone, there is u halo around their names,
but they had their faults. They said and
did things they ought never to have said or
done. Tney We're sometimes .ebellious,
sometimes cast down. They were far from
being perfect. SO | suppose that when we
have gons some things in us that are now
only tolerahle may be almost Tesplendent.
But AS they were like us IN deficiencies We
, ought to be like them In taking a supernal
Christ to make up for the deficits. Had it
not been for Jesus they would have all
persisted. but Christ confronted them AMI
said. Il am the way AMI they took it.
1 have also to say TO you that the path that
these captives troll was Il troubled path. and
that David AMI his men had to so over the
same difficult way. While these captives
were being taken off they said. ''Oh. we are
SO tired We are so sick We are so hungry"
But the men VINO had charge Of them SAID
stop this crying. Go on David and his
men also found it a hard way. They had to
travel it. Our friends have gone into glory,
and 1t il through much tribulation that We
are to enter into the kingdom. How our
loved ones used to have to struggle! How
their old hearts ached! How sometimes
they had a tussle for bread! In our child
hood We wondered why there were SO many
wrinkles On their faces. We did not know
that what were called "crow's teet" on theil
faces were the marks Of the black raven Of
trouble. Did you ever hear the old people
seated by the evening stand, talk over their
early trials. their hardships, the acci-
dents. the burials, the disappointmnnts, the
empty -four barrel when there We're SO many
hungry ones TO feed. the sickness allno5
unto death. where the next dose Of morphine
decided between CHASTITY bereavement nnJ
IN unbroken home circle? On. yes! It was
trouble that whitened their hair. 1t was
trouble that shook the cup in their hands. II
was trouble that washed the luster from
their eyes with the rain Of tears until they
needed spectacles. 1t was trouble that mad.
the cam II necessity for their journey, Dc
you never remember seeing your OLD mother
sitting on some rainy day looking out OF tn
window, her elbow on the window sill, hel
hand to her brow, looking out. not Seeing
the falling shower at all (you we'll knew she
was looking into the distant past) until the
apron came up to her eyes because the mem
ory was too much for her?
OFT the big. unbiiden tear,
Stealing down the furrowet cheek,
Toll in eloquence sincere
Tales OF woe they could not speak.
But, this scene OF weeping Ger,
Past this scene OF toll and paia,
They shall feel distress no more.
Never, never weep again.
"Who are those pnier the atari tn.
question was asked, aud the response came
"These are they which came out Of grea
[ tribulation and have washed their robes am
made them white In the blooi of the LAMB.
!. Our friends went by a path Of tears int
| glory. Be not surprised If we have to trave
the Same pathway.
! remark again, If We want to win the SC
. eieiy OF our friends in heaven. we will nc
only have TO travel a path Of faith and a pat
) Of tribulation, but We will also have to pos
lively battle for their conpanionship. Davi
and his men never wanted sharp swords. An
invu'nerable shields. AMI thick breas plat,
30 much as they wanted them on tn la
when they came down upon the AmeiiAites
, If they had lost that battle. they never won't
e have got their families back. | suppose tn;
: one glance at their loved ones in captiyii
hurled them into the battle with tenfoi
: courage and energy. They said " Inu.
win 1t. Everything depends upon it. l..
zach one take a man on point OF spear {
: sword. We must WIN IL" And | hlvr :
: tell you tina, between Us an / 60 ming into I'd
; coz nanionsal~ Of al. .o.cl oae- wLo 4: