The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-25

of the Alps, that the Cathedral of the
Almighty in which all the elements,
snow, and hail. and tempest, and hurri-
cane worship. Among these foreign
ers are a vast host of Germans. and
they feel centuries afteward the power
! of that unparalleled spirit who shook
the earth when he trod it. and the
heavens when he prayed-Martin
Luther! From all nations our foreign
populations have come, and they are
homesick, far away from the place
of their childhood, and the graves
of their ancestors, and our glorious
religion presented to them Alright
will meet their needs, and fill their
souls. and kindled their enthusiasm
They shall come from amid the wheat
sheaves of Dakota, and from the ore
beds of Wyoming, and from the silver
mines of Nevada, and from the golden
gulches of Colorado, and from the
banks of the Platte. and the Oregon,
and the Sacramento. and the Columbia
They shall come from the west
But what will they do after they
come? Here is something gloriously
consolatory that YOU have never
noticed: They shall come from the
east. and the west. and the north. and
the south. and shall sit down" Oh.
this is a tired world, The most of peo-
pie are kept on the run all their life
time. Business keeps them on the run.
TrOubl keeps them on the run. Rival
ries of life keep them on the run.
They are running from disaster. They
are running for reward. And those
who run the fastest and run the longest
seem best to succeed. But nv text
suggests a restful posture for all Gods
children. for all those who for a life
time have been on the run. They shall
sit down.
There is that mother who through
all the years of infancy and childhood
has kept running amid sick trundle-
beds. now to shake mp the pillow for
that faxen head. and now to give a
drink TO those parched lips. and now
to hush the frightened dream of lit
tie one; and when there was one less
of the children because the great Lover
of children had lifted one out of the
Group into the easy breathing of celes-
tial atmosphere, the mother putting
all the more anxious care on those who
were left; so weary of arm. and foot,
and back, and head. 50 often crying ou.,
Il am 50 tired. l am 50 tired Her
work done, she shall sit down. And
that business man for thirty. forty.
fifty years has kept on the run, not
urged by seltishness. but for the pur-
pose of achieving a livelihood for the
household. On the run from store to
store. or from factory 10 factory; meet
ing this loss. and discovering that mac
euracy. and suffering betrayal or dis
appointment: nevermore to be cheated,
or perplexed. or exasperated, he shall
sit down. Not in a great arm chair of
Heaven, for the rockers of such a chair
would imply ones need of soothing. of
changing to easy posture. or semi-in-
validism; but a throne. solid as eter-
nifty and radiant as the morning after
night of storm. They shall sit down"
notice that the most Of the styles of
tell require an erect attitude. There
are the thousands of girls behind coun-
tiers. many such persons through the
inhumanity Of employers compelled to
stand. even when because OF a lack of
customers there IS no need that they
stand. Then. there are the carpenters,
and the stonemasons, and the black
smiths, and the farmers. and the
engineers. and the ticket agents,
and the conductors. In most trades.
in most occupations, they must
stand. But ahead of all those
who love and serve the Lord is a
resting place, complete relaxation OF
fatigued muscle. something cushioned,
and upholstered. and embroidered,
with the very ease of Heaven. They
shall sit down" Rest from toll. Rest
from pain. Rest from persecution.
Rest from uncertainty. Beautiful.
joyous. transporting, everlasting rest!
Oh. men and women of the frozen
north. and the blooming south. aud
from the realms of the rising or setting
sun. through Christ get your sins for
given and start for the place where
you may at last sit down in blissful re-
covery from the fatigues of earth,
while there roll over YOU the raptures
of Heaven. Many of you have such a
rough tussle in this world that if your
faculties were not perfect in Heaven
You would sometime forget yourself
and say: 1t Is time for me to start on
that Journey or 1T must be time for
me to count out the drops of that medi-
cine" or Il wonder what new attack
there is on me through the newspa-
pers?' or DO you think will save any
thing of those crops from the grass
1On0arS the lOauS-S rha
droughts?" or Il wonder how much I
have lost in that last bargain?" or Il
must hurry lest miss the train" No.
no. The last volume of direful. earthly
experiences will be finished. Yea. the
last chapter, the last paragraph. the
last sentence. the last word Finis!
Frederick the Great, notwithstand-
ing the mighty dominion over which
he reigned. was so depressed at times
he could not speak without crying, and
carried small bottle of quick poison
with which to end his misery when he
could stand it no longer. But l give
you this small vial of Gospel anodvne,
one drop of which. not hurting either
body or soul, ought to soothe all I'M
rest. and put your pulses into an eter-
nal calm. They shall come from
the east. and from the west. and from
The north, and the south, and shall sit
down
silk in America
Although the United States has been
but fifty years in the manufacture of
silk goods. it Is said to stand second in /