The weekly intelligencer., 1895-08-24
THE SORROWING.
God Shall Wipe Away All Tears
from Their Eyes.
DR.. Talmags Discourses on the Goodness oi
the Heavenly Comforter - Bsnsdts
of Earthly Troublss-Dspsnd-
sncs Upon God.

the Heavenly Comforter - Benefits
of Earthly Troublss-Dspsnd-
snos Upon God
The first sermon given to the public
by Rev. T. Dewitt Talmsge after the
death of his wife was upon the subject,
Comfort" the text being from Rev.
vii. II, "And God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes" The sermon 10
as follows:
Riding across Q western prairie, wild
flowers up to the hub of the carriage
wheel, and while . long distance from
any shelter, there came sudden show
or, and while the rain was falling in
torrents, the sun was shining as bright.
ly as ever saw II shine; and thought
what q beautiful spectacle this isl 30
the tears Of the Bible are not midnight
storm, but rain on pansied prsiries In
Gods sweet and golden sunlight You
remember that bottle which David
labeled as containing tears, and Mary's
tears. and Psul's tears, and Christ's tears
and the harvest Of Joy that IL to spring
from the sowing of tears. God mixes
them. God rounds them. God shows
them where to fall. God exhales them.
A CENSUS is taken of them, and there IL
. record as to the moment when they
are born, and Is to the place of their
grave.
Tears Of bad men are not kept
Alexander, in his sorrow, had the hair
clipped from his horses and mules, and
made . great ado about his grief; but
in all the vases Of Heaven there II not
one of Alexander's tears. L speak OF
the tears of Gods children. Alasi mel
they are falling all the time. In sum-
mer, you sometimes hear the growing
thunder, and you see there Is . storm
miles away; but you know from the
drift of the clouds that II will not
come anywhere near you. So, though
IL may b all bright around about you,
there Ii . shower of trouble somewhere
all the time. Tearsl Tearsi What IL the
use Of them. anyhow Why not sub
stitute laughte Why not make this
. world where all the people ere we'll,
and eternal strangers to pain and
aches? What II the use
of an eastern storm when
We might have . perpetual
nor'wester? Why. when . family is
put together, not have them ell stay,
or II they must be transplanted to
make other homes, then have them all
live?-ths family record telling story
Of marriages and births. but Of NO
deathA Why not have the hsr-
fatiguing toll? Why the hard pillow,
the hard crust, the hard struggle? It
10 easy enough to explain . smile, or .
success, Or congratulation; but, come
now. and bring all your dictionaries
and sll your philosophies and I'll your
religions, and help me explsip's tear 4
chemist will tell you that Il Il made up
Of salt and lime and other osRpousnt
parts; but he misses the chief ingre.
dients-the acid Of . soured life, the
viperine sting Of . bitter memory, the
Fragments Of broken heart I will
tell you what Q tear 10; II IL s9opy In
solution. Hear. then, while IdisoouFss
Of the uses Of trouble.
First, IL II the. dsaign Of trouble "a
keep this world from being too attract
i've. Something must be done to make
NJ willing to quit this existence. II II
were not for trouble this world would
be . good enough heaven for me. You
and I would be willing to take . lease
of this life for hundred million years
II there were no tropblG The earth
cushionsd and upholstered and pijisrsd
nd chandeliered with such expense.
NO story Of other worlds could enchant
ua We would say LET we'll enough
alone. Ryou wsat TO die and have
your body disinteRrstsd IN the dust,
and your soul 60 out ON oslsstisl Cd
venture. then you can 70, but thil
world IL good enough for MEL
You might - we'll 60 70 . man who
has Just entered the Louvre at Paris,
and tell him to hasten OF 70 the pic
ture galleries Of Venice or Florence.
sWhy," he would say. "Whst u the
use of my goinG thers7 There an
Rembrsndts and Rubens and ARaphasla
here that haven't looked st yet" Nc
man wants to 20 out Of this world, ov
or out Of any house. until he has bet
tes house. To cure this wish TO stay
here, God must somehow create . dis.
gust for our surroundings How shsll
He do it2 He cannot afford to defscs
His horizon, or 70 tear Oh . fery panel
from the sunset. or to subtract ar
anther from the water LILY, or to ban
ish the pun9ent aroma from the
mignonette, or to drag the robss of the
morning in mire. You cannot expect
Q Christopher Wren to mar his own St
Psul's Cathedral. or Michael Angelo
70 dash ont his own Last Judgment
or Handel to discord his Israel IN
Egypt" and you cannot expect God tc
spoil the architecture and music Of biz
own world. How. then, are We to b
made willing to lesve9 Here 10 whera
trouble comes in.
After . man has had good deal Of
trouble, he says: 'Well, am ready
to 60. II there 10 house somewhere
whose roof doesn't leak, would like
TO live there. II there 10 an atmos
phers somewhere that does not distrssl
the lungs, would like to breathe Il
II there IL society somewhere where
there IL no tittle-tattle, I would like II
live there. II there il homo circll
somewhere whore can fnd my los'
friends, would like to 60 there" IL
used to read the first part Of the Bibla
chiefly, now he reads the last part o.
the Bible chiefly. Why has h
changed Genesis for Revelation? All
he used to be anxious chiefly to know
how this world was made, and all sbou
its geological construction. Now he Il
chiefly snxious to know how the mex
world was made. and how It looks, ani
who live there. and how they dress
He reads Revelation ten times nov
whsrs he reads Genesis once. The oil
story: I'm the beginning God create<
| the hsavens aud the EARTH" does no
thrill him half 80 much ~ the othel
story; II saw new heaven and new
earth" The old mans hand trsmblei
- he turns over this spocalyptic leaf
and he has to take ont his hsndksr
chief to wipe his spectaolss. Tha'
book Of Revelation Il prospeotus nov
Of the country into which he II soon 4
emigrats; the country in which he be-
lots already laid out, and avenues
opened, and mansions built.
Yet there are people here to whom
this world IL brighter than Heaven
Well, dear souls, do not blame You
II II natural. But after awhile yo,
will be ready to 20. II was not unti
| Job had been worn ont with bereave