The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-08-21


world ever saw is an old Christian wo-
man. Dear me! Do we not remember
her about the room when we were sick
in our boyhood? Was there any one
who could ever so touch sore without
hurting it?
Where did Paul get the ink with
which to write his comforting epistles?
Where did David get the ink to write
his comforting psalms? Where did John
get the ink to write his comforting
Revelation? They got it out of their
own tears, When man has gone
through the curriculum, and has taken
a course of dungeons and imprison-
ments and shipwrecks, he is qualified
for the work of sympathy.
When began to preach, my sermons
on the subject of trouble were all
poetic and in semi-blanlS verse; but God
knocked the blank verse out of rue
long ago, and / have found out that |
cannot comfort people except as my
self have been troubled. God, make
me the son of consolation to the peo-
pie! | would rather be the means of
soothing one perturbcd spirit to-day
than to play tune that would set all
the sons of mirth reeling in the dance.
am the herb doctor. l put into the
caldron the Root out of dry ground,
without form or comeliness. Then l
put in the Rose of Sharon and the Lily
of the Valley. Then l put into the
caldron some OF the leaves of the Tree
of Life, and the Branch that was
thrown into the Wilderness of Marah.
Then | pour in the tears of Bethany
and Golgotha; then | stir them up.
Then | kindle under the caldron fire
and one drop of th:t potion will cure
the worst sickness that ever afflicted q
human soul. Mary and Martha shall
receive their Lazarus from the tomb.
The damsel shall rise. And on the
darkness shall break the morning, and
God will wipe all tears from their eyes.
Jesus had enough trial to make him
sympathetic with all trial. The short
est verse in the Bible tells the story:
Jesus wept' The scar on the back
of his either hand, the scar on the arch
of either foot, the row of scars along
the line of the hair will keep all
Heaven thinking. O, that great Weeper
is just the one to silence all earthly
trouble, wipe out all stains of earthly
grief. Gentle! Why, His stepis softer
than the step Of the dew. 1t will not
be tyrant bidding you to hush up
your crying. 1t will be Father who
will take you on His left arm. His face
beaming into yours, while with the
soft tips of the fingers of the right
hand He shall wipe all tears from your
eyes.
Friends, if we could get any appre-
citation of what God has in reserve for
us, it would make us so homesick we
would be unfit for our everyday work.
Professor Leonard, formerly of Iowa
university, put in my hands meteoric
stone thrown of from some other
world to this. How suggestive it was
to me! And / have to tell you the best
Representations we have of Heaven are
only aerolites flung off from that world
which rolls on, bearing the multitudes
of the redeemed. We analyze these
aerolites, and find them crystalized
tears. No wonder. flung off from
Heaven! God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes.
Have you any appreciation of the
good and glorious times your friends
are having in Heaven? How different
it is when they get news there of a
| Christians death from what it is here
1t is the difference between embarka
tion and coming into port. Everything
| depends upon which side of the river
/ ycI stC=d when you hear of Chris
, tian's death. If ycu stand on this side
of the river, you mourn that they 60
If you stand on the other side of the
river, you rejoice that they come. o.
| the difference between funeral on
earth and Il jubilee in Heaven-betweer
requiem here and triumph thcre-part
ing here and reunion there Together
Have you thought of it? They are to-
gether. Not one of your departed
friends in one land and another in an
other land; but together, in different
rooms of the same house-thc house
of mGay mansions. Together!
L never more appreciated thai
thought than when we laid away il
her last slumber my sister Sarah
Standing there in the village ceme
terry, looked around and said
There is father, there is mother
there is grandfather, there is grand
mother, there are whole circles of kin
dred''; and | thought to myself. "To
gether in the grave-togethcr il
glory" | am so impressed with the
thought that do not think it is any
fanaticism when someone is going from
this world into the next if you make
them the bearer of dispatches to YOU
friends who are gone, saying: Civ,
my love to my parents, give my love t.
my children, give my love to my ole
comrades who are in glory, and tel
them am trying to fight the good figh
of faith, and l will join them after
awhile" l believe the message will b,
delivered; and believe it will increase
the gladness of those who are befor,
the throne. Together are they. AL
their tears are gone.
My friends, take this good cheel
home with you, These tears of be
reavement that course your check, ant
of persecution, and of trial, are not al
ways to be there. The motherly hant
of God will wipe them all away. Wha
is the use on the way to such consum
mation-what is the use Of frettinl
about anything? o, what an exhilira