The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-23


woman. Dear me, Do we not remem-
sick in our boyhood? Was there any
one who could ever 50 touch sore
without hurting il?
Where did Paul get the ink with
which to write his comforting epistle?
Where did David get the ink to write
his comforting Psalms? Where did
John get the ink to write his comfort
ing 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 shiprwrecks, he is qualified
for the work of sympathy.
When began to preach, my sermons
on the subject of trouble were all poet
ic and in semi-blank verse; but God
knocked the blank verse out of me long
ago, and l have found out that | can
not comfort people except as myself
have been troubled. God make me the
son of consolation to the people! l
would rather be the means of soothing
one perturbed spirit to-day than to
play u tune that would set all the sons
of mirth Keeling in the dance.
I am an herb doctor. / put into the
caldron the root out of dry ground,
without form of comeliness. Then l
put in the rose of Sharon and the lily
of the valley. Then I put into the
caldrou some of the leaves from the
tree of life, and the branch that was
thrown into the wilderness marah.
Then l pour in the tears of Bethany
and Golgotha: then l stir them up.
Then l llindle under the caldron fire
made out of the wood of the cross. and
one drop of that potion will cure the
worst sickness that ever afflicted a
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 hair. will keep all Heaven
thinking. Oh, that Great Weeper is
inst the one TO silence all earthly
trouble, wipe out all stains of earthly
grief Gentle. Why, his step is softer
than the step of the dew. 1t will not
be tyrant bidding you to hush up
your crying. 1t will be Il 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 away AL tears from
your eyes.
Friends. il we could get any appreci-
alton of what God has in reserve for
US, it would make US so homesick we
would be unfit for our everyday work.
Prof Leonard, formerly of Iowa uni
versity, put in my hands a meteoric
stone, 4 stone thrown off from some
other world TO this. How suggestive
it was 20 me. And have to tell you
the best representations we have of
Heaven are only aeroliteS flung off
from that world which rolls on, bear
ing the multitudes of the redeemed
We analyze these aerolites. and find
them crystallizations of tears. No
wonder. hung 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? dow different
it is when they get news there of 4
Christians death from what it is here!
1t is the difference between embarka-
ton and coming into port. Everything
depends upon which side of the river
you stand when You hear of
Christians death. If you
stand on this side of the river.
you mourn that they go. If you
stand on the other side of the river, you
rejoice that they come. Oh. the differ
ence between a funeral on earth and
Jubilee in Heaven-between requiem
here and triumph there-parting here
and reunion there. Together. Have
you thought of it? They are together.
Not one of your departed friends in one
land and another in another land; but
together. in different rooms of the same
house-the house of many mansions
Together.
l never more appreciated that
thought than when we laid away in
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
kindred" and l thought to myself:
Together in the grave-together in
glory" / am so impressed with the
thought that 1 do not think
it is any fauaticism when some
one IS going from this world to
the next if you make them the
bearer of dispatches to your friends
who are gone, saying: Give my love
to my parents. give my love to my
children, give my love to my old com
rades who are in glory. and tell them
| am trying to fight the good fight of
faith. and l will join them after
awhile" l believe the message will be
delivered: and believe it will increase
the gladness of those who are before
the throne. Together are they, all
their tears gone.
Ny friends, take this good cheer
home with you. These tears of be-
reavement that course Your cheek.
and of persecution. and of trial, are
not always to be there. The motherly
hand of God will wipe them all away.
What is the use, on the way to such
consummation-what is the use of
fretting about anything? Oh. what
an exhiliaration it ought to be in
Christian work. See you the pinnacles
against the sky? 1t is the city of our
God, and we are approaching it. Oh.
let us be busy in the days that remain