The herald., 1896-12-07

sent you holy. unblamable and irre-
proachable in his sight Cor. i:21-22.
Have you brought to this place a
heartache this morning? Is 1t because
of some sin into which you have reck-
lessly and knowingly plunged against
light, knowledge and counsel? Is it
from some breach Of trust on the part
of Others, some failure Of financial ven
ture, legitimate in character. that has
been brought about in an over haste to
be rich? Is 1t from sickness or from
debts that are hard to carry and growing
more burdensome? Is ID great, resist
less home sickness, bereavement or fam
lily trouble that breaks your heart?
No matter about the cause, it is the
condition l am authorized to consider
this morning. The fact is that no class is
free from heart break. There are brok
en- hearts everywhere about us. One day
this week took by the hand a mother
with wayward-minded boy and as l
looked at the hard lines of anguish
drawn about her eyes and mouth I
thought of the broken heart in the bos-
ON of the Great Healer. The same day
a mother watching and waiting for the
removal by death of a grown up daugh-
ter she knows she can hold back from
the grave but few days. And from this
home l stepped into another, where
widow Is waiting the decease of her only
son and knows that all her watchful care
can prolong his life but a few days. The
same day 1 grasped the hand of a high
toned but unfortunate business man,
tender and sensitive as a girl, who In his
misfortune finds that the friends of his
sunshine have nothing to offer in the
way of help to his feet once more. And
the same day another who has given his
Thousands to the cause Of God and hu-
manity, yet in his reverse of fortune
finds it impossible to borrow or get an
endorsement for the most insignificant
sum that would mean so much to him in
his struggling effort to get another start.
And this same week an aged man.
who has been able to write his check for
100000 and have it honored, with almost
the whole of his fortune lost by over
confidence in human sharks, who de-
ceive by high pretensions to peculiar
sanctity until they had pocketed the
bulk of his fortune. Coming for comfort
and advice as to where and unto whom
he could turn to save the little remnant
for his old age from the grasp Of another
pious paper-shaver who is growing great
wealth out of the misfortunes and fore
closures of others. And again. by the
bedside of one just ripened into man
hood and longing for life which is slip
ping out until the remnant can be count
ed by seconds; and, again, woman of
refinement deserted by her husband and
by the unfortunate loss of money COM
PEELED tosappeal to the stranger and ask
for the loan of the price of a loaf to keep
herself and child from starving. And,
again, in a fine residence where sits the
strong man stricken into helplessness.
with the mind still great and longing for
activity. Into another beautiful home,
where nothing is lacking that dollars
can procure, but, alas, the drifting, drift
ing away of the once strong man in the
grasp of disease that will never let go,
and the shadow is on the faces of all the
loved ones Then into another beautiful
home with every appointment of wealth,
a gentle, refined, Christian woman. But
what is wealth with the staff and stay
Of her life broken beyond repair? And
all these in single week, with the tale
Of sorrow not half told. Thank God for
the message of life to be told every
where: HE hath sent me to heal the
broken hearted"