The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1897-10-15

husking peg had 10 DE- thrust IN ana
the hard thumb Of the huslxer had to
come down ON the swathing Of the ear,
and then there was pull and a ruth
less tearing. and then a complete snap
ping of before the corn was free. and
II the hnsk could have spoken It
would have said: why do you LAGER
ate me? Why do you wrench mc?-
All, my friends, this is the way God
has arranged that the ear and
the husk shall part and that Is
the way He has arranged that the
body and soul shall separate. You can
AFFORD to have your physical dis
tresses when you know that they are
only forwarding the souls liberation.
Every rheumatic pain is only plunge
OF the hnslsing peg. Every neural gic
twingc Is only twist By the hus.scr.
There IS gold in you which must come
out. some way the shacl5le must be
broken Some way the ship must
be launched for heavenly voyage. Nou
must let the heavenly Hushandman
husk of the mortality from the inn
mortality
There ought TO be great consolation
in this for all who have chronic all
ments. since the Lord is gradually and
more mildly taking away from you
that which hinders your souls liberia
ton. doing gradually for you what for
many of US in robust health, perhaps,
He viii do in one fell blow at the last
At the close of every illness. az the
close of every paroxysrn, you ought 10
say: Thank God, that Is all past now;
thank God, viii never have TO suffer
that again: thank God. ! am so much
nearer the hour Of liberation. You
will never suffer the same pain twice.
You may have a new pain in an old
place, but never the same pain twice.
The pain does its work and then dies
just so many plunges Of the crowbar
to free the quarry stone for the build
ing. Just 50 many strokes Of the chisel
TO complete the statue. just so many
pangs to separate the soul from the
body. You who have chronic ailments
and disorders are only paying in in
stallments that which some Of us Will
have 10 pay in one payment when we
pay the debt 81 nature. Thank God,
therefore, We wis have chronic disor-
ders, that you have so much less suf-
fering at the last Thank God. that you
will have SC much less TO feel in the
way Of pain at the hands Of the Iieav-
emily Husbandman when the shock Of
corn cometh IN in his season
Perhaps. now. this may be an answer
to a question which I asked one Sab
bath morning. but did not answer:
Why is it many really good people have
so dreadfully to suffer? You often find
a good man who is perfectly useless GO
ing around with easy digestion and
steady nerves and shining health. and
his exit from the world is compare
lively painless How do you explain
that? Well. / noticed in the hEsking
time that the huslNing peg was thrust
into the corn and then there must be a
stout pull before the swathing was
taken of the ear and the full,
round, healthy, luxuriant corn was de
veloped; while, on the other hand,
there was corn that hardly seemed
worth husking We threw that into a
place all by itself and we called it
''nubbinS-
Some Of it was widowed, and some
o1-;3.,sas mice nibbled. and some Of it
was great promise and no fulfillment
All eobs and no corn. Nubbins. After
the good corn had been driven up TO
the barn we came mp with the corn
basket and we picked up these nubbins-
They were worth saving. but not worth
much. So, all around us, there are
people who amount TO nothing They
deyelope into no kind Of usefulness
They are nibbled on one side by the
world, and nibbled on the other side
BY the devil, and widowed all over.
Great promise and no fulfllmeut. All
eObs and no corn Nubbins
They are worth saving suppose
many of them will get 20 Heaven, but
they are not worthy to be mentioned
in the same day with those who went
through great tribulation into the
kingdom Of our Cod Who would not
rather have the pains of this life. the
misfOrtunes of this life-wbO would
not rather be torn, and wounded, and
laeerated, and wrenched, and husked,
and at last go in among the very best
grain of the granary. than to be pro
nOunced not worth huszing at alla
Nubbins, In other words, / want 70
say 70 you people who have distress Of
body, and distress in business, and dis
tress of all sorts, TIE Lord has not any
grudge against you Il is not deroga'
tory, II IS complimentary. Whom the
Lord lOveth lie ehasteneth, and it Is
proof positive that there is something
valuable in you, or the Lord would moi
have huslzed you,
You remember also that in the tims
Of huslzing it was a neighbOring re
union By the great fireplace in the
winter, the fires roaring around the
glOrified back logs on the old-fashioned
hearths. Of which the modern stove,
and registers are only the Degenerate
defendants. the farmers used TO gathei
and spend the evening. and Their,
would be much sOciality; but il was mo-
anything like the JOY of the huskinl
time, for then all the farmers came
and they came in the very best humOr
and they came from beyOng the mead
Ow, and they came from beyond tn
brook. and they came from region
two or three miles around Good spir
its reigned supreme, and there wen
great handshakings- and there was car
nival. and there was the recital Of tn
brightest experiences in all their lives
and there was a neighborhOOd reunion
the memory Of which makes all tn
nerves OF the body tremble will
emotion as the strings Of harp wheI
the fingers Of player have swept tn
chords.
The husSing time was the time o
neighbOrhOod renlion. and 50 Heavel
will be Just that There they come
They slept in the old VILLAGE church
yard There they come. They n
elined amid the fountains and IN
sculpture and the parterres OF cit,
cemetery There they come up, The,
went down when the ship founders
OF Cape HatteraS They come up frO1
all sides from potter's field and out o
solid masonry Of Westminster Abbey
They come up. They come up, Al