The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-11-20
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}Itlis moving out Of a. cold vestibule In
Ca warns temple. 1t is migrating
Iato groves Of red dolence and perpetual
fruitage. It is a change from bleak
March to roseate June. It is change.
of manacles for garlands. It is the
transmitting Of the iron handouts Of
earthly Incarceration into the diamond
Led Wristlets OF a bridal party;5or to use
the suggestion Of my text, it is only
nlusklng time. It is the tearing off Of
the rough sheath Of the body that the
bright. and the beautiful soul may go
free. Coming in like shock of corn
secometh in in his season" Christ
broke up a funeral procession at the
gate OF Main by>making a resurrection
gay for young man and his mother.
And,l would that 1 could break up your
sadness, and halt the long funeral pro-
fesslon of the worlds grief by some
cheering and cheerful view Of the last
transition. ! ....:. =. q =. :; .;.s y.
|# Weall know that husking time was
t1me of frost. Frost on the fence.
frost on the stubble.s, Frost on. the
ground. Frost on the bare branches
or the trees. Frost in the air. Frost
on On the hands of the huskers. You re-
member we used to hide behind the
corn stacks so as to keep off the wind,
Dut still you remember how shivering
was the body and how painful was the
cheek, and how benumbed were the
Hands But after awhile the sun was
nlgh up,and all the frosts went out Of
the air, and hilarities awakened the
echoes and joy from one corn shock
went up, Aha, aha!" and was answered
py JOY from another corn shock, ,"Aha,
aha!"' -. ~. .--. =
g so We realize that the death of our
trends is the nipping of many expecta-
.lons,' the freezing, the chilling, the
frostlng of many of our hopes It is
Iar from being south wind. It comes
from the frigid north, and when they
20 away from us we stand benumbed
y BODY and benumbed in mind and
>oenumbed in soul. We stand among
CUR dead neighbors, our dead families,
and Weesay, will we ever get over it?"
Yes, we will get over it. amid the
sHnoutlngs of heavenly reunion, and we
VIII look back to all these distresses
z. bereavement only as the temporary
d1hstresses of husking time weeping
may endure for a night, but JOY cometh
N the morning" Light, and but for
moment" said the apostle as he
capped his hands, Tight, and but for
g moment" The chill of the frosts
sIodlloWed lad by the gladness that cometh
IN like as a shock of corn cometh in
IN his season." ** s. S-
Perhaps now this may b, al answer s1a1, 1r
TO a question which I asked one Sab
Dath morning, but did not answer:
why is 1t that SO many really good peo-
pie have so dreadfully to suffer? You
often find a good man with enough
pains and aches and distresses, you
would think, to discipline a whole coll
ony, while you find a man who is per-
1ectly useless going about with easy
digestion and steady nerves and shin
ing health, and his exit from the world
is comparatively painless. How do
you explain that? Well, 1 noticed in
the husking time that the husking peg
was thrust into the corn and then there
must be stout pull before the swath-
ing was taken off of the ear, and the
tull, round, healthy, luxuriant corn was
developed; while on the other hand
tnere' was corn that hardly seemed
worth husking. We threw that into
place all by itself and we called it
'nubbins''
Some of it was mildewed, and some,
OF it was mice nibbled, and some Of If
was great promise and no fulfilment.
All cobs and no corn. Nubbins! After
the good corn had been driven up to
the barn we came around with the corn,
basket and we picked up these nub
pins. They were worth saving. but
not worth much. So all around us
there are people who amount to moth
ing. They develop into no kind of use
fulness. They are nibbled on one side
by the world, and nibbled on the other
side by the devil, and ,mildewed all over.
Great promise and no fulfilment. All
cobs and no corn. Nubbins,
They are worth saving. suppose
many of them will get to heaven. hut
they are not worthy to be mentioned
in the same day with those who went
through great tribulations into the king
dom of our God. Who would not rath-
er have the pains of this life, the mis-
fortunes of this life--who would not
rather be torn, and wounded, and la
cerated, and wrenched, and husked and
at last go in amid the very best grain
OF the granary, than to be pronounced.
not worth husking at all? Nubbins,
In other words, want to. say to YOU
people who have distress Of body, and