Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-19
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your friends congratulated you. The other
children Of the family stood amazed look
ing at the newcomer and asked a great
many questions, genealogical and chrono-
logical. You said-and you said Faithfully
that white angel few through the room
and left the little one there. That little
one stood with its two feet in the very sane
tuary OF your affection, and with its two
hands 1t took hold of the altar Of your soul.
But one day thsre came one of the three
scourge5 of children-scariet fever, or
Group, or diphtheria all that bright
scene vanished. The chattering, the strange
questions, the pulling at the dresses as you
crossed the foor-all ceased.
As the great friend of children stopped
down and leaned toward that cradle, and
took the little one In His arms and walked
away with it into the bower of eternal sum
mer, your eye began to follow Him. and you
followed the treasure He carried and you
have been following them ever since, and
instead Of thinking of heaven only once a
week, as formerly, you are thinking Of it
all the time, and you are more pure and
tender hearted than you used to be and
you are patiently waiting for the daybrsak.
1t is not self righteousness in You to ac-
knowledge that you are better man than
you used to be-you are a better woman
than you used to be. What was il that
brought you the sanctifying bleSsingl Oh,
1t was the dark shadow on the nursery 1t
was the dark shadow on the soft grave IL
was the dark shadow on your broken heart,
IL was the brooding of a great black trouble,
1t was "A raven-it was a raveni Dear Lord
teach this people that white providences do
not ALWAYS mean advannement and that
black proyidences do not oIvavL mean
retrogression.
Children of God, get up out of your de-
5pondency. The Lord never ha SO many
ravens as he has to-day. Fling your fret
and worry to the winds. Sometimes under
the vexations OF life you feel like my little
girl of four years, who said under some
childish vexation, '.Oh, wish could go to
heaven and see God and pick fiowersl' He
will let you go when the right time comes
to pick flowers. Until then whatever YOU
want pray for 1 suppose Elijah prayed
pretty much all the time. Tremendous
work behind him, tremendous work before
him. God has spared no ravens for idlers
or for people who are prayerless. | put it
In the boldest shape possible and / am
willing to risk my eternity on it, Ask God
In the right way for what Won want and
you shall have it II it is best for YOU
Mrs. Jane Pithey. of Chicago "A W IL
known Christian woman, was left by her
husband a widow with one half dollar and
a cottage She was palsiei and had a
mother ninety v.ars If a,, to snnnart.
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the servant even was astonisheJ ar tha
precision with which CA onsyarad Tho
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by item One dav rising frnn tba family
altar. the servant said s.yon bava not
asked for coal and the coal Is ont =
Then they stood and nrave5 for tha coal
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tha door and said. .sThe coal bns "oma ;,
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