The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-28


also mounts the PAL
ace stairs and bend
Ing over the pillow, blows into the face
of a young prince the frosts OF pain ana
death. Tears are wine to the hns o.
Terrors. Alas! for David the king.
He can neither sleep nor eat. and lies
PROSTATE on his face. weeping ana wall
ing until the palace rings with the out
cry of woe.
What are courtly attendants. or VIC
torious armies. or conquered provinces
under such circumstances? what 10
any parent is all splendid surroundings
when his child is sick? Seven Gays
have passed on. There, in that great
house, two eyelids are gently closed.
two little hands folded, two little Ieet
quiet, one heart still. The servants
come to bear the tidings to the KING
but they cannot make up their MINDS
to tell him, and they stand at the door
whispering about the matter. ana Ia
vid hears them and he looks up ana
SAYS to them. rs the child DEAD!
Eyes. he is dead" David rouses him.
self I'D, washes himself. puts. on new
apparel, and Its down to food. Wnat
power hushed that tempest. WHAT
strength was it that lifted up that king
whom grief had dethroned? Oh. it was
the thought tina. he would come again
into the possession of that DARING
child. No grsvedigger's spade could
hide him. The wintry blasts OF death
could not put out the bright light.
There would be forge somewhere that
with silver hammer would weld the
broken links. In city where the hoofs
of the pale horse never strike the pave
ment he woui1 clasp his lost treasure.
He wipes away the tears from his eyes,
| and he clears the choking grief from
! his throat. and exclaims, Il shall go to
him"
Was David right or wrong? II we
| mart on earth will We meet again In the
| next world? WELL" says some one,
that seems to De an lmposslollity.
Heaven is so large a place We never
| could find our kindred there. Going
| into some city without having appoint
ed a time and place for meeting, you
might wander around for weeks ard for
months, and perhaps for years. and
never see eacn other; and heaven Is
yaster than all earthly cities together,
and how are you going to find your de-
parted friend in that country? 1t is
so vast realm. John went up on one
mountain of inspiration, and he looked
CT upon the multitude, and he said:
Thousands Of thousands" Then he
Gaze upon a greater altitude of inspira-
ton and looked of upon it again, and
he said: "Ten thousand times ten thou
sand" And then he came on higher
mount Of inspiration, and looked on
again and he said: "A hundred and for
ty and four tn ousand and thousands OF
thousands" And he came on a still
greater height Of inspiration, and he
looked of again. and exclaimed: "A
great multitude that no man can mum
her"
Now I ask, how are you going to fine
your friends in such throng as that
Is not this idea we have been enter
tanning after all falsity? Is this doc
trine of future recognition Of friend:
in heaven a guess, myth. whim. o.
is it a granite foundation upon which
the soul pierced of all ages may built
a glorious hope? Intense question
Every heart in this audience throb
right into it. There is in every sou
here the tomb of at least one dead
Tremendous question! 1t makes the lii
culver, and the cheek flush, and the en-
tire nature thrill. Shall We know eacl
other there? l get letters almost ever,
month asking me to discuss this sub
ject. l get a letter in bold, scholarl.
hand, on gilt-edged paper, asking m
to discuss this question. and say: "Ah
that is a curious man, and he wants
curious question solved" But l &c
another letter. 1t is written with
trembling hand, and on what seems t
be a torn-out leaf Of book, and Their
and here is the mark Of tear; and
!. say: "Oh, that is broken heart, an
It wants to be comforted."
She object Of this sermon is to TAX
. this theory ont of the region Of surmis
and speculation into the region of pos
tive certainty. People say, 1t woul
be very pleasant il that doctrine wer
true. I hope it may be true. Perhap
, It ID true. / wish it were true" Blu
, believe that l can bring an accumu
lation of argument to bear upon thi
matter which will prove the doctrine {
. future recognition as plainly as ths
. there is any heaven at all, and that u
. J kiss Of reunion at the celestial gate wi
. be - certain ~ the dying kin 1t Il
door of the sepulchre.
. 9
What does my text imply? Il sha
: 10 to him" What consolation would
b to David % 60 to his child il b
q would not know him? Would Davi
q have been allowed to record this antic
patton for the inspection Of all ages
!. It were q groundless anticipation? "
z read In the first book Of the Bibl
Abraham died and was gathered to b