The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-10-15

le 80 III amid the very best grain OF the
ID granary, than to be pronounced not
worth husking at all? Nubbins! In 9th
er words, | want to say to you people
a who have distress of body and distress
# in business and distress of all sorts the
|. Lord has not any grudge against you.
J. 1t is not derogatory, it is compliment
If tary Whom the Lord loveth he chas-
O teneth," and it is proof positive that
o there is something valuable in you or
= the Lord would not have husked you.
d You remember also that in the time
= OF husking it was a neighboring re-
r union BY the great fireplace in the
q winter, the fires roaring around the
glOrified backlogs on an old fashioned
a hearth, of which the modern stoves and
registers are only the degenerate de-
, scendants, the farmers used to gather
and spend the evening, and there would
E be much sociality, but it was not any
thing like the joy of the husking time,
for then all the farmers came, and they
came IN the very best humor, Gl.G they
came from beyond the meadow, and
they came from beyond tho brook, and
they came from regions two and three
miles around. Good spirit reignc1 c-l-
preme, and there were great handshu.;-
ings, and there was carnival, and there
was the recital of the brightest exp ri
ences IN all their lives and there was a
nelghborhood reunion the memoir of
which makes all the nerves of my body
tremble with emotion as the strings of
a harp when the fingers of player have
swept the chords
The husking time was the time of |
neighborhood reunion, and so heaven
will be just that There they come up!
They slept in the old village church
yard. There they come upl They re-
clined amid the fountains and the
sculpture and the parterres of city
cemetery. There they come upl They
went down when the ship foundered off
Cape Hatteras. They come up from all
sides-from potter's field and out of
the solid masonry of Westminster alb
bey They come up! They come upl
All the hindrances to their better ma
ture husked off. All their physical all
ments husked off. All their spiritual
dependencies husked off. All their him
ORANGES to usefulness husked off The
grain, the golden grain, the God fash
Toned grain, visible and conspicuous.
Some of them on earth were such dis
agreeable Christians you could hardly
stand it in their presence Now in
heaven they are SO radiant you hardly
know them. The fact u.s. all their i'm
PROJECTIONS have been husked off. They 1
did not mean on earth to be disagreea-
ble They meant we'll enough, but they
told you how sick you looked, and they
told you how many hard things they /
had heard about you, and they told you {
how often they had to stand up for you s
in some battles until you wished almost c
that they had been slain in some of the t
battles. Good, pious, consecrated, we'll /
meaning disagreeables. d
Husked OF. d
Now in heaven all their offensive y
less has been husked off Each one is as =
happy as he can be. Every one he l.
meets as happy as he can be. Heaven -
1ne great neighborhood rornion. All q
Kings and queens, all songsters, all mil -
ionaires, all banqueters God the Fa- =
her, with his children all around him. =
No "goodby" in all the air. No grave ~
ut in all the hills. River of crystal y
olling over bed of pearl, under arch of 6,
into the sea of glass min =,
led with fire. Stand at the gate of the -
ranary and see the grain come in-out
f the frOsts into the sunshine, out of -
he darkness into the light, out of the :.
caring, and the ripping, and the twist o o
nd hn md ba loo
ng, and the husking time Of earth into g
he wide open door of the Kings gran e.
ry, like as shock of corn cometh in ~
4 his season. -,
Yes, heaven a great sociable, with w
~ like the joy of the husking time. 81
10 one there feeling SO big he declines a,
} speak to some one who is not so h,
urge. Archangel willing to listen to
nallest cherub. No boiling Of the door ne
caste at one heavenly mansion to p
eep out the citizen of a smaller man 10
on. No clique in one corner whisper g,
lg about a clique in another corner. I'll
avid taking none Of the airs of giant or
lller. Joshua making no one halt I'M fe
i he passes because he made the sun ve
nd moon halt. Paul making no assump- Tn
ons over the most ordinary preacher on
righteousness Naaman, captain of -.
lie Syrian host, no more honored than st,
lie captive maid who told him where w,
3 could get good doctor. Oh, my If
'ul, what countryl The humblest ns
an a king The poorest woman a hi,
1een. The meanest house a palace.
he shortest lifetime eternity And Co
hat is more strange about it all is, we
ay all get there. Not l., says some us'
lie standing back under the galleries. COZ
es, you. mot l, says some one who rel
Is not been in church in 10 years be- at
re- Yes, you mot l, says some one no,
no has been for 90 years filling up his he
10 with all kinds of wickedness. Yes, roc
u. the
There are monopolies ON earth, mo-
)polistic railroads and monopolistio COL
legraph companies and monopolistic 9th
ain dealers, but no monopoly in reli- day
on. All who want to be saved may one
saved without money and without ma