St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-03-06
wsss the sweet svanGsls of the spring.
Orion WAS the warning prophet Of the

never want to rreaeh-the one that
presents God % kind, 20 indulgeut. %
lenient, 90 imbecile that men may do
what they will against Him, and frac-
turs His every law, and put the pry OF
their impsrtinence and rebellion under
His throne. and while they are apitting
in His face and stsbbing at Hin heart,
He takes them mp In His arL-s and
kissss their infuriated brow and c~eek,
saying: ''Of such II the Kingdom Of
Heaven" The other kind Of sermon !
never want 10 preach ID the one that
represents God - all 6re and torture
and thunder eloud, and with red-hot
pitchfork tossing the human race into
paroxysms Of infinite agony. The ser
mon that sm now preaching belicv 60
in God Of loving, kindly warning.
the God Of spring and winter. the God
Of the Pleiades and Orion.
You must remember that the winter
il just n important ~ the spring. Let
one winter pass without frost to kill
vegetation and Ice to bind the rivers
and snow to enrich our fields. and then
You will have 70 enlarge your hospitals
and your cemeteries. "A green Christ-
mas makes = fat graveyard" was the
old proverh. Storms TO purity the air.
Thermometer at three degrees below
zero to tone mp the system- Deeember
and January just - important Ns May
and June. tell you we need the
storms Of life ~ much n We 20 the
sunshine. There ore more men rpined
by prosperity than BY adversity. live
had our own way In life. before this
We would have been imperaonatioIIs
Of selnshness and wordliness and dis
gusting ain, and pufIed up until We
would have been like Julius Cesar
who was made By sycophants 70 be-
lieve that he was divine, and the
freckles ON his face wsre said TO Be -
the stars Of the Armament
When read, I'm my Fathers house
arc many mansions" do not know
but that each world IL : room, and ~
many rooms - there are worlds,
stellar stairs, stellar galleries. stellar
Railways, stellar windows. stellar
domeA How are departed friends
must pity us shut up in these
cramped apartments. tired II we
walk fifteen miles, when they
some mornings by ONE stroke of
wing, can make circuit Of the whole
stellar system and be back in time for
matinsi Perhaps yonder twiDkling
constellation II the. rssidencs of the
martyrs; that group Of twelve lumi.
naries may be the celestial home Of
the apostles. Perhaps that steep Of
light = the dwelling place Of augels
cherubic, seraphic. archangelic. A
mansion with - many rooms a worlds,
and all their windows illuminated for
festivity.
Oh, how this widens and lifts and
stimulates our expectationl How little
Il makes the present. and how stupen-
dous IL makes the future! How it con-
soles m about our pious dead, that in.
stead Of being boxed mp and under the
ground have tho range Of -
many rooms - there are worlds.
and welcome everywhere. for II
il the Fathers house. in which
there arc many mansions! Oh, Lord
God Of the Seven Stars and Orion.
how can I endure the transport. the
ecstasy, Of such . visionl must obey
my text and seek Him. l will seek
Him. / seek Him now, for call ia
mind that It II mot the material uni-
verse that II most valuable, but the
spiritual, and that each Of us has Z
soul worth more than all the w0rlds
which the inspired herdsmen saw from
= - t~&1H~ <~4S SHAl~A
/ had studied Il before. but the e.
thedral Of Cologne. Germany, never
impressed me - It did one summer.
It il admittedly the grsndest Gothic
structure in the world, its f0uEdstiou
laid in l34s. only few years ago COM
pleted- More than eto years In build
Ing. All Europe taxed for Its con-
struction. It's chapel Of the Magi.
with precious stones enough "a
purchase . kingdom Its chapel
Of St. Agnes with masterpiecea
Of painting. Its spirs springina
5ll feet into the heavens. Its stained
Slass the chorus Of al rich colorsl
Statues sncircIiDg the pillars and o.
cirelin1 al. Statues above statueA,
until sculpture can do NO more, bui
fsints and falls back aGainst carved
stalls and down on pevemsnts over
which the kines and queens Of thu
earth have walked TO confessional,
Nave and aisles and transept and
portals combining the splsndors oi
sunrise and sunset lnterlaced, inter
foliated, intsrcolumnedg grandeur. Al
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