Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-04-08

his king, yet that penniless, expatriated |
Nehemiah rouses himself up to rebuild the |
city. He gets his permission of absence.
He gets his passports. He hastens away |
to Jerusalem. By night on horseback he
rides through the ruins. He ovcrcomes
the most ferecious opposition. He srouses
the piety and patriotism of the people, and
in less than two months-namely, 52 days
Jerusalem was rebuilt. That's what /
call busy and triumphant sadness.
The Design of Trouble.
My friends, the whole temptation is with
you when you have trouble to do just the
opposite to the behavior of Nehemiah, and
that is to give up. You say, Il have lost
my child and. can never smile again."
You say, 81 have lost my property, and
never can repair my fortunes" You say,
81 have tsilen into sin, and never can
start again fer new life" If satan can
make you form that resolution and make
you keep it he has ruined you. Trouble
Is not sent 20 crush you, but to arouse you,
20 animate you, to propel You. The black
smith does not thrust the iron into tho
| forge and then blow away with the bel
lows and then bring the hot iron out on
the anvil and beat with stroke after stroke
to ruin the iron, but to prepare it for a
better use. Oh, that the Lord God of Ne
hemah would rouse up all broken hearted
people to rebuildl Whipped, betrayed,
shipwrecked, imprisoned, Paul went right
on. The Italian martyr Algcrius sits in
his dungeon writing letter, and he dates
it, "From the delectable orchard of the
Leonine prison" That is what 1 call tri-
umphant sadness. / knew mother who
buried her babe on Friday and on Sabbath
appeared in the house of God and said:
"Giye me class. Give me q Sabbath
school class. have no child now left me,
and l would like to have class of little
children. Give me a class off the back
street." That, say, is beautiful. That
is triumphant sadness. At o'clock every
Sabbath afternoon for years in beautiful
parlor in Philadelphia-a parlor pictured
and statuetted-there were from 10 to 20
destitute children of the street. Those
destitute children received religious in
struction, concluding with cakes and sand
witches. How do know that that was 60
ing on for 16 years2 know it in this way
That was the first home in Philadelphia
where / was called to comfort great sor'
row. They had a splendid boy, and he
had been drowned at Long Branch. The
father and mother almost idolized the boy
and the sob and shriek of that father an6
mother as they hung over the coffin re
sound in my ears today. There seemed tt
be no use Of praying, for when knelt
down to pray the outcry in the room
drowned out all the prayer. But the Lore
comforted that sorrow. They did not for
: get their trouble If you should go an,
afternoon into Laurel Hill, you would tint
. a monument with the word "Walter" in
scribed upon it and a wreath Of fresl
= flowers around the name. 1 think ther
was not an hour in 90 years, winter o
, summer, when there was not a wreath c
fresh flowers around Walters name.
| Triumphant Sadness.
i But the Christian mother who sent thos
} flowers there, having no child left, Sal
! bath afternoons mothered 10 or 90 of til
T. lost ones of the street. That is beautiful
r That is what call busy and triumphar
y sadness. Here is a man who has lost hi
], property. He does not go to hard drink
. ing. He does not destroy his own life. II
. comes and says: Harness me for Chris
d tian work. My moneys gone. I have n
9 treasure on earth. l want treasures i
= heaven. have voice and heart to serv
d God" You say that that man has failet
a He has not failed-he has triumphed
!, Oh, wish 1 could persuade all the pei
y pie who have any kind Of trouble never t
}, give up! wish they would look at til
!, midnight rider Of the text, and that tt
IS four hoofs of that beast on which Neh'
| ,iol 10 ifght tn MIC oil
FL couragements and hardships and trial
u Give up! Who is going to give up whe
II on the bosom of God he can have all h
a troubles hushed? Give up! Never think
e giving up. Are you borne down with po'
& erty? A little child was found holding hi
dead mothers hand in the darkness of
tenement house, and some one coming
T the little girl looked up, while holding h
=, dead mothers hand, and said, ooh, {
:. wish that God had made more light fl
~ poor folks!' My dear, God will be yoI
i light, God will be your shelter, God wi
=, be your home. Are you borne down wit
- the bereavements of life? Is the hou
>, lonely now that the child is gomez Do NJ
10 10 give up. Think of what the old sextc
:, said when the minister asked him why
st put so much care on the little graves
ro the oemetery-so much more care than {
the larger graves-and the old sexton sal
!; "Sir, you know that of such is the kin
1f dom of heaven and think the Savior
u is pleased when he sees so much white cl
,s ycr growing around these little graves. "
as DO Not Give Up.
I'd But when the minister pressed the o
ne sexton for more satisfactory answer &
e, old sexton said, "Sir, about these larg
IL graves, | don't know who are the Lord
n saints and who are not but you know, 81
IN it is clean different with the BARNS" o
he if you have had that keen, tender, ind
he scribable sorrow that comes from the lo
W of child, do not give up. The old sextt
OF was right It is all we'll with the bairr
III Or, if you have sinned, if you have sim
m grievously-sinned until you have be-
I'd cast out by tho church, sinned until "
he have been cast out by society-do not gi
p up. Perhaps there may be in this hou
d, one that could truthfully utter the lame
IN tation of another:
u Once was pure as the snow, but fell
p. Fell like a snowflake, from heaven to hel
re Fell to be trampled as filth in the street
th Fell to be scoffed at, spit on and beat,
en Praying, cursing, wishing to die
va Selling my soul to whoever would buy,
Dealing in shame for morsel of bread,
So Hating the living and fearing the dead.
Do not give up. One like unto the S.
= of God comes to YOU today, saving. 81