The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22

corn shock went mp. "Aha. aha!" and
was answered by Joy from another corn
shock, AHA, aha!"
So we all realize that the death OF
our friends Is the nipping Of many ex-
pectations, the freezing, the chilling,
the frosting OF many Of our hopes. It
is far from being a south wind. It
comes from the frigid north, and when
they go away from US We stand be-
numbed in body and benumbed in mind
and be numbed in soul. We stand
among our dead neighbors . our dead
families, and we say, "WHi We ever get
over it," Yes, We will get over 1t amid
The shouting of heavenly reunion, and
we will look back to all these distresses
Of bereavement only as the temporary
distresses of husking time. Weeping
may endure for a night. blu joy cometh
in the morning" Light. and but for
a moment" said the apostle as he clap
ped his hands. light, and but for a
moment" The chill Of the frosts fol-
lowed by the gladness hat cometh in
like as a shock of corn cometh in In
his season."
OF course the husking time made
rough work with the ear Of corn. The
husking peg had to be thrust in and the
hard thumb of the husker had to come
down on the swathing Of the ear and
then there was a pull and a ruthless
tearing and then a complete
off before the corn was free, and II the
husk could have spoken it would have
said: why do o l~acerate me? Why
do you wrench me?" All, my friends,
that is the way God a arranged that
the ear and the husk shall part, and
thai is the way he has arranged that
the body and soul shall separate. You
can afford to have your physical dis
tresses when you know that they are
only forwarding the souls liberation.
Every rheumatic pain is only a plunge
on the husking peg. Every neuralgia
twinge is only a twist by the husker.
There is gold in you that must come
out. Some way the shackle must be
broken. Some way the ship must be
launched for heavenly voyage. You
must let the heavenly Husbandman
husk off the mortality from the immor-
tally.
CHRONIC AILMENTS.
There ought to be great consolation
in this for all who have chronic all
ments, since the Lord is gradually and
more mildly taking away from you
hat which hinders your souls liberia
ton, doing gradually for you h for
many Of us in robust health perhaps he
Will W ~ OA1S 4ClA O1OW oI liz AdoI. \
the close Of every illness, at the close
of every paroxysm, you ought to say,
THANK God hat is all past nOW,
thank God I will never have to suffer
that again, thank God / am so much
nearer the hour of liberation" You
will never suffer the same pain twice.
You may have a new pain in old place,
but never the same pain twice.
The pain does it's work n then it
1in~ 1l11f 10 Yonnry h
croW-bar to free h quarry stone for
the building. Just 81 many strokes Of
the chiSel to complete the statute. Just
so many pangs to separate he soul
from the body. You nave chronic all
ments n disorders are only paying
in installments that which some of us
will have to pay in one payment when
We pay the deb Of nature. Thank
God, therefore, We who have chronic
suffering at the last. Thank God that
you will have so much less to feel in
h way of pain at the hands OF the
heavenly Husbandman when "the
shock of corr cometh in in his season."
Perhaps now this may be an answer
to a question which I asked one Sab
bath morning, vi did not answer, Why
Is 1t that s 70 lar really good people
have SO dr~eadfully to suffer? You Of
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and aches and distresses, you would
think, to discipline a whole colony,
while you will find a man who. is per-
fectly useless going around with easy
digestion and steady nerves and shin
ing health, I'M his exit from the world
Is comparatively painless. How do you
explain that? Well, I noticed in the
husking time hat the husking peg
was thrust into the corn and the
there must be u stout pull before the
swathing was taken off of the ear and
the full, round, healthy, luxuriant corn
was developed, while on the other hand
there was corn that hardly seemed
worth husking. We threw that into
a place all by itself and we called it
'nubbins."
'NUBBINS."
Some Of it was widowed, n some
Of it was mice nibbled, and some Of it
was great promise and no fulillment.
All cobs and no corn. Nubbins! After
the good cOr had been driven up to
the barn we came around with the
corn basket and we picked up these
nubbtns. They were worth saving, but
not worth much. So all around us
there are people who amount to moth
ing. They develop into no kind Of USE
fulness. They are nibbled on one side
by the world and nibbled on the other
side by the devil and mildewed all
Suffered 20 Years.