Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-03-07

horrible crucifxion, to feel Of him, to
embrace him, to take his hand, to kiss
bis feet, to run our fingers along the
scars of ancient suffering, to say: "TLis
| is my Jesus He gave himself for me. I
| shall never leave his presence I shall
! forever behold his glory. | shall! eternal
| ~ hear his voice. Lord Jesus, now see
thee [ behold where the blood started,
where the tears coursed, where the face
twas distorted. I have waited for this
hour. l shall never turn my back on
thee. No more looking through imper-
feet glasses. No more studying thee in
the darkness. But as long as this throne
stands and this everlasting river flows
and those garlands bloom and these
arches of victory remain to greet home
heavens conquerors SO long I shall see
thee, Jesus of my choice, Jesus of my
song, Jesus of my triumph, forever and
forever, face to face.
Gods Providence.
The idea of the text is just as true
when applied to Gods providence. Who
has not come to some pass in life thor
oughly inexplicable? You say: "What
does this mean? What is God going to
do with me now? He tells me that all
things work together for good. This
does not look like it. You continue to
study the dispensation and after awhile
guess about what God means. "He
means to teach me this. I think he
means to teach me that. Perhaps it is to
humble my pride. Perhaps it is to make
me feel more dependent. Perhaps to
teach me the uncertainty of life. - But
oft o111x no
through the glass, darkly. The Bible
assures us there shall be satisfactory
unfolding. "What do thou knowest
not now, but thou shalt know hereaft-
en-. You will know why God took tc
himself that only child. Next door there
was household Of seven children. Why
not take one from that group instead Of
your only one? Why single out the
dwelling in which there was only one
heart beating responsive to yours? Why
did God give you child at all if he
meant to take it away? Why fill the cup
of your gladness trimming if he meant
to dash it down? Why allow all the
tendrils of your heart to wind around
that object, and then, when every fiber
of your own life seemed to be interlock
ed with the child's life, with strong
hand to tear you apart, until you fall,
bleeding and crushed, your dwelling
desolate, your hopes blasted, your heart
broken? Do you suppose that God will
explain that? Yea. He will make it
palmer than any mathematical problem
as plain as that two and two make
four. In the light of the throne you
will see that it was right-all right.
"Just and true are all thy ways, thou
King of saints. -
The Explanation.
Here is q man who cannot get on in
the world He always seems to buy at
the wrong time and to sell at the worst
disadvantage. He tries this enterprise
and fails, that business and is disap
pointed. The man next door to him has
a lucrative trade, but he lacks custom
ers. A new prospect opens. His income
is increased. But that year his family
are sick, and the profits are expended
in trying to cure the ailments. He gets
a discouraged look, becomes faithless as
to success, begins to expect disasters
Others wait for something to turn up,
he waits for it to turn down. Others
with only half as much education and
character get on twice as we'll. He
sometimes guesses as to what 1T all
means. He says: perhaps riches would
spoil me. Perhaps poverty is necessary
to keep me humble. Perhaps might if
things were otherwise be tempted into
designations. But there is no complete
solution of the mystery. He sees through
a glass darkly and must wait for a
higher unfolding. Will there be an ex-
PLANTATION? Yes. God will take that
man in the light of the throne and say:
"Child immortal, hear the explanation.
You remember the failing Of that great
enterprise, your misfortune in 1867,
your disaster in 1867. This is the ex-
PLANTATION. - And you will answer, cit
is all right"
Mysteries Made Clear.
see every day profound mysteries of
providence. There is no question we ask
oftener than, Why? There are hundreds
of graves in Oak Hill and Greenwood
and Laurel Hill that need to be ex-
planned. Hospitals for the blind anG
lame, asylums for the idiotic and in
sane, almshouses for the destitute and a
world of pain and misfortune that de-
mand more than human solution. All,
God will clear it all up! In the light
that pours from the throne no dark
mystery can live. Things now utterly
inscrutable will be illumined as plainly
as though the answer were written on
the jasper wall or sounded in the tenn
pie anthem. Bartimeus will thank God
that he was blind, and Lazarus that he
was covered with Sores and Joseph that
he was cast into the pit, and Daniel that
he denned with lions, and Paul that he
was humpbacked, and David that he was
driven from Jerusalem, and that sewing
woman that she could get only few
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