The Iola register., 1898-07-08

a drunkard's child" God forbid that
the little feet should ever have to
trudge the path of poverty and wretch
ednessl God forbid that any evil spirit
born of the wine cup or the brandy
glass should come forth and uproot
that garden, and with lasting. blister
ing, all consuming curse shut forever
the palace gate against Vashti and the
children.
One night during our civil war
went to iIagerstown to look at the
army and l stood on a hilltop and
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watched them, and the soldiers VINO
were gathered around them were no
doubt talking of their homes and of
the long march they had taken and of
the battles they were to fight, but
after awhile | saw these campfires be-
gin TO lower, and they continued to
lower until they were all gone out,
and the army slept II was imposing
when | saw the campfres 1t was
imposing in the darkness when l
God looks down from Heaven and He
sees the fresides of Christendom and
the loved ones gathered around these
firesides. These are the camp fires
where we warm ourselves at the close
of day and talk over the battles of life
we have fought and the battles that
are yet to come. God grant that when
at last these fires begin to go out and
continue to lower until finally they
are extinguished and the ashes of con-
sumed hopes strew the hearth of the
old homestead it may be because we
have
Gone to sleep that sleep
From which none ever wake to weep
Now we are an army on the march Of
life. Then we shall be an army
bivouaclied in the tent of the grave.
Once more, | want you to look o
Vashti, the silent. You do not hea.
any outcry from this woman as st
goes forth from the palace gate. Fr, IN
the very dignity of her nature !, on
know there will be no vocifertIior
Sometimes in life it is necessary ,
make resist; but there ar. cr' IS
when the most triumphant flip to
do is to keep silence The ph' $50.
pher, confident in his newly dis we,
ed principle, waiting for she mi, >,
of more intelligent geners tior >, W III
ing that men should leLgJ at he
lightning rod and co.5 IN Ein ard
steamboat and telegrap., ri.itit 4. .or
long years through lie Icof' lg of
philosophical schoo', in gre d and
magnificent silence.
Calico, condem, d + n themati-
clans and monks 4 C fdipsIs, carica-
tured everywhe v.t vGiting and
watching with J T. tsco ,e to see the
coming up of .lt re- Iforcements,
when the star n cir .ourses would
fight for the ol licf system then
sitting dov il complete blindness
and deafnes. t. wait for the coming
on of tn rat. .ons who would
build his Ior mSn'. and bow at his
| grave. nc g." ner, eXecrated by
his cor rur ;. fastened in pill
lory. 81 " IS of public contempt
burn ~ no, him, ground under
the Ia els + the printing press,
ye' dlp s W ting for the day when
pI' l. ~ 1 and heroism of char
: rr III get the sanction of earth
na ',a.' Idits of Heaven. Affiiction
NJ ing without any complaint the
,h' ,ph,. OF the pang, and the vio-
le . G. the storm. and the heft of the
chAin. Ind the darkness of the night,
waiting until a divine hand shall be
put forth TO soothe the pang. and hush
the storm, and release the captive. A
wife abused Iersecuted and perpet-
ual exile from every earthly comfort,
waiting, waiting until the Lord shall
gather up his dear children in Heav-
emily home, and no poor Vashti will be
thrust ont from the palace gate. Jesus
in silence and answering not a word,
drinking the gall, bearing the cross, in
prospect of the rapturous consumma-
tion when
Angels thronged his chariot wheel
And bore him TO his throne,
Then swept their golden harps and sung
THE glorious work is donei"
Oh woman, does not this story Of
Vashti the queen, Vashti the veiled,
Vashti the sacrifice, Vashti the silent.
move your soul? My sermon converges
into the one absorbing hope that none
of you may be shut out of the palace
gate OF Heaven. You can endure the
hardships, and the privations, and
the cruelties, and the misfortunes
OF this life if you can only gain adj
mission there, Though the blood of
the everlasting covenant you go
through those gates or never go
through at all God forbid that you
should at last be banished from the
society of angels, and banished from
the companionship of your glori-
fed kindred, and banished forever.
Through the rich grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ may you be enabled TO
initiate the example of Rachel and
Hannah and Abigail and d borah and
Mary and Esther and Vashti.
CoURTHousEs were built with little
regard for the needs of the counties.
Out in Western Kansas is a courthouse
costing $50. 600 With SCARCELY a load