The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-05-05

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And then they were laid cut In highls
upholstered parloe. the casted covered
with flowers by induienst passata now.
srs suggestive Of . resurrection with N
hope. ..q,, ~ 0fa.
A. you sat this morning At yous
breakfast table ana looked into the
faces OF your chiDdrsn psshaps yos
said within yourself: Poor thingsl
How would wish could start them
In life with q competence! How
have been disappointed in al my expec.
tations Of whstI would do for them!"
Upon that scene Of pathos break with
. pean Of congratulation, that by youi
financial losses your own prospects foi
heaven and the prospect for the heaves
Of your childrsn are nightly improved
you may have lost . toy. but you have
won q palace. 5.-r
: Again. I remark you ought to make
the very best Of your bereavements1
The whole tendency IL to brood over
these separations and to give much
time to the handling OF mementoes Of
the departed. and to make long vista.
tions to the cemetery. and 10 say: "Oh,
can never look up again! Ny hope II
gone. My courage Is gone. My relig-
lon Is gone. Ny faith In God IL gone.
Oh. the wear and tear and exhaustion
Of this sickness!" The most frequent
bereavement is the loss Of children. Il
your departed child had lived a. long
as you have lived. do you not suppose
that he would have had about the same
amount Of trouble and trial that you
have had? II you could make choice
for your child between forty years Of
annoyance, loss, vexatlon, evaporation
and bereavements and forty years Of
heaven. would you take the RESPONSE
billty Of choosing the former? Would
you snatch away the cup Of eternal
bliss and put into that child's hands the
cup OF many bereavements? Instead Of
the complete safety into which that
child had been lifted. would you like
to hold it down to the risks Of this NOR
tai state?
The fact that you have 30 many
friends In heaven will make your own
departure very cheerful When you are
going on a voyage. everything depends
upon where your friends are--if they
are on the wharf that you leave or on
the wharf toward which you are goinG
to sail. In other words. the more
friends you have in heaven the easier
1t will be to get away from this world.
The more friends here the more bitter
goodbys. The more friends there the
more glorious welcomes. Some. OF you
have so many brothers. sisters. chill
dren, friends in heaven that do not
know hardly how you are going to
crowd through. When the vessel came
from foreign lands and brought prince
, to our harbor, the ships were covered
with bunting, and you remember how
the men of war thundered broadsides.
but there was no 10Y there compared
with the Joy which shall be demonstrate
ed when you sail up the broad bay of
heavenly salutation. The more friends
you have there the easier you. own
transit. What, II death to a. mother
whose children are in heaven? Why,
there is no more grief in 1t than there
is in her going into a nursery amid the
romp and laughter of her household.
Though all around may be dark. see
you not the bright light In the clouds
that light the irradiated faces OF you;
glorified kindred?
! So also. my friends, I would have
you make the best of your sickness
When you see one move off with classic
I step and in full physical vigor, some
times you become impatient with you,
lame foot. When man describes ar
object mile Off and you cannot see II
/. at all, you become impatient of your
dim eye. When you hear Of well mag
making a great achievement, you be.
come impatient with your depressed
nervous system or your dilapiia.e &c
: health. l will tell you how you car
make the worst Of 1t. Brood over it
brood over all these illnesses-and your
nerves will become more twitchy, and
your dyspepsia more aggravated, and
your weakness more appalling. Bpt that
, Is the devils work to tell you how tc
make the worst Of It. 1t Is my worl
to show you . bright light in -,
clouds.
Which Of the Bible men most at.
tract your attention? You say, Nose 3
Job. David. Jeremiah. Paul. Why. wha
q strange thing it Ii that you hav
chosen those who were physlcal!.
disordered! Moses-I know he wa.
nervous from the clip he CAV,
the Egyptian. Job-his blood wa.
vitiated and diseased and his ski
distressfully eruptive. David-he had {
running sore, which he speaks of wher