The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-13


I shall forever behold his glory. I
shall eternally hear his voice. Lord
Jesus. now see thee! I behold where
the blood started. where the tears
courSed. where the face was distorted.
l have waited for this hour. shall
never turn my back on thee. No more
looking through imperfect 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 or
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 for
ever-face to facet"
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. think
he means to teach me that. Perhaps
1t is to humble my pride. Perhaps II
is to make me feel more dependent.
Perhaps to teach me the uncertainty OF
life" But after all. it is only a guess
a looking through the glass. darkly.
The Bible assures us there shall be
satisfactory unfolding. What l
do thou knowest not now; but thou
shalt know hereafter" You will know
why God took to himself that only
child. Next door there was house
hold of seven children. Why not take
one from that group. instead Of your
only one? Why single out tae dwell
ing in which there was only one heart
beating responsive to yours? Why did
God give you child at all. II he meant
to take it away? Why fill the cup OF
your gladness brimming. IL he meant
to dash 1t down? Why allow all the
tendrils of your heart to wind around
that object. and then. when every fibre
of your own life seemed to be inter
locked 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 Il
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.
Here is a man who can not 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 lucrative trade. but he lacks Gus
toners. new prospect opens; his
! income is increased. But that year his
family are sick. and the profits are ex-
pended in trying to cure the ailments.
He gets a discouraged look. Becomes
faithless as to success. Begins to ex-
pect disasters. Others wait for some
thing to turn up; he waits for it to turn
down. Others, with only half as much
education and character. get on twice
as well. He sometimes guesses as to
what it all means. He says. Perhaps
riches would spoil me. Perhaps power
"
Perhaps / might, IL things were other
wise, be tempted into designations.
But there is no complete solution of the
mystery. He sees through a glass
darkly, and must wait for higher un-
folding. Will there be an explana-
ton? 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 en-
terprise-your misfortune in 1857: your
disaster in 1867. This is the explana.
ton" And you will answer. 1T is al
right"
1 see, every day. profound mysteries
of providence. There is no question
we ask oftener than Why? There ar,
hundreds of graves in Oak Hill anG
Greenwood and Laurel Hill that neeC
to be explained. Hospitals for tn
blind and lame. asylums for the idioti
and insane, almshouses for the desti
tute, and a world OF pain and misfor
tune that demand more than human so
luton. All! God will clear it all up
In the light that pours from the thron
no dark mystery can live. Things nov
utterly inscrutable will be illumined a
I plainly as though the answer wer
written on the jasper wall. or soundei
in the temple anthem. Bartimeus viii
thank God that he was blind; and Laz
| arus that he was covered with sores
and Joseph that he was cast into tn
5 pit; and Daniel that he was denne
, with lions; and Paul that he was hump
: backed; and David that he was drive
a, from Jerusalem; and that sewing
woman that she could get only a fel
pense for making a garment; and tha
invalid that for twenty years he coul
not lift his head from the pillow; an
that widow that she had such har
work to earn bread for her children
You know that in song different voice
> carry different parts. The sweet an
! overwhelming part OF the hallelujah {
, heaven will not be carried by thos