The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-04-27

riches enter into the kingdom oi GOO"
"It is easier for camel to go through
a needles eye than fer rlch man 10
enter the kingdom Of heaven. WHAT
does that mean: 1t means that the
praadest blessing God ever bestowed
upou YOU was TO take your money away
from YOU. Let me here say, III passing,
do not put much stress on the treasures
of this world. You cannot take them
along with you. At any rate, you can
not take then. more than two or tET'e
miles; you will have to leave them at the
cemetery. Attila had three coltns. 90
fond was he of this life that he decreed
that first he should be buried III collin
of cold and that then that should be III
closed in coffin CT silver and that
should be mclosed il coffin OF lI0n'
and then large amount OF treasure
should be thrown in over his body.
And 50 he was buried, and the men Who
buried him were slain, so that no cEe
might know where he was buried and
no one might there interfere W!th his
treasures. Oh, men Of the world VINO
want to take your money with ycu' Det-
ter have three collins!
Helpful Thoughts.
Again, remark, you ought to make
the very best Of your bereavemenfS'
The whole tendency is to brood over
these separations, and to give mucn
time to the handling Of mementos OF
the departed, and to make long vista
tious to the cemetery, and to say: 'Oh,
l can never look up again. My hope Is
gone: ny courage is gone; my religion
is gone; my faith in God is gone. On,
the wear and tear and exhaustion CT
this loneliness 3" Tie most frequent be-
reavemert is the loss Ct children. II
your derarted child lad lived as long as
Won have lived, do you no. suppose tnaS
he would have had about the same
amouut of trouble and trial that yoa
have had? If you could make choice
for your child between 10 years OF an
ncvance, loss, yexation, exasFcrat!Gn
and bereavements and 10 years IL EcaV-
en-, would you take the responsibility
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 tho
complete safety into which that child
has been lifted would you like to Eoi"
il down to the risks Of this mortal state:
Would you like to keep it out CT u sea
in which there have been more snip
wrecks than safe voyages: IS 1t not a
comfort to you to know that that child,
instead Of being besoiled and flung into
the mire of sin, is swung clear lnto the
skies? Are not those children to be con-
graduated that the point of celestial
bliss which yGu expect to reach by a
pilgrimage CT so or TO or 20 years they
reached at flash: If the last lG,c0V
children who had entered heaven had
gone through the average OF human LIE
On earth, are you sure all those le,OOV
children Tould have finally reached the
bl;ssful terminus: Besides that, my
friends, you are to look at this matter
as self denial on your part Tor their
benefit. If your children want to 60 oil
in a May day party, if your children
| want to go on q fowery and musical ez'
cursion, you consent. You might prefer
to have them with you,. but their Jucl'
liant absence satisfies you. Well, your
departed children have only gone out IL
q May day party, amid fiowery and mu'
sical entertainment, amid joys and hi
larities forever. That ought to Quel!
some CT Jur grief, the thought OF their
| glee.
So it ought to be that you could make
the best of all bereavements. The fact
that you have so many friends i'll heaven
will make your own departure very
cheerful. Van you are going on avoy'
age, everything depends upon where
vcur friends are-if they are on the
wharf that you leave or On the wharf
toward which you are going to sail. II
other words, the more friends you have
in heaven the easier it will be to get
away from this world. The more friend:
here the more bitter goodbys; the more
friends there the more glorious wei
colnes. Some of you have so many
brothers, sisters, children, friends IL
heaven that do not know hardly how
you are going to crowd through. Wher
the vessel came from foreign lands anc
brought a prince to our harbor, the
ships were covered with bunting, ;nc
lou remember how the men of-wa1
Numbered broadsides; but there was III
Joy there compared with the joy whlcE
shall be demonstrated when you sail NJ
the broad bay of heavenly salutation
The more friends yon ha-ee there the