The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1898-05-27
MISERABLE COMFORTERS
sympathy ir,aaungE and A~kwardly
Expressed.
Voiubie People Who open Wound. Afre.h
and Display n Lack Of Tact Most
knasperstingiy o. sermon by
Rev, Dr. Ialmage. DID.


The awkward and irritati,, nods
OF trying 10 comfort peoplc In trouble
Is here set forth by DR.. TaImaee. and
hitter way of dealing with brolen
hearts Is recommended. Text Joi
xvi, 2: miserable comforters are v,
all"
The man Of In had m grcat many
trialS-tho loss of his family. the los,
OF his property, the loss of his healthl
but the most exnSpcrating thing tina,
came upon him was the tantali ing
talk OF those who ought 20 have sym
pathtxsd with him And looking
. sronna npon shs M ana Weighing sshsl
mx "''''' '''s ~"sas y
Wby did God To-, II, .o,,c t,,o ,,.
world? /. Is a question I of,en be.,
discussed. In, never sa,isfur,oriIv an.
swered. God made the world mir and
beautiful at the start II onr sr., an.
rents had NO, ,Ipned in Ed.n ~
nigh, hny, CONS ON, q, ,h., r,rd,1
md found so paradis,s al arnurd IA,
earth-Euronc AJa Africa and Nor,I,
and south Am.rIc,--so ,nory eo,,er
gardens or orchards of fr,It r.dnl,,,
and luscious sn,,o.a r., -,
tod poured ont The Gihor .,d Tho
Uiddckel lie paur,d IN, n, "a. s,,,.
time the Hudson and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS s
whole earth was very f.ir ana hasnti.
ful To look upon Wbv ala /, no, ,t.y
soy God had The mower q, -, ri,
ain and woe. Why did lie NOT Le,n
,hen halo uI', ,,, -. 80
rosrats. and every ,,en a ;ov ana
every sound music and ali ,h. n,es ,
long iulil.c 81 .inl,,s mo-, .,d sJ,l..1
wonen2 Goa On, mat. I, -, ~ .,..iI,,
n, lie can maxi a thorn Why ,hcn
'he prehom' nance OF thornsP lie can
"aNe Ro"d' ialr ripe fruit as well ~
gnarled and sour fruit Why 80 much,
hep, ihaf Is guarded aud sour? lie
can make men robust In health Why,
theh' are there 80 many invalidsY Why
NOT ha'r Tor our whole race perpetual
leisure insteHi of this tug and toll and
tusslc for a livelihood7
WIZ "H You Why God let sin coinc
into the worid-whcn | get on The
o'her SIDE OF The river 81 death. That
IA the place where such questions will
bc answered and such mysteries solv.
ed lie who this side that river at
iempis To answer the question only
Illustrates hls own ignor ancc and In.
competency All known Is one great
Tact, and That h, that herd Of woes
has come In upon Ms, trampling down
everything fair and beautiful A
sword at the gate Of Eden and sword
Mt every gate.
More people under the ground than
on ~ The graveyards In vast majority.
The six thousand winters have made
more scars than the six thousand sum
,pers ssn cover nn, ,Irvoni hes taken
80, ,,,.'h 80 "a ntnch.a mill
~ s,i.,,. III ,t,h ~ a,ony N
~ ~. ,,,,,,a. q, ,,r,y. ,a,a. ,hn,
-, -, r.i.,A usy. mn, SAC nv side
10y, ,.Iah, So on chem nud nothing
-. -, iii aro,,,d ,,c world md
ss,,aJ s,aIn and arcund again.
,r,. 80, A,a ,,,,s hnv. IN
80 ,hat i'm = Morld like thi, ,h, Grand.
- ,,.,,,.,,,tI,, Ia ,h,, a., g{vin, con.
Jo,.n.s inc bolv science OF impart.
49,, TO-, q, ~, ,r,ul,l,l we ought
al o. .,,ds There are many of
80, ,,.,,,,,iIIo ,,L .round unnu som,
=, -, -, hcs, friends. who wish
- ~ I'd are very INTELLIGENT and
>, ,tle truthfully To say To them
IN your dav, of trouble; "MBserablc
comforters mr., We ALI"
remark in the first place that very
yolubl, p.opl, mr., incom p.,cp, for the
work of giving comfort Bildad and
Elinbsz hnl IA. gif, Of lanyua,,. and
Jol,,s I,f, an, Ala, Tor ,h.se yo,,ble
neo,Ie ,h., 40 amnn, M, houses q, IN.
as,ic,.d nnd tall and ,,ll, ara tall
.nd ALI Th.v r,hcarse ,hcir o,yn sor.
To,,,. ana ~, ,hey toll en-, r,or .,f.
go. ,ha, ,L., 81 haai,, no,, bn,
,h.,, ALI ,a.i ,,o,.e nt,cr a,bilc
silence, no you cxnc,, With n Thin
,,,,rt,,,s,,r 80 ,,or1s 90 heal n ,,ouud
d.cn as "a. so,,lp s,,n vcrv ,,eptIv
..,,,rJ -, h.oi,on h.ar, T,lL
yory softlv around those whom God
ha. hcre,, Thcn 20 your vay A
pr,,, ,,r,s, a, ,b, hand n c,n,assion.
n,e iook ius, one word that means
49, r,n,h as ,hole dic,ionary and CON
nav. yivcn n.rha,s. ali the comior,
,hat soul needs A man has n terri.
Me wound in his arm The surgeon
comes and h,nds !, nm "Novr h,
.,vs .earrv Cha, arm In , sling and
he ycry careful OF IL let no one touch
a." I'm, The neighbor, have heard OF
,ho .c.IIaan, All ,hoy com. IN and
r., az. a., ns see - .nJ The
bandaye ia npll.d of and This one and
a,dt one most feel T, and see bo,, much
4, Ia svoIIcnl and ,b.rc Is irri,ation.
and Inflammation, and exasperation,
where there ought TO be healing and
cooling. The surgeon comes In and
saws. What does all this mean? You
have no business 10 touch those band
ages. That wound will never heal
unless Won let IL clone" So there
are souls broken down in sorrow.
What they most want Is rest, or very
careful and gentle treatment; but the
neighbors have heard of the bcreaye-
mcnt, or ~ the loss, and they come in
10 sympathizc, and they say: "Show
us now the wound. What were his
last words? Rehearsc now the whole
s.an. uau dil vou f.el when you