The Newtown bee., 1898-03-25

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which were done even weeping.
An ancient ballad of the Scottish peo-
pie says:
"Alas, that Scottish maid should sing,
The battle where her lover fell.
That Scottish bard should wake the string,
The triumph OF her toes to tell"
Yet the Scottish people were manly
enough to sing even the ballads of the
battles lost. So the apostle of our text
was man enough, strong and great
enough to say and to do what had to be
with tears.
Let us consider the lesson of this. The
best of men have had hard things to do
and the best of men have had hard times
in which to do things. But the best of
men have done even weeping. Strong
men and women may have to cry, but
they do not stop their labor, nor cease
their endeavor because nature forces
them to grief, they go on and do in spite
of crying. st Paul has had his follow
ers by the thousand who have labored
and persevered, and accomplished even
weeping.
1t was said of the great English preach
er, Robert Hall, that there never was an
hour free from intense pain during all
the years of his ministry; he Ia
bored and rested not from his labors land
accomplished great things through his
ministry, and yet he did it all even weep
ing. Once for a whole week he was kept
to his bed, hardly able to move, racked
by constant pain; the next Sunday
came; he insisted on going to the church
and to his pulpit; 60 he did, and when
he entered the pulpit the great room was
crowded as he had never before seen it
filled; the crowd was inside and out.
side; all was thronged; he asked the
sexton what was the matter; why the
most unusual throng; Why! have you
not heard, said he; Princess Charlotte is
dead, the people have come to hear what
you will say. 1t was true, the sweet,
fair girl, loved as few have been by Eng.
lish people was dead, and the people had
come to hear what he who had loved her
would
SAY TO THEM IN THEIR SORROW
out of his own sorrow, and he had not
been told, not until he stood there on the
pulpit step, wondering what had brough,
the crowd together. The shock of the
news of his own and the country's loss
was severe, the burden of all that multi
tude waiting for his word of guidance
and strength in their common sorrow was
fearful. He called one of his deacons
asked him to conduct the opening ser.
vice, to let him know when the sermon
would be due, and stepped into his pull
pit room, and lying fiat on the floor il
physical pain and weakness, even rolling
as it is said in agony of sorrow and IN
certainty he prayed for strength to bear
to speak and to comfort; and then he
preached his sermon on the death OF
Princess Charlotte which Ia known yet
to-day, as one of the strongest, most
beautiful, and most helpful of all the
sermons of England's pulpit; ''even
weeping, "'even weeping" but the work
was done, and the pain borne, and the
good accomplished.
Il Ofanother of England's greatest, in an
entirely different style and fashion D
story of something like the same hero.
ism is related. / mean Of Thomas Car.
lyle. When he wrote perhaps bis great.
est work, the French Revolution" Civ
, ing to 1t years and labors, and endless
studies, he sent the finished manuscript
to John Stuart Mill for examination and
criticism. Mr. Mill left the bundle Of
, papers on his study table; his servant
thinking they were waste matter, swept
them all together and threw them in the
, fire. There was nothing, except barest
! notes, and what be kept in memory,
nothing left Of all the study, and all the
work Of genius, save heap Of blacken.