Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-05-12

| your property go, your houses go, your
land and your storehouse go. how glad
! iy you would have allowed them to de-
part if You could only have kept that
! one treasure.
Gods Consolation.
But one day there came up a chill
! blast that swept through the bedroom,
and instantly all the lights went out,
and there was darkness thick, murky
impenetrable, shuddering darkness
But God did not leave You there. Mercy
! spoke. As you took mp the bitter cup
to put it to your lips God said, Let it
pass and forthwith. as by the hand
of angels, another cup was put into
yCur hands. 1t was the cup of God $
consolation. And as You have sometimes
lifted the head of Il wounded soldier
and poured wine into his lips, so God
puts his left arm under Your head and
with his right hand he pours into your
lips the wine OF his comfort and his
consolation, and yen looked at the emp
ty cradle and looked at your broken
heart, and you looked at the Lord s
chastisement, and you said, Even SO,
Father, for so. it seemeth good in thy
sight.
All, it was your first trouble. How
did you get over it? God comforted
yen. You have been better man ever
since You have been better woman
ever since. In the jar OF the closing
gate of the sepulcher You heard the
changing Of the opening gate of heaven,
and you felt an irresistible drawing
heavenward. You have been spiritually
better ever siuce that night when the
little one for the last time put its arms
around your neck and said Good
night, papa, Good night mamma
Meet me in heavenr'
But | must come to Your latest sor-
row. What was itf Perhaps it was
sickness. The Child tread ON the stair
or the tick of the watch ON the stand
disturbed you. Through the long weary
days you counted the figures in the
carpet or the flowers in the wall paper
Oh, the weariness Of exhaustion Oh,
the burning pangs! Wonld God it were
morning, Would God it were night.
was your frequent cry. But YOU are
better, or perhaps even well, Have you
thanked.God that today you can come
ont in the fresh air; that you are in
your place To hear God 5 name, and to
sing God s praise, and to inpiUre Gods
help, and to ask God's forgivenessS
Bless the Lord who bcaleth all our dis
eases and rcdeemeth oUr lives from de-
struction
Tears Wiped Away.
Perhaps your last sorrow was a finan-
cial embarrassment. ! congratulate
some of You Oh your lucrative profess
sion or occupation, on ornate apparel,
on commodious residence-everythin
you put your hands on seems to turn TO
gold But there are Others Of you who
are like the ship On which Paul sailed
where two seas met. and you are bro
ken by the violence of the waves, By
an unadvise,l Endorsement, or by a CON
junction of unforeseen events, on by fire
or storm. or il senseless panic, You have
been flung headlong. and where you
once dispensed great charities now you
baye hard work TO win Your daily
bread Have you forgotten to thank
God for yuar days of prosperity, and
that through your trials some of you
have made investments which will con-
;inue after the last bank of this world
has exploded, aud the silver and gold
are molten in the fires of IL burning
world? Have You, amid all your losses
ana di>couragsments, forgot that there
was bread on yuur table this morning.
and that there shall be IL shelter for
your head from the storm, and there is
air for Your lungs. and blood for your
heart, and light for your eye, and
glad and glorious and triumphant reli-
Sion for your soul?
Perhaps your last trouble was be-
reavempnt That heart which in child
hood was Your refuge, the parental
heart, and which has been IA source of
the quickest sympathy ever since, has
suddenly become silent forever And
new sometimes, whenever in sudden
annoyance and without deli beration You
say, II will 20 and tell mother - the
thought flashes on YOU. II have no
mother. - Or the father, with voice less
tender, but.with heart as loving, watch
full of all your ways, exultant over your
success without saying much, although
the old people do talk it over by them