The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-03-31

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up the great obstacle in your life, ana
you tug and sweat along the PATHWAY
and wonder when the exhaustion will
end. My friends, the brightest CROWN
in Heaven will not be given to thos,
who in stirrups, dashed TO the cavalrs
charge, while the general applauded
and the sound of clashing sabers ram
through the land, but the brightesi
crowns in Heaven, l believe, viii IN
| given to those who trudged on ami
chronic ailments which unnerved theh
strength, vet all the time maintaining
their faith in God. Ii is comparativeh
easy TO fight in n regiment of thou.
sand men, charging up the parapets to
the sound of martial music, but II is not
so easy to endure when no one bu,
the nurse and the doctor are the vii
nesses OF the Christian fortitude. BE.
sides that, YOU never had any pairk
worse than Christ's. The SHARPNESS
that stung through His brain, througt
His hands. through His feet, through
His heart. were as great as yours cef
tainly. He was as sick and as weary
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escaped All the pangs OF all the nt(
tons of all the ages compressed int.'
one sour cup. He took the vinegar
There is also the sourness OF poverty
Your income does not meet your Out.
goings. and that always gives an honest
man anxiety. There is no sign of desti-
tuition about you--pleasant appearance
and n cheerful home for you-but God
only knows what time you have had
TO manage your private finances. just
as the bills run up the wages seem e
run down. You may say nothing, bu,
life to you is n hard push, and whel
YOU sit down with your wife and tai
over the expenses you both rise up dis
couraged. You abridge here, and yd
abridge there, and you get things snrt
for smooth sailing, and, 10, suddenA
there is large doctors bill TO pay, q
YOU have lost your pocketbook. or souS
debtor has failed. and you are throw
abeam end. Well, brother, you are i
glorious company. Christ owned nd
the house in which He stopped or III
colt on which He rode or the boat i
which He sailed. He lived in bot
rowed house; He was buried in bod
rowed grave. Exposed TO all kinds 4
weather, yet He had only one SUI
of clothes. lie breakfasted in the morIj
ing. and no one could possibly I'll
where He could get anything 20 eat N
fore night lie would have been prd
nounced a financial failure. He had 4
perform n miracle TO get money TO pal
a tax bill Not dollar did He owl
Privation OF domes ticity, privation
nutritious food. privation OF a comic
able couch on which 10 sleep, priv
ton of all worldly resources! ~
kings OF the earth had chased chaial
out of which 10 drink, but Christ hx
I nothing but plain cup set before lily
sna .s ss were Ssas ,err-.sass paSvsa ai,
! before your family circle was invsd|
1 by death, but the moment the chmmj
: circle was broken everything SCENT
! to dissolve. Hardly have you Pat tn
black apparel in the wardrobe oefor
you have again 10 take il out. Grea'
and rapid changes in your 'amiy rec
ord. You got the house and r. ioiced
in il, but the charm was gone o, soor
t as the Grape hung on the GoorbaN. Tn
one upon whom you most depended wa,
taken away from you cold marble
slab lies on your heart TODAY. Once.
, as the children romped through the
house, you put your hand over Your
/ aching head and said: "Oh. IL I could
? only have it still" Oh il Is too still
= now! You lost your patience when the
tops and the strings and the shells were
left amid floor, but oh, you would
! tered all over the floor again IL they
r were scattered by the same hands.
: With what ruthless plowshare be.
reavement rips up the heart. But
Jesus knows all about that. You can.
: not tell Him anything new in regard
TO bereavement. He had only a few
friends, and when He lost one il
; brought tears TO His eyes. Lazarus had
often entertained Him al his home.
; Now Lazarus is dead and buried, and
: Christ breaks down with emotion, the
convulsion OF grief shuddering through
} all the ages Of bereavement. Christ
knows what it is 10 go through the
} house missing a familiar intimate.
Christ knows what il is 20 see an uroc.
cupied place at the table Were there
not four Of thcm-Mary and Martha
and Christ and Lazarus? Four Of them.
l. But where is Lazarus? Lonely and AZ.
fiicted Christ, His great, loving ewes
filed with tears! Oh, yes, yes lie
! knows all about Loneliness and the
heartbreak He took the vinegar,
Then there is the sourness Of TIE
death hour. Whatever else We NAV c,.
cape, that acid sponge will be pressed
to our lips. | sometimes have q curl
osity to know how ] will behave when
come to die. Whether will be calm
or excited, whether will be filled with
reminiscence or with anticipation. |
cannot say, But come 10 the point
must and you must An officer from
the future world will knock at he door
Of our hearts and serve on us the writ
of ejectment, and we will have 10 sur.
render. And we will wake up after
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