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


the gates Of that future world that
they have never since been closely shut.
Christ knows what it, Is TO leave this
world, of the beauty Of which lie was
more apprcciative than we ever could
| be He knows the eNquisiteness of the
/ phosphorescence of the sea. He trod
/ 1t. lie knows the glories Of the mid
night heavens, for they were the span.
yled canopy OF His wilderness pillow.
/ lie knows about the lilies, lie twisted
khem into His sermon. lie knows about
vhe fowls Of the air. They whirred
Their way through His discourse, lie
knows about the sorrows Of leaving
this beautiful world. Not taper was
lkirdled in the darkness. He died
ply sicianlcss. lie died in cold sweat
and dizziness and hemorrhage and
q gony, that have put Him in sympathy
with all the dying. lie goes through
/ (hristcudom, aud He gathers up The
ktiugs out Of all the death pillows, and
lie puts them under His own neck and
Ahead He gathers on His own tongue
kihe burning thirsts Of many genera
ysorrow Of all those who have died In
|, their beds. as well as soaked in the scr.
row, Of all those who persisted In icy
or fiery martyrdom. While Heaven was
| pityiug. and earth was hooking. and
Mel. was dcriding, He took the vinegar.
10 all those to whom life has been an
a,trbity--a dose they could rot swal.
How. draft that set their teeth on
edge and a.raspinc-I preach the ON.
niputcnt sympathy Of Jesus Christ,
The sister Of Herschel, the astrono'
mer. used 20 spend much Of her time
\ polishing the telescopes through which
Ne brought the distant worlds nigh,
Iaud il Is my ambition now this hour
\ 10 clear the lens - your spiritual
vision. so that, locking through the
dark night Of your earthly troubles.
! YOU NAV behold the glorious coustel.
la,iuu of a SaN!our's mercy and a Sa.
YOURS love. oh, my friends, DO not
'ry TO carry all your ills alone. DO not
, pu, your poor shoulder under the
\ Apturines, when the Almighty Christ
, is ready 20 lift up all your burdens
When you have trouble % any Kind
lyou rush this way and that way. and
/ ly5u wonder what this man will say
abou, IL, and YOU try tbs prescription
sad that prescription and the other
gr,scrip oh. why do you not 70
sraigh; 20 the Heart OF Christ, know.
ing that for our own SHINING and sui.
! tsriug race He took the vinegar?
"A There was vessel that had been
No,sed Of rIe seas for a great many
weeks and been disabled, and the sup.
Yply ~ water gave out, and the crew were
ldyiug OF thirst. After many days they
sew "a SAN against the sky. They sig.
Iraled IT, when the vessel came nearer
Y he people on the suffering ship cried TO
e captain Of the other vessel: send
soms. Sal sE,,., ": or. dying for laek
! SSn5s NJ fsfYss fSFTsrerc: s,',
{your buckets where YOU are. You ar,
in the mouth 81 the Amazon, and Their,
are scores Of miles Of fresh water al
karound about you and hundreds 81 feet
pleep.' And then they dropped their
buckets over the side ~ the vessel aut
drought up the clear. bright, fresh wa
ter and put out the fire OF their thirst
So | hail you to-day, after long anC
perilous voyage, thirstinr for comfor
and thirsting for eternal life and
ask you what is the use o. going in that
death-struck state while all around yo,
is the deep, clear, wide, sparkling loot
Of Gods sympathetic mercy. oh, dir
your buckets aud drink and live for
ever. "WhOsoever will LET him CON,
and take Of the water Of life freely"
Yet there are people who refuse thii
Divine sympathy, and they try 10 figh
their own battles, ard drink their owl
vinegar. and carry their own burdens
and their life, instead Of being a tri
umphal march from victory 10 victory
will be a hobbling on from defeat I,
defeat, until they make a final sur
render TO retributive disaster. Oh,
wish could to-day gather up In IT.
arms all the woes of men and women
all their hcartaches, all their disap
pointments, all their chagrins, and jus
take them right 20 the feet OF sym
pathizing Jesus. He took the vinegar
/ NuDd s-dDlb. hlAFi HuA lbFN hlH luS
battle in India, fell back into the jun
giles OF Iheri-jungles so full OF malari;
that no mortal can live there. He err
RED with him also a ruby OF great lus
ter and of great value. He died in thos'
iungles. His body was never found
and the ruby has never yet been recoy
cred. And fear that to-day there ar
some who will fall backfrom this sub
ject into the sickening, killing jungle
Of their sin. carrying gem Of infinite
yalue-a priceless soul-tO be lost for
ever. Oh, that that ruby might fiasl
in the eternal coronation! But. no
| There are some. | fear, who turn ava.
| from this offered mercy and comfor
and Divine sympathy, notwithstanding
that Christ, for all who would accep
His grace, trudged the long way, an'
suffered the decorating thongs, and re
ceiyed in His face the eXpectorations o
the filthy mob, and for the guilty. ant
| The discouraged, and the disconnected
Of the race, took the vinegar, May Coo
Almighty break the infatuation anC
lead YOU out into the strong hope, an'