The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-05-12

hear the tread. But after awhile the
truth flashed on you. You walked the /
floor. Oh. If you could. with your /
strong. stout hand. have Wreurhed that |
child from the destroyer! You went
to your room. and you said: God, save |
my child! God, save my child" The !
world seemed going out i'm darkness |
You said: II can't bear IT.; can't bear
it," You felt as If you could not put |
the long lashes over the bright eyes
never to see them again sparkle. If
you could have taken that little one i'm
your arms and with it leaped the grave,
how gladly you would have done it! II
you could let your property go, your
houses 60, your land and your store
house go, how gladly you would have al
lowed them to depart If you could only
have kept that one treasure!
But one day there came up chill
blast that swept through the bedroom
and instantly all the lights went out
and there was darllness-thick.m urky,
impenetrable, shuddering darkness
But God did not leave you there. Mercy
spoke As you took up the bitter cup
TO put it 10 your lips God said: Let il
pass" and forthwith. as by the hand OF
angels. another cup was put into your
hands. 1t was the cup of Gods con.
ISOLATION. And as you have sometimes
lifted the head of a wounded soldier and
poured wine into his lips. so God puts
His left arm under your head and with
His right hand lie pours into your lips
the wine of His comfort and His con
ISOLATION, and you looked at the empty
cradle and looked at your broken heart,
and you looked at the Lords chastise.
ment. and YOU said: Gwen so. Father,
for so it saemeth good in Thy sight"
All it was your first trouble. How did
you get over it? God comforted you.
| 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 Heaven
ward. You have been spiritually better
ever since 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
Heaven"
But | must come TO your latest sor-
row. What was II? Perhaps it was
sickness. The chilFs 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 pu-
per Oh. the WEAKNESS of exhaustion!
oh, the burning pangs! Would 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 to-day you can come
! out in the fresh air; that you are in
your place to hear Gods name and to
sing Gods praise and to implore Gods
help and TO ask Gods forgiveness
Bless the Lord who healeth all our dis
eases and redeemeth our lives from de-
struction.
Perhaps your last sorrow was a finan
cial embarrassment. | congratulate
, some of you on your lucrative profes
sion or occupation, on ornate apparel
on a commodious residence-every
thing you put your hands on seems e
TURN W BOlus lbul lllGlC dlC JUICE "
you who are like the ship on which
Paul sailed where two seas met, and
you are broken by the violence Of the
waves. BY an unadvised Endorsement
or by a conjunction of unforeseen
events, or by fire or storm, or sense
, less panic, you have been flung head
, long, and where you once dispensed
, great charities you now have hare
: work to win your daily bread. Have
you forgotten to thank God for you
, days of prosperity and that through
, your trials some of you have made in
vestmcnts which will continue after tn,
last bank of this world has exploded
, and the silver and gold are molten il
the fires of "A burning world? Have you
, amid all your losses and discourage
p ments, forgot that there was bread OF
, your table this morning and that Their,
shall be a shelter for your head from
the storm, and there is air for you
: lungs and blood for your heart ant
, light for your eye and a glad and Clio
a rious and triumphant religion for you
soul?
: Perhaps your last trouble was a be
If reavement. That heart which in child
: hood was your refuge, the parenta
, heart, and which has been source o
: the quickest sympathy ever since, ha
4 suddenly become silent forever. AM
now sometimes, whenever in sudden an
. noyance and without deliberation yo
n say: 81 will go and tell mother" tn
+ thought flashes on you: 81 have n
mother" Or the father, with voice les
q tender, but with heart as loving, watch
full of all your ways, eXultant owe
Z your success without saying much, al
c though the old people do talk it owe
a by themselves, his trembling hand Of
- that staff which you now keep as
family relic, his memory embalmed i
- grateful hearts-is taken away fol
~ ever. Or there was your companion i
4 life, sharer of your joys and sorrows
taken, leaving the heart an old ruiz