The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-31

in Heaven will not be given to those
who. in stirrups. dashed to the cavalry
charge. while the general applauded,
and the sound of clashing sabers rang
through the land but the brightest
crowns in Heaven. | believe. will be
given to those who trudged on amid
chronic ailments which unncrved their
strength yet all the time maintaining
their faith in God. 1t is comparatively
easy to fight in regiment of II thou
sand men charging up the parapets to
the sound cf martial music. but il is not
so easy TO endure when no one but
the nurse and the doctor are the wit
nesses of the Christian fortitude. Be
sides that, you never had any pains
worse than Christ's. The sharpness
that stung through His brain, through
His hands through His feet. through
His heart. were as great as yours GER
tainly. He was as sick and as weary.
Not a'nerve or muscle or ligamcnt
escaped. All the pangs of all the ma
tons of all the ages compressed into
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-peasant appearance
and n cheerful home for Nou--but God
only knows what a time you have had
to manage your private finances. just
as the bills run up the wages seem to
run down. You may say nothing. but
life to you is hard push and when
you sit down with your wife and talk
over the expenses you both rise up dis
couraged. You abridge here, and YOU
abrdge there, and you get things SNUG
fer smooth sailing, and. 10, suddenly
there is large doctors bill to Pay. or
YOU have lost your puckctbook. or scWr
debtor has failed, and YOU are throwH
ubeam end. Well, brother, YOU are in
glorious company. Christ owned not
the house in which He stopped or the
colt on which He rode or the boat in
which lie sailed. He lived i'm Tor
rowcd house; He was buried in a boz
rowcd grave. Exposed TO all kinds Of
weather, yet He had only one suit
of clothes. lie breakfasted in the morn.
ing. and no one could possibly tell
where He could get anything to eat be
fore night. He would have been pro-
nounccd Il financial failure He had to
perform a miracle to get money to pay
fax bill. Not dollar tiG lie own.
Priyatiou Of domesticitN. p vution of
nutritious food. priyation of % comfort
able couch on which TO si.ep. priva
tion of all worldly resources! The
kings of the earth had chased chalices
out of which TO drink but Christ had
nothing but plain cup set before Him,
and il was very sharp, and il was very
sour. lie took the vinegar
There were years that passed along
before your family circle was invaded
by death, but the moment the charmed
circle was broken everything seemed
to dissolve. Hardly have you put the
black apparel in the wardrobe before
you have again to take ii out. Great
and rapid changes in your family rec.
ord. You got the house and reioccd
in il. but the charm was gone as soon
as the Grape hung on the doorbcll. The
one upon whom you most depended was
taken away from you. \ cold marble
slab lies on your heart to-day. Once.
as the children rompcd through the
house, you put your hand over your
aching head and said; "Oh, If ! cou'c
only have it stiQ!' Oh. if is too still
now! You lost Your patience when III,
tops and the strings and the shells were
left amid floor, but, oh, you woulo
be wiling to have the trinEeis scat
tered all over the Moor again If ihc}
were scattered by the same hands.
with what a lnlhlCSr Hr"su"rr re-
reavement rips up the heart Hu'
Jesus knows all abolt thai. You can
not tell Him anything new IN regard
to bercaNement' lie had only Few
friends and when lie IoSl one IL
brought tears to 4 is eyes Lazarus had
often entertained Linn al ms home
Now Lazarus Is dead ana buried ana
Christ breaks down with emotion the
CONFUSION OF srlel shudGtrin@ through
MI thp noes of DCrVuNpmpUt Christ