The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-04-07

tears down the cheeks of the aged imam.
Tor il reminds him Of the revival scene
in which be participated and OF the rs-
diant faces that long since went 20
dust and OF the grAy.hAired minister
leaning over the pulpit and sounding
the good tidings OF great JOY.
IspeSk 20 you again Of Jesus as the
night song job speaks of him who
giVeth songs in the night. John
wSch the old Scotch minister, used
TO put = plaid GRO his bed on cold
nights and ONE one asked him why
he put that there. he said; -Oh,
sometimes IN the night l a to sing
the praise OF Jesus and 70 get down
and pray. Then 1 just take thst plaid
and wrap Il around me 70 keep my
self from the cold Songs in the
night, Night Of trouble has some
down upon many CT you. Commercial
losses put put m star, s~landerous
abuse Puts out another star, domestic
bereavement has put out 1000 lights.
and gloom has been added to gloom
and chill TO chill and sting tc sting.
and one midnight has seemed 70 Dor
row the fold from another midnight
10 wrap itself in more Undesirable
darkness, but Christ has spoken peace
to your heart, and you sing:
JesuA lover on my soul
Let ne TO thy bosom ~.
while the bilo~s near me roll.
whfe tbs tempest stIi IL high
Hds ne. o my Saviour HIDE
TN the storm OF life Is past
Sale into the haven guide;
On reoaive ny soul at last
Songs in the night Songs in the
night For the sick, who have no one
70 turn the hot pillow. no D to put
the taper on the stand. no q to put
ice on the temples or pour out the
soothing snOdyne or utter one cheer
ful word Yet songs in the night
For the poor, who freeze in the win
tiers cold and swelter in the sum
mer's heat and MUNICH the hard erusts
that bleed the sore gums and SILVER
uhder blankets that Cannot any long
er be patched and tremble because
rent day is come and they may be
set N on the sidewalk and looking
into the starved face Of the child and
seeing famine there and death there,
coming home from the bakery and
saying in the presence Of the little
famLsAed ones: oh, my God. -four
has gone up" Yet songs in the
night Songs in the night For the
widow who goes to get the back pay
of her husband. slain by the sharp
SbooterS" and knows it is the last
help she will have, moving out Of q
comfortable home in desolation. death
turning back from the exhausting
cough and the pale cheek and the
lusteresS eye and refusing all relief
Yet songs in the night Songs in
the night Fo- the soldier In the
field hospital. no surgeon to bind up
the gunshot fracture. no water for
the hot lips, no kind hand to brush
away the flies from the fresh wound,
no one 10 take the loving farewell.
the grosning Of others poured into
his own groan. the hlAsphemy Of
Others blowing up his own spirit the
condensed bitterness Of dying away
from home among strangers. Yet
songs in the night Songs in the
night All" said one dying soldier.
Itch my mother that last night there
was not one cloud between my soul
and Jesus!" Songs in the night
Songs in the night
This Sabbath day came. From the
affairs Of 1000 churches has smoked
up the SAVIOR Of saertAee Minister
Of the gospel preached in plain Eng,
, liSh. In broad Scotch. In flowing Itsl.
ian. In harsh ChootEw. God's people
assembled In HindOo temple and No
rsran church and Quaker meeting
house and nilors' bethel and kings
chapel and high+owered cathedral
They sang. and the song foated OF
amid the spice groves or struck the
. ioebergs or foated of into the west.
! err pines or was drowned in the
cAmor OF the great cities Lumber
men sing it and the factory girls and
. the children in the Sabbath elass and
y the trained choirs In great Assem-
blages Trappers. with the 1am'
voice with which they shouted yester'
: day in the stag hunt, and mariner
! with throsts that only . few days AgC
sounded in the hosrss blast Of the So
hurricane, they sang it. One them,
I for the sermonG One burden for The
song. Jesus for the invocation
, Jesus for the Scripture lesson Jssui
/ for the bAptGnAl font. Jesus for HI
sacramsntAl sup. jesus for the bene
a disdon- But the day has gone. L
! rolled away on swift wheels Of lgh
and love. Again the churches ar
lighted Tides Of people again settini
I down the EtrsstA- Whols tamilie
A.; coming up the church aisle We mus
have one more service. What shal
. We preaeh' What shall vi read
A.. Let /, b Jesus everybody says; let !
1 be Jesus We must have oBe NOR
song. What shall it be, children
Aged men Gad women. what ShAIl
: be: Young men and naidsrA VIA
shall il be-: II you dared 10 hrea
the silence Of this auditory. Their
v would come up Thousands Of quie
z and jubilant voices, crying out Ia
IL be Jesus! Jssusl JSsus!T
We sing His blrth-the barn The
sheltered Elm, the mothsr this
uunsd Hin. the cattle that fed b
Q side Hin. the sngsls thI; woks u
ths s~hsphsrdA shaking Light over Ii
u midnight hInA We sing His ninistr
-Shs tears Re wiped away from II
n eyes Of the orphans the lame ne
that forgot their erutehea, the dan
N sci ~ho from The bier bcundsd OF
H. into the sunlight hsr locks shsdn
V down ever the ausAsd ehSsk. II
. hunHy Thousands who broke u
n brad - Il bloasomed lnto large
ID lsarsNhai miracle By which . be
=, With Eve leaves and two aAhes b
sane the Eutlsr Of . whole army. v
Al sing Hs orrows-Ms Stone-bruis,
vs fest. En aching heart His nounts.
ID lonelRsnA, HS desert hunger. Z
"a siorn-Peltsd body. ths eternity
e. sngush tia, SHOT through His Ia
r. nonenu. and the inmeasurAble oees
e. Of torment that hesvsd up against q
d. cross In one toaning, wrsthfnl. Of
d. EiPOteAt surge the sun dashed o.
10 and the dad. Shroud wrapped. brea
en- ing open their SepuleherS And rushii
Dat 70 see What was the matter. Y
- sing BIS resaErstiOa-As guard h
lie eould 10; keep Elm. the sorrow
&c Hia disciples. The clouds PiAng up
re sthsr ada In p.IisrSd splsaeort
as He vsni throHgh- treaAhg the pat
ID los air. Aigase ard higher. Until |
". sAns 70 tie foot Of The tArona and
An hssrsa ksY !9blss 81 The rsssrs
n he Soaqssor. OF. Is thsEs any sol
"a noS sppreprssis for SbAiA aig
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