The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-06-22


ovcrcaohIug trees Has God turned us
ont on th" barren common 10 die; ON,
no. no, no, llc has not
He comes with sympathy and kindness
and love. lie understands all our grIcf
He sees the height and the depth and the
length and the breadth OF IT.. he rs the
only One that can fully sympathHc. Go
and tell Jesus.
Sometimes when we have trouble We 90
10 our friends and we explain n, and they
tIy 10 -ympathlZc, bat they do not under
stand n. They cannot understand D..
But Christ sees all over II and AL through
a. He not only counts the tears and 30.
cords the grOaus, bat before the tears
started. before the games began, Christ
saw the lnmo-t hiding place ot your sor.
row, and He takes II, and He pItIos u
with an gll absorbing pity.
Bone OF our bone Flesh OF our flesh.
Heart OF our heart. sorrow oi our -or.
row. A. long ~ lie remembers LazarJ-'s
grave lio viii stand hy yOu ln the ccmc-
terry.
O,tcn when wc were ~ trouble we sent
for or friends but they were far away.
They could not get 10 u-. We wrote 90
them, Come right away, or tolcTaphcd,
Take the next tram. They came NJ
last. get were great while 40 coming or
perhaps were too late
But Christ rs always near before Won.
hohiud you, within you. No mother ever
threw her arms around her child with such
warmth and CC-tacy Ot affection as Christ
has shown toward you.
Close M hand, nearer than the stan upor
which NOu lean, nearer than the cup NOH
put 90 your lip, nearer than the haudkcr-
chief with which you wipe away your tears.
! preach HIM an ever present, all ~ynp1-
thlIug. compassionate Jesus. How can
You stay away on" moment from HIM with
your crcis? Go now. Go and tell Jesus.
n IS often that friends have no power
to relieve us. They would very much like
TO do a., but they cannot dlscutanglo our
finances. they cannot cure our sickness
and ral-c our dead, hut glory bc to God
that He to whom the disciples went has aIl
power iu heaven and ON earth, and at ouI
call He viii hlIk Our ClldmltlcS and nj
JUS the right time, M the presence OF nn
applaudIuR earth and a rcsOundug heaven,
viii raise our dead. lie is mIghticr than
llcrod. lie is swlitcr than the storm. lie
l~ graudcr than the sea. He Is yastCr than
eternity. And every sword Oi God IS um-
impotence viii leap from it's scabhard and
the resources of nllnity hc exhausted Taih-
cr than that Gods child shall not bee de-
hyorCd when he cries 20 HIM tor rC-o. g..
suppose your child was in trouble, How
much would YOU endure 20 get HIM outt
You would say. II don't care what II Will
cost / must get him out of that trouble.
Do you think God is not sn good q father
as YOU Seeing You are lu trout'c ana
having all powor will lie not stretch out
His arm and deliver YOU He Will. Tie IS
mighty TO save. He can level the mount
ain and divide the sea, and can cStngWsh
the fire and save the soul. Not dim ot
eye. not weak oi arm, not feeble oi re-
sources hut with all eternity and the ual-
verse az His feet Go and tell Jesus. VIII
YOU:
Ne whose checks are wet with the night
dew ui the grave, yc who cannot look up,
Sc whose hearts are dried with the breath
of slrocco, iu the name of the religion Of
Jesus Christ, which hits every burden and
wipes away every tear and delivers every
captive and hghtcns every darkness, | Inn
plorc Won now go aud t,l Jesus
\ little child went with her tn'her. "a
sea capiaiu. 10 soa. and when the first
storm came the little child was very much
frightened. and i'm the night rushed out OF
| the cabin and said, "Whcrc rs father,
where rs father Then they told her.
Father is ON deck guiding the vessel and
watching the storm The little child I'M
mcdWtcly returned to her berth and said,
I Its AN right. ior fathers on deck
q We who are tossed and driven nm this
| world. up hy the mountains and down 10y
/ the valleys and at your wits ends. ! want
/ Won 60 know the Lord God is guiding the
/ SHIN Your Father is on deck lie Will
/ bring YOU through the darkness into ID"
! harboy Trust M Che Lord Go and tell
| Jesus.
Ii YOU go TO Him for pardon and sym.
pathy. AN is we'll Everything viii bright.
| en- up. and iov viii come 60 the heart, and
sorrow will depart, your sins viii hc for
given. and your foot VIII touch the up-
| ward path and the shining messengers
! that report above what is done here VIII
/ tell it until the lroat arches OF God re
sound with the glad tldugs n now with
/ routritiOu and mll trusttuluCss of soul You
/ will only go and tell Jesus.
But ann oppressed as ! think of those
who may not take this counsel and may
remain unhlcsscd. | cannot help asking
what Will hc the destiny OF these people
| NcrNcs looked oii ON ms army, There were
1000 COO perhaps the finest army ever mar
shaltd NcrNrs rode along the lines. re-
! viewed them. came back, and stood ou
some high point looked of upon the 2ooo.
600 men and burst into tears. At THAI mo
mcu.. when every one supposed hc would
be- lu the greatest CNultltou, ne broke
down boa grief They asked him why N,
went "Ah." he sand. Il weep at th,
thought that so soon dIl this host VIII h'
dead" 80 / think ui these vast p.pu'h
tions oft immortal men and women and rc
ahsc the fact that soon the places Whltl
know them now viii know them mo- more
and they viii hc conc-whlthcr whittier
There ls stirring idea which The poe
put iu very peculiar verse when hc said.
'T.s not for man Go trIfc; life ). brief
And s.u ls here,
Our age s bat the falling of "a ". Do
\ dropping tear
| Not many lives. hut only one have we
One. only one.
How sacred snould that one life ever be-
That narrow span