Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-02

| leaves? He makes them by the wlsole
| forest full-notched like the fern or sill
vered like the aspen or broad like the
| palm. thickets in the tropics, Oregon
| forests. Does he go forth to make
flowers? He makes plenty of them.
| They fame from the hedge, they hang
| from the top of the grapevine in bios
| SONS, they roll in the blue wave Of the
violets, they toss their white surf in
the spiraa-enough for every child's
hand Il flower, enough to make for ev-
cry brow a chaplet, enough with beau
ty to cover up the ghastliness of all the
grave. Does he go forth to create wa
ter? He pours it out not by the cupful
but by q river full, lake full, an ocean
full. pouring it out until all the earth
has enough to drink and enough with
which to wash.
Full Redemption.
Does Jesus provide redemption? It
is not little salvation for this one, a
little for that and a little for the other,
but enough for all. ''Whosoever will,
let him come" Each man an ocean
full for himself; promises for the
young, promises for the old, promises
for the lowly, promises for the blind,
for the halt, for the outcast, for the
abandoned; pardon for all, comfort for
all, mercy for ALL heaven for all-not
merely a cupful of gospel supply, but
$50 gallons. Aye, the tears of godly
repentance are all gathered up into
Gods bottle, and some day, standing
before the throne, we will lift our cup
of delight and ask that it be filled with
the wine of heaven, and Jesus, from
that bottle of tears, will begin to pour
in the cup, and we will cry, "Stop, Je-
sus; we do not want to drink our own
tears!' And Jesus will say, ''Know We
not that the tears of earth are the wine
of heaven?" Sorrow may endure for
a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
l remark, further, Jesus does not
shadow the joys Of others with his
own griefs. He might have sat down
in that wedding and said: 81 have so
much trouble, so much poverty, so
much persecution, and the cross is
coming. l shall not rejoice, and the
gloom OF my face and of my sorrows
shall be cast over all this group" So
said not Jesus. He said to himself:
Here are two persons starting out in
married life. Let it be a joyful occa-
sion. l will hide my own griefs. I
will kindIe their joy" There are many
not so wise as that. I know a house
hold where there are many little chill
dren, where for two years the musical
instrument has been kept shut because
there has been trouble in the house.
Alas for the folly. Parents saying:
will hriC
coming holiday. because there has been
trouble in the house. Hush that laugh
ing up stairs! How can there be any
joy when there has been so much trou-
ble?' And so they make everything
consistently do1eful and send their sons
and daughters to ruin with the gloom
they throw around them.
Keep Back Sorrow.
Oh, my dear friends, do you not
know those children will have trouble
enough of their own after awhile? Be
glad they cannot appreciate all yours.
Keep back the cup Of bitterness from
your daughters lips. When your head
is down in the grass of the tomb, pow
erty may come to her, betrayal to her,
bereavement to her. Keep back the
sorrows as long as you can. Do you
not know that that son may, after
awhile, have his heart broken? Stand
between him and all harm. You may
not fight his battles long. Fight them
while you may. Throw not the chill Of
your own dependency over his soul.
Rather be like Jesus, who came to the
wedding hiding his own grief and kim
ding the joys Of others. So | have
seen the sun on a dark day struggling
amid clouds, black, ragged and porten-
tOus, but after awhile the sun, with
golden pry, heaved back the blackness,
and the sun laughed to the lake, and
the lake laughed to the sun, and from
horizon to horizon, under the saffron
Sky, the water was all turned into
wine.
l learn from this miracle that Christ
is not impatient with the luXuries of
life 1t was not necessary that they
should have that wine. Hundreds Of
people have been married without any
wine. We do not read that any Of the
other provisions fell short. When
Christ made the wine, it was not a ne
cessity, but a positive luxury. l do
not believe that he wants US to eat
hard bread and sleep on hard mattress
es unless we like them the best. I
think, if circumstances will allow, we
have right to the luXuries of dress,
the luXuries Of diet and the luXuries Of
residence. There is no more religion
in an old coat than in a new one. We
can serve God drawn by golden plated
harness as certainly as when we go
afoot. Jesus Christ will dwell with us
under a fine ceiling as we'll as under a
matched roof.
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