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

know those children viii have trouble
enough Of their own after awhile
BE- glad they cannot appreciate 90
yours Ectp back the cup OF bitter
ness from your daughter, lps When
yolr head ia down iu the grass " the
tomb. poverty may come 20 her. be-
travail 90 her, bereavement 90 her.
kerp back the SORROWS as long as you
can. DO You moi, know that thai son
mas after awhile have bis heart huok-
eue stand between him aud all harm.
You may rot fight his battles long
Fight them while you may. Throw
NOT the chill cf your own dependency
over hi, soul Rather, De like Jesus,
who came 10 the wedding hiding His
grief aud kinding the joys %
Others So I have seen the sun on q
dark day struggling amidst clouds
black. ragged and ~portentous. but
after awhile the sun, with golden pry,
heaved back the biackness. And the
sun laughed TO the lake, and the lake
laughed TO the sun. and from horizon
20 horizon. under the saffron sky. the
water was SD turned into wine.
I learn from the miracle that Christ
is not inpatient with the Injuries of
life. II 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. I do
not believe that lie wants US 10 eat
bread and sleep on hard mattresses
unless we like them tie best. think,
10 circumstances will allow, we have a
right 10 the luNdries o. Dress, the lux
uries Of diet and the injuries Of resi-
dtuce. There Is no more religion in
lu old coat than ia a new one. We can
serve God drawn by golden plated har-
ness as certainly as when we go
afoot. Jesus Christ viii dwell with us
under a 6ne ceiling as well as under a
thatcled roof.
What IS the difference between a
Chinese mud hoyel aud an American
home? What is the difference be-
tween the rough bear skins Of the Rus
sian boor and the outit OF AN Ameri-
can gentleman? No difference, ex-
cept tina, which the Gospel Of Christ.
directly or indirectly. has caused.
when Christ shall have yauquished all
the world, ! suppose every house will
he a mansion and every garment a
robe and every horse an arch necked
courser and every carriage a glittering
vehicle aud every man a king and
every woman a queen and the whole
earth q Paradise, the glories Of the
natural world harmonizing with the
glories Of the material world until the
very bells OF the horses shall jingle tie
praises Of the Lord
Uearn, further, from this miracle that
I Christ has no Impotence with festai
JOY, otherwise be would not have ac'
/ cepted the invitation to that wedding.
lie certainly would not have done
that which increased the hilarity.
There may have been many in that
room who were happy, but there was
not one Of them that did so much for
the ioy Of the wedding party as Christ
himself lie was the chief Of the ban.
queters. When the wine gave out, II,
supplied it. and So, take ii, He viii
not deny MS the joys that are positive
ly festal.
l think the children Of God hay,
more right To laugh than any Other
people. and 10 clap their hands a.
loudly. There is not a single JOY &c.
MED them that is given TO any other
people. Christianity does not clip Ia,
wings Of the soul. Religion does not
! frost the flowers. What is Christian
ity? | take it 10 Ice simply a procla
marion from the throne OF God Of eman
b cipatiou for all the en%slaved, and il ;
man accepts the terms Of that procla
E nation and becomes free has be not
2 right to DE merry? suppose a fathel
. has an elegant mansion and Large
D.. grounds. To whom will he give III,
first privilege Of these grounds? vii
3? be say. "Ny children, you must moi
o walk through these paths or sit dow
. under these trees or pluck this fruit
= These are for outsiders. They MAY
. walk in them" No farther would say
e anything Ike that. He would say.
= "rhe first privileges in all the ground.
t and all Of my house shall be for ny
e ,wn children" And yet men try Ia
{ make w. believe that Gods children
n are on the limits. and the chief refresh
D ments aud enjoyments of life are fol
d outsiders and not for His children
Il is stark atheism. There is no limo
I cent beverage too rich for Gods chit
] to drink. there is no robe TOO costly ioI
d him to wear. there il no n~ilarity to,
greet for him to indulge ia and n,
d house too splendid for him TO live in
! lie has . right 10 the JOYS Of earth
he shall have a right TO the joys q
Heaven. Though tribulation and tril
o and hardship may come unto him. Ie
him rejoice. Rejoice in the Lord, y
o righteous, and again ! say rejoice
remark again, that Christ come
10 Us in the hour OF our extremity
$ lie knew the vine was giving out be-
e fore there was any embarrassment %
modification. Why did he not per
J. form the miracle sooner? Why wait IN
e ii. 70 was all gone, and no help coul'
% come from any source, and then com
90 aud perform the miracle? This .
Chrsts way. and when lie aid come DO
. 10 the hour Of extremity, BIZ made first
rateuur sotbat they cried out: Tho
hast Kept the good wine until non.
q Jesus in tie hour Of extremity! u
seems 10 prefer that hour. In a Chri.
ii.u home ia Poland great poverty ha
d come. aud on the week day the Ma
was obliged 20 move out Of the hous
" with bis whole family. That nigh
y he knelt with his family and praye
q 10 God. While they were %kuceliug
PRAYER there was a tap on the wiudol
d rsHe. They opened the window. an
here was a raven thar the family ha
led and trained, and it had in its bi
" a ring an -ct with precious stone.
which was found TO Doe o ring belong
b ing 10 the royal family. il wac take
% up 10 the kings residence, and for tl
z, honesty Of the man 90 bringing ID bae
e be had "a house given 70 him and
r. garden and a farm. Who was b. thi
j. sent the raven tapping on the window
D., The same God that sent the raven I
h feed Elijah by the brook Cherith. Chni
e., IN tbl hour oi extremity!
b. Yru incurred over your sins. 70
:. could not find the way out. IOu b.
70 down and said: '"God will not be mere
be faL lie has cast me Of" But DO tha
~ The darkest hour u your history ligl
broke from the throne, and Jesu sal'
% "Oh uaud.rer, one home; ] have sot
it on thy sorrows. In this, the hour
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