The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-04

| throne, we Will hit our cup Of delight and
as, that it be filled with the VINE OF
heaven. and Jesus from that bottle OF
tears. will begin to pour in the cup, and
we VIII cry: stop. Jesus. 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 hcavenT' Sorrow
may endure for night, but JOY cometh
! in the morning.
remark, further. Jesus does not
shadow the Toys OF others with His own
griets. He might have sat down in that
! wedding and said: Il have So much
! trolble, so much poverty, much rerSccu-
| ton. and the cross is coming. | shall not
'cloIce. ana the gloom OF Ny face and sf
! My sorrows shall be cast over all this
group" So said not Jesus lie said to
| himself Here are two persons starting
ont IN married life Let it be joyful oc
'ason. | will hide My own griefs. | VIII
,ndl" their joy There are many rot so
wise as that | know a household where
! here are many little children, where for
NO years tho musical instrument mas been
| kept shut because there has been trouble
II the house Alas for the foiIvl Parents
s9ving: We viii have no Christmas tree
THIS coming holiday because there has
been trouble in The house Hush that
laughing up stairs How can there be
my 10y when there has been 50 much trou
ble?' And 81 they make everything con
sistcntly do,efnl and send their sons and
daughters to ruin with the gloom they
throw around them.
Oh. my dear friends, do vou not know
those children will have trouble enough
Of their own after awhile? BE glad they
cannot appreciate all yours. Keep back
.hc c1p Of bitterness from yonr daughter ;
lips. When Your head is down IN the
grass of the tomb poverty 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 white
YOU NAV. Throw not the chill OF yoIr own
desrondencv over his soul. Rather hr Ike
Jesus. WHO came to the wedding hlding!
His own grief and kndling the joys ct
others. So have seen the sun on dark
day struggling amid clouds. black. ragged
and rortentous. bnt after awhile the sun,
with golden pry. heavc1 back tho black.
ness and the sun laughed to the lake, and
the lake laughed to the sun. and from norl-
zon to horizon. under the saffron SLY, the
water was all turned into vine.
learn from this miracle that Christ ls
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 line. We Go not read
that any of the other provisions tell snort.
When Christ made tn" VINE 1t was not
necessity bnt positive luxury. ] do not
believe that He wants us 70 eat hard bread
and Sleep on hard mattresses unless we
like them the best. ! think. # clrcum-
stances will allow. we have a right to the
Injuries of dress, the Injuries of diet and
the luynIies of residence. There is no
more religion in an old coat than IN new
one. We can serve God drawn by golden
harness as certainly as when we 60 afoot
Jesus Christ will dwell with us under
fine ceiling as well as under thatchcd
roof
What is the difference between Chi
ncSe mud hovel and an American home?
What is the difference between the rough
bearskins of the Russian boor and the
outfit OF an American gentleman? No
difference except that which the gospel of
Christ directly or indirectly, has caused.
When Christ shall have vanqrished all the
world | suppose every house will be =.
mansion, and every garment robe, and
every horse an arch nccked courser, and
every carriage a glittering vehicle, and
every man a king. and every woman
queen. and the whole earth a paradise. the
glories of the natural world harmonizin.
with the glories of the material world un-
til the very bells of the horses shall jingle
the praises of the Lord
| learn, further. from TINS mlrAr!r tndt
Christ has no impaticnce with festa Joy;
otherwise lie would not have accepted the
invitation to that wedding. He certainly
would not have done that which increased
the hilaritv. There may have been many
in that room who were harry. but thcre
vas not one of them that did so much trr
the iov of the wedding party as Ch'iSt
Himself. He was the chief of the ban
nue.crs. When the wine gave ont J.c sup
plied it. and So take it. He will ,ot deny
rs the iovs that are positively festa'.
Who vas it that sent the raven tapping
on The window? The same God that sent
the raven to feed Elijah by tn" brook
Cherith. Christ in the hour extremity
You monrned over yonr sins. fon cou''i,
not find the way out You sat down and
said. Good Will not he merciful. l!e has
cast me off" But in that the darkest hour
of your history light broke from the throne
and Jesus said cob wanderer. come
home, have seen all thy sorrows. In
this the hour Of thy extremity | offer thee
pardon and everlasting life"
Trouble came. You were almost torn
TO picces bv that trouble. You brace,
Yourself up against it. You said, II viii
hc a stole and will not care. !'uf before
vou had got through masking the resolution
it broke down under VOL ou tc,t that
all your resources were gone, ana ti'ti'
Jac,,c came