Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-08-10

| liCuNCl lOI' all ANOt a
of Gospel supply, bat l30 gallons. Aye,
the tears of Cody repentance are gath
cred 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, Jesus! We do not want
to drink our own tearsW And Jesus
will say: know we not that the tears
of earth are the wine of Heaven?" Sor-
row may endure for night, but soy
cometh in the morning.
! remark, further, Jesus does not
shadow the joys of others with His
own griefs. He might have sat down in
that wedding and said: II have so
much trouble, so much poverty, so
much prosecution, and the cross is com
ing. 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 joyful occasion. / will
hide my own griefs. l will kindle their
+ joy" There are many not so wise as
that. u knew household where there
are many little children, where for two
years the musical instrument has been
kept shut because there has been trou-
BILE in the house. Alas for the folly!
Parents saying: ave will have no
Christmas tree this coming holiday be-
tcause there has been trouble in the
house. Hush that laughing upstairs!
How can there be any joy when there
has been so much trouble?" And so
they make everything consistently
doleful and send their sons and daugh-
tiers forum with the gloom they throw
around them. .It,'. Ht"i '
Oh, my dear friends, do you not
know those children will have trpubls
enough of their own after awhile
Be glad they cannot appreciate all
yours. Keep back the cup of bitter
ness from your daughters lips. When
your head Is down in the grass of the
tomb, poverty may come to her, be-
trayal to her, bereavement to her.
Keep back the sorrows as long as you
4 can. Do 20. not know that that son
may ,aIte. ewhie have his heart brok-
en-? Sta a between him and all harm.
| You may 80 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 kindling the joys OF
others. So have seen the sun on a
dark day, struggling amidst clouds
black ragged and portentous, but
after awhile the sun, with golden pry,
heayed 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. .,s
learn from the miracle that Christ
is not impatient with the luXuries OF
.tlife. Itiwas 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
bread and sleep on hard mattresses
unless we like them the best. think,
if circumstances will allow, we have a
right to the luXuries of dress, the lux
LURES of diet and the luXuries of resi-
dence. There is no more religion in
an old coat than in new one. We can
serve God drawn by golden plated har-
ness as certainly as when we &c
J.. afoot. Jesus Christ will dwell with us
under a fine ceiling as well as under q
thatcned roof. ..,. o.. .t..t '
, What is the difference between a
Chinese mud hovel and an American
home? What is the difference be,
, tween the rough bear skins of the Rus.
, sian boor and the outfit of an Ameri-
: can gentleman? No difference, ex.
cept that which the Gospel of Christ
, directly or indirectly, has caused
, When Christ shall have vanquished all
| the world. ! suppose every house viii
, be mansion and every garment q
robe and every horse an arcn necket
/. conrser and every carriage glitterine
vehicle and every man q king anc
/, every woman a queen and the whole
/, earth a Paradise, the glories of the
/ natural world harmonizing with the
, glories Of the material world until the
very bells of the horses shall jingle the
| praises of the Lord. ..
, learn, further, from this miracle that
Christ has no impotence with fiesta
[ joy; otherwise he would not have ac
cepted the invitation to that wedding
! He certainly would not have dom
! that which increased the hilarity
: There may have been many in tina
: room who were happy, but there wa
t not one OF them that did so much TO
J the. Joy of the wedding party as Chris
) himself. He was the chief of the ban
] queters. When the wine gave out, II,
5 supplied it, and so, l take it, He will
E not deny us the joys that are positive
$ ly festal. ''
= think the children of God hav,
g more right to laugh than any Other
: people, and to clap their hands al
e loudly. There is not a single joy Gle
j MED them that is given to any Other
people. Christianity does not clip thu
; wings of the soul. Religion does moi
: frost the flowers. What is Christian
:. fty? / take it to be simply procla
e nation from the throne of God of eman
! cipation for all the enslaved, and If ;
5 man accepts the terms of that procla
+ nation and becomes free has he not ;
l right to be merry? Suppose a father
+ has an elegant mansion and larg'
D grounds. 10 whom will he give thu
7 first privilege of these grounds? VII
2 he say: "My children, you must no
! walk through these paths or sit dowr
/ under these trees or pluck this fruit