The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-07-07
let him COME Each man an ocean full

promises for the Did. promises for the
lowly. promises for the blind, for the
halt, for the outcast. for the aban-
| dored. Pardon for all. mercy for all.
| Heaven for all. Not merely a cupful
of Gospel SUNNY. but 1870 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
| filed with the wine of Heaven, and
| Jesus. from that bottle of tears. will
begin to pour in the cup, and we will
crv: "Stop. Jesus. We do not want
to drink our own ~tears!" And Jesus
will saw: know We not that the tears
of earth are the wine of Heaven" Sor-
row NAV 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: Il have so
much trouble, SO much poverty, so
much prosecution, and the cross is com
ing. l shall not rejoice, and the gloom
of my face and of my sorrows shaL 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 occasion. Will
hide my own griefs. will kindIe their
Joy" There are many not so wise as
that. l knew a household where there
are many little children, where for W Q
years the musical instrument has been
kept shut because there has been trou-
L H. =, A.. Ia,,A. A1pe fAr +hR fnllTf
; Parents saying: "We will have no
: Christmas tree this coming holiday be-
T cause 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
L they make everything consistently
doleful and send their SON and daugh-
{ tiers to ruin with the gloom they throw
around them.
( 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 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
can Do ~ not know that that son
~ may aItel INjhile have his heart orok'
en-? Stah~ Detween him and all harm
:, You may ret fight his battles long
10 Fight them while you may. Throw
Ie not the chill of your own dependency
over his soul. Rather, be IKE Jesus
IN who came to the wedding hldlng III
own grief and kindling the joys O
others. SO l have seen the sun on
r. dark day, struggling amidst CLOUDS
ne black, ragged and Porten'ous' ou
W. after awhile the sun with golueh pr!
en- heaved back the Anu ~
er sun laughed to the laKe' anu the la
le- laughed to the sun, ana from HorlAo'
cd to horizon, under the sanron SKY IN
,st water was all turned into VINE
ng 1 learn from the miracle thaV ChIis
so is not impatient with the Injuries c
les life. 1t was not necessary nat the
ct should have that WINE. {
on people nave oeen married without an
wine. We do not read that any OF II
ed other provisions fell short VINE
he Christ made the wine, 1t was not 4 NJ
ne. cessity, but a positive luxury. q
in not believe that He wants US to ca
he bread and sleep on hard mattresse
i've unless we like them the best. thlnl
+e- if circumstances will allow, we have
right to the luXuries of dress, the Iu'
+be uries of diet and the luXurics OF res
.br dence. There is no more religion !
NO an old coat than in a new one. We co
ID. serve God drawn by golden plated ha
ness as certainly as when we c
afoot. Jesus Christ will dwell with
70 under a fine ceiling as well as under
thatched roof.
What is the difference between
NJ Chinese mud howell and an America
home? What is the difference b
No tween the rough bear skins of the Ru
Id9 sian boor and the outfit of an Amer
10, can gentleman? No difference. e
rrv cept that which the Gospel of Chris
1vo directly or indirectly, has cause