Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-03-13

sympathetic with all trial The shortest
verse in the Bible tells the story, Jesus
wept. The scar ON the back of his eitiI-
er hand. the scar on the arch of either
foot, the row of scars along the line of
the hair, will keep all heaven thinking
Oh. that Great Weeper is just the one to
silence all earthly trouble. wipe oat all
stains of earthly grief. Gentle. Why,
his step is softer than the step of the
dew. 1t will not be a tyrant bidding you
hush your crying. 1t will be father
who win take you on his left arm. his
face beaming into yours, while with the
soft tips of the inge 5 of the right hand
he shall wipe away all tears from your
ewes.
Aou have noticed when the children get
hurt and their mother is away from home
they always come TO you, the father, for
comfort and sympathy. but you have no
ticed when the children get hurt and
their mother is at bone they go right
past you aud TO her. and you are Of no
account. So, when the soul comes up
into heaven out of the wounds of this
life, it will not stop TO look for Paul or
M,Ses or David or John. These did
very well once, but now the soul shall
rush past, crying; "Where is Jesus?
Where is JesusY'
Methinks it win take us some time to
get used to heaven, the fruits of God
without one speck, the fresh pastures
without one nettle, the orchestra with Z
one snapped string, the river of gladn rs
without one torn bank, the soIferino and
the saffron of the sunrise of the eternal
day that beams from Gods face.
Friends. if we could get any appreeia-
ton of what God has in reserve for us it
would make us so homesick we would be
unfit for our everyday work. Prof. Leon.
ard, formerly of Iowa University, put in
my hands a meteoric stone--a stone
thrown off from some other world to this.
How suggestive il was to me! And |
have to tell you the best representations
we have of heaven are only aerolites
flung off from that world which rolls on.
bearing the multitude Of the redeemed.
We analyZe these aeroltes and find them
crystallizations of tears. No wonder,
flung off from heaven! God shall wipe
away all tears from their eyes"
Have you any appreciation of the good
and glorious times your friends are hav-
ing in heaven? How different it is when
they get news there of Christians
death from what it is herei 1t is the diff
ference. between embarkation and coming
into port. Everything depends upon
which side of the river you stand when
you hear of a Christians death. If you
stand on this side of the river. you mourn
that they go. If you stand on the other
side of the river, you rejoice that thay
come. Oh. the difference between a fu-
neral on earth and a jubilee in heaven
between requiem here and triumph there:
parting here and reunion there, Togeth-
err. Have you ever thought of it? They
are together. Not one of your departed
friends in one land and another III anoth-
er land, but together in different rooms
of the same house-the house of many
mansions! Together!
Take this good cheer home with you
These taars of bereavement that course
your cheek and of persecution and of
trial are not always to ae there. The
motherly hand of God will wipe them all
away. What is the use on the way to
such a consummatioB-wha is the use of
fretting about anything? Oh, what an
exhilaration it ought to he in Christian
work See you the pinnacles against the
sky? 1t is the city of our God, and we
are approaching it. Oh, let us be busy
in fhe DAYS that remain for usi