The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-03-22
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you lay on the CONN lid and sobbadi
rs though you Were only tlve OK Ton s
years of age. f l;5 Ssil
4 s Where did Paul get the inkj With
which to write lis comforting epis-t
tsies { e. s vi ;hero Iid David gos the ink
10 write his comforting psalms
Where did ohm get the ink to writo
his comforting Revelationp They got
Il out Of their own, tears. When Il a
man has gone through the curriou- I
,Eaons and imprisonments, is quail
ifed Tor tho work Of sympathy.
= jesus had enough trial to make I'm
sympathetic with all trial. Tho
shortest worse in tho Bible tella tho
story, "Jesus wept." Tho scar on the
back of his either hand, tho soar on
tho arch Of either foot, the row ef y
scars along the line Of the hair, viii
koop nil Heaven thinking. Oh, that
Great Weeper is just tho ono to si-
lenca all earthly trouble, wipe out
oil stnins Of earthly griefi Gantlei
Why, His step Is softer than tho stop
of tho dow. 1t will not be tyrant
bidding you hush your Drying. It
will bo Father who will take you
on His loft arm, His face bcaming
into yours, while with tho soft tips
Of the fingers Of the right hand He
shall wipe away all tears from your
eyes. NJ. !,
You havo noticed when the children
get hurt and their mother Is away
from home they always come to you,
she father, for comfort md SYM
pathy, but you have noticed whom
tho children get hurt and thojr
mothor is at homo they go right past
you and to her, and you are of no 40;
count So, when tho soul comes up
Into Heaven out Of tho wounds OF
this Life, it will not stop to look for
Paul or Moses or David or John.
These did very well onco, but now
tho soul shall rush. past, crying:
Where is Jesus2 Where Is Jesus2"
Have you any appreciation Of the
good and glorious times your friends
are having in Henven? How different
It is when they get news there Of o
Christians death from what IL is
herel 1t is tho difference botweoD
embarhation and ooEaing into port,
Everything depends upon which Side
of tho river you stand whom you hear
Of n Christians death. If you stand
on this side Of tho river you mourn
that they go. If you stand on tho
other sido Of the rivor, you rejoice
that they come. Oh, tho difforonos
jubilee IN Heayon-betwcen requiem
hero and triumph there; parting hoco
and union theroi TogethapI Have
you ever thought of It? They arc
together. Not one OF your departed
friends in ono land and another in
another, but togothor in different
rooms OF the samo house-tho house
Of many mansionsl Tegotheri
Take this good cheer homo with
you. These tears Of bereayomont
that course your cheek and Of perse-
cution and Of trial are not always
to bo there. Tho motherly hand Of
God will wipo them all away. What
Is the use on tho way to such cons
Summation--what is the usc Of frety
Ting about anything? Oh, what m
exhilaration 1t ought to be in Chris-
tian workl SEQ you the pinnaoles
against tho sky? It-is the city Of oup
God, and we are approaching it. Oh,
let us be busy in the days that re.
main for us sig M
The saxons and tho Brltons went
out to battle. The Snxons wero all
armed. Tho Brltons had no weapons
at8all, and yet history tells us that
tho Britons got the victory. Why2,
They went into battle shouting three
times, "Halleluiahl"a and ut the third
shout Of "Halleluiahl" their enemies
fed panic struolt, and so the Britons
got tho victory. And, my friends,
Il we could only appreciate tho glo.
ries that arc to come we would be
80 filled with enthusiasm that no
power on earth or hell could stand
before us, and g. o,,g; A,sssts gsi.s,st the
opposing -feagsta5s would bogip to trem-'
CEle, srand ND our second shout they
would begin to fall back, and at cur
third shout they would be routed for.
ever. There is no power on earth or
IN hell that could stand before three
such volloys of halleluiah.
I put this bnlsom on tho wounds
Of your heart: Rejoice at tho thought
Of what your departed friends have
got rid Of and that you havo pros-
pcct of SO soon making your own
try of tears and exult at tho thought
that soon it Is to be ended.
Do you not this moment catch
glimpse Of the towers? DO you not
hear note of the eternal harmony?
Some Of you may remember tho old
Crystal palace In this city Of New
York. came in from my country
homo verdant lad and heard in that
Crystal palace tho hrst great music
had ever heard. Julien gavo % oon-
.ert there, and there were 5000 voices
Ind 5000 players upon Instruments,
Ind I was nightly Impressed with
Tho fact that Julien controlled tho
harmony with the motion OF his hand
and foot, beating time with the one
Ind emphasizing with the other. TO
me it was overwhelming. But all
that was tano compared with the
scene and the sound when the ran.
,omcd shall come from the east and
The west and tho north and the south
md sit down in tho kingdom Of God,
myriads above myriads. galleries
above galleries, and christ will rise.
Ind all Heaven will riso with Him.
and with Els wounded hand and
wounded foot He will conduct that
harmony, "Llko the voice Of many
waters, like tho voice OF mighty
,hunderings, worthy is the Lamb tha1
Was slain to receive riches and honor
ind glory and power, world without
md"
lg Not n Prioeleaa n eIfcp