Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-03-13

you lay on the coffin lid and sobbed
~ though you were only five or ten
years of age.
| Where did Paul get the ink with
which to write his comforting epic
ties? Where did David get the lux
10 write his comforting psalms?
Where did John get the ink 70 write
his comforting Revelation? They got
IL out of their own tears When a
man has gone through the curricu-
lum and has taken a course of dun
geons and imprisonments, he is quail
flied for the work of sympathy.
Jesus had enough trial TO make him
! sympathetic with all trial. Th.
shortest verse in the Bible tells the
story, Jesus wept." The scar on the
| back of his either 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 ST.
lence all earthly trouble. wipe out
all stains of earthly grief Gentle!
why, His step is softer than the step
of the dew. 1t will not be n tyrant
bidding you hush your crying. II
will he a Father who will take YOU
on His left arm, His face beamng
into yours, while with the soft tips
of the fingers of the right hand He
shall wipe away all tears from your
eyes.
| You have noticed when the children
| get hurt and their mother is away
from home they always come to YOU,
the father, for comfort and SYM
pathy, but you have noticed when
the children get hurt and their
mother is at home they go right past
| you and TO her, and you are of no &C.
count. So, when the soul comes up
into Heaven ont of the wounds of
this life, it will not stop to look for
Paul or Moses or David or John.
These did very we'll once, but now
the soul shall rush past, crying:
Where is Jesus? Where is Jesus"
Have you any appreciation of the
good and glorious times your friends
| are having in Heaven? How different
1t Is when they get news there of
Christians death from what H. IS
here! 1t is the difference between
embarkation and coming into port.
Everything depends upon which side
OF the river you stand when you hear.
of 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. Won rejoice
that they come. Oh, the difference
between funeral on earth and "A
jubilee in Heaven--between requiem
here and triumph there: parting here
and union there! Together! Have
You ever thought of it? They are
together. Not one OF your departed
friends in one land and another IN
! another. but together in different
rooms IF the same hOuse-the house
of many mansions! Together!
Take this good cheer home with
you. These tears Of bereavement
that course your cheek and of pcrse-
cution and of tria! are not always
to be there. The motherly hand Of
God will wipe them all away. What
is the use on the way to such n con-
summation-wha is he use Of fret
ting about anything? Oh, what an
eXhilaration il ought TO be in Chris
tan work! See you the pinnacles
against the sky? 1t is the city Of our
God, and we are approaching it. oh,
let us bc busy in the days that re-
main for us!
The SaXons and the Britons went
out to battle. The SaXons were all
armed. The Britons had no weapons
at all, and Yet history tells us that
the Britons got the victory. Why?
They went into battle shouting three
times, "Halleluiah!" and at the third
shout of "Halleluiahi" their enemies
fled panic struck, and so the Britons
got the victory. And, my friends,
if we could only appreciate the glo-
ries that are 10 come we would he
so filed with enthusiasm that no
power on earth or hell could stand
before us. and at our first shout the
| opposing forces would begin to trem-
Bile, and at our second shout they
would begin to fan back. and at our
third shout they would be routed for
ever. There is no power on earth or
| in hell that could stand before three
such volleys of halleluiah.
1 put this balsam on the wounds
of your heart: Rejoice at the thought
of what your departed friends have
got rid of and that you have pros
pect of so soon making your own
escape. Bear checrfully the minis
try of tears and cXult at the thought
that soon it is TO be ended.
Do you not this moment catch a
glimpse Of the towers? DO YOU not
hear q note of the eternal harmonyP
| Some Of YOU may remember the old
/ Crystal palace i'm this city Of New
/ York. ! came i'm from my country
home q verdant lad and heard I'm that
/ Crystal palace the first great music
7 had ever heard. Julien gave con-
cert there, and There were 5000 voices
and 5000 player upon Instruments.
and j was nightly impressed with
. tho fact that Julien controlled tho
harmony with the motion of his hand
and foot. beating time with the one
and emphasizing with the other 70
me it. was Overwhelming. But all