Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-03-16
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geOns ana lmprlsOnments, he Is qualified
for the work of sympathy.
Your troubles are educational l go
into the office of a lapidary. an arti6cer
in precious stones, and | see him ut work
on one precious stone for a few minutes,
and he puts it aside finished. / see him
take mp another precious stone. and he
works on that all the afternoon. and
come in the next day and still find him
working on it, and he is ar work on it all
the week. l say to him. why did YOU
Tut only twenty minutes work on that
one precious stone and put a whole week
on this other?' oh" he says that one
upon which | put only twenty minutes
work is of but little worth. and | soon
got through with it. But this precious
stone upon which | have put such pro-
longed and careful work is of vast value,
and it is to flash in kings coronet" So
God let's one man go through life with
only a little cutting of misfortune, for he
does not amount to much; he Is Il small
soul and of comparatively little value.
But this other soul is OF great worth, and
1t is cut of pain and cut Of bereavement
and cut of persecution and cut Of all
kinds of trouble and through many years.
and ask, Dear Lord, why all this pro-
longed and severe proceSs?" And God
says: This soul is Of infinite value, and
il is to fash in kings coronet. lie shall
be mine in the day when l make up my
jewels"
The Sympathy of Jesus.
Jesus had enough trial to make him
sympathetic with all trial The shortest
verse in the Bible tells the story. Jesus
wept." The scar on the back of his eth
er hand. the scar on the arch of either
foot, the row of sears 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 out all
stains OF earthly grief Gentle. Why,
his step is softer than the step of the
dew. 1t will not be tyrant bidding you
hush your crying. 1t will be father
who will take you on his left arm, his
face heaming 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 sympathy, but you have no
ticed when the children get hurt and
their mother is at home they 80 right
! past you and to her. and you are of no
! NNNhuhls ~ witch tut SNut NRiiNo hp
| into heaven out of the wounds of this
| life, it will not stop to look for Paul or
Moses or David or John. These did
very well once, but now the soul shall
| rush past, crying: where is Jesus?
| Where is JesuSf'
Mcthinks it will take MS some time to
get used to heaven, the fruits of God
without one speck, the fresh pastures
| without one nettle, the orchestra without
| one snapped string, the river of gladness
! without one torn bank the solfcrino and
| the saffron Of the sunrise of the eternal
| day that beams from Gods face.
Friends if we could get any apprecia-
! tion Of what God has in reserve for ms 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 Il meteOric stone-a stone
| thrown off from some other world to this.
How suggestive it 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 acrolites and find them
| crystallizations of tears. No wonder,
flung off from heayenl 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 il is here! II is the diff
| ference bctw emharkatiou and coming
! into port. Everything depends upon
! which side of the river you stand when
! YOU hear of n Christians death II 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 They
| come. Oh, the difference between flu
neral on earth and n jubilee in heaven
| between requiem here and triumph there;
! parting here and reunion there. Togeth-
| cr! Have you ever theught of itI They
| are together. Not one of your departed
| friends in one land and another in anoth-
| er land. but together IN different rooms
OF the same house--the house OF many
mansions! Together!
Take this good cheer home with Won.
| These tears Of bereavement that course
| your check and of persecution and Of
| trial are not always to be there. The
! mothcry hand of God will wipe them all
| away What is the use on the way to
| such a contamination is the use Of
| frctting about anything Oh, what IN
! exhiaration II ought to be in Christian
| work. See you the pinnaclcs against the
| Sky? II is the city Of our God, and we
| are approaching it. Oh, let US be busy
| in the days that remain for us,
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