The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16
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to-day steps on one side the scales, and on
the other side are all the treasures OF the
universe, and He says, All are yoursLah
height, all depth, all length, az p~Ieautn
all eternity; all are yours We DO not
appreciate the promises of the gospel
when an aged clergyman was dying, a
man very eminent in the church, a young
thooloeical student stood by his side, and
the aged man looked up and SAID 10 MN,
Can't you give me some comfort IN my
diving hour" NO" said the young man,
Il can't talk to you on this subject. You
know all about it and have known 1t SO
long" "WeI," said the dying. man,
lust recite to me some promises. Inc
young man thought a moment ahq ne
came to this promise, The blood OF Jesus
Christ cleanseth from all SIM ana the
old man clapped his hands and IN his dy'
ing moment said: That's just the, prom;
Use / have been waiting for, The blood OF
Jesus Christ cleanseth from all SIN. Oan,
the warmth, the grandeur, the magnlh'
cence of the promises!
If l could gather all the griefs or al,
sorts from these crowded streets and could
put them in one scroll, neither man nor
angel could endure the recitation. Wen,
what do you want? Would you like to
have your property back again? No,
you say as a Christian man, Il was pc
coming arrogant, and | think that is why
the Lord took 1t away. ! don't want TO
have my property back Well would
you have your departed friends back G
again? No" you say, Il couldn't take
the responsibility of bringing them from
a fearless realm to a realm Of tears. !
couldn't DO it." Well. then, what do you
want? A thousand voices in the audience
cry out: Comfort! Give us comfort!
For that reason | have rolled away the
stone from the wells mouth. Come an
We wounded Of the flock, pursued OF the
wolves. come to the fountain where the
Lords sick and bereft ones have come,
"Ah." saws some one, you are not Old
| enough to understand my sorrows. You
have not been in the world as long as
have, and you can't talk to. me about my
mi~sfortunes in the time Of old age" Well
/ may not have lived as long as you, but
/ have been a great deal among old people,
and | ! know how they feel about their fail,
ing health and about their departed
friends and about the loneliness that some
times strikes through their souls. After
two persons have lived together for forty
or fifty years, and one OF them Is taken
away, what desolation!
l shall not forget the cry of DR.. De
Witt, of New York, when he stood by the
open grave of his beloved wife, and after
the obseduies had ended he looked down
into the open place and said: Farewell,
my honored, faithful and beloved wife,
The bond that bound us is severed. Thou
art in glory, and | am here on earth' we
| shall meet again. Farewell! FAREWELL,
To lean on a prop for fifty years and
| then have it break under you! There were
| only two years' difference between the
death of my father and mother. After my
| mothers decease my father used TO go
around as though looking for something.
He would often get up from one room
without any seeming reason and. go TO an
| other room, and then he would take his
cane and start out, and some one would
say, Father, where are you golngE And
he would answer, Il don't know exactly
where | am going" Always looking for
something. Though he was a tender,
hearted man l never saw him cry. but
once, and that was at the burial OF my
mother. After sixty years living together
it was hard to part. And there are aged
people to-day who are feeling Just such a
pang as that, | want to tell them there ls
perfect enchantment in the promises OF
this gospel, and | come to them and otter
them my arm, or / take their arm and !
bring them to this gospel well, Sit Town,
father or mother; sit down. See II there
is ANYTHING at the well for you. Come,
David, the psalmlst, have you anything
| encouraging to offer them Yes, says
the psalmist; they shall sun brlnlg iorth
| fruit in old age; they shall be tat and
hourishing to show that the Lord Is up
right. He is my rock, and there is no I'M
righteousness in Him" Come, Isaiah,
have you anything to say out OF your PRO,
phecies for these aged people: Yes,
says Isaiah; down to old age | am with
thee. and to hoary hairs will l carry thee"
Well, if the Lord is going to carry you,
you ought not to worry much about your
ailing eyesight and failing limbs.
You get a little worried for fear that
some time you will come to want, do you!
Your children and grandchildren some
times speak a little sharp TO you because
OF your ailments. The Lord Will not
sneak sharp. Do you think you will come
to want? What do you think the Lord
is? Are His granaries empty? VIII He
feed the raven and the rabbit and the hon
in the desert and forget you! Why, nat
u~ralists tell us that the porpoise will not
forsake its wounded and sick mate. Ana
do you suppose the Lord OF heaven and
earth has not as much sympathy as the
fish of the sea? But you say, u am SO
near worn out, and | am Of no use TO God
any more" | think the Lord knows
whether you are OF any more use or not
If you were of no more use He would have
taken you before this. Do You think God
has forgotten you because lie mas taken
care of you seventy or eighty years! lie
thinks more of you to-day than lie eyer
did because you think more of Him. May
the God of Abraham and Isaac and jacob
and Paul the aged be your God forever.
But / gather all the promises to-day IN a
group, and ! ask the shepherds to drive
their locks of lambs and sheep up to the
sparkling supply. Behold, happy is the
man who God correcteth," Though he
cause grief, vet will He have compassion.
MANY are the Affections of the righteous,
but the Lord delivereth him out OF them
ALL" Weeping may endure Tor q night
but JOY cometh in the morning am
determined that no one shall go out OF
this house uncontrolled.