St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-04-13


been through il all. At seven o'clock
in tie morning she goes over to COM
fort q young mother who has Just
lost her babe. Grandmother knows
all about that trouble. Fifty years
ago she felt it. At 12 o'clock Of that
day she goes over to comfort . wid-
owed soul. She knows all about that.
She has been walking in that dark
valley 20 years. At four o'clock in
the afternoon some one knocks at
the door, wanting bread. She knows
all about that. Two or three times
in her 1ife .she came to her last loaf.
At ten o'clock at night she goes over
to sit up with some one severely sick.
She knows all about it, She knows
all about fevees and paeurisies i and
broken bones. She has been doc
torin6. an her life, spreading plasters
and pouring out bitter drops and
shaking up hot pillows and contriv:
ipG, things to tempt a poor appetite.
Drs. Abernethy and Rush and Hosack
and Harvey were great doctors. but
the greatest doctor the world ever
saw is an old Christian woman. Dear
me! Do we not remember her about
the room when we were sick in our
boyhpod? Was there anyone who
could ever SO touch . sore without
hxfting it? And when she lifted her
spectaclcs against her wrinkled fore
head so she could look closer 1T the
w6und It was three-fourths healed.
| A hnrnA
although you may, have been men
and women 80. 40. so years of age.
you lay ON the coffin lid and sobbed
az though you were only i've, or ten
years OF age. shaa - 1000 :.
Where did Paul get the ink with
which to write his. comforting epis.
ties? Where did David get the ink
to write his comforting psaimsf
where. did John get the ink to write
his comforting Revelationf They got
II out Of their own tears. When .
man has gone through the curricu-
lum and has taken course of dun
geons and imprisonments, he is quail
lied for the work of sympathy.
i Jesus had enough trial to make him
Sympathetic with all trial. The
shortest verserin the Bible tells the
story, "Jesus cvept."o The scar On the
sack 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 sic
lence all earthly. trouble. wipe out
isn stains of earthly grief! Gentle!
Why, His stepis softer than the step
or the dew It will not be q tyrapt
Sliding you hush your crying: 1t
Win be b Father, who viii take you
on His left arm, His face beaming
into yours, while with the soft tips
Of the fingers of the right hand He
shall wipe away all tears from your
leyes.. Do n~ttef .Hri-As5t r
Have you any appreciation Of tn.
good and glorious times your friends
are having in Heaven? How different
it is when they get news there of .
Christians death from what it is
here! 1t is the difference between
embarkation and coming into port.
}HsseytAing 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. II you stand on the
other side of the river. you rejoice
that they come. Oh, the difference
between a 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 ar.
together. Not one of your departed
friends in one land and another in
another, but together in different
rooms of 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 perse'
cution and of trial are not always
to be there. The motherly hand o1
God win wipe them all away. What
is the use on the way TO such con
summation-what is the use Of fret
ting about anything? Oh. what ar
exhilaration it ought to be in Chris
tian work! See you the pinnacle:
against the sky? It is the city of oul
God, and we are approaching it. Oh
let us be busy in the days that re
main for us!
The Saxons and the Britons wen,
out to battle. The Saxons were nj
armed. The Britons had no weapon.
at all, and yet history tells us thai
the Britons got the victory. Why
They went into battle shouting three
times, "Halleluiah!" and at the thirt
shout of ''Halleluiah!" their enemie.
fed panic struck, and so the Briton.
got the victory. And, my friends
II we could only appreciate the glo
ries that are to come we would IL
SO filed with enthusiasm that III
power on earth or hell could stant
before rs, and at our first shout TIT
opposing forces would begin to trem
bic. and at our second shout they
would begin to fall back, and at oul
third shout they would be routed for
ever. There is no power on earth o.
in hell that could stand before three
such volleys of halleluiah.
I put this balsam on the wounds
OF your heart: Rejoice at the though
of what your departed friends hav'
got rid Of and that you have a pros
pect of SO soon making your owl
escape. Bear cheerfully the minis
try of tears and exult at the though
that soon it is to be ended.
Do you not this moment catch
glimpse Of the towers? Do you no
hear q note Of the eternal harmony
Some of you may remember the oil
CRYSTAL palace in this city of Nes
York. I came in from my countr,
home q verdant lad and heard in tina
Crystal palace the first great musi
I had ever heard. Julien gave q cor
cert there, and there were 5000 voice
and 5000 players upon instruments
and I was nightly impressed wit
the fact that Julien controlled tn
harmony with the motion Of his han
, and foot, beating time with the on
and emphasizing with the other. T
me it was overwhelming. But Al
, that was tame compared with tn
scene and the sound when the rar
, I.>>a .h.u come from the e st an