Connecticut western news., 1901-03-14
Soul of INFINITE Value.

of age, you lay on the coffin lid ana
sobbed as though you were only or 10
years of age.
A Soul of Innnite Value.
Your troubles are educational. l go
into the office of a lapidary, an artificer
in precious stones, and l see him at
work on one precious stone for few
minutes, and he puts it aside finished.
l see him take up another precious
stone and he works on that all the
afternoon, and l come in the next day
and still find him working on it, and
he is at work on 1t all the week. l say
to him, "Why did you put only 20 min
utes' work on that one precious stone
and put a whole week on this otherT'
"Oh," he says, that one upon which
put only 20 minutes work Is of but lit
tie worth, and / soon got through with
it. But this precious stone upon which
l have put such prolonged and careful
work is of vast value, and 1t Is to fash
In kings coronet." So God lets one
man go through life with only little
cutting of misfortune, for he does not
amount to much, he is a 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 1 ask, Dear Lord, why all
this prolonged and severe processf'
and God says: This soul Is of infinite
value, and 1t is to fash in kings cor
onet He shall be mine In the day
when I make ND nv Jewels"
You know, on a well spread table the
food becomes more delicate at the
last. 1 have fed you today with the
bread of consolation. Let the table
now be cleared, and let US set on the
chalice Of heaven. Let the Kings
cupbearers come in. "Oh," says some
critic in the audience, 1.-The Bible con-
tradicts itself. 1t intimates again and
again that there are to be no tears In
heaven, and IL there be no tears in
heaven how is 1t possible that God
will wipe any awayT / answer,
"Have you never seen child crying
one moment and laughing the next
and while she was laughing you saw
the tears still on her faceT And per-
haps you stopped her in the very midst
Of her resumed glee and wiped off
those delayed tears. So / think after
the heavenly raptures have come upon
us there may be the mark of some
earthly grief, and while these tears are
glittering In the light of the jasper
sea God will wipe them away. How
well he can do that!
Jesus had enough trial to make him
sympathetic with all trial The short
est 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 silence all
earthly trouble, wipe out all stains Of
earthly grief. Gentle! Why, his step
is softer than the step Of the dew. Il
will not be tyrant, bidding you hush
your crying. 1t will be q father who
will 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 eyes.
Methinks 1t will take US some time TO
get used to heaven; the fruits Of God
without one speck; the fresh pastures
without one nettle; the orchestra with
out one snapped string; the river of
gladness without one torn bank; the
solferino and the saffron of the sunrise
of the eternal day that beams from
Gods face.
God Shall Comfort.
FrtopHa ~ oould INV q nprQct-
alton Of what God has in reserve for
us, it.would make us so homesick we
would be.unflt for our everyday work.
Professor Leonard, formerly of Iowa
university, put in my hands meteoric
stone, a stone thrown off from some
other world to this How suggestive 1t
was to me! And 1 have to tell you the
best representations we have of heaven
are only aerolites flung OF from that
world which rolls on, bearing the null
titude Of the redeemed. We analyze
these aerolites and find them crystal
lizations of tears. No wonder, flung
off from heaven! God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes"
Have you any appreciation of the
good and glorious times your friends
are having In heaven? How different
It is when they get news there of a
Christians death from what 1t is here!
It is the difference between embarka-
ton and coming into port. Everything
depends upon which side of the river
sou stand when you hear Of a Chris
tian's death. If you stand on this side
of the river, you mourn that they go; IL
of nd hn MI OF of ha ri
er, you rejoice that they come. Oh, the
! difference between a funeral on earth
and a jubilee in heaven, between re-
QUEEN here and triumph there, parting
! here and reunion there! Together!
Have you ever thought of it? They are
together - not one of your departed
| friends in one land and another In an
other land, but together in different
| rooms of the same house-the house of
| many mansions! Together!
Inever more appreciated that thought
than when we laid away in her last
| slumber my sister Sarah. Standing
| there In the village cemetery, 1 looked
| around and said, There is father, there
| is mother, there is grandfather, there Is
| grandmother, there are whole circles of
| Kindred and / thought to myself, ITO
gether in the grave. together in glory"
l am 80 impressed with the thought
that do not think 1t Is any fanaticism
| when some one Is going from this
world to the next If you make him
the bearer of dispatches to your friends
who are gone, saying, "Give my love to
my parents, give my love to my chill,
| dren, give my love to my old comrades
| who are in glory and tell them 1 am
trying to fight the good fight of faith,
and will join them after awhile" 1
believe the message will be delivered,
and believe it will increase the glad
ness Of those who are before the throne.
| Together are they, all their tears gone.
BaIsam For Sore Hearts.
| In 1751 there was bill offered in
the English parliament proposing to
change the almanac so that the LIST of
/ March shOuId como i'm nadiatolv q ptor.