Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-08-07


man chorais in German carhedrals sur
pass Us, and yet Germany has received
nothing at the hands of God compared
with America. And ought'the acclaim in
Germany he louder than that of Amer
lea? Soft, long drawn ont Rlusic is APP
propriate for the drawing room and APP
propriafe for the concert, bur st, John
gives an idea 81 the sonor0us and reso-
nant congregational singing appropriate
for churches when in listening 10 the.
temple service Of heaven he says: Il
heard a great voice rs the voice Of a
great multitude aud as the voice of many
waters, and as Tie voice Of mighty thnn-
derings. HallelAiah for the Lord God
eRlHpotent reigneth.'
Join with ME ID a crusade, giving me
not only your hearts but he mighty up-
Hitting Of your voices, a. | believe we
can through Christ's gldce sing o,t'vV
souls into the kingdom Of Christ. An
argument they can laugh Mt, a sermon
they may talk down, but a a,00o-veieed
uttefanee Of praise to God is irresistible.
Would that Queen Balkis would drive
all her spice laden dromedaries into our
church music! Neither was there any
such spice rs the queen OF Sheba gave
King solomon
.yoN, | want 10 Impress you with the
fact that religion is sweetness and per-
fmne and spikenard and saffron and cin-
namon and cassia and frankincense and
all sweet spices together ooh" YOU say,
Il haya not looked ut IT as such.
thought It was p'1Isance 1t had for
me repulsion / held my breath as
though it Wee q malodor. | have been
appalled, o. its advance. / have said il
have '-ay religion az all l want to have
jnat as little OF it as is possible 10 get
through with" Oh. what mistake you
have made, my brother. The religion of
Christ is present and everlasting redo
itnce Ii counteracts all trouble. Just
put it ON the stand beside the pillow of
sickness. IT catches in the curtains and
perfumes the sitting air. 1t sweetens
the cup of bitter medicine and throws a
glow ON the gleom of the turned lattice.
Il is Il balm for the aching side and a
soft handage for the temple stung with
pain It lifted Samuel Rutherford into a
revelry of spiritual delight while he was
in physical agenies. 1t helped Richard
Baxter until. in the midst of such a COM
plication Of diseases as perhaps no other
man ever suffered, he wrote The Saint $
Everlasting Rest. aud it poured light
upon John Bnnyans dungeon-the light
Of the shining gate of the shining city,
And it is good for rheumatism and for
neuralgia and for how spirits and for con
sumption. 1t is the cathohcon for all dis
orders Yes it will heal all your sor-
rows.
The Rem edy for Sorrow.
Why did you look so sad this morning
when you came in? Alas, for the loneli-
ness and the hearthreak and the load that
is never lifted from your soul! Some OF
you 20 about feeling like Mlcaulay when
he wrote. IF had another month Of
such days as | have been spending, |
would be impatient to get down into my
little. narrow crib in the ground, like ii
weary factory child" And there have
been times in your life when you wished
you could get out Of This life. You have
said. ''Oh, how sweet to my lips would
be the dust of the valley, and wished
you could pull over you in your last
sumber the coverlct of green grass and
daisies. You have said: "0h. how beauti-
fully quiet it mus; lie in the tomb! |
wish | WAS there.
| see all around about me widowhoed
and orphanage aud childlessness; sad
ness. disappointment. perplexity. If
! could ask all those in any audience who
| have felt no SORROW and been buffeted by
no disappointment-if ! could ask all
| such 70 rise how many would rise? Not
| one.
A widowed mother. with her little
child. went west, hoping to get better
wages there. and she was taken sick AMI
died. The overseer Of the poor got her
body and put it in Il box and put in a
wagon and started down the street to-
ward tia cemetery at full trot. The lit
tie chill the only child-ran after il
through the streets hareheaded, crying
Bring me back my mother Bring ms
back my motherr' And it was said that
as the people looked on and saw her cry
ing after that which lay in the box in the
wagon. all she loved on earth-it is said
tile whole village was in tears. And that
is what q great ma.ty Of you are doing
chasing the dead Pear Lord, is there
no appcas, ment for all This sorrow that
see about me? Yes; the tiought of rsSs
direction and reunion far beyond this
scene of struggle and tears. THEY shall
hunger no more, neither thirst any more,
neither shall the sun light on them nor
any heat, for the Lamb which is n the
midst of the throne shall lead them to
wing fountains of water and God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes,
Across the touches of your sick and
across tb graves Of your dead / fling
this sho II sweet spices. Queen Bal
kis. driy to the pillarcd portico OF
the hous, o, cedar, carried no such pun
gency of.perfume as cxhales to-day from
the Lords garden. 1t Is peace 1t il
sweetness. 1t IL comfort, 1t is Infinite
satisfaction, this gospel | commend to
you,
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