Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-29

and then tossed the bottle into the air.
So there are men who clutch the world,
and they so down through the rapids of
temptation and sin, and they hold on to
the very last moment to life drinking
TO their eternal doom as they go over
and go down. Oh, let go! Let 90. The
best fortunes are in heaven. There are
no abseonding cashiers from that bank;
no failing in promises to pay. Set your
affections on things above, not on things
on the earth. Let go! Depend upon il
that God will keep upon you the staff or
the rod or the iron wheel until you 10
let go.
Another thing my text teaches Us is
that Christian sorrow is going to have
sure terminus My text says, Bread corn
is bruised because he will not ever be
thrashing it." Blessed be God for that
Pound away. Q flail! Turn on, o wheel!
Your work will soon be done. HE viii
not ever be thrashing itp' Now, the
Christian has almost as much use in the
organ for the stop tremulant as he has
for the trumpet, but after awhile he viii
put the last dirgc into the portfolio for
ever. So much Of us as is wheat viii he
separated from SO much as is chad, and
there will be no more need OF pounding.
They never cry in heaven because they
have nothing to cry about. There are no
tears of bereavement. for you shall have
your friends all round about YOU. There
are no tears ~ poverty because each one
sits at the Kings table aud has his own
chariot of salvation and free access to the
wardrobe where princes get their array.
No tears Of sickness. for there are no
I H.. tttvS "A
cXhalatons from the rolling river OF lto
and no erutch for the lame limb aud no
splint for the broken arm. but The pulses
throbbing with the health Of the eternal
| Cod in climate Ike our June before the
| blossoms fall OF our gorgeous October be.
| fore the leaves scatter.
| The Cure for the Souls Wounds.
! In that land the souls will talk over
! the different modes of thrasi.Ig oh,
| the story Of the staff that struck tho
! titches and the rod that beat the cum
! min aud the iron wheel that Went over
! the corn. Daniel will describe the lious
! and Jonah leyiathau aud Paul the elm
wood whips with which he Was scourg
cd, and Eve will tell how aromatic Eden
was the day she left it, and John Rogers
will tell of the smart Of the flame and
| Elijah OF the fiery team that wheeled
him up the sky sleeps and Christ of the
numhuess and the paroXysms and hem
| orrhagcS of the awful crucihXiun There
they are before the throne OF God
one elevation all those who were struck
Of the rod. on the highest elevation ard
amid the highest attitudes OF heaven ali
those who wcra under the wheel, lie
will not ever hc thrashing il. q
Is there not enough salve in this text
to make a plaster large enough to heal
all your Wounds When child is hurt.
the mother is very apt to say to il. Now,
| it will soon feel better And that is
what God says when he cmbosoms all
our trouble In the hush Of this great
promise. Weeping may endure FOR 81
night but JOY comcth in the morning
(ou may leave your pocket handkerchief
sopping wet with tears on your death
pillow, but you will 10 up absolutely sor-
| roWlcss. They will wear black, yon viii
| wear white, expresses for them palms
for YOU Nou will say: as it possible
that ! am here? Is this heaven? Am |
so pure now will never do anything
wrong? Am | so well that will never
again be sick? Are these companionships
Sc firm that they win never again be-
broken? Is that Mary? Is that John,
Is that my loved one put away into
darkness? Can 1t be that these are the
faces Of those who lay SO wan aud cma.
ciated in the back room that awful night
DYING oh, how radiant they arel Look
nj them! How radiant they are! Why.
how unlike this place is from what
thought when ! left the word below
Ministers drew pictures of this land. but
how tame compared with the reality
They told me on earth that death was
sunset No. NO! 1t is sunrisel Glorious
sunrise! | see the light now purpiug the
| hills. and the clouds flame with the com.
| ing day
| We shall have great many grand days
| in heaven but | will tell you which VIII
| he The grandcst day Of all the million
| ages Of heaven. You say. Are you sure
| you can tell me- Yes, can. Il vii!
be the day we get there. Some say heny-
en- is growing more glorious. suppose
| il is. but de not care much about that.
Heaven now is good enough FOR me. Hail.
hai sons and daughters OF the Lord God
Almighty.