The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-26


spirit, who has been for more than third
Of a century cruci6ed to wooden man.
Some preacher, of course herself consent
ing, more than a third of a century united
her to that wooden man. l am not draw
ing upon nv imagination; | have them
right in my mind; know them. Not only
a blockhead of a man, but man with
wooden heart. Just the opposite Of his
wife in her aspirations, refinement and
sensitiveness. It was hard for me all the
time l knew them not to despise him as |
daughter did almost despise their own
father as they would despise cur. Now,
why was that woman cruclted to that
man?
Here is a young woman with two or
three bairnies, wee bits of toddiing things,
clinging to her skirts, and that man is
stricken down in the. prime or MANHOOD
just when he is needed. How can we talk
Of the consolation OF the gospel in such
case. I have not, spoken at funerals tor
years; I only read the word of God and
try to pray, bearing up to God the hearts
that are before me. I win not attempt to
explain what is inexplicable to myself.
All can say is what Jesus said, what l
do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt
understand hereafter" And behind that
I stand, waiting. 1t is mockery to under
take to explain to the soul in such a posi-
ton the enigma that appals and over
whelms her.
i said a moment ago. for must not leave
YOU under dark cloud; I said moment
ago. of this woman who was crucltled I r
thirty years, that she was one of the saint
lest and noblest women l have ever
known. and what have said Of her is true.
One of the most faithful in the church,
loyal to the pastor, foremost in missionary
work and one of the most noble souls l
knew, and I am not sure but tnat there IS
the relation of cause and effect. ls not
that wooden man the cause of the beauty
of her character? Has not his imper5ec-
ton of nature, his coarseness, driven that
soul to communion with Him who is the
chief among ten thousand and the One al,
together lovely? And has not her contact
with His transformed her into His like
ness. whom she loves, not having seen! =.
MAY it not be that we grow IN spite OF
our weights. and that these deprivatlons:
these Affections, this hard disposition, ii
vou please, may it not be that they are
weights intended to develop US into the
larger manhood and the greater noblltles
of The soul? Look at Jesus Christ. The
story in brief is the incarnation, Is the
ministry, is Gethsemane. is the cross, 1s
the grave. Would Jesus ever have become
the worlds Saviour had He not known
Gethsemane and the agony. OF the, cross!
Could He have touched the heart, the sore
heart of the world, had He not gotten
down to the very lowest depths and felt
agaiaa and again the iron in dis sensitive
It may be, fellow sufferer. it may be
gentle woman. that your deprivation, that
YOUR losses. your heart disappointments
will minister to your Transformation and
TO YOUR final exultation. until you shall
he in spirtiual stature able to- stand even
shoulder to shoulder with the Man who
was acquainted with sorrows and griets.
Now, in conclusion, there is time COM
ing when We shall have the perfect VISION:
"For now we see in mirror darkIy, but
then face to face.
laughter loving, happy Christian grl' was was
ness: indeed, all one side was totally par
a,yze1 and she was stricken into almost TO-
tai blindness. Her family physician, after
making a very careful examination, SAD TO
the sorrowing friends: :t'She has seen her
hest days. poor child" And this laughter
loving maid responded, doctor, now that
is not true; my best days are to come Whep
/ shall see the King in His beauty. AND
so. beloved, our best days are to come.
Your best days and mine, the days when
all the mists have rolled away, when an
the clouds have been dissipated oy the
shining of His face, the day. when all the
enigmas Of life shall be solved. the Gay
when we shall see the King in His beauty.
Jonn saws. Beloved. now are we the
children Of God, and It is not yet made made:
manifest what we shall be-" We know
that If He shah be manifested we shall be
like Him, for we shall see Him even as ne
s. sYou9and / to be like Him Who needeth
not to be told about man, for DE Knew
what was Ia man. You and l to be IKE
HIM. who was independent Of gravity OF
all material substances and forces? YOU
and I to be like Him who on the Mount OF
TRANSPORTATION shone so that the disciples
we're dazzled even of the splendor OF HIS
garments? You and I to be Ike HIM
whom John saw in that divine theopany
recorded in the last book of the Bible, Eon-
der in g,ory. You and I to be like Him
who has eysreome and is now sitting on
the throne Of the universe. That Is what
He has said. "He that overcometh Will
give to sic with Me on My throne, even as
also overcarne and am aat down WITH MY
Father on His throne" We shall see Him.
We shall see Him face to face. Every
problem will be solved. We shall be with
Beloved, We viii never all meet together
here, but we may all meet together yon'"
der. We win never all see each other,
therefore, here. Let US 50 live that we
shall ali see each other yonder. when we
have come up, fke Him, to meet the hosts
out of great tribulations, 1t may be, having
our robes washed and made white in the
blood Of the Lamb. Tin then, goodbye.