The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-12-25

/ piercing the spirit ana many n HWUIN sc
sorrow thrust through the helrtAs0 Chat
all you can do IS 70 cry in agony aud terror
my God my God. hast Thou lorsakon
meF Then above the tumuIt of grief and
the roar of the black billoWs. may God
send some mlnistefing angel ol MEMORY o
whisper with soothing voice this one Nord
'altcrWard;' and the soft, sweet beauty IT
10 shall solace your aching heart and the
peace of God shall once more Good your
soul
II you look al the lives 81 the great and
real heroes of our race YOU win lind ihee
gained mighty power fron the Aspiration
of the future They Kept one eye GA the
"aflcrWard" Moses chad respect unto
tne recompense OF the reward" f'dnl
could calmly lay that wonderful head Of
his on the block and p0uf out his life ou
the high altar of martyrd0m because Of
the power of the "aiterward" In bis soul.
Even Jesus endured the cross aud de-
spised the shame for the JOY that was set
before Him" And. my brethren, III we
run with patience the race that is set be-
fore us, we must keep looking forward
looking unto Jesus, the Captain Of our
salvation, who was made perfect through
suffering This seems TO be- the divine orr
der-hrst The dark, then the light; first
the cross, then the crown And that cross
is temporary, the crown is eternal.
The late DIR. Maltbie Bahcock said.
somewhat ingeniously, but very helptully,
that ii You take the sharp, severe word
discipline" and discard the final "e,"
which "a of little or no value. anyway, ana
substitute final g" You have the ten
der and gentle word "discipling" That is
really what the present chastenings mean
4 you are being made a disciple-you are
/ taking Chrlsts yoke upon you and learning
/ of Him as He has invited you to do You
are entering into the fellowship of His suf-
ferings. But. beloved if we suffer with
Him, we shall also reign with Him-after-
ward!"
After all, how blank and dull, and sadly
monotonous life would be without its
| crises of pain. The problem Of Dain--how
it has yexed us and how pain has panied
/ us, and vet how it has enriched us! As
many a spice plant gives forth it's most fra
/ grant perfume only when bruised and
/ crushed so a human heart does it's best
/ for other human hearts after some soften
/ ing grief has visited it. Martineau said:
/ "a world without a contingency or an
/ agony could have no hero and no saint.
! There is no epic of the ccrtainties and no
/ lyric without the surprise of sorrow and
the sigh of fear Whatever touches and
/ ennobes us in tie lives and voices of the
past is a divine birth from human doubt
/ and pain"
The sculptors have a maxim to the eff
/ feet that call that is not statue must be
! hewn away" At first our lives are like
/ rough and quite meaningless block of mar
] BILE with many a too sharp angle and many
blemish. And as Michael Angelo said of
the stone thrown on the rubbish heap: Il
see an angel there and / must get him
out" so God sees the best there is in YOU
/ and He is determined to bring j. out even
/ il He must needs use chsel and mallet.
And now the blows are struck, Che chisel
cuts deep, the chips fly. "The more the
marble wastes the more the statue grows
Thus continues the divine. sculptor His
work and labor of love. until there stands
forth, afterward. a glorious soul Of majes..
tic dimensions and Christiike beauty.
otis the Master who holds the chise
and day by day
He is chipping whatever environs the
away,
That under His skilful cutting tB
may be
Wrought silently out into beauty
degree
OF fauitiess and full perfection
Shall gaze on the finished
new surprise,
That even His matchless
grave His own
Features upon such fractured al
stone"
There is, unfortunately, anoth
this proposition For the wicka
as for the righteous there is
ward" Over that melancholy
would gladly draw the curtain Of
silence. / would fain hold my peace
speak not at all of the wretched 81
which in the very nature of things d
be theirs who hurl defiance at Gods -
nevoent laws for the souls of men.
just as the tears of the righteous now
shall afterward be transmitted into eternal
gems, sparkling forever in the light of
heaven, so the very gems. Of the wicked,
the tawdry tinsel and trinkets and toys
that now seem so bright and attractive,
will be found, afterward. to be but the
perishable accessories of a mad nightmare
of revelry and rioting. The empty, idle
felaeies with which Ghey sported here,
killing time and killing souls. shall after
ward become whips that lash them forever,
scorpions whose sting is eternal. tears that
are never wiped away, but which unceas-
inglv scald and scarify the soul like biting
acids eating the heart forever
For the devils dupe the inevitable order
is Just that-now a little temporary pleas
IRE, Just enough to bait the soul success
fully; and afterward, desoiation and an
gush indescribable.
So, to sum it all up-what kind Of an af-
| terward are you going to have? That de-
Dends on what kind Of present you are
having. Would you not prefer to suft0-
Affections with Gods peonle and afterwar,>
have glory unspeakable than to enjoy the
pleasures of sin for a season. and after
ward suffer the inevitable aftermath of
despair? Say ives" TO that proposition,
and will say Amen"
TO Get Rid Of Rats.
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