Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-14
HUMAN LIMITATIONS.
ny Rev James HacLagan.


And there was no more sea-" Rev.
n:1. In that wonderful vision of the
hew heaven and the new earth which
John the Beloved saw we have n fore
tl2am of what our Heavenly Father Is
Preparing for us; and, sure enough, 1t
lakes some of these wonderful visions
10 keep us from becoming discouraged
1t times. Life at its best is not all a
bed of roses, nor indeed, would 1t be
well for us IL 1t were so. We neee TO
attic with life's problems, and wrestle
nightly with its temptations to quail
lily us for place among the "overcom-
ers' who shall sit down ut the marriage
supper of the Lamb. LIES expert
snces coming thick and fast upon us are
Gods appointed means of grace, to
show us how to govern ourselves as
children of the King. The world has
/ right to expect royal bearing In
these who profess to serve the King of
Heaven.
The Apostle John, whose whole
thought was for the spreading of the
tDSDti vi iut was a pms
Oh the Isle of Patmos, when he saw the
ision recorded in the Revelation. He
must have been sadly discouraged at
Zines, being hemmed in on all sides
by the sea. He would often gaze out on
It's wealth of waters, and wish that
somehow he could be spirited across
and get back to his work. The sea had
/ come his prison keeper, preventing all
possibility of escape. No wonder that
In his record of what he saw he should
hote the fact that there was no more
Eea;" and when, transported with rap
ture at what awaits those who are
faithful until death, In the release from
earth's CALLING restrictions and environ
ments, he would be strengthened to
bear up little longer. MY grace is
sufficient for thee"
You and | have our limitations; you
and l need the assurance that there Is
coming a glorious day when there will
be mo more sea-" Our own inherent
weakness, and the weakness of others,
will one day be lifted from us. Our
'sin which doth so easily beset us" will
then have no dominion over us, If we
IRE candidates for Heavenly Zion, city
| Of our God. Heaven, however, Is pre-
Jared place for prepared people, and
without preparation we would find our
selves out of place and i'll at ease, In
that home of the blessed. Its people
Its language, it's employments, would
I'll be distasteful to us. And o, my
brothers and sisters, what will give us
! Z zest for the joys of heaven, like the
| patient endurance of the cross that
ur Heavenly Father may have laid
upon us? Why should we seek exemp
| lion from the common lot of every true
| life? Why should we shirk the cruel
| fXion of our dearest desires? Why
should we fear to tread, in measure
The path which our Master has blazon'
ed out for us, knowing that all these
bitter experiences but lead to the fuller
the risen life in heaven?
| There are some things which come
into our lives as individuals which were
never meant for us to bear. Many OF
the things hardest to bear at the time
could be warded off from us did we not
let them injure us. In the words OF
the poet,
There is many trouble, would break
like bubble,
And into the waters of Lethe depart
Did we not rehearse it, and tenderly
nurse 1t,
And give it a permanent place in the
heart.
May God give us all shoulders broad
enough to bear the burdens which RI hit
fully are ours to bear and grace to cas-
no burden on our weaker brother who
| has all he can possibly do already