Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-04-29
HUMAN LIMITATIONS.

BY Rev. James facLagaH.
And there was no more sea" Rev.
21:1 IN that wonderful vision of the
new heaven and the new earth which
John the Beloved saw we have fore
CLEAN Of what our Heavenly Father IS
preparing for us; and, sure enough, 1t
takes some of these wonderful visions
10 keep us from becoming discouraged
at times. Life at its best is not al
bed Of roses, nor indeed. would it be
we'll for us If it We're so We neee TO
battle with life's problems. and wrestle
nightly with its temptations to quail
ify us for place among the "oyercom-
ers' who shall sit down at the marriage
supper Of the Lamb Life's expert
enccs coming thick and fast upon us are
Gods appointed means of grace, to
show rs how to govern ourselves as
children of the King The world has
Il right TO expect royal bearing In
those who profess TO serve the King of
Heaven
The Apostle John, whose whole
thought was for the spreading of the
gospel on the mainland, was a prisoner
on the Isle of Patmos, when he saw the
vision recorded in the Revelation He
must have been sadly discouraged at
times, being hemmed in on all sides
by the sea He would often gaze out on
its wealth of waters, and wish that
somehow he could be spirited across
and get lack to his work. The sea had
become his prison keeper, preventing all
possibility of escape. No wonder that
in his record of what he saw he should
note the fact that there was no more
sea- and when, transported with rap
ture a. shat awaits those who are
faithful until death, in the release from
earth's CALLING restrictions and environ
meats. he would be strengthened to
bear up little longer. My grace is
sufficient for thee"
You and | have our limitations: you
and / 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" viii
then have no dominion over u.s. if we
are candidates for Heavenly Zion, city
of our God. Heaven, however, is a pre-
pared place for a prepared people, and
without preparation we would find our
selves out of place and Ill at ease, III
that home Of the blessed. Its people
It's language its employments, would
all be distasteful to u.s. And o, my
brothers and sisters, what will give us
a Zest for the joys of heaven, like the
patient endurance of the cross that
our Heavenly Father may have laid
upon US? Why should we seek eXemp-
ton from the common lot of every true
life? Why should We shirk the cruel
fixion 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 Tor 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
..:,o a bubble,
And into the waters of LetlIe, depart.
Did we rct rehearse it. and tenderly
nurse It.
And give it a permanent place in the
heart.
May God give us all shoulders broad
enough TO bear the burdens which right
fully are ours to bear, and grace to cast
no burden on our weaker brother who
has an he can possibly. do already.
Christ IS the great burden-bearer