The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-10-10

Ills Judgment ~ Gods kingdom need
must fail,
NhO knows ma more ~ Il than thu
dark jail"
Al II was The faith that looked heyoh'
these temporal conditions that mah'
Paul aud Silas sing al midnight IN lh'
ITIisun: aud il was this larger view ol
Gods providence and Of humal desu
ny thai made John liunyan have lh'
marvellous vision in his prison thai
has lifted mp the countless thousands
who have read his Pilgrims Progress
The sou Of God was made perfect
through suffering, says the Apostle
raul. and IL is evident lhat We may
! Np,sf that We will Ice made Ia Dc
Iurlakcrs OF the fellowship Of his
lpuffrrlngs," i.ct ms not imagine when
We kiss the cold lips Oi our dead lha'
the removal III our Owed ones Is
I,arl, of divine diplcasuro, Mary, me
4 other of Jesus, stood al the l""t nl
the cross aud saw hcr son IN inc an
pulsh of breaking heart, 10 which the
main If the cross was hut an Incident,
Cry ON ~ n finished and gave mp
Tho ghost. She heard her son say 10
ItIc beloved John "EChOld Thy mother
thus closing mp his affairs and com
hitting her Ia the care Of another
Tut this anguish did MOI come upon
! Ter because at her sins, nor did the
,Xpirlns Savior suffer for himself Let
this memory he yours In your trying
| hour, aud II the prOvldcnllal SORROWS
that come upon you find no satisiac'
tory solution, leave II all with the
lcat author and tinishcr Of al things
nurl the light shall shine upon II IN
the day of n complete and perfect
IcyC ion,
And do MOI forget that Jesus shared
the common grief at the grave OF l.nI-
anus. aud that his life began amid
ONcrhaneng clouds and terminated
with the blackncss of darkness that
surrounds the cross.
I'm every pang that rcnds the heart.
The Man of Sorrows had part
He sympathizes In our grief
And to the sufferer sends relief
The Uses Of Pain Are Many.
Were il not for pain The physician
would not he abe To locate the dls'
ease. The pain that attends exposing
my hand TO the fire at too close range
causes me TO Withdraw 1t and thus to
save II. The discipline OF hardship
Ig also known to 80 necessary To the
development of n great character. God
has brought al His leaders from the
school of hardship and sclf-denial.
Every hero has been IA man who mas
learned to make thc desired end the
CHIEF end "a his life and TO sacrifice |
everything Csc 10 It's accomplishment,
Jesus laid down this as the law of his
own kingdom and as condition or
true disciplCShip: eff any man VIII
ccmc after me. let him deny himself
and take up his cross and come aitcr
me and follow me.
Bccchcr once said: 81 know enough
on gardening TO understand That II
would have a tree grow upon us Soulh
side must cut off the branches there.
Then all its forces 81 to repairing the
injury, and twcntY buds shoot out
where otherwise there woud have
been but one When we reach the gar
fcn above. we shall find out that, from
these very wounds over which wo
have sighed and Eroancd on earth,
have SprHng vcrdant branches. bearing
precious fruit a thousand fold.
Bishop Marvin preached great
sermon from the text Except corn
Of wheat fall mo the ground and die
il aEidoth a one" Among other les
sens contained in this text he set
forth strongly the one which Is the
thcmc of This discourse in the follow
ing words:
Death comes before life, and all life
/, cCnhiliunCd upon death. The hatch
il . of the egg implies its destruction,
I at il may yield its life TO that which
is It's product. The corn of wheat
must perish in the earth and its body
,urichoS the soil and nOuriShcS the
lie of thc blade that appears. Lie
fc eds. fattcns aud grows upon death.
There is no life, absolutely none, that
is not the product of death. The phos-
phrrcScCnt gov that Is in your eye is
IundICd by the fuel tI1t death sup
rliCs. The flush that is upon the cheek
IF beauty was elaborated in the chem
istrv Of death: the dewey lip that
thrills Won with its kiss has been fash
un,d from the alCmhiC Of decay; the
, ,cor Of the athlete, the elastic tread
pl the healthy boy. the dcXlruUS fin
or of the artist. arc alike its handi-
work. We may revolt at il; We may
& diSguStCd with il. il makes no dlt-
ference We return again with whc'-
cd appetite, CyCrmOrC. morning, noon
and night, TO feed upon death. Our
,lc roots itself in death; II IS Goa
l.tioncd upon death
Everywhere the lower life is yielded
10 he higdCr. Tho mind is made the
ctaytcr of the body. and the con-
.,icncc calls before its tribunal every
prultv uf The mind. We are So con
stiutCd that if we hear the voice Of
.3ud ia nature and in his word. and di-
rect uurrlvcs To the task Of dying to
dangerous pleasure That "" may live
. perpetual lie and turn leaf car
70 the siren song that charms as whilo
. ,adaurprs uS. hut a willing and
Jhrdicnt car>p the Author ui our life.
,r are sure to Obtain uur reward both
1ura aud hereafter. let u- NOT Dee
afraid fo tread the path eft SCI de-.
.Ill even Go the point uf suffering AN
. murky clouds surround ms and We
.a mot ~rr tho way Oct 20 1'l hc Icf.
10 90. hand. Of tuu author of life uu.
10 thr moro perfect revocation of % .
d. rI,ct day
sumrrim-. when AN li's lessons have
been learned.
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