Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-02-13
OPENING OF BIBLE CONFERENCE
MADE MAGNIFICENT SHOWING

Church. and the hsnediction va. pro.
nopDc~d ~ Rev. George r. stuart OF
Tennessee.
Inc evening Session.
AZ in the afternoon. the rain in the
evening & d not prevent attendance,
though the Tabernacle could have &C.
conmoda'sd Q Rrea, many more.
The meeting was opened by prayer
by Prof J. X. Z. Brown 81 Virginia.
who ha- been q speaker OF the Confer
ne every year since lie organization.
There vas q service OF fifteen min
nt"s bs the choir, ~ the conclusion ~
which q colo. ABIDE In Me" vas
rendered beautifully ny Prot. BsRby.
Rev. George X stuart preached an
interesting sermon on the theme.
Serve the Lord With Gladn-s.." from
the Psalms. This eloquent disrOlvse
lasted for an hour. but so impressive
and SO originsl it was that the congre-
CATION could have rAsily listened 40
hong again. DR.. stuart 10 indeed a fine
speaker, and by no means = solemn
one. Let no all laugh and D. merry"
he said. Il don't appreciate this long
faced. solemn. crying religion that We
see so much Of nowadays. I believe
God made us To laugh, bot some folks
seem TO think il 10 Q sin to laugh. n
this old world had half a. much laugh.
ing religion as il has CRY ing aud long
faced religion, everything would look
f'esher and Rreener. and We would oil
be happier.
with all due reverence. I believe
God laughs sometimes-there's no ne
cessi,y Of Him crying. God created
everything in:thi. world; he created
the monk-ysano the parrot. and don't
Gee how He:could have helped laugh
ing when he made them. He made
some Of the monkeys I see before me
and don't understand how he could
help but laugh when He looked upon
them.
But, my friends. Co not understand
ne 10 cay that I do not believe in a
tear Ther-sarrS.some people who cry
when they are bappy-and. like the
merry laugh, lore the joyful tear,
which spsrkles :like the dew.drop in .
the bosom OF the lily. or the brilliant
diamond. / love the joyful. happy
tear, but let Us try and eliminate this
psthOs crying, because il makes the
whole world sad.
There 10 another thing | would like
TO cay in regard TO this weeping busi.
ness," continued the speaker. While
it 10 perfectly natural that We should
weep over the departure to the other
side OF some lloved one. and il might
seem strange SO the outside world il
We didn't. Issdislike TO see il. What i.
the use OF crying and sobbing and
donning . mourning costume for
weeks and months after one has
passed over the river 20 HE home IN
hesven:1when | die. il I am lucky
w Ik'h w 4
to be headed that way-l don't want
my dear wife and children to weep and
put on mourning because have beaten
them home. believe the fret thing
would do after my departure from
earth. wouldybe 10 break out in q biR
laugh ~ soon ss ! reached the paarly
gates would be- 90 glad that / got
there.
Let Us all laugh, and Fomp, and re
joyful, and eliminate this old sorrow
iu'. !ouE.:scCt. Srumb.iDs religion.
Try il swhiIe my brother, my sister,
sni see il Il don't make the world hook
brighter To you and those shout you.
lon will lind that the bird. never sang
81 sw--tly, the cloud. were never
more golden. nor the trees and foliage
more green Try u. and see IL | am
not telling you the truth, and you Will
bless me for what have said
The services for Monday really
opened the Conference a the program
" III be- every day
The morning service constituted \