The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-09

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gather our friends md children. but
we cannot always keop them by US.
They. too, must 20 forth ofttimcs TO
tho ends OF tho earth. Yet they can
never stay beyond Gods knowledge Of
their moods. ue Is with them, He
tcileth their wnnderings, ana they can
novor BIO forgotten or alone or for
| sakon.
Again It is the voice of David that
, speaks. put Thou my tears in Thy
bottle" The old Romans had tear bot
ties called lachrymals. In these bot
ties were caught and preserved tears
OF sorrow So when We speak OF Gods
tear bottle we mean that He counts
and treasures up our tears. for He
knows and sympathizcs with all our
trials and sorrows. Ah how many
tears are these!
The tears of Jesus are there, Very
precious are those tears in the sight
OF the Father--the tears He shed over
dead Lazarus, or those poured out for
a doomed Jerusalem or an ungratcful
world, all. all are garnercd up in Gods
deep memory-and by the sacrifice of
these tears Jesus pleads for us. and
says, For the sake of My SORROWS.
Father. forgive them"
The tears of all penitent sinners are
in Gods bottle! The tears OF David,
who. In his bitter repentance. watered
ms couch day and night, are there.
The tears which the penitent Peter
wcpt bitterly when his Lord turned
and looked at him arc there So are the
tears OF Mary MaCdslcnc ana the
prodigal. These We know. hut who
save God alone shah count the un-
known NTagdalencs and prodiguls who
have sealed their pcnltence with their
tears? In every ago tho heart of man
has felt the power OF pen,tent's tear.
and in heaven no Jewels can surpass
In preciousness the tears of sorrow or
penitence shed on Garth.
The tears OF sympathy are In Gods
bottle. No ono has ever wept with
those that weep, and wcpt in vain. To
comfort child. to bind up the broken
hearted to comfort tho mourner or
cheer up the displritcd, gives an eter-
nal JOY that no moro greatness can
ever hope to equal. That is why tears
OF sympathy mean so much No one
over shed tear of real sympathy that
God did not mark and treasure safe
In His bottle
The tears of sorrow and loneliness
are In Gods bottle. So much sorrow is
there In this world that nothing but
Gods bottle could hold all that river
OF tears. The sorrow of loneliness. tho
loneliness of n desolatc old ago. Is n
bitter pain. The sorrow az poverty when
we recall happier days Is heavy
grief. Tho sorrows OF Iain. and sick
ness, and disappointment. and failure,
and !ngratitudc and remorsc. who shall
count their numbers or measure their
pangs? Yet each heart knoweth its own
bitterness" Each and every man born
Of woman knows that man IS born to
trouble as the sparks fly upward. and
where can comfort be found but in
tho fact that Gods book is big enough
to register all orr sorrows? His tear
And oh. the Joy In thought that the
tears or bereavement nre In GODS bot
tie! Those, after all. arc the tears that
spring from tho very depths OF the
heart, Tears for the littlo children
that went home TO God Just when they
seemed most dear to u.s. tears for the
loving father. or patient, tender mother,
gone now beyond all reach OF human
hands---these arc the tears that will
como TO most of us. And when they
come let us cry with David. In the
Lords word will I comfort me. Yea,
in God have put my trust will not
fear what man can do unto me-" For
tho hour will come in Gods good time
when the last tears will hove been
she'd and the last steps through tho
vale of tears Will have been taken, oud
then we can toyously say. Thou hast
delivered my soul from death and my
feet from failing. that may walk be-
fore God in the light of tho living.
And sorrow ana mourning shall flee
away, and God shall wipe all tears from
of ali faces"