The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-08
SERMONETTE
How to Be Comforted in
Our Sorrows.
by r. ASHLEY CAKE

lOi get llldb ne 10 dDit W utiiNtI us
out of them all.--Psa. 34-lS.
Hence He tells us to be of good
cheer, for He had overcome the
world, and because He had over
come, so can we, and are promised
part in the final triumph victory
in Christ Jesus.
How shall We obtain this com
fort? Sickness swings it's scythe
in every winter storm and oft-times
in the cool breezes of summer,
while our hearts are made TO bleed
with the bitter pangs of separation.
We sing Does Jesus Carer"
Does He care?
What can it mean? Is it aught to
Him
That the nights are long and the
days are dim?
Can He be touched by the griefs
bear,
Which saddens the heart and whit
ems the hair?
Around His thrones are eternal
Gains, :?
And strong glad music of happy
Psalms,
And bliss unrufaed by any strife,
dow can He care for my little life"
When He was on earth going
about doing good and speaking the
words of comfort, He proved Him
self to be the most sympathetic
and helpful of friends. He respon-
ded to the most urgent of all calls,
even to the most importunate calls
Of the mother whose little daugh-
er laid at the point of death.
Recall your last sabbath lesson;
see what He did for Peter when
He took Jesus home with him, how
lie reached forth his hand and the
sick woman was healed OF her sick
less.
Dear reader, if you are in need
IF real comfort, if your burdens
ire heavy, disappointments sore,
problems unsolved. and you want
his real comfort, do not forget
what Browning says
"The acknowledgment OF God in
Christ,
Accepted by thy reason. solves
for thee
All questions in the earth and
out Of it,
To get the real and abiding COM
fort, the first great essential is
Believe in God" AS Jesus said TO
the woman when she wanted the
water of life (real comforD when
she said the well was deep and she
had nothing to draw with. Jesus
replied:
Believe in God, and worship
Him in spirit and in truth"
This, indeed, is the infallible re-
:eipt for getting real comfort
Earthly friends oftimes fail rs; at
ines it seems as tho every earth
Y door is closed, but how comfort
ing the thought to know that Jesus
has commissioned unseen agents TO
come to our rescue and the win
dows of heaven are opened and not
only are our needs supplied but
blessings exceedingly abundant alb
owe all we can ask or think are
given, while our cups run over with
the joys of salvation.
Many physical infirmities are
bound to come TO us with the pass
ing OF years. Eyesight becomes
linn, hearing is dull, our steps fall
ter, the voice weakens, the out
ward man perishes, but believe in
God, rest on His word (not on your
feelings) and we find Jesus is the
same. yesterday. today and forever
more.
Thomas believed when he saw
the prints of the nails, but Jesus
said to Thomas-"Thomas, you be-
lieye because you have seen, but
blessed are they who believe and
have not seen"
Today many believe because they
feel, but blessed are they who be-
lieve and do not feel. In other
words, if you want the comfort
that abides, believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ. The well is deep but
with faith in Gods word, drop the
bucket in the well of unbelievable
depths OF Gods love and the wa
ters of real comfort will overflow
the banks of our troubled hearts
One other striking feature Of the
comfort that Jesus gives it. it is
not given as the world gives, nor
is it transient.
In storm or calm in darkness or