Comfort In Desolate Homes
Our children may not abide; the earth sounds hollow to the foot—it is so full of graves. Ah! how few gardens are there where death has not left his footprints, when he came to steal
Thoghts
Death Robbed Of His Terror
A certain gentleman was a member of the Presbyterian Church. His little boy was sick. When he went home, his wife was weeping, and she said, “Our boy is dying; he has had a change
Death And Unmasking
To-day the world is like a masquerade. High carnival is being held, and men wear their masques and dominoes, and strut about, and we think that man a king, and this a mighty prince, and
Death And Migration
As birds in the hour of transmigration feel the impulse of southern lands, and gladly spread their wings for the realm of light and bloom, so may we, in the death hour feel the sweet
A Child’s Death
There was a child born in your house. All your friends congratulated you. The other children of the family and of the neighborhood stood amazed looking at the new-comer, and asked a great many questions,
After The Cross The Crown
Now for the work, hereafter for the wages; earth for the cross, heaven for the crown. Go thy way, assured that there is not a prayer you utter, nor a word you speak, nor a
Small Crosses
Some shrink from bearing their crosses because of their insignificance as well as on account of their heaviness, in other cases. I remember hearing of a person who was always trying to do some great
Christ Our Example In Cross-bearing
Christ is our great example in cross-bearing. He had not where to lay his head in life, nor a rag to cover him in death, nor anything but a borrowed grave in burial. What manner
Battle Scars For Christ
Oh Christian man, Oh Christian woman! Have you any scars to show in this conflict? When a war is over the heroes have scars to show. One hero rolls back a sleeve and shows a
The Cure For Trouble
What is the cure for all this social chaos, domestic trouble, secret pain, this wrong-doing as between kings and subjects, fathers and children, man and man? The one cure is the cross of Christ. Have