With the children on Sundays, through eye-gate, and ear-gate into the city of child-soul . ause you were trying to do right, and yet, perhaps, you havebeen disappointed because God did not grant your wish. Youhave been seeking to be faithful, and yet, perhaps, sickness hascome to you, or disappointment and sorrow. Perhaps sickness anddeath have come into your family. Your papa or your mammahas been taken away by death, and you have been left very sadand lonely, and you have come to wonder how it is, if God lovesyou, that He does not grant you just what you wish, and that Hepermits sickness and
With the children on Sundays, through eye-gate, and ear-gate into the city of child-soul . ause you were trying to do right, and yet, perhaps, you havebeen disappointed because God did not grant your wish. Youhave been seeking to be faithful, and yet, perhaps, sickness hascome to you, or disappointment and sorrow. Perhaps sickness anddeath have come into your family. Your papa or your mammahas been taken away by death, and you have been left very sadand lonely, and you have come to wonder how it is, if God lovesyou, that He does not grant you just what you wish, and that Hepermits sickness and sorrow and bereavement to come to you andto your home. When you have looked about you, you have seen many goodpeople who have been in much distress, oftentimes in poverty,afflicted with sickness, bereaved of their loved ones, and left ingreat sorrow and disappointment. When you have taken up yourBible you have found that the same was true many hundreds ofyears ago. David was greatly afflicted. Paul had his thorn inthe flesh. The disciples were often cast into prison, and it is very112. Copyrighted, 1911, by Sylvanus Stall Stones Being Prepared for a Great Building THE POLISHED STONE. 1 15 likely that all of them were put to death, as their Master had beenbefore them. Now I want to illustrate to you to-day why God per-mits sorrow and affliction to come to us. I have here two stones,both taken out of the same quarry. This one is polished and hasa very beautiful surface. It is very beautiful, not only to look at,but it would be beautiful in any place you might choose to put other is rough and jagged, and not at all pleasant, either tohandle or to look upon. This rough stone can be made useful, butit would be no more useful than any other rough and unsightlystone. It would do very well to place in the foundation of a build-ing, to be all covered up with mortar and have other stones laid ontop of it; to be built in the foundation down below the ground,where no one would eve
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