PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES - BENJAMIN HARRISON

 "Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance." Psalms 33:12

Every State in the Republic of the United States calls upon the Almighty in its Constitution. The featured State for today (in alphabetical order) is ALABAMA:

 PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES - GROVER CLEVELAND

 THE FAMILY ALTAR

May 12.

"And ye now, therefore, have sorrow; but I will see you again,

and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from

you. And in that day ye shall ask Me nothing." John 16:22-23.

Yes, the disciples were filled with deep sorrow when Jesus

told them that He would soon part from them. Ever and again

He reminds them of that sad parting hour. But He also cheers

and comforts them with the sweet assurance: "We shall meet

again !" And when they did meet again on that never-to-be-for-

gotten joyous Easter morning, all their sorrow vanished, and over-

whelming rapture filled their hearts. The happiness of that

meeting went with them through all their subsequent life, com-

forted and strengthened them in all their trials and sufferings,

until they entered into the joy of their Lord and saw Him again

face to face in His Father's house above. What a joyous meeting

that must have been ! We must all, as followers of our Lord,

enter through much tribulation into the kingdom of heaven. We

therefore also meet with much sorrow in this world. And the

parting hour is bitter, oh, so bitter, when death comes and takes

our loved ones from us. Then all the sympathy, all the wisdom,

all the pleasures of the world, afford no abiding comfort. But

this sweet promise of our Lord : "I will see you again/' can and

does turn our sorrow into joy and heals the bleeding wounds of

our grief-torn hearts. It assures us that our parting at the grave

will not be forever. When we see our blessed Lord, we shall at

the same time see with Him all our loved ones who have gone

before. On that day we shall ask Him nothing; then all the

dark riddles of life lie clear and bright before us like an open book.

Then no man shall take our joy from us. There shall be no

more parting, nor weeping, nor longing, nor lonesome days and

nights; for we are then at home with Jesus.