Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-21
ASHTABULA,. O., SATURDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 81 1861

when our efforts are complete, it takes carr
OF the rest. What should we think of tbt
farmer who could never roll The burden o.
his corn6eld from bis mind, aud who after
hoeing his ground repeatedly, and cutting
or covering every weed should go night
after aud sit up with it, and think of it aud
dream OF it all the while He has done all
there is Tor him to do, und beyound this lie
cannot control Oh hour Of sunshine, or q
drop of dew, or single cloud.ful of rain.
lie cannot influence the law Of growth in
any particular Ills field is in the control
OF power entirely above aud beyond him,
ard every thought he gives to it, after hay.
'hg done what he can for its prosperity, is
utterly useless. 1t is his business to trust
H. Having done what he can, the remain.
uer Is IN the hands of Him who feeds the
springs OF being with light and heat aud
'no'S'ure. 1t is thus that mans aff irs
gro" whlIe he sleeps. The hand that min.
iS'ers TO every plant will not fail to min
iSter 10 him for whose use the plant was
made.
Why do not men trust in Providence .?
simply because, in their usual moods mud
IA thelr usual circumstances, they do not
believe in it. There is no other explapa.
ton. ron my FREUD, who carry you bur
dens around on your shoulders all the time
and who, perhaps, pray every morning and
every night, do not believe in providence.
You do not feel that you can trust provi.
dence. You assent TO all that soy upon
the subject, but, after all, your belief in
providence has DO genuine vitality. Y0u
do not believe in it as you believe in the
purity Of your wife or the honor of your
friend. You do not rely upon it for an
hour. 4ou do nod your head, and say
yes, yes )" and You think you are sincere );
but you deceive yourself So long as yon
persist in carrying your pack, which is a
very unpleasant burden, as you know, you
do not believe in Providence else you would
trust in it. You are tired aud harassed by
your daily labor and it is very uatnra! to
suppose that if you could remove your bur.
den each evening, aud place it in the charge
OF one whom you know would take care of
1t, you would do it with gladuess. You
tall 10 do It, aud what is the natural con.
clHS'oh II is that your belief in provi.
aehfe Is a humbug. You believe in the
honor OF your friend aud you trust it,
1ou believe in the honesty aud ability Of
your creditor, and you trust him. You
trust everything and everybody that you
firmly believe in aud the only reason un.
der heaven why you do not roll off the bur.
den that oppresseS yon, every day and eve
ry hour OF your life, aud commit it 10 the
care of Providence, is, that you do not be
licve in providence
We are in the habit Of talking about the
world as Il world of care, aud speaking Of
human life as inseperably accompanied by
trouble. This is, indeed the truth but if
we were to remove from the world all its
useless care, and take from life all its un-
necessary trouble, they would be transform
cd into such bright and pleasant things that
we should hurdLy know them. | know We
ry few men and women who do not bear
about with them care aud trouble which
God never put upon them and which He
has no desire TO see upon their shoulders
1t does not belong to them. 1t relates
TO things that are in the relm ofproyideuce
alone, or to things over which they have
no control. The future is Gods, but they
voluntarily take it npon their shoulders,
and try to bear it. They pluck section
of Gods eternity out of his bands, and groau
with the burden. They assume care which
is not their own-which belongs to the
Controller of their lives, and the Governor
Of the universe. 1t is care for that which
Is beyond human care-anXiety for tha
which anxiety cannot reach-troublc about
that which we can neither make nor mend
that oppresses humanity. We can bear
our daily burdens very well. We can go
through our regular hours of bodily and
mental labor and feel the better rather than
the worse for it but to care for that which
our care cannot touch, and 10 be troubled
about tLat which is entirely beyond our
sphere-thiS is the burden tEat breaks the
back of the wo!ld-thiS is the burden which
we bind to our shoulders with obstinate
Idtuity.
Fronn ths New York Indppandani