The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-05-28
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ENuItRANCE OF TRIAL.


ASH hc said unto me. Nv grace is sufficient for
thce fur my strength is made perfect in weakness.
Most gladly therefore will rather glory in my in
Irmites. that the power of Christ may rest upon |
me. Cor. All, q.
tits every Christians duty TO hayca victory either
oyerhs trials or in them. Aud this last sthc better
orthc two, aud farthc more glorious; tori high
cr exhibition Of Christian manlin,sS to be able To
bear trouble than to get rid of II. To b" able To
endure Who could not be Christian. il every
time any thing touched him to hurt him, prayer
was like shield struck right between the wcap- |
on aud the sensitive skin. that he could always
avoid pain? But il trouble really wrings the
nerve and muscle of man, and then hcroism
j. vouchsaftd to him, such TINT he can afford tn
have it continued, there is awakened in him II
manhood which is transcendontly higher ihnn that
which would he awakened if the trouble were
removed in answer TO his PRAYER.
Aud this is the promise of the Saviour To the
apostle and by analogy, TO every one that bears
trouble; either that il shall be removed ar that
grace shall be given with which to bear it, God
says, "My grace shall be sufficient for you.
Take trouble and bear it, and will sustain you
under it," 4
Ah. ugauv of the troubles OF life are immcdico
you Of Il very sensitive and approbatNc nature
aud has it pleased God to lay his hand upon you
aui dishgurc your person? We do not enough
appreciate the gll nf health aud c,mclincss Has
,iol blcarcd YOUR face, and left the footsteps ol
loathsnmc disease upon II, 50 that you are con
scious that when persons look at you their first
thought is one of pity, or Of something harder
than that to be borne? Has God wrcnchcd your
limb about that, like Byron, you boil over with
sensitive pride every um0 you meet u fellow
creature? ? Now. prayer is not going To straight
ga your leg, rSakc good y0p club foot. And
ir YOU are shrunk and crumpled with n.Ilamnn-
tory rheumatism, prayer will not set you all
wight II the marks of some malady are burnt
intn youa skin, and have taken all the beauty
,rom Your face, you must wear them till you 90
down into your grave. But YOU can bear them
rs il they were not thcrey That is the question
Is there amy power by which II man who Is the
,icim of such uisiortuncs can accept his lot
and condition, and be cheerful aud happy and
COntcntcd in spite of them? Yes. If you 20 to
God and say Give back my comclincss and
beauty" he says "No but my grace is sufficient
10 mike you content in the state which You are
in." Who cannot be Content0d, and happy, aud
cheerful ;hat has everything just rs he wants II =
10 he young, to be strong, to he handsome, and
to be prosperous does not require any grace. but
IT, being young, YOU are right on the path of
strength, and beauty, and prosperity, and God
disfgures your features, aud takes away your
strength, and changes your prosperity to adver
ty, and then enables you to rise up aud say, This
trouble DOES not fret me; il is the will Of the
Lord that | should bear il; cuntcnt To- do
SO aud his grace is sufficient To sustain me un.
der it," there is something in the spectacle that
is trsnsceutly beautiful. | think that to see
troubles well borne is one Of the most inspiring
sights in this world.
While For, Mouilfir was held by seventy men
through more than seventy dars. when nobody
threatened To take it, and nobody wanted to take it,
nothing was said about the bravery Of these men
but when trouble came, and the llustrious seventy
throw themselves into sumter aud then, looking
into the eyes of the black mouthed cannon that
surrounded them ON every side, stood up and held
their own against the three thousand that threat
ened to take them, and against the whole state that
WAS bent ON their overthrow, the whole nation rose
up md said, " That is brave that is lobr!"
Now when man stands in the midst nf prosper
ity, and nothing mterefcrcs with him, what chance
is thcr' Tor him to display Christian courage or
manlmcSs? But when trouble comes, aud he is ex-
posed to assaults from every direction, then there
is chance for him to display these qualities and
if he says, IL will stand my ground aud endure To
the end everybody admircs his hcrosm.
The endurance of troubles that have been
broughupon us is more clcar illustration Of God :
work, and SO is more significant tokenof his pow
cr' aud honor and glory than the mere allcvation
and taking away of trouble. The fewer m,tru
mentS on means man has, the more ilustriuus is
that genius by which he brings about great re-
suits. The Lord said to Paul, My strength is
made perfect in weakness" The more YOU are linn
itcd humbled, reduced, if you are yct able to bear
the trouble that is put upon you the more apparent
Is it to mankind that thetc is God in you'll ~
Bl,cicr.