St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-07-18
Everyday Talks on Everyday Subjects

IL nut 1t Is not every garden that grow:
the herbs to make it with. When one.
flesh and bones are full of aches ant
pains, it is as natural for us to mIrmm
as for horse to shake his head wher
the flies tease him, or wheel to rattle
when spoke is loose: hnt natur,
should not he the rule with Christians
or what is their religion worth If 8
soldier fights no better than IA plough
boy, off with his uniform. We eXpcct
more fruit from an apple-tree than from
a thorn, and we have right to do so
The disciples of patient Saviour Shoul(
he patient themselves. Grin and bcal
it is the old-faslioncd advice. but sing
and bear it is Il great deal better AT.
ter all, we get very few cuts of the
whip. considering what bad cattle we
ace; and when we do smart little, il
is. Ion over. Pain past is pleasure
and experience comes by it. We ought
nnCtO be afraid of going down into
Egypt when we know we shall come
olt of it with jewels of silver and gold
| impatient people water their miscrics
and hoe up their comforts SORROWS are
visitors that come without invitation
but complaining minds send a wagon
! t. bring their troubles home in. MANY
people arc born CRYING. live complaiu-
ing, and die disappointed they chew
the bitter pill which they would not
even know To hc bitter if they had the
sense To swallow it whole in Il cup of
patience and water. They think ever,
other mans burden to he LIGHT and their
own feathers to hc heavy Us lead they
are hardly done by. i'll their own upin-
ion no one toes are So often trOddcn
on 10y the black ON as theirs: the SNOW
falls thickcSt round their door. and the
hail rattlcS hardest on their windows
and yet, if the Truth were known. il is
their fancy rather than their fate which
makes things go 80 hard with them.
Many would he we'll off if they could
out think So. \ little Sprig of the herb
called content put into the poorest soup
VIII make it taste as rich as the Lord
Mayor turtle. John pl"ughman grows
the plant in his garden. bat the late
hard winter nippcd it terribly. 81 that
he cannot afford to give his ncighhurS
slipOf it they had better follow Matt.
XXv.9. and go to those W no sell. and buy
for themselves. Grace i Il good soil to
grow il III, but il wants watering from
the fountain of mercy.
To he poor il not always pleasant
but worse things than that happen at
sea. Small shoes are apt To pinch. but
not if ynu have Il small foot il we have
little means it will he we'll to have little
desires. Poverty is no shame. hut being
discontcutrd with it is In some things
the poor are better of than the rich &:
for If Il poor man has to seek meat for
his stomach. he Is more likely To get
what he is after. than the rich man who
seeks Il stomach tuI his meat. A poor
mans table is soon spread. and his la-
hor spares his buying sauce. The best
doctors are DIR. Diet. Dr Quiet. and DIR.
M.rryluau. and many Il gudlN plough
mi; y has all these gentlemen to wait
Upon him. Plenty makes dainty. but
hunger finds no fault with the cook.
Hard work brings health. and an ounce
OF health is worth sack of diamonds.
1t i> not how much we have. but how
much We enjoy that makes happincSs.
There iS more sweet in n spoonful of
sugar than in cask of vinegar. 1t is
not thr quantity of our goods. hut the
blessing of God ON what we have that
makes us truly rich. The parings of Il
pippiu are better than whole crab
dinner at herbs. with peace. is better
than Il stalled OK and contention there
with. 'Bcttcr is Il little with the fear
Of the Lord than great treasure and
trouble thcIrwith." \ little wood will
heat my little oven why. then. should
| mUlmm bccaIISe all the woods are not
mine
When troubles come. il is of no Use
to tiy in the face of Gnd 10y hard
thoughts of providence that Is kicking
against the prickS and hurting your
feet The trees bow in the wind. and
50 must we. Every time the sheep
hl"atS. ii loses Il moUthtul. and every
time We complain we miss a blessing.
Grumhling is a had trade. and Yields
no profit. hut patience has Il golden
hand. Our evils will soon he over.
After rain comes clear shining; black
crows have wings: every winter turns
to spring; every night breaks into
Blow the wind never 81 fast
II will lower at last
If one door should bc shut. God will
open another; if the peas do not yield
well. the beans may if one hen leaves
her eggs. another will bring ont all her
brood: there's il bright side to all
things. and IL good God everywhere |
Somcw here or other III the worst tiond
of trouble. there is always IL dry spot
fol comtcntment to get its foot on. and
if there were not, it would learn to
swim.
Friends. let lis take to patience and |
water Cruel. as the old folks used to |
tell lis. rather than catch the miscrablcs, |
and give others the disease by wickcdly |
finding fault with God. The best rem
edy for afiliction is submitting to provi-
dencc. What cant he cured must he
endured. If we cannot get bacon, let
lis bless God that there are still some
rahhHgeS in the garden. Must is hard |
nut to crack. but it has a sweet kernel. |
''All things work together for good to
them that love God" Whatever falls |
from the skies is, sooner OF later. good
for the land whatever comes to us
from God is worth having, even though |
it he rod. We cannot by nature like
trouble any more than il mouse can fall
in love with eat, and Yet Paul by |
grace came to glory in trihulations also.
Losses and crosses are heavy to beal.
but when our hearts are right with God
it is wonderful how easy the yoke be
comes. We must needs go to glory hy |
The way of Weeping Cross !; and us we
were never promised that we should
ride to heaven in feather bed, We
must not he disappointed when we see
The road to he rough, as our fathers
found it before us. AIS well that ends
we'll and, therefore, let us plough the
heaviest soil with our eye on the sheavcs
Of harvest, and learn to sing at our Ia
Dor while others murmur.
- Mr.. Rowland Hill saw poor
yb,sa hushapI was rwny look |