, 1875-12-13
BE THOU CONTENT,

l.''' ~ ~ 'tese'"9 AZ sno Mao'sh ASe''"o 4"o-
0'nss'1 oa's""f, :, D,o' 49, ~" wv, was
Tske. r,ay taee, lrxnass to Hw,, deal. .. ur,.
cioas,y With ,ae, anil htes'..e hast peu,y VI
a',lpa'e 'nofe 'oan e'ouhal' -'''"fnf @ft" vi.
"ant sp4obu'o pcs"Fo mus Atat'as Foveatoa
| to tue minds eye( Two brolilora nloct. design
INK to destroy ono another tho pno laovetl ,,y
hstraa n,,,, r,vcnco .i,vorcox ,pth All, w,rr,,rs
- ~, -. 49, ..,h. 49,. -, ~. ~. y.
o. s'a' Nv 'i''5 .'A" a"' y, a.n t"'ioee' W ny
alrhetion and death. Anu tho other sAoaaa
eeekiag ia coucnto tho tisst. n posslulc, IL yot
armed and prepared 10 sell Ills lifo very donrty
WI, b,oof inv , sb,n n,o,hrr yr,,r;rI1o ho
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erty-loyo and human Affection celebrate their
noblnet triumph. Tho furious Esau lnrts but n
slugfe glance At Jacob. who stands awaiting him
II, In 'o .;t,, ~ n,o aurp1,co ,,,,, ~, tnr,rn.
neas to'e osos moet cry OF Joy osoaXs from
tbe!s lips, Shd weeping soasa at Joy they rush
into each others arms Jac,t now Of
fers Esau rich eifta which tic 1at.
lar rcfuscs saving. "1 h.vc cum,rh :. !.
.. ~. .o,"nsn hA."a ,, n",e .,', sno"Sn
o"s Ineoo "a hos p'oason Win THIS 1o'usai ana
heartily rsays o{ Lls brother 10 Ascent lia gifta
because God ha.i doa(t rraciousiy with hin.
II !. nv fr;onds inv, ,,,;s ,,a, sa,,,,,c,v
,..n,.t 49,, ~ Ill.,, ,,,,,,,ss, .,,s ..s",' m;,
'f''sofA"'' paet W 1''ih 1'o''ca 7tos7 WHICH sha'4
occupy cur attention today. Let us again loox
npon this pctute. Wo 800 two nasa, sa;A - arc
rarely. /; eyer fou,il in our ,Iafs-two man cou-
to.,t AIT, 49,, {. .,o,ch q ~ ..r,,,, ,,a,.,.
". s'ns' 1,'sa law o"osu % ~ s"'sy ~" ro''oa'
s'o'ss~aso, Nv OWN Says '''aL He Mas Hose
thso nuo''st." What moral Tor uHI When
hav0 we "Dnouyh"7 When aro NO satislel2
Wherever W. turn, wl,onleyor NO ,--pjl COM
plain OF "Aaru lilnes .liat&tialActiou Is plninly
written on every countcn4noe. it ID. iii FACT
the worst sign Of tho tin,04 that Tho rich and
the poor vic with each utll"r ia eomplaint aud
d,scontent. 1Ior these tsso evils sjroadiug like
NO know to = certainty tint tbo1 hare no posai-
lIe rea.on for complaint. Aya, II would appear
ns though tho rich Gecatuo pouter an1 more dis
satisfied In proportion a. tiois woalth increased
Wo all bate fallen sctma TO Ills liro conta-
eiun,--soue mure, Botlv 'esn severely bit
oil 10 you,e oxtcut Truly, many 4 ono
has a grosous burden tu bear ana
to linn tho tmsa must appear haTa
carler yoar1, known t,eu who, svon updor
such crcl;,nstancou, could 10 comparatively lIsp-
ny and contct,t7 Why cuuh, tioy bear she,r
burdens thus clseerfuiy, uul Why caunok we
md ,emand that wlicil .l,cy % rou1d M seok ' viii,
humility. alau no Longer cou2itlors Ills poasos-
sions-bo they great or s.uall-as gins frou,
God; ho doos not nay, /" God hax acAit ksacious-
uenvon and earth, bus folloW-ulen, and hinsuh.
And yct 1t il undoubtedly The iutounna VI Tho
AInlehty that ,so should ouloy our lives, IL
there not moro Joy than suffering, moro
heat,h linn sickness. moro Liberty than isnpr!s-
tear down. laugh ot.euor t,1an we aeop7 Truly,
bn. tbo % roanye nnnner Of oss snere9s irs sat u
smalI, and who can se,l where suffering has como
un,,escr4ealyi Wben VIC suffer q botesyou,ent,
when tho ''aya Of mourning como upon us, wo
n1e'ai,u, "W!Y III tl,ia psrlulttcu TO bofaU ,s ;'
hut hayo no word Of thanks for tho n,anv
hours OF Eladnesa allA 70 ioiclnK which baautifv
pnr hYes? DO vo thank him properly for all
f1,n.o Il FtR
Again look npon tho picturn Of Jacob nrosnnt-
I'd to ,is ia Aoy Writ i3oca1so ho hal oheyp,1
his mother in her behfht WITH regard to hiA
fathers blessing. ho drpw upon nmsnll lis
brothors hatred yat young. compelled To tly
from honn, fearful of o brotllor'H royeuso +; in q
foreign land hc served ~ sbephprl for tmonty
ybarB, and what he suffered during this period
lie doscrites Al follows These twenty yearA
wAs in tho day tho heat consumed me, and tho
frost by DiHlk. aud nleap departed FROM MY
eyes" Ltban. his fA.Aes-.n-law, tAcn sought 70
deprive h.ua of tl.e hsrd-aernsd fruits Of tweaty
years OF toll. and only t,ick saved
for him what l,s bnd easncA. Now ho wislel to
bo frce, he Rnd his made thoir pscape FROM
sayery and ,tlo!atry by Hight they wero ,,.,s-
nued. captured. and o4ly miracle ayertel tho
thtoate,,uu zevepge. At lust when near Ais
home. lie learned that llia owu brother sought
him, but to Us his destroyer. Aud after all
these trials. ho said. With denl humility 30,
God, AIN not worthy OF oil the klllnesA And Of
2tt tA1 eTutN @Asfca l!son a4ht AHQWH Lay &ar-
want, for With = staff pasael over this JorlAu,
aud now an become TWO bands" O, low
many Of us, nov alnong tile rich
and great, lape, lilo jacob. attracted
tho hatrea Of tho "brother Esau" bocauso they
had followed tho biadiug ef :" Mother lseiiglou';
with star In hand have fought the natt'o OF ito
In distant a,.l arrange Land like ,nso Jacob,
aavo eotved msny a Labap, and toiled bard and
faithfully; AID tlnallY hYyo reached the goal,
have become FREQ cisixena Ut feoa aud btossed
country, whsre "a Eaau," toncutant OF hin ro-
yeuEe, received tbem with opon arms !;
l,ayc grown Loo. lulo many "bapas," and
ho,,ors aud wealth beon tsntowcl upon them,
aud yot tboy complain Conplain OF hard
tros! They tinl faals with ptovldouca ouly
becsuso lloY do not continue amaBsing wealth
in y1Act Accorlanco WITH thelr t,D1irpa3 Ag,I
they should not net thus. for it IL runtrary 10
human reason. OH let w bD humble 90 TINT
We may nc longer conHdor tho uiylno giltB wlIeh
haze heen bestowed upon ia as our lust ditto,
Only through humanity cau no bocomo content,
aud oven during hard t,rooa we should gratefully
remember tho bouelts Of beltpr uaye. and say IL
our poorer brother, 'TAkg, bcca,,so God Init.
dealt Rraciou8iy with us."
l,ut, my fr,e,.ds, ti,ora arc A!Ho o,aesY asuone
us who feel .hs pfessusa OF ttte.o hard, close