Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-04-22
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GRUMBLING.

GRUMBLING.
In society there is class of individuals
who are never satisfied Nothing goes right
Something is always wrong. 1t is either too
cold or too hot; too wet or too dry. These
individuals are called grumblers, and the
trade they follow is grumbling. 1t may be
said that to be always whining and com,
planning is a matter of but little moment
This conclusion is not strictly correct. 1t
is sin to be always complaining. We have
no control over the weather hence, we have
no right to object to the manner in which God
governs the elements We ought not to say
it is too wet or too dry, for we know nothing
about the whole matter. God has governed
the world for six thousand years, and not
withstanding the fact that he has been often
charged with doing useless things, he has, up
to the present time, made not single bunder.
1t seems strange that men who are not capa-
BILE of managing a twohorse farm success
fully, will, without hesitation, charge the
Ruler of the world with doing thousand
things wrong Perhaps those who never find
things as they think they ought to be, will
deny that they accuse God Of doing wrong.
This does not alter the case in the least.
Ifa farmer were to 60 into a blacksmith's
shop and declare that every thing in the es.
tablishment was out of place, no one but the
blacksmith would feel that he was chargeable
with the disorder. Now when any one says
that We have too much rain or too much dry
weather. or too much cold weather, or too
much hot weather, or too much of this kind of
weather, or too little of that kind, who is
blamed? 1t must be He who manages and
controls the weather. God alone manages
the clouds, and consequently the weather
grumbler charges God with acting foolishly.
1t is great wonder that God has not long
before this, become incensed and hurled, in
his fury, multitude Of the human. family to
perdition for no other cause than their con-
tinual grumbliug Men say things about the
Governor Of the Universe, and the manner in
which he controls his kingdom, that would
be regarded and treated as high treason, if
said against any of the petty monarchs of this
world. If any father were treated by his
children as God is treated by the human
family generally, he would drive them from
his house penniless and disgraced. Gods
long suffering in enduring grumblers is mar
velous.
MAN GOING, THE EARTH ABIDING
Everything appears to abide but man. The
world is the grave Of our race. Men who
have prevailed to open the glorio6s book of
nature, and to look thereon, who have decl-
phered the mystic characters, traced by an
eternal hand on its earliest stone pages, tell
US that between the successive acts Of crea.
ton whole eternities have intervened. And
vet in this inspired volume we read, "Ihou,
Lord in the beginning hast laid the founda-
ton of the earth, and the heavens are the
works of Thy hands they shall perish, but
Thou remainest; and they all shall wax old
as doth a garment, and as vesture shalt
Thou fold them up, and they shall be changed" d"
There are no signs of decay. The stars that
met the wondcrings Of the worlds first fathers
look dawn in their calm and quiet beauty on
the men who are but strangers and sojourners
here. Nature puts off her vestments when
they have become faded aud worn in the heat
and dust Of the world but in spring time she
puts on garments as beautiful as ever, that
have been woven in her own loom during the
deadness of winter The world is a glorious
temple We are told the worshippers are
greater than the temple; and yet we see gell-
erations treadng its aisles, and presently they
are lost to view, but the temple abides. 1t
seems as if the world continued, and only man
passed away.
HELPING OrHERs-It seems strange
thing, but it is nevertheless true, that sharing
anolher's burden, will tighten our own. If
you begin doing little things for your neigh
bor, it will very soon be easy for you to per-
form great deeds in his behalf. No man is
sufficient unto hmself-trust in Providence
is nothing but higher belief in humanity.
You may feel very much depressed some day,
discouraged and well-uigh despairing, when
some kind friend happens in-God sent and
you soothed cheered and encouraged; the
vail is lifted, and you are happy once more
Many are able to give substantial help to
, those who are in need money, to tide over
, some financial trouble food, to keep family
from starving; gifts that nourish the heart
with assurances of love- something that may
be a trihe in ITSELF but he ps make up the
sum of human happiness. But perhaps you
cannot do this you have large family and
limited income, or are otherwise prevented
from making the hand the almond of the
, heart Well, then, draw on the splrltua!
!, treasury. Give kind words to those who need
, them; comfort those who are bowed down
speak lovingly to little children, and encour'
t agingIy to those who faint for this support
: Stand ready to help everybody.
ael~ Christ proposes to destroy, in the re-
generated soul, all the works of the wicked
r one-to remove every disposition of feeling
> contrary to his own mind. But in doing thl'
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