The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-11-20

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~ klyn Tabernacle this morn
ye dIsconsolate, where'er yelaDguish,
6me to the merCy-seat, fervently kneel'
The lesson read was from Isaiah 55,
and the sermon by Rev. T. De Witt Tai
mage, was as follows;
sUBJECr-"THE EAST WIND"
7:S-"He stayeth His rough
ih1 a the days of the east wind"
T north wind is bracing, the south
is relexing, but the east wind is ir'
fiiathg and full of threat. Eighteen
lm9s in the Bible is it spoken against.
Noses described the thin ears blasted OF
iIla east wind. The Psalmist speaks Of
tbs bSeakiDg of the ships of Tarshish by
The EAST wind. The loCusts that plagued
the Egyptians were borne on the east
Wind. The gourd that sheltered Jonah
W as Scattered by the east wind And in
hi the six thousand summers, autumnH,
winters and springs of the worlds exist
ence, the worst wind that blew was the
east wind. If God would only give us a
climate with perpetual nor'wester, how
cheerful and good natured and industri'
ous snd Christian we would all be. But
it requires Almighty grace to be what
We ought TO be when the wind blows
from the east. Under the chilling wing
of the east wind how many of the frauds
and villainies and outrages and murders
of the world are hatChed out! If the
meteorological history Of every day were
kept side by side with the criminal rec
ords of the State, it would be found that
the best day forpublic morals have been
the days under the north or west wind,
and that the worst have been the days
under the east wind. The points of the
compass have more to do with the NOR
ais Of the world and the church's piety
than you have yet suspected.
Rev Dr., Archibald Alexander, emf
nentfor learning and Consecration, when
dif he had full assurance of faith,
4blied Yes, except when the east
wind blows" DIR. Francis, Dictator of
Paraguay, used to make the mostoppres'
sive DEGREES, and explode with the mos
violent temper, when the wind was
northeast but when the weather chang
ed, would repent of his Cruelties and be
in good humor with all the world Be.
fore overtake the main thought of the
subject, let me counsel all Christian peo-
ple to take into consideration climate
logical il fluences. Be on special guard
when the wind blows from the east.
Remember, you cannot endure certain
kinds of temptation unuer that kind Of
weather. As far as possible at such times
keep clear of exasperating people. On
such days do not try to collect bad debts
or settle old grudges, or talk religion
with a bigot, or get among those who
delight in saying unpleasant things. Do
not solicit for charitable institutions. Do
not answer insulting letters. If such
things must be done, do them when the
sun shines and the wind is from the
north or south. You say; "Men and
women ought not to be 30 nervous and
sensitive" l am talking not about the
world as il ought to be, but the world as
it is. While upon some dispositions the
atmosphere seems to work no change,
nine. tenths of the people are played upon
most nightly by such Influences. More.
over, do not go blaming yourself about
huctuating experiences, when the spir-
itual barometer in your soul is only an
sWering to the barometer of the wealth
or. Many of you are suffering from ner'
yous disorders, and Satan knows this,
and he moves against you when the east
wind blows. Do not cit down and say:
"I am no Christian, for have no spirit
nal exhileration," but rather get up and
look out at the weather.vane pointing
in the wrong quarter and say, Get be-
hind me, Satan, thou prince OF the pow
er of the air, get out of my house; get
out of my heart, thou demon of the east
wind" However good or strong you
may be. you will never become indepen-
dent of physical condition. DR.. Rush,
one of the princes Of medicine, after
treating mental depression in hundreds
Of cases, himself sick, lost his religious
hope, and refused to believe what his
pastor told him-that his spiritual state
could be accounted for by his physical
depression. Andrew Fuller, Thomas
Scott, William Cowper, Thomas Boston,
David Brainard, Philip Melancthon,
mighty as they we're for good, were mar
ked illustrations of how bodily health
effects the spirit. Be not surprised,
therefore, that the east wind, in affecting
the spleen, the liver and the lungs, also
affects your spiritual condition; but APP
pealing to God, brace yourself against
its withering, blasting, destroying inhu
ence, lest that which the Psalmist said
''breaketh the ships OF Tarshish," ship
wreck you.
Behold then the great hearted prom
ise of the text, which says: He stayeth
his rough wind in the day of the east
wind" Mind you, He does not promise
that the east wind Of trouble shall never
come. II will come. 1t has it's uses. 1t
must rain. The east wind is as import
ant as the south wind though not 30
pleasant. Did you ever know any one
who escaped trial of some sor,2 l stood
this summer in the pulpit where John
Wesley once said: II have in my time
been charged with every ain except
drunkenness" when woman rose and
said: You know you were drunk last
night" All Gods children have been
under the fail, found few weeks ago
In foreign journal quotation from
report Of one of George Whit6elds great
sermons. A reporter goes on to give one
Of George Whit6eld's sermons in rotten.
ham Court, London. Referring to cast
In George Whitfsld's eve, it calls him
throughout the report Rev. DR.. Squint-