South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-08-04
REV. rALMAoE's sraMoN-coycLcprp.

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s'ald the temptation. II your path had
oeen SIN 10Th you would have depended
on your own surefoo,edness but G. OF
rorghened tha, path SO you would have
10 take hold OF Ills hand. if the wealth,
er had been mild you would have loiter
ed along tho water-c courses. but at The
| hrst howl of the storm you auickened
your lace heavenward and wrapped a.
round you the warm robe OF a Saviour s
righteousness. What have do.e.' saws
tue wheat sbeaf 10 the farmer; .wha,
nave done that you beat me SO hard
Win your faii?' The farmer makes no
answer, but the rake takes off the straw,
and the mill blows the chaT to tho Wind,
and the golden grain falls down at the
foot Of the Windmill. After a while
the straw. looking down from The NOW
upon the golden grain banked up on eli.
ther side the floor. understands why the
farmer beat the wheat sheats with the
full.
WHO ARE THESE BEFORE THE THRONE?
The answer came: These are they
who out OF great tribulaiion had their
robes washe | and made white in the
blood OF the Lamb Would to God
that We could understand that our trials
are the very best thing for us. II we
had an appreciation Of that truth then
we should know why it was that John
Noyrs, the martyr. in the very midst OF
the hlmo reached down and picked up
one OF the fagots that was consuming
him and said: Blessed be God for The
!Ime when | was born to this prefer
lnent.' They who suffer with Him on
earth shall be g'orilied with Him in
heaven. BE content. then, with such
things as you have.
Another consideration leading US to
the spirit OF the text is the assurance
that the Lord Will provide somehow.
viii lie who holds the water in the
hollow cf His hand allow Hi, children
to die Of thirst? viii He who owns the
cattle on thousand hills and all the
e.rtL's luyueiance OF grain and fruit
allow His children to starve? Go oJt
to morrow morning at 5 o'clock into the
woods and hear the birds chant. They
have had no breakfast. They know
not where they will dine. They have
no idea where they will sup. Iu, hear
the birds chant ut 5 o'clock in the
morning. Behold the fowls OF the air.
for they SOW not, neither ID they rean
nor gather into barns; yet your Heav.
cnly Father fee le h them. Are Won
not much bett3r than thcy?' Seven
thousand people in Christ's time went
into the desert They were. tn, most
improvidcnt people ever heard Of. They
deserve ! to starve. They might have
taken tool enough with them to last
tho IN until they got back. Nothing did
they take. 4 lad who had more wit
than all of them put together, asked his
mother that morning for some loaves of
bread and some fishes. They were put
into his sachel. lie went out into Tie
desert. From this provision tho 1000
were fed, and the more tn " ate the lar
ger the leaves grew until the provision
that the boy brought in one saclel was
multiplied so lie could no. have carried
the fragments home in G sachels. oh
yon say, times have changed, and The
day Of miracles has gone reply that
what Col did then tY miracle he does
row in some other way and by natural
laws. i have been young sri David,
but now am oil; yet have | never
seen the righteous corsakcn nor LII.
seed begging bread It's high time
that you people thai are iretting about
worldly circumstances, AMI who are
fearing YOU are coming to want, under,
stood that tue oath of the Eternal God
Is involved in the fact tha. YOU are To
have enough 10 eat and to wear.
Again | remark that
is the grandest influence to make man
contented. Indemnity against all fnan-
cill and spiritual harm! 1t Gains the
spirit, dw!nd!es the earth into insignif.
canoe, and swallows up the soul vi h
the thought ot Heaven. On, ye who
have been going about from place TO
place eXpe. t.ng TO find in change Of
circumstances something TO give solacc
TO the spirit. / commend you to the
warm hearted, earnest, practical, com.
mon sense religion Of the Lord Jesus
Christ. There ~ no poaCe, saith my
God, 'for tho wicked AMI as long rs
you continue in your sin you will he
miserable. Come 10 Christ. Make him
your portion and start for Heaven. and
you will be happy man. you will be a
happy woman.
Yet, my frionls. notwithstanding ell
these inducements TO n spirit Of con
tentment, have TO tell YOU that the
human race is divided iaio two classes
-thoso who scold and those who get
scoldei. The carpenter wants TO he
anything but carpenter, AMI the ma
son many thing bat a mason, and the bank
er nytLing but a banker, All The lave
yer anything but a lawyer, and the
minister anything but minister, and
everybo ~ would be happy if he were
somebody else. THIS anon )no wants
to he suuA)wer, and the apple orch
ards throw down their blossoms because
they arc not tail cedars. and the scow
wants TO be q schooner, the sloop would
Ike 70 he a seventy four FOUNDER. and
parents have the worst children that
ever were, and eyeryb) " la, tho great.
est misfortune, and everything i, upsile
down or going TO I've. Oh, my friends
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