Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-15

s and said to him, Job yca had better curse God and die. He turned in mild reproof and simply said to her that she talked like Q foolish woman Continuing he said; sNak- ed came I from my mothers womb and naked I shall return thithern Again, Though he slay me, yet will trust in him. ? Satan was thwarted by Jobs replies. Then came the boils that broke out oyer his whole body and yet he faltered not but displayed the same heroic trust to the will of God.
 As they could not move Job they tried other arguments, and, as was the doc urine at that day they argued that he was afT fiicted for his transgressions. We often hear it said when men are met with misfortune, was there not some dereiiction in duty by that man, and they say, can it be possible that he could have been good person 50 now as in former times. They turned thelr biting, bitter tongues against Job apparently to condole with him, but when these ancient worthies got into the I presence of Job they were siienced Tney looked at him without opening their mouths, and they kept looking at him until Job look ed up and cursed God and wished that ne were dead. Had Jobs friends kept away l from him he might have never failed and cursed God. Then they reproyed Job and | told him he ought not to talk that way. Job knew it better than they did. They asked 1 Job if he had not through all his afhictions l been unfaithful to God. Then Job rose in it lie. Yet he could not understand why he was afflicted | He said if there was man who had been true and loyal to God he was the man. Then Jot 1 turns to the future and says, TT know thai
 my Redeener liveth. l" We usually interpret | those words as though Job were looking forth I to the resurrection. But believe theS Jot 1 thoJioht that sometime during bis life God l would grant him a golden sunset, and hs did. Then he turned to God and said, 70 1 that one would hear me" and God answered 1 him out of the whirlwind. And Goo said, Gird up thy loins. God said to him Job, where were you when the moving starr
 sang together for ioy2 Where were yot | when I set the planets in the heavens2 D'
 you understand how this universe cf Tiff
 was brought into existence? and so he wen on until Job was almost paralyzed with tn l questions. No man can account for humal ! suffering. God taught Job that hi suffering was part of the laN 4 and that he could not penetrate this myster.
 more than many other mysteries. It is
 great comfort for a man to get out of <him self and there is no better way than to Stud l nature, to look straight up into the heaven l and look at Gods works. In Jobs case h1 | head and heart were both wrong. lie na
 for time neglected to study God in the uni
 verse. It is dreadful feeling to man t
 feel that he has lost his grip on God or tha
 God has lost his grip on him.
 Job heard the voice of God and he we 1 comforted and he seemed to understand Goo l Let us when trouble comes learn not to los
 faith, not to lose hope, not to lose Chris When we depart then we shall see God as
 is We cannot understand what the plan { God is now, and we shall not know what u
 result is until he reaches down and takes I by the hand and says, child you have suffere
 enough, enter thou into the joys of thy Lor'