The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-10-08
What 1aEij'SPl II Promises.

a lew Wethe dsO VIC nou oOuoehio6 "
say of the suicide of Laura Nourse, who
left remarkable letter accusing God Of
having deserted her and upbraiding Him
because she did not, in spite Of her pro-
fessed love for Him and His command.
ments, Eave anieasyi time inithis world.
We pointed out at the time that no such
nromises are made in thu ,HolwYWords {
that the satisfaction of being at peace
with God was better than any presump-
tive carnal blessings or o.called lhappi-
ness.
Administer at louisville, KY, takes
up this theme, and. while trusting, as we
did, tf1atgsthe Unhappy woman wasi IN
sane Rksp she plupgedsinto ihaSwater,
felt It lis duty to recall the'fact that she
>labored, as only too many persons do,
under the hallucfnationl; that religion
should allow one to have what is materi,
ally and often ssnsually,"a good time
in this world"
! The Kentucky preacher admitted tnat
in thetOld Testament the II HeDfeTs we're
epromised temporal blessings II -Mey
would refrain from ldolatry, out the
promise was rather to the Nation Than 70
individuals. The pious seven thousand
who did not bow the knee to BaafshHsred
as much from the terrible drouth- as did
the guilty idolators, and in the devastat'
ing wars all suffered alike. 81 we see
Dives, . prince, robed in puplesand
fine linen, faring snmPtuous!y eysrTg"y
in hls paiace, whlte Lazarus, tue chllo
OF God, lied SICK ana suherlng anu a starv'
ing IN the gaze. Nelo' 'ne lr.!'sa.e'
the tyTant, the moral monster ;,, o. ;Rls.oiy'
is on the throne OF tue woilos S1Pi.e'
while Paui, the pure Apostle anu o1ris.
tlan hero, Is lorsaSen, !rlenq!ess, ana ~
letters. And yee faul aha hasares @ Mere
the1 fayored Of zoo, fatnet saah aselo e 70
and DIVES. -. er .,.t-
Inc learned olvlne ,ol'oweu tals1ap ~
proofs tnas the man VINO SEEKS lis".eous
ness IS oftener the sict'm OF pelsecu'iSn "Te
than the laVof'te OF fortune, 'nqs: =! -
Joseph had not neen Sirloous' ne D woula
not nave oeell cz,Ss .l,.J 7. 'so DIstHss 20,
David was good, eaI' pe'seculeo NM
Because the three Hebrews were Que'
they were thrown lnt" the merry iaroace.
John the Baptist was y, nehea'et' "ecaose
he opposed SIN. Fihe apostles were
prosecuted and put 10 1death because OF
their faitht9lness. LooS at faui AZ
Phillppl. he naa aohe DO wrong anu
violated no ia"' YET oeca9se ue Pl1aoueo
the gospel ne was arrested, cf9ei!y. 9eaten
and cast into prison with MS feet iast IN
the stocks" contrary to al! Law, all JUS
tice, and in spite of his being a Roman
citizen"
How Christians have grown in charac-
ter and the science of the saints is shown
by several Biblical illustrations. For
instance: If Jairus' daughter had not
been sick unto death he would not have
gone after Jesus. But for his blindness
Bartimeus would never have said: Thou
son of David, have mercy on me-" and
would not have followed Christ rejoicing.
Had the man sick OF the palsy IN Caper'
naum been in health he would not have
glori6ed God for sins forgiven as we'll as
for body. restored. -
There is not minister of the Word
who has not numerous examples of those
truths in his own experience, and some
times the fallen woman has been I'D to
the sheltering arms of Jesus 6ecaus, the
dying words of her little child lmD'ored
her to follow him whittier ne was going.
from the abode of sin to the realm OF
eternal beatitude. =
The mighty pontitt, beaten down oy
human brutality and driven from his
home, exclaimed because l nave :,
1t IS related OF historic character,