Sharp County record., 1888-08-02

improvid mt people ever heard Of n
deserved to starve, They migBt tueS hS
taken food enough to last them until lave lave
cot back. Nothing did they take 'uey ,Oy
who had more wit than all Of thsm 'ao
together, asked his mother that MOI puE
for some loaves Of bread and some 6.hi %
They were put into his sachel. Ha mN
ont into the desert. From this provi.; %Gu'
the seven thousand were fed, and tbe m! ro'ON
thew ate the larger the loaves grew nSa, @
the provision that the boy brought in Na'u
sachel was multiplied so he could not b0u'
carried the fragments home in six sacb",
"O.n you say, "times have changed A Aa11
the day of miracles has gone.n 7 ro'l Ia
that, what God did then by miracle pg'
Hoes now in some other way, and L.
natural laws. 81 have been young y ,.s
David, "but now l am old; yet have
never seen the righteous forsaken U,'
his seed begging bread" 1t is high tim,
that you people who are fretting abor,
worldly circumstances, and who are fe.,
ing you are coming to want, underyoo,
that the oath of the eternal God is IN
volved in the fact that you are to bav,
enough to eat and to wear
Again; l remark that the religion n
Jesus Christ is the grandest Influence n
make man contented. Indemnity apaiD%
all financial and spiritual harm! 1t can,
the spirit, dwindles the earth into jnsr
nificance, and swallows up the soul wifi
the thought of Heaven. 0 ye who hava
been going about from place to place er
pecting to find in change of circumstancp,
something to give solace to the spirit
commend you, this morning, to the warm,
hearted, earnest, practical, common sep,a
religion of the Lord Jesus Christ "ne.
is no peace, saith my God, for the wickeip
and as long as you continue in your Sin
YOU will be miserable. Come to Christ
Mako Him your portion, and start ir
Heaven, and you will be happy man
YOU will be happy woman,
Yet, my friends, notwithstanding Al
these inducements to spirit of contert
ment, have to tell you this morning as
human race Is divided into TWO classes !
those who scold and those who get scoda y
The carpenter wants to be any thing but
carpenter, and the mason any thing but, 4
mason, and the banker any thing butt
banker, and the lawyer any thing but,
lawyer, and the minister any thing but p
minister, and every body would be hapg ~
| If he were only somebody else. ThN
anemone wants to be a sunfower, and NJ
the apple orchards throw down halr'
blossoms because they are not tall ceisAO LOT
and the scow wants to be a schooner alIa
the sloop would like to be seventyi@l;
hounder, and parents have the worst Cl8 Z
! dren that ever were, and every body IN
the greatest misfortune, and every thg}
! is upside down, or going to be. All Efhi
! friends. you never make any advaN !,
through such spirit as that You al ~
not fret yourself up; you may fret NaE75..
self down. Amid all this grating Of hspt'
! | strike this string of the Gospel hsTAQN
"Godliness with contentment is gan,n
gain. We brought nothing into the wNl III
and it is very certain we can carry Hak *
ing out; having food and fament let ''sp' ''p
| therefore be content" INK
Let us all remember, five are Christn p
that we are going after awhile, whaeEN "
be our circumstances now, to have "a /.
ious vacation As in summer weputof0
garments and go down into the coOlsa
bathe, so we will put off these III.
mests of flesh, and step into ~
cool Jordan. We will look a0lffA
for some place to lay down our wearia
and the trees will say Come and
under our shadow" and the ii>%y
will say; Come and sleep in my Oosai e
and the winds will say; "Hushl Wls
sing thee cradle hymn and wnA'H
strong men carry us out to our laSlM
place, and ashes come to ashes andaA
dust, we will see two SCARED feet SNI
amid the broken soil, and laceraRa
bending over the open grave, whleat Ia
tender with all affection and mglV M.&
all omnipotence will declare; y M il
resurrection and the life he that Oes q
in Me, though he were dead yet sps
live" Comfort one another wl'n
words.