Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-08-26

tendance, and long lines Of carriages
would have stopped at the front door 10
inquire as TO his welfare. But poverty
on the one side and sickness or the other
are Bozez and Seneh, and they interlock
their shadows and drop them upon the
poor mans way. God help him. There
Is sharp rock on the one side, and
sharp rock on the other side"
Now, what is such a man TO do2 In
the name Of Almighty God, I will tell
him what to do. DO as Jonathan did
climb; climb up into the sunlight Of
Gods favor and consolation. can 20
through the churches and show you men
who lost fortune and health at the same
time, and yet who sing all day and
dream Of heaven all night. If you have
any idea that sound digestion, and steady
nerves, and clear eyesight, and good
hearing, and plenty of friends are neces-
sary to make a man happy, you have
miscalculated. / suppose that these over
hanging rocks only made Jonathan
scramble the harder and the faster TO get
up and out into the sunlight; and thi-
combined shadow Of invalidIsm and
financial embarrassment has often sent q
man up the quicker into the sunlight of
Gods favor and the MONDAY of his
glorious promises. 1t is a difficult
thing for n man to feel his dependence
upon God when he has SO, 900 in the
bank, and $50, 200 in government securi-
ties, and a block of stores and three
ships WELL" the man says to him
self, lit is silly for me to pray, Give me
this day my daily bread when my pan
try is full, and the canals from the west
are crowded with breadstuffs destined
for my storehouses." Oh, my friends, II
the combined misfortunes and disaster.
of life have made you climb up into the
arms of a sympathetic and compassionate
God, through all eternity you will bless
him that in this world "there was a
sharp rock on the one side, and sharp
rock on the other side"
Again, that man is in the crisis Of the
text who has home troubles and outside
persecution at the same time. The world
treats man well just as long as it pays
bes. to treat him well. As long as it can
manufacture success out of his bone, and
brain, and muscle, it favors him. The
world fattens the horse it wants to drive.
But let man see it his duty to cross the
track of the world, then every bush j:
full Of horns and tusks thrust at him.
They will belittle him. They will carl
cature him. They will call his generos
ity self aggrandizement, and his piety
sanctimoniousness. The very worst per
secution will some time come upon hin
from those who profess to be Christians
John Milton-great and good Johr
Milton-so forgot himself as to pray, il
SO many words, that his enemies nigh
oe eternally thrown down into the dark
est and deepest gulf Of hell. and be the
undermost and most detected and the
lowest down vassals Of perdition! AnC
Martin Luther so far forgot himself rs tC
say, in regard 70 his theological oppon,
ents: Put them in whatever sauce you
please, roasted, or fried, or baked, OF
stewed. or boiled. or hashed, they ar,
nothing hut asses!' All, my friends, i
John Milton or Martin Luther coult
come down 10 such scurTllity, whaI
may YOU not expect from les
elevated opponents! Now, the worl,
sometimes takes after them; tn
newspapers take after them; publi'
opinion takes after them; and the unfor
tunate man is lied about until all TN
dictionary Of Billingsgate is exhauste,
on him. You often see a man whom
you know TO be good, and pure, an,
honest, set upon by the world, an,
mauled by whole communities, Will,
vicious men take on a supercillous air IL
, condemnation of him; as though LOr,
! Jeifreys should write an essay on gentle
ness, or Henry VIII talk about purity
or Herod take to blessing little children
Now, a certain amount Of persecution
rouses mans defiance, stirs his bloot
for magnificent battle and makes hin
fifty times more man than he woul,
have been without the persecution. S
} il was with the great reformer when h
said IL will not be put down; | will b
! heird." And so il was with Millard
! the preacher, in the time OF Louis NJ
When Louis VI sent word to him tina
! unless he stopped preaching in that styl
/ | he would throw him into the river. h
replied: "Tell the king that will reac
5 heaven sooner by water than he vi
reach it by fast horses" A certai
. amount Of persecution Is tonic and il
G spiration, but too much of il, and e
o long continued, becomes the roc
}. BoZez. throwing a dark shadow ov,
n mans life. What is he to Z
e then? Go home, you say. Good adyic
e that. That is just the place fora man
d 60 when the world abuses him. {
home. Blessed be God for our quiet al
: sympathetic homes. But there is mar
y q man who has the reputation Of hayiI
= home when he has nome Through u
d thinkingness or precipitation there a
rs many matches made that ought never
J. have been made. An officiating priC
" cannot alone unite a couple. The 10
le Almighty must proclaim banns. The
,r Is many home in which there is ]
Il sympathy and no happiness and no go'
e. cheer. The claLnor Of the battle may n
W have been heard outside, but God know
ps notwithstanding all the playing Of q
N "wedding March" and all the odor
IS the orange blossoms and the benedictlo
is Of the officiating pastor, there has bee
N no marriage
se Sometimes men have awakened TO fin
10 ON one side Of them the rock of persecl
Ne ton, and on the other side tho rock
n domestic infclicity. What shall such Q
W one dol DO as Jonathan did-clim