Milford chronicle., 1888-08-24
TROUBLE ON BOTH SIDES.
REV. DR.. TALMAeE RETURNS TO
THE TABERNACLE.

ON Both Sides" and his text, 'There was
sbarp rock on the one side, and sharp rack
on the other side" l Samuel, xiv, l.
The cruel army of the Philistines must DO
tol-en and scattered. There is just one man,
accompanied by his bodyguard, to do that
thing. Jonathan is the hero of the scene. 1
lnoyy that David cracked the skull OF the
giant with a few pebbles well slung, ana tha1
three hundred Gideonites scattered zen thUu-
sand Amalelzites by the crash OF OIoheh
crockery; but here is more wonuerlul eoii-
aict. Yonder are the Philistlnes on tne
rocks. Here is Jonathan with ms pouy
guard in the valley. On the one sioe Is =
Pol, called Bozez; on the other side is
a rocl, called Seneh. These two were
as famous in olden times as in modern times
are Plymouth Rock and Gibraltar. They
vere precipitous, unscalable and sharp. DC
tween these two rocks Jonathan must make
bie ascent. The day comes for tho scaling OF
fine height, Jonathan, on his hands ana ieeu,
BEGINS the ascent. With strain and sip anu
br,tise. I suppose, but still on and up iirsS
- Jonathan and then goes his bodyguard.
/ Ro1oz ON one side. Seueh on the other. After
/ n sbarp ting and push and clinging, see lhe
/ hood Of Jonathan above the hole in the noun
/ tain. and there is a challenge and iight ana
I a slpernatural CONSERVATION. 1hese t"O
men. Jonathan and his bodyguard' ullso
hack and drive down the Philisbines over inc
rocks, and open campaign whlch ueiiiol
isbes the enemies Of Israel l suppose 1ilaO
the overharging and overshadoWlhs IoeAs
ON either side did not balk or dlsheaften
Jonathan or his bodyguard, but only reused
and filed them with enthusiasm as they Went
mn. ssThere was sharp rock on the one
side and a sharp rock on the other SIDE
NV friends. YOU have been or are now, some
% vop in this crisis of the text. II a man
meets one trouble he can 60 through Win ~ ~.
10 gathers all his energies, concentrates
tber1 ,ipon one point, and in the strength o.
Cd or bv his own natural determination
Cross through it. But the man who has
fro,,rle to the right Of him and trouble TO
the left Of him is TO be pitied Did ellleI
trorLle come alone he might endure 1t, but
two troubles, two disasters, two overshaaoW-
ing misfortunes are Bozez and Seneh. Fod
pitv himl "There is a sharp rock on tne one
side and a sharp rock on the other side"
In this crisis of the text is that man WHOSE
fortune and health fail him at the salils
t;me Nine.tenths OF all our merchants cap
size in business before they come 70 90 years
Of ooe There is some collision in CONNER
o;o1 circles tbev stop payment 1t seems az
If every man must put his name on the pack
of n note before he learns what fool man
is who risks all his own property on the pros
,,act that some man will tell the truth. II
seems as if a man must have large amount
oP unstable goods on his own shelf before ne
learns how much easier it is to buy taan e
sa,l 1t seems as if every man must % colli
D2,eIv burned out before he learns
the Importance of always keeping iaIly
insured It seems as if every MAJ
must he wrecked in a financial tempest DC
n fore he learned to keep things snug III cas-
n of n sudden euroclydon. When the calaulivl
q, does come, it is awful. The man goes nom !,
n in despair, and he tells his family; " wei
n have to 90 to the poor house he taxes
n dolorous view of everything. 1t seems as
n he never could rise. But httle Time pas
n. and he says: "Why, am noC SO Oa'ly u
m after all; have my family left"
n. Pefore the l ord turned Adam out of Para
N m disc he cave him Eve so that when he los
h. Paradise he could stand it, Permit one wh
has never read but few novels in all his LI'
n and who has not great deal Of romance
his composition, to say, that if, when a man
m fortunes fail, he has good wite-a goo
n' Christian wife-he ought not to be despoi
dent ooh you say, "that only ncreas'
m the embarrassment, since you have her an
IN 70 tal-o care Of" You are an migrate, K
'' the woman as often supports the man as Il
ly. mon supports the woman. The man ma
az hrno ali the dollars, but the woman gel
\ erally brings the courage and the talth
m God. .,...
OF Well. this man Of whom am speakiI
y looks around and he finds his family Is lei
and he rallies, and the light comes 70
90 ewes. and the smile to his face, and the cou
ny Z ace to his heart. In two years ne Is qui
m over II. He makes his financial calamity =
! 3 of f1rOgDprltV. i
met that one trouble-conquered 1t. he
down for little while under the grim shade
of the rock Bozez; yet he soon rose al
N becan. like Jonathan, to climb But he
often it is that physical ailment comes WI
. financial embarrassment. When tne iS
time failed it broke the mans spirit. i
NJ nerves wero shattered. His brain W
"a stunned. can show youhundreds OF m
in New York whose fortune and heal
N failed at the same time. They came prem
LOf tnralv TO the staff. Their hand trembl
an with incipient paralysis. They never saw
~ well day since the hour when they call
" their creditors together for compromi
k II such men are inpatient, and peculiar, a
irritable, excuse them. Ihey had Z
troubles, either one Of which they cotlld ha
met successfully. If, when the heaith we
" the fortune had been retained, it would
Ill have Deen 50 DdNs AAA1 A-l---
-. boucht the very best medical advice, and
- conld have had the very best attendance, q
long Rncs of carriages would have stopped
d Is fine front door to inquire as to his wela
rTen, But poverty on the one side, and sickness
tbe other. ere Bozez and Seneh, and Il
- interlocz their shadows and drop them VI
the moor mans way. God help himl Tn
is n sharp rock on the one side, and SD
rock on the other side.
ii Now, what is such q man to doi IN
name of Almighty God, will tell him W
10 do Do as Jonathan did-climb; climb
into the sunlight of Gods favor and cons'
The tion. can 60 through the churches
show YOU men who lost fortune and healtl
the same time, and yet who sing all day
ef' dream Of heaven all night II you have
-. idea that sound digestion and steaay hei
TV and clear eyesight and good hearing
~ plenty Of friends are necessary to max
Of man happy, YOU have miscalculated
great nose that these overhanging rocks only m
the Jonathan scramble the harder and the IA
'erV- to Get M and out into the sunlight; and
Dc eombi.ed shadow Of invalidism and hnan
Dc embarrassment hes often sent man up
onth' quicker into the sunlight Of Gods IA
User and the monday Of his glor
y 'o0. promises. l. is a difficult thing
Dung nsn to feel his dependence U
and 80 ..-f,c~ 10 hos fan Thousand do
ton- Nou "nSH ~ - 4,.--,,s loilor
,Bos- in the bank ana my tloust--AN ~ :.
Har- Government securities, and block OF 81
s5on' and three ships. ''Well, tho man say
~ himself, sit is silly for me to pray, Civ
rain. this day my daily bread when my pant
fnll. aui the canals from the west are crov
for lei, -si.' destined for nv storehou
1n Oh. my friends, if the combined mistort
- and disasters Of life have made you clim
6E into the arms Of sympathetic and con
Iada. sionate God, through all eternity you
ties. bless him that in this world there "
inS Rsst sharp rock on the one side. and sharp
Ey- on the cther sitlo.n