The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-10

when, after miles OF pursuit, which hcav-
ing sides and lolling tongue and eyes |
swimming in death the stag leaps from the |
cliff into Upper Saranac, can you realize |
how much David had suffered from his |
troubles, and how much he wanted God !
when he expressed himself in the words |
OF the text. "As the hart pantcth after
the water brooks, so panteth my soul after
thee. o God"
We'll, now, let all those who have com.
ing after them the lean hounds OF poverty, |
or the black hounds OF persecution, or the
spotted hounds Of vicissitude, 1r the pale
hounds OF death, or who are in anywlso
pursued, fly TO the wide, deep, glorious
lake OF divine solaCc and rescue. The most
OF the men and women whom ] happen to
know at different times, II not now, have
had trouble after them, sharp mul1led
troubles, swift troubles, all dcvouring
troubles. Many OF you have made
the mistake Of trying TO lrgh'en
them. Somebody meanly attacked
YOU, and YOU attacked them; they dcpre-
ciatcd YOU. you deprecated them; or they
oycrrcachcd you in bargain, and you
tried. in Wall street parlancc, 20 get cor
ncr on them; or You have had bercave-
rcnt, and, instead .of being submissive,
YOU are fighting that bereavement; you
charge on tho doctors who failed TO Ell
feet a cure; or you charge on The careless
ness OF the railroad company through
which the accident occurred; or you are
n chronic invalid, and You fret and worry
and scold and wonder why You cannot be
well like other people, and you angrlly
charge on tho neuralgia or the lafynglus
or the ngue or the sick headache. Tho
fact il YOU are deer at bay. Instead OF
running 10 the waters Of divine consola-
ton and stacking your thirst and cooling
your body and soul in the good cheer OF
the gospel, and swimming away into tho
mighty dceps OF Gods love, you are fight
ing whole kennel OF barriers. A lew
DAYS ago I saw in the Adiroudacks u dog
living across the road, and he seemed un,
able 10 get up, and said 10 some hunters
near by. "What is the matter with that
doc?' They answered: "a deer hurt
him" And saw he had great swollen
paw and a battered head, showing where
The anilcs struck him. Aud the proba.
biity is that some Of YOU might give n
mighty clip TO your purucrs, you might
damage their business, YOU might worry
them into III health, YOU might hurt them
IA much M they have hurt you, but, after
all, IL IL not worth while. You only have
"
Saranac, INTO which the mountains Of
Gods eternal strength look down and
moor their shadows. As for yOnr physical
disorders, the worst strychinc you can
take IL irctiulncss, aud the best
medicine is religion. know pco-
pie who wcp only little disOrlcrcd,
vet have lruttod themselves into cDm-
plete valotudinarianism, while .othon put
their trust IN God and came up from the
very shadow OF death, and have lived
comfortably twenty-five years with only
one lung. A man with one lung, but God
with him, is better OF than u goddess man
with two lungs. Some oi you have been
for long time sailing around Cape Fear
when YOU ought a. have been sailing ar
ound Caro Good Hope. Donot turn back
but 90 ahead. Tho deer will accomplish
moro with lis swift feet than with It's
horns.
saw whole chains Of lakes In the Adj.
rondacks,t and from one hight you can
bee thirty and there are said 10 bo
over so In the great Wilderness. 50
ncar are they 10 each other that your
mountain guide picks up and carries the
vi,Odt from lake 10 lake, the small distanc,
between them ior that reason called !
"cafry." Aud the rralm ol Coils wOr,
Is one long chain Of bright, refreshing
lakes. Each promise lake, very shor
carry between them, and though Tor agci
the pursuci have been drinking ont %
them. they are full up 10 the tops Of ih'
green banks, and the same David describes
them. and they seem M near together thai
In three different PLACES he speaks Of then
~ a continuous river saying There h
river the strcams whereof shall make gla,
Al a Holt HlsFf
drink oi Thy pleasures" "Ihuugraily cu
riches, Il With the fiycr u God which
full OF water
But many Of you have turned your bac
ON that supply, and confront your trouble
and YOU afr aoutrd with your ritcuu
stances. and you are irighting society, nu
YOU are fighting u pursuing world ai
troubles instead II driving you into u
cool lake VI heavenly comfort ha'
made you sup and turn ruuu
and lower your head, aud u
simply nnilcr against tooth. ! do M
blame YOU. Probably under the sau
circumstances would have done Wof-
liut yuu arc III wrong. You ncCl o. DO
the reindeer docs la February and MnrC
it sheds ~ horns Tho i,ahhinic
writers allulc 10 thIs resignation 81 antlc
by the stag when they siy ui "a man VII
ventures lis money Ia risky enterprise
b. has hung ID ON the stays horns, anu
proycfh in ihr iaf east tells a man Who hl
ionliHhly lust his fortune 81 80 and hr
vh,rc the deer shed her horns N
brother, quit the anta.suniam ui your a
cumsiauus', quit mi,auihupy quit Cot
plant quit pitching into your putsuui
ic A. Nisc o., ucNi spring will ~ all q
Uiulryr Of thu Adlruuiagka shyd WI
horns
But very many Ut you Vhb arc wrong,
ui thv Woodland d boz any assembly
tween sandy llulk New YORK. aud Cool.
Gu uaic, Nau luu,.su, BE- we've 1sEcl tl
all thur, that had lu,u sometimes bad
tncairl should ui,y bath their hluIs. nl
full RESPONSE should o. made. there wuu
b. twice as many hands HItui Js Iyuu
present sIy many ui yUu would l,Jlu
''Mv have always dome tlr beet w. eco,
aud tried 90 he u-',uI. aud Why Uy Shot
lccome thr victims of maIimmuut ur
vaiidisiu. or mishap. IL 'usJutlhir.' "
do you not know that tHc finer adrcf. u
the muu elegant De- proportions, anl
Inoru beautiful i's hrarug, the more 90
ious the hunters Hud tHr hounds arv
Cnpiurv o. llll ihHt flyhurk u rays
fur and hrukyu huH.f and an uhIitCu
eye aud limp.ug slIt. thp hunters MOI
have said "lsuaN' don't lut boz va
our ammunition on s.uk drvr' And
hounds would have given 70 ivW fuIils
the track, and then daflDl Ul Iu auui
direction for better slmH nut WI
they SEQ deer with AMI
lifted Ia mighty challenge 90 earth