The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-14
SUPERIOR, WIS.,, SATURDAY JAN II. 1885,
Have More Faith.

very wavering. When the sun is
shining brightly and everything is
climbing to the mountain top at a
2:40 gait. they are all smiles and want
to shake hands with all they meet;
they cannot find words to express
their joy and delight at the way things
are "just booming along" in bust
ness way. The same rule applies TO
religious matters or to the masses of
those who swear off from rum or
tobacco on New Years morning. The
young convert will climb to the mount
ain top of JOY and bliss dozen times
day, and repeat at the class meeting
or tell his pastor how beautiful it is to
serve the Lord AMI to love all man
kind, and this will continue while it is
all sunshine-but let cloud of adj
versity, or atfiiction, or persecution, or
temptation pass between him and the
glorious orb of righteousness. and how
soon, how very soon his chin drops,
his eye loses its brilliancy, and he at
once begins to doubt whether there be
God or not. or such thing or state
us holiness and purity of heart, and
thus proceeds to make himself just as
miserable as he possibly can be- He
is man OF little faith. Or the man
who ''swers oil" from drink, how he
will boast, while in the company of
those who are temperate or while the
appetite for drink lies dormant for
time, how easy it is for man to quit
using it, and we hear the familiar say
ing, $50 and SO is fool for drinking,
why don't he stop as [ have done?"
But let the power of thirst for the
liquor return, let few of the old boon
companions get about him and the
stained glass windows Of the saloon APP
pear before him and he tumbles head
long into the gutter. His faith was
artificial and a vertable sham. He
needs a genuine faith to make a noble
man of him. But orr thoughts are
getting away" with us and running
too far in a channel that was not
thought of when we wrote our head
line, but as our thoughts may help
some lettering brother we will let
them stand and take up the original
thought Our rule as laid down APP
plies to business matters with equal
force. 1t requires a strong abiding
faith in both God and man for any
man to succeed in business faith that
God will reward all honest endeayor,
and faith in the honesty of his fellow
man. 1t requires faith in the captain
and pilot to point the nose of his
little craft out to sea and start on the
perilous journey. 1t requires faith for
capitalists to put their wealth in rail
roads which run through long miles Of
uninhabited country. 1t requires
faith for town site men to pay 81, 900
an acre for land not worth cent to
the man who has no faith Faith says
"we are going to build a city here"
No faith says ''Bosh, it can't be
done, or, it will never be done"
We haye good deal of this little or
no faith doctrine up this way. Two
or three months ago when Mr.. Stick
ney was here looking oyer the ground
for the new railroad and shipping de-
pot grounds you could not find man
who did not already see population
of 100000 people right here on the
ground. They were all faith and en-
thsiasm, while they could feast their
their eyes on Mr.. Stickney and his
crew of engineers. But they were
much like poor old Peter when he saw
the Lord walking on the waves, his
faith was great, and he cried Lord,
if it be thou, bid me to come upon the
water" and when hidden to come"
he started out all right, but as soon as
high rolling waye hid the Lord from
his sight, his faith vanished and he
began to sink SO it was with the
people here. Just as soon as Mr.,
Stickney went east to raise money to
carry out his scheme and his engineers
were lost sight of in the wilderness be-
tween here and St. Paul, their faith
wavered, and doleful sounds of doubt
and distrust were heard. One says
Il would buy if | only kaeao the new
road was coming, but | fear there will
be something to prevent it. Another
SAYS, There, that is the last we shall
see of Mr.. Stickney; if l could only
sell out so as to save myself, | would"
"hlie the poor lelio" hilSHt hot own
more than one cheap back lot, he
would heave sigh that would make
the office cat look sick.
Now these men are all good fellows
in the main, and would not DO any
thing to retard things. but they lack
faith, the true genuine faith. the faith
which stands by man and shines
brightest when the clouds Of midnight
darkness are hanging over him, faith
which says, 81 am not pinned to Stick
news coat tail; if he don't come and
do as he says he will, some one else