The Forrest City times., 1888-07-21

! ish throne 10 let ferdinand 20 on. House of Arsgon, house of Hspsburg, house of Stuart house of Bourbon. quarrel ing about erers thing else, but agrrer ing in this: "The fashion pf ttls world passcth awaym Ddt baye all these digni- inrirs sonei Can they not be called bsckt . have been in assemblegrs v. ..ere have heard the roll ealls..., and many distinguished men ] h-ss answered. 1t should call the roll to. day of some of those mighty ones who have gone, wonder fl they would net answer. will call the roll. l will call the Toll of the kings first: Alfred the Greatl William the l Conauereri Frederick iIl Louis XVII No auswer. will cait the roi of the poets, Robert SoNiheyi Thomas Campbelli Jobn keatsi George Crabbei Robert Burnsi Nc answer. call he roll ot artists. Michael Angeioi Paul Naronesel William Turnerl Ehrlssopher Wrenl No answer Eyes closed Ears deaf Lips silent Hands palsled. sceptre. pencil, pen, swot1, us,s tof forever Why should We struggle for such baublesl
 Arctees reason why we should culture this Spirit of cheerfulness is the fact that God knows what Is best for His creatures. You know what Is best for your child. He thinks you are not as liberal with him as you ought to be. He crlticises your dlseiriue but you look over the whole fed. and you, loving that shtd, do what in your deliberate, judrmsnt IS best Tor hin Nov, God is iae pest of fathers SoInesit.es lis children think that ! he Is hard on them. and that He is not ss lib- eral with them as He might be. But children do not know as much as father l can tell you why you are not largely aiiluent and why you have not been grandly successful It is because you cannot stand the temptation. If your path had been smooth, you would haVe depended upon your 5ure- fcotesness. but God rougheped that bath, so you have to take held of His hand. If the weather had beeh mild, you would have loitered along first howl of the storm sou qulckened your pace heavenward, and wrap ped around you the warm robe Of savioars righteodsness. ss-
 to thes farmer what have done, that you beat p1e sc hard with your flaillb The farm. CT .iiakes no answer, but the rake takes of the straw, and the mill blows the chaff to the wind, and the golden grain fails down at tho foot of the windmill, After awhile, the straw looking down, from the fiiow upon the golden grain banked up on either side tbe floor understands who the farmer beet the wtsatsheaf with the fail.
 Who are those before the ihronei The an- swer came; "1hsse are they who, out of great tribsletion, had their robes washed and mace white in the blood of the lamb.n Would God that we could understand that our trials are the very best thing for us If We had an appreciation of that truth. ther we should know. why t was that John royfa, the martyr. in tho vefy midst of the flame
 
 gots that was consuming him, and kissed it, and said: Blessed be God for the time wher was born to this prefermertn They who suffer with Him cr earth shall be glorfed with Him ir heaten. Be content, then, with hact things as you have.
 Another consideration leading us to the sprit of the text ia the assurance that the Lord will provide somehow. VIII He who holds the water in the hollow of His hand, al- low Ills children to die of thlrsti Win He who owns. the. cattle on a thousand hills, and all the earth's luxurl- ance of grain and fruit allow His chrldren to starvei Go out to-morrow morning at five o'clock, into tbe woods and hear the birds chant. They have had ho ,se 9sreakfa's 4, tlsy hnoS not where idea where they wili sup; but hear the birds chant al five o'clock in the morning ''ReEoid the fowls Of the air for they SOW pot, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are you not much better than theYf' Seven thousand people, in Christs time, went Into the desert They were the most mprovldent people l ever heard of They deserved to starve. They might have taken food enough to last them untl they got back. Nothing did they take A lad, who had more wit than all of them put together asked his mother that morning for some loaves of bread and some fishes. They were put into his satchel He went out into the desert From this provision the seven thousand were fed, and the more they ate the larger the loaves grew, until the provision that the boy brought in one satchel was multiplied so he could not have carried the fragments hbnie in six satcbels. sph,N you say, "times have changed and the day of miracles has gone.n ! reply that what God did then by miracle, He does now in some other way, and by na- tural laws. q have been young" said Day i'd, "hut now am old; yet have never seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread,' lt Is high time that you people ho, are fretting about worldly circumstances, and who nre fearing you are coming to want, un- derstand that the oath of the Eternal God is involved iu the fact that you are to have enough to eat and to wear
 Again: I remark that he religion of Jesus Christ Is the grandest influence to make a man contented Indemnity against all finan- cial and spiritual harm. It calms the spirit, dwipdles the earth into insignifieauce, and swallows up the soul with the thought of heaven. Dye who have been going bout from place to place expecting to find in change of circumstances something to give soace to the spirit, commend you, this morning, to the warm hearted earnest practical, com mon sense religion of the Lord Jesus Christ. "There Is no peace, saith my God, for the wicked J and as long as you continue in your sin you will be miserable. Come 10 Christ. Make Him your portion, and start for heaven and you will be happy man-you will be a happy womsn.
 Yet, my friends, notwithstanding all these inducements to spirit of eontentment, l have to tell Nou this morning the human race Is divided Into two elasses-those who scold and those wnG get seolded. The carpenter wants tO be anything but carpenter, and the mason anything but mason, and the banker anything but a banker, and the law yer anything but a lawyer, and the minister anything but a minister, and everybody would be happy if he were only somebody else. The anemOne wants to be a sunfl0wer. and the ap- pie orchards throw down their blossoms be- cause they are not tall cedars, and the scow wants to be a schooner, and the sloop would like to be a seventy-four pounder and par en.s Lave the worst children that ever were and every body has the greatest misfortune, and every thing is upside down, or going to be- An, my friends, you never make any ad- vance through such a spirit as that. You cannot fret yourself up; yon may fret your self down. Amid all this grating of tones l strike this string of the gospel harp; Godli- ness with coptentment is great gain. We brought nothing into 10 this world, and 1t is very certain we can carry nothing out; having food and ralment let us herewith be con tent"
 Let us all remember, if we are Christians, that we are going after awhile, what ever be our circumstances now, 10 have glorious vacation. As In summer we put of our garments and go down into the cool sea to baihe, so We will put of these garments Of flesh. and step into the cool Jordan. We will look around for some place to lay down our weariness; and the trees will say: Come and rest under our shadow;n and the earth will say: Come and sleep in my bosom;" and the winds will say: Hush while I sing thee a cradle hymn;n and while six strong men carry us out to our last resting place. and ashes come to ashes and dust to dust, we win see two scared feet standing amid the broken soil, and a lacerated brow bending over the open grave, wEile voice. tender with all-ailection and mghty with all omnipotenee. will declare :: T am the resurrection and the life; he that belieyeth in Me- though he were dead, yet shall he ivcn Comfort one another with these words
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