Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-07
Of Of trouble to make this world worth less and

Ieei our complete dependence upon Go
King Alphonso said that il ne had been pr,
ent at the creation be could have made b.
ter world than this. What a pity be w
not present! do not know what God W
DO when some men die. Men think thu
can DO anything until God shows them tn,
), can do nothing Mt all. We lay our gre
t plans and we like to execute them. 1t l0oi
big. God comes and takes us down.
D Promethens was assaulted by his enem,
$ when the lance struck him II opened q grei
swelling that had threatened his death, an
ne got well. So II is the arrow Of troubl
J that lets out great swellings Of pride. w
never feel our dependence upon God unit
! we get trouble. was riding with my littl
! child along the road, and she asked II sh
might drive. 1 said, Certainly"
handed over the reins to her, and In,
to admire the glee with which she drove
But after while we met team and We hat
to turn out. The road was narrow, and |
was sheer down ON both sides. She handed
the reins over 70 me, and said 81 think vol
had better take charge Of the horse" So VIZ
are all children; and on this road Of life WI
ike 10 drive. II gives one such an appear.
ance Of superiority and power. II looks big.
But after while we meet some obstacle, and
we have 10 turn out, and the road is narrow,
| and 1t IL sheer down on both sides; and then
we are willing that God should take the reins
and drive. All my friends, we get upset so
often because we do not hand over the relns
soon enough.
Can you not tell when you hear a man
pray, whether he has ever had any troubley
can. The cadence, the phraseology indi-
cate II. Why do women pray better than
mens Because they have had more trouble.
Before man has had any trouble, his pray
ers are poetic, and be begins away up among
the sun, moon and stars, and gives the Lord
great deal OF astronomical information that
ha 10 fs-f. Il. al.
on down gradually over beautiful tableIands
to ''foreyer and ever, amen" But after a
man has had trouble, prayer Is with him
taking hold OF the arm OF God and CRYING
out for help. / have heard earnest prayers
on two or three occasions that | remember.
once, on the Cincinnati express train
going at forty miles the hour. and the train
jumped the track, and we were near chasm
eighty feet deep; and the men who, a few
minutes before, had been swearing and BIAS |
pheming God, began 10 pull aud Jerk at the |
Del rope, and got up on the backs Of the |
seats and cried out, 80 God, save u.s."
here was another time, about eight hundred
miles out at sea. on laundering steamer,
AFTER the last lifeboat had been split finer
than kindling wood. They prayed then.
why is Il you so often hear people, in recit-
ing the last experience Of some friend, saw:
lie made the most beautiful PRAYER | ever
heardy What makes il beautiful II Is the
sarnestness OF II. Oh, tell you man Is In
earnest when his stripped and naked soul
Na1es OUT ~ tne soundless, shoreless, bot
omless ocean OF eternity.
IL is trouble, my friends, that makes us
eel our dependence upon God. We do not
now our own weakness or Gods strength /
Until the last plank breaks. IL is contempt
pie IN us when there Is nothing else to take ,
old OF, that we catch hold Of God only. A !
nan Is unfortunate In business. He has to I
aiSQ Haa1 ~ Pm 4
!. lie borrows on word and note all he can 4
orrow. After while he puts mortgage =
n MS house. After while he puts a second h
Mortgage on his house. Then he puts a lien y
D his furniture. Then he makes over his Hfe =
lsuranee. Then he assigns all his property. Il
men ne goes to his father-in-law and asks h
IT helpl II
Well, having failed everywhere. compIetelv a.
lied, he gets down on his knees and says:.s0 =.
ORD, nave tried everybody and everything. | y
Nv help me out OF this financial trouble. y,
e makes God the last resort instead of the =,
st resort There are men who have Maid =,
y cents on dollar who could have paid a ~
lhdreu cents on dollar II they had gone to az
pa IN Time. Why, you do not know who -,
e Lord is. He is not an autocrat seated far ~
IN palace, from which he energies once ",
iear, preceded by heralds swinging swords ~ ~
clear the way. No. But father willing ~
our cal, to stand by us in every crisis and en- v
edicament Of life su
tell you what some of YOU business men ia ~,
A ~. me think OF. A young man goes off NJ
IN home TO earn his fortune. He goes w
IN his mothers consent and benediction
has large wealth but he wants 10 make 80.
own fortune. lie goes far away. falls ms
<, gets out Of money. He sends for tbe n ~
el-keeper where he Is staying, asking for fov
lehee, ana the answer he gets Is "If YOU Ia,
~ pay up saturday night you'll be re- fra
we'd to the hospital" The young man ~, ~
as 70 comrade in the same bnildlng ~,
heip: lie writes TO banker who was \ arc
nd OF hih deceased father No relief ua ~
tes TO an old schoolmate, but gets no helm ~. "a
hospital. " " 1he
citing there, he Is frenzled with grief: e aer
ne BOTTOMS sheet OF paper and n most ~
stamp, and he sits down, and he writes -,
le, saying; Dear mother, am sick unto ssSa'
n; come Ii is ten minutes OF 10 ncs,
,ek when she gets the letter, Al 10 Il q
'ck the train starts. She is five minutes Ia
the depot. She gets there in time To 5e s,
nve minutes to spare. She wonders stan
q : . Ia tnat can go thirty miles an hour m
10Y 80 sixty miles an hour. She PUSHES mo,
me hospital. She says: "My son, what n asSe
az this meang Why didn't Won send for oens
GU sent to everybody but me, You ~, !,
1 could and would help you. Is this 49,,
reward ". 1 get for my Kindness to Won n. ft
onc bundles him up, takes him Hay
!, and gets him well very soon. N sIas
W, some OF you treat God just as that smd
9 man treated his mother. When Won a. a"I y,
ITO financial perplexity, you call on h ~ ~
anker, you call on the broker, Won call Hvrs
ur creditors, you call on your LAWYER :,
gal counsel; you call upon eyerybody. s %
'nen you cannot get any help. then Won o.sse
zoo. You say: "Oh Lord / come TO 4 ~,
!, Help me now out OF my perpIexitv. y 1., iss
ne Lord comes, though il i the eleventh .sa,-
lie says: "Why did you not send for s o,Ie'
Iores As one whom his mother com a ~
n, SO viii comfort you.v II Is N na ali :,
US Dack upon an all comforting God 4; ~ ~ =
e nave this ministry of tears. 49,, = ~
IN, II Is the use Of trouble to capacitate sr;s,
the ONCE of sympathy. The priests - q.
the Old dispensation, were set anart IN - ~
water sprinkled on their hands. feet s sIa,r
cad; and by the sprinkling of tears ssnoj
are now set apart to the office ~ S 'SsI.
tiny. When we are in prosperity we VINE hs
nave a great many Young neonle ~. ~
us, and we laugh when thew tangb peii'
e romp when they romp, and we sine NM. NM
they sing; but when we have troubIs s slles'
plenty Of old folks around. WbyS s 49,
Know how to talk. Take an aged en- =,
I, 20 years Of age, and she Is almost D,al oi
9.ent IN comfort. Why? She has ~ aI ~,
hrough 1t all. At O'Clock I'M the I ~ ~ q
y she goes over 10 comfort a vonno a ap.n =.