Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-23
SUNDAY THOUGHTS
ON
MORALS MANNERS
BY A CLERGYMAN.

When st. Paul, the greatest Of theolo-
gians, and Shakespeare, the greatest Of
poets, agree in hymning the advantages Of
afaiction in human life, uninspired and pro-
sale folk may safely hum the same tune,
even though it be in pathetic minor key.
mo suffering for the present seemeth to be
joyous, but grievous; nevertheless. after
ward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of
righteousness unto them which are exercised
thereby. Wherefore lift up the hands that
hang down." Thus st. Paul.
'Sweet are the uses of adversely,
Which like the toad ugly and veDomous,
Wears yet precious jewel in his head"
Thus the poet whom Milton calls Sweetest
Shakespeare, Fancy's child"
Yes, sorrow though bitter is wholesome.
1t is corrective. 1t jogs us in the midst of
our smelling and building and strife for
precedence, and asks, What is all this
worth? How much of the baggage of time
can you take with you into eternityf What
part of your possessions is pharmaceutical
estate in very TRUTH
Trouble is a source of self.knowledge. When
all goes well with us we are strong and self
confident. The world seems sufficient for us.
We feel like certain celebrity who said: Il
had rather have my part in Paris than in Para
dlseW But when some earthquake disaster
rumbles through the soul and shakes down
our 1Oftiest, proudest creations in hideous ruin,
we come to our senses, realize our weakness.
and seek Him with whom we have had to do.
and who is from everlasting to everlasting"
Adversely tends to make us sympathetic. 1t
enlists selfshness on the side of generosity.
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prompt us to feel for others when they suffer.
The reflection that at any moment, so tickle
jade is fortune, we may be driven to draw on
the bank of friendship, makes us ready to
honor any draft which our neighbors present
and ask us to convert into the cash of sympathy.
Thus to change the figures, we learn TO carry
a little fire at the hearthstone of the heart for
friend to warm his chilled fingers at
Surely. then, God knows best. Infinite wis
dom is His right hand and infinite love is His
left. In these arms He holds US all, and closest
whan we are neediest.
But look here; don't go around borrowing
trouble. No need of that. There is usually
enough of it in the house already.
Children's Day.
One of the most charming of recent conceits
is this of "Children's Day, which many churches
have just been celebrating. The happy throngs
of little folks embowered in flowers; the briet
and pithy addresses with filthy. and sixthly,
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tion of Bibles to the deserving or destitute; the
prominence given to the Sunday school in It's
influence upon the men and women Of to-mor-
row; make this the anniversary of anniversa-
ries
1t is impossible to exaggerate the Importance
of work for and among the young. They repre-
sent the future. They are now in our hands
like clay in the hands of the potter-we may
give them what shape we will. And in molding
them we form the manhood and womanhood
which
in family, church, and State. God Himself lit
may be said reverently) cannot make saints at
the adult end as fast as Satan can make sim
ners at the childhood end.