Telegram-herald., 1889-10-28


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Again. l. l. TIE uss y trouble = make Us
feel our complete dependence upen God
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Go waen souls men de Men gllns they can
% ANYTHING unrl God shows taem tAey can
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theus " as assaulted by his enemy, u heu the
lance struck him u opened a great swelling
that Lad threatened ais death and he got
vel So il - tAs srr0s u trouble tlaI lets
out great sweliings " pride, We never feel
our dependence upon God until Ne get
trouble.
was riding with my little child along the
road. aud she asked II ste might drive /
said Certainly" harded over tie reils 70
her, and had 70 admire the gies with which
she drove But after q while me met team,
and We had 70 turn out. The road Was mar
row, and il was sheer down oa both sides.
She handed the reins over 70 me and said Il
think YOU had better take charge II the
horse 50 we are al children. and on this
road OF life we like 10 drive. IL gives one
such an appearance Of superiority and power
II looks big But after while we meet some
obstacle. and We have 70 turn out, and the
road Is narrow, and il is sheer down on both
sides, and then we are willing that God should
take the reins and drive. Ahl my friends,
we get upset so often because We DO not hand
over the reins soon enough
Can You not tell when YOU hear man
pray whether be has ever had any troublei
can. The cadence, the phraseology indicate
il. Why do women pray better than meni
Because they have had more trouble Before
O man has any trouble ms prayers are poetic,
and he begins away up amQng the sun, moon
and stars, and gives the Lord great deal OF
astronomical information that must be highly
gratifying. he then comes on down gradu-
ally over beautiful tablelands % forever
and ever, amen" But after man has had
trouble. PRAYER is with him a taking hold Of
the arm Of God and crying out for help. ]
have heard earnest prayers on two or thres
occasions that remember.
Once, on the Cincinnati express train going
at forty miles an hour, and the train jumped
the track, and we were near chasrn eighty
feet deep; and the men who, q few minutes
before, had been swearing and blaspheming
God, began TO pull and jerk at tho bell rope,
and got up on the backs of the seats, and
cried out: 20, God, save US" There was
another time, about eight hundred miles Out
at sea, on q laundering steamer, after the
last lifeboat had been split finer than kindling
wood. They prayed then. Why is it you 50
often hear people, in reciting the last expert
ence of some friend, say; He made the most
beautiful prayer | ever heardF What makes
it beautifull 1t IS the earnestness of it, Oh,
| tell you n man Is in earnest when his
stripped and naked soul wades out in the
soundless, shOreleSs, bottomless ocean Of
eternity.
1t is trouble, my friends, that makes us feel
our dependence upon God. We do not know
our own weakness or Gods strength until the
last plank breaks. 1t is contemplate in US
when there is nothing else TO take hold OF
that we catch hold Of God only. A man is
unfortunate in business He has TO raise
great deal of money, and raise it quickly. he
borrows on word and note all be can borrow.
After awhile he puts a mortgage on his
house. After awhile he puts second mort
gage on his house. Then he puts lien on
his furniture Then he makes over his life
insurance. Then he assigns oil his property.
Then he goes to his father-in-law and asks
for help!
Well, having failed everywhere, complete
ly failed, he gets down on his knees and says:
30 Lord, l have tried everybody and every
thing, now help me out Of this financial
trouble" He makes God the last resort in
stead Of the first resort. There are men who
have paid ten cents on dollar who could
have paid a hundred cents on dollar if they
had gone 70 God in time. Why, you do not
know who the Lord is. BE is not an autOcrat
seated far up in a palace, from which he
emerges once a year, preceded by heralds
swinging swords to clear the way. No But
a Father willing, at our call, 10 stand by US
in every crisis and predicament OF life.
tell you what some Of you business men
make me think of. A young man goes of
from home 10 earn his fortune. BE goes With
his mothers consent and benediction. She
has large wealth. but he wants to make bis
own fortune. He goes far away, falls sick,
gets out Of money. He sends for the hotel
keeper where he is staying, asking for leni-
ence. and the answer he gets Is: IF you don't
nav up Saturday night you'll be removed %
the hospital" The young man sends TO a
comrade in the same building No help He
writes 70 a banker who was friend Of his
deceased father No relief. He writes 70 an
old schoolmate, bat gets no help.
Saturday night comes and he Is moved to
the hospital Getting there be Is frenzied
with Grief, and he borrOws a sheet Of paper
and a postage stamp. aud he ats down, and
be writes home, saying. Dear mother, !
an sick unto death. Come Ii - ten min
utes Of 10 o'clock when she gets tho letter.
At 10 O'Clock tho train starts. She Is i've
minutes from tho depot She gets there IN
time 10 have five minutes % spare She
wonders why n train that can % thirty
miles an hour cannot go sixty miles an hour.
gho rushcs into the hospital She says; Ny
son. what does all this meant Why didn Z
you send for met You sent 20 everybody
bat me You knew could AMI would help
YOU. Is this the reward I get for my kind
mss 10 YOU alwaysn She bundles him up,
takes him home and gets hun weil very soon
Now. some of You treat God Just A. that
young man treated his mother. When you
get into q financial parp.exity YOU call on
the banker, you cal on the broker, you call
on your creditors, you call on your lawyer
for legal counsel, you call upon every BODY.
and when you cannot set any help then ycu
Va - Cod Won sav "Dh lord. / come -
thee Help me now out ~ Dag perp.exlfy.
And the Lord comes though 10 Is lle eleventh
hour. He says, why did y1u not send Tor
me- hafaral AS one whom LIS mn.lar COM