The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-17

go their determination is a religious cut
ting to pieces of the greeuest things they
can lay their hands on. They imagine they
are doing Gods service when they are going
about borrowing trouble. and borrowing II
at 80 per cent, which is always a sure pre-
cursor of bankruptcy.
Again: The habit of borrowing trouble
is wrong, because the present is sufficiently
taxed with trial. God sees that we all need
a certain amount of trouble, and s he ap.
portions it for ali the days and years of ouI
life. Alas for the policy Of gathering it al
up for one day or year Cruel thing to put
upon the back Of one camel all the cargo
intended for the entire caravan. l never
look at my memorandum book 70 see wha
engagements and duties are far ahead. lie
every week bear its own burdens.
The shadows of to-day are thick enough
why implore the presence of other shadow
The cup is already distas,eful, why halloC
to disasters far distant to come, and wrinf
out more gall into the bitterness Are vi
such champions that, having won the bell
in former encounters. we can 60 forth tC
challenge all the futurel
Here are business men Just able to man
age affairs as they now are They can pay
their rent, and meet their notes. and man
age affairs, as they now are, but what II
there should come a pauicf TO to-morTo"
and write on your day book, on your ledger
on your money safe, Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof" Do not worry
about notes that are far from due. 10 DO,
pile up on your countlng-desk the hhahCiai
anxieties of the next twenty years. me
God who has taken care OF your "oIIuiy
occupation, guarding your store from Ihe
torch of the incendiary and tie key OF the
burglar will be as faithful in 1891 as IN
1881. Gods hand Is mlGhter than the
machiuations of stock gamblers, or the plots
of political demagOgues, or the red right
arm OF revolution, and the darkness will fly
and the storm fall dead at his feet
So there are people in feeble health, and
they are worried about the future. They
make out very well now, but they are
bothering themselves about future pleurisies,
and Theumatisms, and neuralglas, and
fevers Their eyesight is feeble, and they
are worried lest they entirely lose it. Their
hearing is indistinct aud they are alarmed
lest they become entirely deaf. They felt
chilly to-day, and are expecting an attack
of typhoid. They have been troubled
for weeks with some perplexing
malady, and dread becoming life
long invalids. Take care of your
health now, and trust God for the
future. Be not guilty of the blasphemy of
asking him to take care OF you while you
sleep with your windows tight down or eat
chicken salad at / O'Clock at night or sit
down on a cake OF ice to cool of. BE pru-
dent and then be confident. Some Of the
sickest people have been the most useful
It was so with PaysOn, who died deaths
daily. and Robert Hall. who used to stop in
che midst Of his sermon and lie down on the
pulpit sofa to rest and then go on again.
Theodore Frelinghuysen had great horror
OF dying till the time came, and then went
peacefully. Take care Of the present, and
let the future look out for itself. 'Suffi-
Gent unto the day is the evil thereof"
Again: The habit OF borrowing mis-
fortune is wrong, because It units us for 1t
when it actually does come. We cannot
always have smooth sailing. LIES path
will sometimes tumble among declivities,
aud mount a Steep and be thorn-pierced.
Judas will kiss our cheek, and then sell us
for thirty pieces Of silver. Human scorn
will try to cruelty US between two thieves
We will hear the iron gate of the sepulchre
creak and grind as it shuts in our kindred.
But we cannot get ready for these things by
forebodings. They who fight imaginary
woes will come, out Of breath, into conflict |
with the armed disasters of the future.
Their ammunition will have been wasted
long before they come under the guns of
real misfortune. Boys, in attempting to
jump wall, sometimes go so far back in
order TO get impetus, that when they come
up they are exhausted and these long races
in order to get spring enough to vault
trouble, bring us up at last to the dreadful
reality with our strength gone.
Finally, the habit Of borrowing trouble is
wrong because 1t is unbelief. God has
promised to take care of us. The Bible
blooms with assurances. Your hunger will |
be fed; your sickness will be alleviated; |
your sorrows will be healed. God will san |
dial your feet and smooth your path and |
along by frOwning crag and opening grave |
sound the voices of victory and good cheer. |
The summer clouds that seem thunder
charged really carry IN their bosom harvests |
of wheat and shocks of corn, and vineyards |
purpling for the wine press. The wrathful |
wave will kiss the feet of the great storm |
Our great Joshua will command |
and above your soul the sun of prosperity |
Will stand still Bleak and wave-struck |
Patmos shall have apocalyptic vision and
you shall hear the cry of the elders and the
sweep of wings, and trumpets of salvation,
and the voice of Hallelujah unto God for
ever.
Your way may wind along dangerous
bride paths, and amid VOLTS howl and the
scream of the vulture, but the way still
winds upward till angels guard it, aud
trees of life overarch it. and thrones line it.
and crystalline fountains leap on it, and the
onds at gates that are pearl and
streets that are gold, and temples that are
always open, and hills that quake with per-
petual song, and city mingling forever
and jubilee. and triumph and
Let pleasure chant her siren song,
It's not the song for me;
To weeping it will turn e'er long,
For this is heavens decree.
But there's q song the rsnsomed sing
To Jesus their exalted king,
With joyful heart and tongue,
Oh that's the song for me-
Courage, my brother The father does
not give to his son at school enough money
TO last him several years, but, as the bills
for tuition and board and clothing and
books come in, pays them. So God will not
give you grace all at once for the future.
but will meet all your exigencies as they
come. Through earnest prayer, trust him.
Put everything in Gods hand and leave it
there. Large interest money to pay will
soon eat up farm, a store, an estate, and
the interest on borrowed troubles will
swamp anybody. Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof"
A RACE FOR A LIFE
The Horse Was Faster Than the Loco
motive.