Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-08-22
ACCOMAC G. H. VA SATURDAY, AUGUST %, 1891
BORROWERS OF TROUBLE
DR.. TALMAGE breaches FOR THEIR
ESPECIAL BENEFIT.

ESPECIAL BENEFIT.
You Cannot Expect tho Lord to Give 70
Enough Good Things Now To Last Al
Your IIfe-ne Satisfied; the Rest vii
Come.
BROOKLYN. Aug. 16.-Dr. Talmag
has returned from his western tour re
invigoratel IN health and cheered b
fine hearty and enthusiastic greeting
he has received in the numerous cite
he has visited Thousands OF person
who have read his sermons in their Ia
cal newspapers have struggled to ge
within sound of his voice wherever h
has spoken. His sermon this week
on the very common and foolish llabi
of borrowing money, and his text |
Matthew vi, 81. Sufficient unto til
day is the evil thereof.
The life OF every man. woman all,
child is as closely underline divine car
as though such person were the onl,
man, woman or child. There IRE ii,
accidents AS there is Il law of storm
in the natural world. so there is n Law
OF trouble, u law of disaster. Il law 0
misfortune; but the majority Of til,
troubles of life are imaginary and thu
most of those anticipated never come
At any rate there is no cause of com
plant against God.
See how much he hath done to make
thee happy; his sunshine filling the
earth with glory, making rainbow fol
the storm and halo for the mountain
greenness for tile moss. saffron for the
cloud and crystal for the biilow, and
procession Of hammered flame through
the opening gates of the morning, chat
finches to sing rivers to glitter seas to
chant. and springs to blossom; and over.
towering all other sounds with its song,
and overarching all other splendor with
its triumph. covering up all other beauty
with its garlands, and outflashing all
other thrones with its dominion-de.
llverancc for lost world through the
Great Redeemer.
! discourse Of file Gin of borrowing
trouble
MEET TROUBLE DliAyELY.
First. such habit of mind and
heart is wrong. because it puts one into
a dependency that i'll fits lin for duty.
| planted two rose bushes in my gar.
den; tile one thrivrd beautifully, the
other persisted. found the dead one
on tue shady side of the house. Our
dispositions like orr plants need sun
shine. Expectancy of rcpnlse is the
cause Of many secular and religious
failures. Fear of bankruptcy has up
torn many a fine business, and sent the
man lodging among the note shavers.
Fear of SANDER and abuse has often in
vited all the long beaked vrlltures OF
scorn and backbiting. Many of the
misfortunes OF life, like hyeuas. flee if
you courageously meet them.
How poorly prepared for religious
duty is lnan who sits down under the
gloom of expected niisfcrtl,nel If he
pray, lie says, II donot think shall
he nnswnred y RI hauiuaz he, "a vs., 81
Helen Chalmers told me that her
father, Thomas Chalmers. in the dark
est hour OF the history of the Free
Church of Scotland, and when the
woes of the land seemed to weigh upon
his heart. said to the children, Come,
let us go out and play bail or fly kite, !"
and the only difficulty in the play was
that the children could not keep up
with their father The McCheynes and
the SuInmerfelds of the church who
did the most good, cultivated sunlight.
Away with the llorrorsl they distill poi
son, they dig graves, and if they could
climb so high they would drown the
rejoicings of heaven with sobs and wall
ing.
You will have nothing but misfortune
in the future if you sedulously watch
for it. How shall q man catch the
right kind of fish il lie arranges his
line and hook and bait to catch lizards
and water srrpents? Hunt for bats and
hawks. and bats and hawks you will
find. Hunt for robin redbreasts, and
you will find robin redbreasts. One
night an eagle and an owl got into
fierce battle. The eagle, unused to The
night, was no match for an owl. which
is most at home in tile darkness,
and the king of the mir fell help
less; but the morning rose, and
with it rose the eagle. and the
owls, and the nighrliawks, and the bats
came second time to the combat;
now the eagle. in the sunlight, with a
stroke of Ills talons and a great cry,
cleared the air. and his enemies. with
torn feathers aud splaslled with blood,
tumbled into tie Tickets. Ye are the
children of light. In the night OF de-
spondency you will have no chance
against your enemies that flock up
from beneath but, trusting in God, and
standing in the sunshine OF the prom.
Uses, you shall renew your youth like
the eagle. y
APPRECIATE PRESENT GOOD.
Again. the habit Of borrowing trou.
BILE is wrong, because it las tendency
to make us overlook present blessing
TO Stake mans thirst the rock is cleft
and cool waters leap into l1is Drumming
cup. TO feed lis hunger the fields bow
down with bending wheat, and the cat
tie come down with full udders from
the clover pastures to give him milk
and the orchards yellow and rlpen
casting their juicy fruits into his laps
Alas! THAT amid such exuberance o
blessing man should. .growl MS though
he were soldier OH. llalf rations or
sailor OH short allowance; that a maj
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