The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-08-28
TALMAGES SERMON.
There is no Necessity to Bor-
row Trouble
Good Advice given to the Despondent'
The Present Brings Trials Enough
without Fretting Over Ex-
pected Evils not Yet Come.

DIR. Talmage, having returned from
his western tour. preached the follow
ing sermon in his own church: His
sermon this week is on the very COM
mon and foolish habit of borrowing
Trouble" and his text is Matthew, =.
81: Sufficient unto the day is the
evil thereof"
The life OF every man. woman anG
child is as closely under the divine care
as though such persons were the only
man, woman or child There are no
accidents. As there is law OF storms
IN the natural world, so there is law
OF trouble, a law of disaster a law oi
misfortune: but the majority OF troubles
Of life are imaginary and the most oi
those anticipated never come. AT any
rate there - no cause OF complaint
a-,il,s CD. See how much he has
done 10 make thee happy: His sunshine
filling the earth with glory, making
rainbow for the storm and halo for the
mountain. greenness for the moss. satf-
ron for the cloud. and crystal for the
billow. and procession OF ba=nered
fame thruugh the opening gates Of the
morning. chafinches to sing, rivers to
glitter. seas TO chant. and springs 70
blossom. and Overpowering all other
sounds with its song, and overarchinS
all other splendOr with its triumph.
covering up all other beauty with its
gsrlands. and publishing all other
thrones with its dOminion-delivaren
for lost world through the Great
Redeemer.
| discourse of the sin of borrowing
trouble.
First-Such a habit of mind and
heart is wrong, because 1t puts one into
a desn )ndency that i'll nts him for duty.
| rlauted two rose bushes in my gar1en;
the one thrived beautifully. the other
rcriShed fNunl the dead one on the
shady side If the house. Our DISPOSE
tiOns. like our plants. need sunshine.
Expectancy " repulSe Is the cause Of
man SECULAR and religious failures.
F So "f Bankruptcy has uptorn many a
fine business and sent the man lodging
among the note shavers. Fear OF Sian
der and abuse has often invited all the
long beaked vultures Of scOrn ana back
biting. Many of the misfOrtunes o!
life like hyenas. fee if you courageous
IL meet them.
How poorly prepared for religious
duty i a man who sits down under the
gloom Of expected misfortune. II he
pray. he sa.s: Il do not think ] sail
b, answered." II he give, he say: Il
expect they Will steal the money. lie
In CHAIN r. told me that her father,
Thomas Chalmers, in the darkest hour
L. e 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 ball or fly kite, and the
ONLY difficulty in the play was that the
children could not keep up with their
father. The McCheynes ard the Sum-
merfeds Of the church who did the
most good cultivated sunlight. Away
With the horrors, they distil poison:
they dig graves: and If they could
climb 80 higa. they would drown the re-
i0icjng of heaven with sObs and wailing
You will have nothing bat misfortune
in the future if you sedulCusly watch
for it. How shall a man catch the
right kind Of fish If he arranges his
line, aud hook. and hate to catch lizards
and water serpents? Hunt for hats 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 hattie: the eagle unused to
the night was no match for the owl.
which is most AT home in the darkness.
and the king of the air fell helpless:
hut the morning rose and with it rose
the eagle: and the owls and the night
hawks. and the bats came second time
70 the combat: nov the eagle. in the
sunlight. with a stroke OF his talons
and a great cry. cleared the air, and
his enemies. with torn feathers and
salaShed with blood. tumbled into the
thickets. We are the children of light.
in the night OF dependency you will
have no chance against your enemies
that flock up from beneath, but, trust
ing in God and standing in the sun
shine Of the promise, you shall renew
YOUR youth like the eagle"
Again. the habit of borrowing trouble
Is wrong, because it has tendency 10
make Us overlook present blessings. To
slake mans thirst the rock is cleft, and
cool waters leap into the brimming cup.
To feed his hunger the fields bow down
with bending wheat, and the cattle
come down with full udders from the
clover pastures to give him milk, and
the orchards yellow and ripen, casting
their iuicy fruit into his lap. Alas.
that amid such exuberance OF blessing
man should growl as If he was soldier
on half ralions. or a sailor on short al
lOwance: that a man should stand neck
deep in harvests looking forward to
famine: that one should feel the strong
pulses of health marching with regular
tread through all the avenues OF life,
and vet tremble at the expected assault
of sickness: that man should sit in
his pleasant home. fearful that ruthless
want will some day rattle the broken
window sash with tempest, and sweep
the Goals from the hearth, and pour
hunger into the bread tray: that man
fed bv him that owns all the harvest
should expect to starve: that one whom
God loves and surrounds with benedic-
ton. and attends with angelic escort,
and hovers over with more than
mothers fondness. should be looking
for a heritage of tears.
Has God been hard with thee. that
thou shouldest be foreboding? Has He
stinted thy board? Has He covered
thee with rags? Has He spread traps
for thy feet. and CALLED thy cup, and
rasped thy soul. and wrecked thee with
storm. and Numbered upon thee life
full OF calamity? II your father or
brother come into your bank where
gold and silver are lying about, you do
not watch them, for you know they are
honest: but If an entire stranger come
hy the safe. you keep your eye on him,
for YOU do not know his designs So
some men treat God: not as a Father,
but stranger, and act suspiciously TO-
ward Him. as though they were afraid
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