The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-06-12

your trials from the day you took mold
of the first yardsticlz, down to the sale
OF the hast yard of ribbon. and the God
who helped David to be king, and who
helped Daniel to be prime minister. and
who helped Havelock to be a soldier
will help you to discharge all your
duties He is going TO see you through
A young accountant in New York city
got his accounts entangied- He knew
he was honest, and yet he could not
make his accounts come out right, and
ne toiled at them day and night until he
was nearly frenzied- It seemed by
those books that something had been
misapprOpriated, and he knew before
God ne was honest The last day came.
He knew if he could not that day make
mis- accounts come out right, he would
go into disgrace and go into Punishment
from the business establishment He
went over there very early, before there
was any body in the place, and he knelt
down at the desk and said: go, Lord,
Thou lknOwest have tried to be honest,
but cannot make these things come
out right! Help me tO-dsy-hefp me
| this morning. The young man arose
| and hardly knowing why he did so,
| opened book that lay on the desk and
| there was a leaf containing line of
figures which explained everything. In
other words. he cast his burden upon
| the Lord and the Lord sustained him.
| Young man, do you hear that?
Second-There are great many who
| have a weight of persecution and abuse
upon them Sometimes society gets a
| grudge against a man All his motives
are misinterpreted and his good deeds
| are deprecated. With more virtue
| than some of the honored and APP
| plauded, he runs only against rail1ery
| and sharp criticism. When a man be-
| gins to go down, he has not only the
-
hundred hands to help him in the pre-
/ cipitation- Men are prosecuted for
| their virtues and their successes. Ger
manicus. said he had just as many bitter
| antagonists as he had adornments- The
| character some times is so Iustrous that
| the weak eyes of envy and jealousy
| can not bear to look at it. 1t was their
integrity that put Joseph in the pit,
and Daniel in the den, and Shadrach in
| the fire, and sent John the evangelist
| to deSO1ate PatmOs, and Calvin to the
castle of persecution and John Huss tc
the stake, and KOrah after Moses, and
Saul after David, and Herod after
Christ Be sure if you have anything
| to do for church or state, and you at
tempt it with all your soul, the light
ming will strike you.
The world always has had a cross be
tween two thieves for the one whC
comes to save it High and holy enter
prise has always been followed by
abuse. The most sublime tragedy
of self sacrifice has come to burlesque
The graceful gait of virtue is Away.
followed by grimace and travesty. The
sweetest strain of poetry ever writer
has come to RIDICULOUS parody, and a.
long as there are virtue and righteous
ness in the world there will be some
thing for iniquity to grin at All along
the line of the ages, and in all lands
| he y ~
Barabbas- Now, Barabbas was rob
ber." And what makes the persecu
tions of life worse, is that they CONS
helped from those to whom
you have loaned money or have
started in business, or whom
you rescued in some great crisis
think it has been the history of all oul
lives-the most acrimonious assault hai
come from those whom we have bene
fitted, whom we have helped, and tina
makes it all the harder to bear. A maj
is in danger of being cynical
A clergyman of the Universalis
church went into a neighborhOod 70
the establishment of church of hi
denomination and he was anxious t,
find some one of that denomination ant
he was pointed to a certain house anC
went there. He sa: d to the man OF tn,
house; ''I understand that you ar
a UniverSallSt want you t.
help me in the enterprise. - well,
said the man, ''I am a Universalist, bu
I have a peculiar kind of Universalism.
what is that?" asked the minister
''Wel1," replied the other, ''I have beer
out in the world and have been cheate,
and slandered and outraged AM
abused until believe in universal dam
nation?' The great danger is that me-
will become cynical and given to be
| lieve, as David was tempted to say, tina
| all men are liars o, my friends, d.
not let that be the effect upon you
souls! If you can not endure littl
persecution. how do you think on
fathers endured great persecution?
Now. il you have come across Il
I treatment, let me tell you you are Il
excellent company-Christ and Luthe
and Calico and Columbus and Johl
Jay and Josiah Quincy and thousand
of men and women, the best spirits O
earth and Heaven Bulge not one inc
l.