Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-09-05
REV. DIR. TALMAGE


TEXT: Sun ct~uf INTO me Uuy IL fS
ertl hereof"-matthew VI. II.
The life Of every man. woman and child is
as closely uDder the divine care as though
such person We're the only man, woman or
child. There are no accidents. As there IS
Il law Of storms III the natural world, 50
there Is a law Of trouble. a Jaw Of disaster.
q law Of misfortune: butt the majority OF the
troubles Of life are Imaginary, and the most
Of those anticipated never come. At any
rate, there Is 10 cause OF. complaint against
God. See ho" much He hath done to make
thee happy: His sunshine filling the earth
with glory, making rainbow tor the storm
and halo for thu mountain, greenness for the
moss, saffron for the cloud aud crystal for
the biliow, ana procession Of hammered flame
through the opening gates Of the morning,
chaffinches t. @Ing. rivers 10 glitter, seas to
chant, and springs 10 blossom, aud over
powering all other SOUND with its song, and
overarching ali other ~splendor with its trl-
umph, covering up all other beauty with its
garlands, anu publishing all other thrones
with is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for a lost
world through the Great Redeener.
1 discourse Of the SIN Of borrowing trouble.
First, such ii hablt Of mind and heart Is
wrong. because II puts one into a despon-
dency that i'll fits him for auty. 1 planted
two rose bushes III my garden. The one
thrived beautifully, the other persisted. |
found the dead one on TIE Shady side of the
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sunshine Expectancy OF repulse is the cause
OF many secular and religious failures. Fear
If bankruptcy has Iptorn many a fine bust
ness aud sent the ina lodging among the
note shavers. Fear otSlandera ana abuse has
often invited all the long beaked vuitures of
>corn and backbiting Many % the misful-
tunes OF life, like hyrla-, fee If YOU courage
oualy meet them.
How poorly prepared for religious duty is
Il man who sits down un:er the gloom of ex-
pected misfortune' II he pray. he says, Il
donot think | shall be answered. 1t he
give, he say. Il expect tuev Will steal the
money Helen thullnrra told me that her
father. Thomas Chalmers, in the darkest
hour Of the history of the Free Church OF
Scotland. and when The, woca of the land
seemed to weigh upon his heart. said to the
children. come, let us,@o o.; and play ball
or tY kite. and the only difficulty III the
play WAS that the children could not keep up
With their father. The McCheynes and the
Sutninerfielas OF tho church who did the
most good, cultivated sunlight. Away with
the horrors, they dIstill poison; they dig
graves, and If they could climb 50 high, they
would drown the reIolcings of heaven with
oobs aud walllng.
You will have nothing but misfortune in
the future if YOU sedul0uslv watch for it.
How shall "A man catch the right kind of fish
II he arrangeS bis line aui nook aud bait to
catch lizards and water srrpents? Hunt for
bats and hawks and bats aud hawks you will
iind. Hunt tOl robin reItreasts and you will
find robin redbreasts. one night an eagle
and anowl got into Il fierce battle; the eagle
unused to the night was no match for an
owl, which is most at home IN the darkness,
aud the king OF the air Tell helpless; but the
morning rose, and with Ii it rose the eagle; and
the owls and the night hawks and the bats
came q second time 60 the combat, now, ths
eagle, in the sunlight, with a stroke Of his
q 11tA1lS and 81 lC1tnaf cry ,.Ft1i'aJ tho qiT and
his enemies, with torn feathers and splashed
with blood, tutnbled lnto the thicketS. Ie are
the chlldren-O of light. In the night OF de-
%sponieucy YOU Will have no chance against
your enemies that flock up from beneath,
bur, trusting in Go and stan ling Ill the sun
shine ot the promises, you shall renew your
youth like the eagle.
Again, the habit Of borrowing trouble Is
wrong because it mas Il tendency to make us
overlook present blessing. To Stake mans
thirst, the rock IS cleft, and cool waters leap
into his brlnlInlng cup. 70 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 tie orchards yellow and rlpe,l, casting
their juicy fruits into ms lap. Alas that
amid such exuberanee of blessing man
should groWl as though he were a soldier on
halt r~ationS, OF a sailor On short allowance;
that a man should stand neck deep IN har-
vests looking forward to famine; that one
should feel the strong pulses of health march
ing with regular tread through all the ave
nues Of life and yet tremble at the expected
assault of sickness: that a 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 a man fed by
Him who Owns all the harvests should ex-
pect TO starve. that one whom God loves
and surrounds with benadlctlon, AMI attends
with angelic escort, and hovers over with
more than motheriy fondne>s, should be
looking tor a heritage Of tears!
Has God been hard with thee that thou
shoulist toe for-bofing1 Has He stinted thy
beard. Has He covered tnee with rags? Has
He spread trap tnr thy feet, and CALLED thy
cup, and ra>ped thy soul, and wrecked thee
with storm, eud thnnders upon thee with {
life full Of ealamity Il your father OF
brother come lnto veur bank where gold ane
silver are lying about You do not watcf
them, for You know they are honest, but /
an entire stranger come by the safe yot
keep your eye on HIM, for YOU do not know
his designs. So some men treat God. not a
n Father. hut a stranger. and act Sil,plr-
lousy toward Him, "a though they Were
afraid tie woIll steal something.
II is high time YOU began to thank tod
for your present blessing. Thank Him Tor
Your children. happy, hloyant and bound
Ing. Praise Him Tor Your home, with 1t,
fountain Of song and laughter. Adore Hin
for morning light and evening shadow.
Praise Him for fresh, cool water hubbiine
from. the rock. leapiug in the cascade, soar
Ing IN tie mist, falling III the SLOWER, dash
ing against the rock aHi clapping its hands
in the tempest. Love Hun for the gras:
that cushions the earth. and the clouds that
curtain the SKY. aui tue foliage that wave,
III the forest Thank Him for a Bible L
, Tead. ana a croSSto gaze upon, anda Saviour
; TO deliver.
Many Christians tAink il a ba sign to be
jubllaut, aud their work OF DETERMINATION
: Is g hewlng down II taeir brighter ex1arl-
enceS. Like a hoy with q new Iackkulte,
haeAlng everything hA comes across, 50 their
Self examination Is "A religious cutting l.
pieces OF the greeuaSt taln-S they can lay
Their hands on. They imagine they are do.
ing Gods service when they are going abou'
borrowing trouble. ami borrowing it Al
thirty per cent. which j. always q sure pre-
cursor ot bankruptcy.
e .fgain, the habt Of horr3ainy trouble i
wrong because the present ! sufficient,
, taxed with trial Col >ee> that we. all nee
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