The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-08-21
BORROWING TROUBLE.
Dr. Talmsge Gives Advice TO the
Dependent.
A Sermon For FessImIsts-The Folly OF
Looking on the Dark Side OF Lifs-s'suf-
hcient Unto ths Day Is rhe Evu
Thereor'-Trust the Lord.

Upon returning to BroOllyn from his
western tour Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage
preached in his tabernacle to a large
congregation upon the foolish habit of
borrowing Trouble" His text was
Matthew vi 81: Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof" Following Is
the sermon:
The life Of every man, woman and
child is as closely under the divine care
as though such person were the only
man, woman or child. There are no
uccidel.s AS there is a law Of storms
in the natural world, so there is a law
of trouble, a law of disaster, law of
misfortune; but the majority of the
troubles of life are imaginary and the
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 filing the earth with glory,
making rainbow for the storm and halo
for the -ountain, greenuess for the
moss, saffron for the cloud, and crystal
for the billow, and procession of ban
nered fame through the opening gates
of the morning, chaffiuChes TO sing,
rivers to glitter, seas to chant and
springs to blossom, and overPowering
all other sounds with its song, and
Overarchiug all other sPlendOr with its
triumph, covering up all other beauty
with its garlands, aud Outhushing all
other thrones with its dominion-de-
iverance for a lost world through the
Great Redeemer.
I discourse of the sin of borrowing
trouble.
First-Such a habit of mind and heart
is wrong, because it puts one into a
dssPondeucy that i'll BELTS him for du-
ty. I planted two rose bushes in my
garden; the one thrived beautifully
the other perished. I found the dead
one on the shady side of the house
Our dispositions, like our plants, need
sunshine. Expectancy of repulse is the
cause OF many secular and religious
failures. Fear of bankruptcy has up
torn many n fine business and sent the
man lodging among the note shavers-
Fear of slandsr and abuse has often in
vited all the long-beaked vultures Of
scorn and backbiting. Many of the
misfortunes of life, like hyenas, flee if
you cOurageously meet them.
How poorly prepared for religious
duty is a man who sits down under the
gloom of expected misfortune. If he
pray, he says: ST do not think I shall
be answered" " If he give, he says: ST
expect they viii steal the money"
Helen Chalmers told 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 ball or fly kite,
and the only difficulty in the play was
that the children could not keep up
with their father. The AIcCheyncs and
the Summerhclds of the church who
did the most good cultivated sunlight.
Away with the hOrrOrsl They distnI
poison; they dig graves, and if they
could climb so high, they would drown
the re joicings of Heaven with sObs and
vailing. You will have nothing but
misfortune in the future if you sed-
ulously watch for it How shall a man
catch the right kind of fish If he ar
ranges his line and hook and bate to
catch lizards and water serpents?
Hunt for bats and hawks, and bats and
hawks you will find. Hunt for robin red
breasts, and you will find robin red
breasts
One night an eagle and an owl got
into fierce battci 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;
but the morning rose, and with 10 rose
the eagle; and the owls, and the night
hawks, and the bats came a second
time to the com bat; now 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
splashed with blood, tumblcd into the
thiClzets- Ye are the children OF light
In the night of dependency you viii
have no chance against your enemies
that hOcl, up from beneath, but trust
ing in God and standing in the sunshine
Of the promise, you shall renew your
youth like the eagle"
Again, the habitOf borrowing trouble
is wrong, because it has a tendency to
make US overlook present blessing. To
slalre mans thirst the rock is cleft, and
cool waters leap into his brimmiug 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 juicy fruits into his lap Alas.
that amid such -eEu beFauce of blessing
man should grOyvl, as though he were a
soldier on half ratiOus, or a sailor on
short allowance; that a man should
stand neck deep in harvests looking for
ward 70 famine; that one should feel
the strong pulses Of health marching
with regular tread through all the ave
uues Of life, and yet tremble at the eE-
pccted assault of sickness that man
should sit In his pleasant home fearful
/ that ruthless want viii some day rattle
/ the broken vviadov sash with tempest,
and sweep the Goals from the hearth
l and pour hunger into the bread trays
that man fed by Him who owns all
the harvests should expect TO starve;
I that one whom Gcd loves and surrounds
I with beEcdiotion, and attends with
angelic escort, and hovers over with
more than motEerly fOndncss. should
be looking for a heritage OF tcarsi
Has sod been hard with thee, that
[ thou-shouldst be fore bOdingf Has He
I sffuted fthy board2 Has He covered
I thee with rags2 Has He spread traps
| for thy feet and CALLED thy cup, and
I raspedsshv soul, and wrecked thee with
I storm. and Numbered upon thee with a