The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-08-20
Borrowers Of Trouble.
continued from Fir. Page.

day rattle the broken window sash with
tempest and sweep fhe Goals from the
hearth, md pour hunger into The bread
tray; that a mar fed by him who owns
all the harvA,ts should expect TO starve;
that one whtin God loves aud SUP
rounds with beneiict!cD, and attends
with angelic escoTt, ard hovers over
with more than mothcrly fondness,
should be looking for heritage Of tears
Has God been hard with thee, that
thou shouldst be forebodingl Has he
gtinted thy board Has he covered
thee with ragsl Has he spread traps
for thy feet. and called thy cup, and
rasped thy soul, md wrecked thee with
storm, md thundered upon thee with
life full Of caIomityp If your father
or brother come into your bank where
gold and silver ore lying about, you do
not watch them, for you know they
are honest; but II an entire stranger
come by tho safe, You keep your eye
on him, for you DO not know his de-
signs So some men treat God; not rs
a father, but stranger, and act sus-
picIously toward him, as though they
were afraid he would steal something
1t Is high time you began to thank
God for present blesaing Thank him
for your children. happy, buoyant and
bounding. Praise him for your home,
with it's fountain Of song and laughter.
Adore him for morning light and even
ing shadow. Praise him for fresh, cool
water, bubbllng from the rock, leaping
in the cascade, soaring In the mist,
falling in the shower, dashlng against
the rock and cIapping its hands In the
tempest. Love him for the grass that
cushions the earth, aDd the clouds that
curtain the sky, aud the foliage that
waves in the forest Thank him for q
Bible TO read, and Il cross to gaze upon,
and q Saviour to deliver.
Many Christians think it bad sign
to be jubilant, and their work of sell
examination is a hewIng down of their
brighter experiences Like a boy with
new jackknife, hacking everything he
comes across, so their self examination
is religious cutting to pieces of the
greenest things they can lay their hand:
on. They imagine they ore doing Gods
service when they 60 about borrowing
trouble, and borrowing it at thirty pei
cent, which Is always q sure precursor
of bankruptcy.
SUFFICIENT UNTO THE DAY.
Again, the habit Of borrowing troubls
Is wrong, because the present is suh
GENTLY taxed with trial. God sees tina
we all need certain amount of trouble
and so he apportions it for oil the day
and years Of our life. Alas for the polio,
, of gathering it all up for one day O
year! Cruel thing to put upon the bacl
of one camel all the cargo intended 70
the entire caravan. | never look g.
my memorandum book to see what en-
gagements and duties are far ahead
Let every week bear its own burdens.
The shadows of today are thicl
!, enough. Why iInploFe the presence 0
other shadows2 The cup Is alread,
distasteful. Why halloO to disaster
far distant to come and wiring GU
more gall into the bitterness7 Are w
such champions that, having won tn
5 belt In former encounters, we can g
forth ia Gba lenA al hA re fi 1Er Af11e
t manage affairs as they now are The
I. can pay their rent, and meet tbei
; notes. and manage affairs, as they nov
4 are, but what II there should come
,. panics Go tomorrow md write O
= your day book, on your ledger, on you
y money SAFE Sufficient unto the day
' the evil thereof" Do not worry abor
9 notes that are for from due. Do nc
pile up GA your counting desk til
financial anxieties of the next twent
" years. The God who has taken care
your worldly occupation, guarding yor
p store from the torch Of the incendiar
i. and the key of the burglar, will be
j. faithful In 1891 as In 1881. Gods han
+. Is mightier than the Vaccinations
:, stock gamblers, or the plots of polite,
3. demagoguea, or the red right arm
=, revolution, and the darkness viii &
If and the storm fall dead at bis feet.
Y. 30 there are persons in feeble healtl
,e and they are worried about the futur
They make out very well now, but the
are bothering themselves about futul
" pleurisies, and rheurnatisms, and ne,
ra'gias and fevers. Their eyesisht
feeble, and they ere worried lest ths
entirely lose it. Their hearing is ind
70 tinct and they are alarmed lest they b
~ come entirely deaf They felt chill
y today, and are expecting an attack
" typhoid. They have been troubled
w. weeks with some perp.exing malad
Il and dread becoming lifelong invaiids.
III Take care of your health now, OIL
al trust God for the future. Be n
ye guilty of the biasphemy of asking hi
to TO take care Of you while you sic.
lg with your windows tight down, or e
o. chicken salad at IL O'Clock at nigh
or sit down on a cake of Ice to cool O.
In Be prudent and then be confideI
o, Some of the sickest people have be.
n the most useful. 1t was SO with Pa
ng son, who died deaths daily, end Robe
or Hall, who used to stop in the midst
OF bis sermon, and lie down on the pul,
on sofa to rest, and then go on aSai
I'll Theodore. Freiinghuysen had gre
~ horror of dying till the time came, al
Ei then went peacefully. Take care
III III the present, and let the future look O
Nv. na for itself Sufficient INTO the day
% the evil thereof
; 1T UNITS US FOR REAL TRIALS.
no Again, the habit of borrowing u
III fortune Is wrong because it units
,as for 1t when it actually does come.
On. cannot always have smooth saihr
eli Life's path win sometimes tuml
he among declivfties, and mount ste<
on and be thorn pierced Judas win K
it our cheek and then sell us for THU
ats pieces of silver Human scorn will
HE to cruelty as between two thieves Y
&c, win hear the iron gate of the sepulcs
tai creak and grind as It shuts In our
dred- But We cannot get ready
these things by forebodings
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