The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-08-27

VII WV ~ hbffo"li rOuDlS
1t Has Wrecked AIun, II Liic---i no Lord
viii Look Out for You.
BROOK ~, Aug. lG.-Dr. Talmage
has returned from hi, wesLern tUur rein
vigoratcd in Il, ,allb nuh checrcd by the
hearty and enthusiastic greetings he has
received In the numerous cities he has
visited. Thousands nrlcrsons who read
his sermons in their local newspapers
have struggled to get within sound oi
his voice wherever lie has spoken. His
sermon this week is, on the very common
and foolish habit of borrowing trouble,
and his text is Matthew vi. 81, "Suni-
cicnt unto the day is the evil thereof"
The lie Oi 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 ac-
cidcnts. AS there is Il law Of storms in
the natural world, So there Is a law Of
trouble, a law Of disaster, Il law of mis-
fortune; but the majority of the troubles
OF Lille arc imaginary, and The most of
those anticipated never come. At any
rate, there is 30 cause Ci complaint
against God. See how much he hath
done To make thee laprS; his sunshine
filling HE earth with glory, making rain
bow Tor Tie storm and halo for the
mountain, %r"enncss for the moss, SAT-
iron for the cloud and crystal Ior the bill
low, ond procession of hammered flame
throu4SIhc opening gates of the morn
ing. chail!nchcs to sing, rivers to glitter,
seas to chant. aud springs to blossom,
and "vtrrowcring all other sounds with
It's song, and 0vcrarching all other spen-
dor with its triumph. covering up all
other beauty with its garlanhs. and out
flashing all other thrones with its dom
acknowledgements for lost world
through the Great Rcdecmer.
- | discourse of the SIN Of borrowing
trouble.
First, such a habit of mind and heart
is WRONG. because it puts one into des-
pondency that i'll fits hlm for duty. |
planted two rose bushes in my garden.
The one lhrivud beautifully, the other
persisted. ! found the dead one on the
shady side Ol the house. Our DISPOSE
tions, like our plants need sunshine.
Expectancy OF repulsc is the cause of
many secular and religious failures.
Fear OF bankruptcy has upsorn many a
fine business andstnt tho man dodYing
among the note shavcrs. Fear, slander
and abuse has often invited all the long
beakcd vulturcs of scorn and backbiting. .
Many of the misiortunrs of life, like
hycnas, flee If you courageously meet
them.
FORCE HAPPINESS TO COME.
How poorly prepared for religious
dSy is q man who sits down under the
gloom Of expected misfortune! If he
pray, he says. II do not think shall be
answercd.' II he give, he says, Il OK.
pect they will steal the money" Elelen
Chalmers told me that her father,
Thomas Chalmers, in the darkest 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 diff
licuty in the play was that the children
could not keCpup with their father. The
McCheNnCS and the SummcriiclGs of the
church who did the most good, cultivat-
cd sunlight. Away with the horrors!
they distill poison; they dig graves, and
if they could climb SO high, they would
drown The rcioicings Of heaven with sobs
and wailing.
You will have nothing but misiort une
in the future if You ScdulOusly watch for
1t. How shall q man catch the right
kind of fish if he arranTcs his line and
hook and bait to catch liZal ds and water
SCrpcntS? Hunt for bats and hawks and
bats and hawks You will find. Hunt for
robin rcdbrcasts and you will find robin
rcdprcasts. One night an eagle and an
owl got into fierce battle: the eagle un-
used to the night was no match for an
owl, which IS most at home in the dark
Ness, and the king Of the sir fell helpless ;;
but the morning rose, and with it rose
the eagle; aHd the owls and the night
hawke and tho bats came second time
TO the combat; now, the eagle. in the
sunlight, with il stroke of his talOns and
great cry. cleared the air, and his
enemies, with torn feathers and splashcd
with blood. tumblCd into the thckcis.
Ic are the cihldrcn Of light. In the
night of dcspondcncy you will have 10
chance against your enemies that flock
up from hcncalh, but, trusting in God
and standing in the sunshine of the prom
lscs, you shall renew your youth like
the eagle"
TIlEltE AIiE BLESSINGS A-PI,ENTN.
Again, the habit OF borrowing trouble
Is wrong because it has a tendency to
make us overlook present blessing. TO
slake mans thirst, the rock is cleft, and
cool waters leap into his trimming cup.
10 iced his hunger the fields bow down
with bending wheat, and the cattle come
down with lull uddcrs from the clover
pastures To give hlm milk, and the
orchards yellow and ripen, casting
their juicy fruits into his lap. Alas!
that amid such eXuberancc of blessing
man sh uld 9rowl as though he were a
soldier on half rations, or a sailor on
short allowance, that man should stand
neck deep in halvcsts looking forward to
lamlDc; that one should feel the strong
pulses OF health marching with regular
tread thr' ugh all the avenues of life and
yet tremble at the expected assault of
sickness; that man should sit in his
pleasant home, icariullhat ruthless want
will some dly rattle the broken window
sash with tempest, and sweep the Goals
from the hearth. and pour hunger into
the bread tray; that Il man fed by him
who owns all The harvests should expect