The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-08
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rrh''-'' -,Io,l is our refuge and strength.
li1'snt help in trouble, Psalm
.ssn. Of the Bible cannot but be
- with the variety Of symbols
.-5ieh cod isrepresented 10 the hu-
- sun, shield, rock, strong
- l.4;or-plaee, cloud, brightness, are
,vpes or symbols used to repre-
I'm He is judge, and prisoner;
- -lsnb dumb before His shearers;
wonderful, even the great " ]
Es;. the son Of man, and the King
The Lion Of the tribe Of judah,
ne Lamb Of God
,bs text, He is set forth as Refuge
:. gord explains itself; it is place Of
md protection from storm or at
pr,bsbly the most common refuge
home. the house. In the Goth
cod is declared to be our dwell
- An ordinary house is refuge
.one things, but when the earth
- PEOPLE rush e'a rather than 'rio
- Whoever can say Of God,
nv refuge 4" has security from
rs~tbing.
- n this uext, is also declared to be
,snyth. Do you not oftentimes feel
.-ou need strength above your own ?
o8estion how people bear up un-
- dreadful pressure Of burden and
~ incident 10 human experience.
.ba5 Of Sod has a help, has 3
-,,b that IS above human. An old
and intimate friend, who had see'
If +-orble than is common to the
j - her race. said to me once when
ling Of her trouble, People say 70
Z don't see how you can bear it, but
70 them. I don't bear it, but l have
"a Father in heaven Who helps me
"a bis strength
INT this is not all Of this text as it de-
,,s word bv word. This is not all
i ,t cod is declared to be He is help,
4 .sHe IS gsrr help. There is little use to
N about a great thing if IT Is not 0'us
can never become ours. Bot this
i, : ours. Martin Luther used to
L,sk God for the possessive pronoun Of
!. Bible. Every believing heart may
.v The lord is nv helper
q r.rtbermore, this help is declared to
. present help, and indeed very pre-
-t helm. / should like that you
--ning ones would realize the fact
sr in contrast with other help. Eow
zen have YOU felt willingness, nay,
.sr to help your friends, but the help
,8 not reach. The case was inacces-
.5.s and Consequently useless. 1t was
nj 4 present help, not so Of God as a
a'1. But l want you to notice the par
-sr time At which the help IS 50 very
ent In time Of trouble This is the
err hearts core Of truth in this great
zzL The time Of trouble. When do
4 len and women need help2 When all
& - veile When prosperity and sue
- mark every effort2 When peace
j ni plenty crown their lives2 Help is
Il sn easily obtained. But when adver-
s.v comes; when adverse winds blow /;
ven things 20 the wrong way when
vs. are blighted and highest hopes are
ziled in the dust when clouds arise,
ni gather and thicken, break over u
M descend in torrents Of trouble over
lr unprotected heads, then it is that the
oul realizes It's need and cries out in an
ash for help. Were We TO study this
islp BY contrasting it with other help,
nee more l think that we would find
4 nat when trouble comes and the great
ssf need is reached, human help is often
Conspicuous by its absence. You, who
st around these coffins to-day, bowed
4 i0En under the stroke and pressure Of
i his. the climax Of the sorrow that has
lec.0uded your home, and your hearts
through two years Of anxiety and sus-
pelse, have felt that people who were
present. and helped in the day Of your
prosperity and freedom from trouble,
lave failed you when trouble came.
Bli God knows the hearts Of all, and if
700 will love him and trust him and fol-
oE him and fee to him, as the refuge of
!1Gr souls, you'll find him a present
ZIP even in your trouble. What words
asse are a very present help in
11ble.n
There is a heap Of trouble in this
Elrid- It sometimes seems ike a world
g trouble. A few weeks ago a neighbOr
zze INTO our house, her face the picture
] despair My wife inquired what is
Uong. "0h We have trouble at our
lllss, ny husband is out Of work and
NJ son has been caught stealing And
ae bowed herself down and wept over
~ trouble. met another neighbor in
e street. who declared she had not eat
Or siept for half a week, because Of
o1oie, her little boy had gone off in the
Hight ears, and she knew not whether
vas living or dead, and her trouble
'ls crushing her mother life out Of her.
mar came in from the country;
1ooE hands with him and asked how
Is folks were. He shook his head dole
by and said. We have trouble out
-srs What IS wrong? b, we have
ID trouble, my sons wife is ragingly
as-ne and ] am in TO get handouts that
nay chain her 70 prevent her doing
oenee 70 her children" AMI I
Sought How much trouble there is in
rs world, any way" And I suspect
"a here are few in this very large as
-'! o. people this day whose ives
y aot pIessed by some burden and
--irs1 aud marked by some trouble.
.hink that We say that it is a general
t-aeocy Of people who have trouble 10
-lE th2t theirs is unGsnal and extraor-
---i!, snd in some way peculiarly
-'-1'esome and grievous trouble, and
.A'oYe the ordinary experience their
-ls men, and therefore not intended
aelHcluded IN text Of this nature.
~ We vii allow that there are some
=! bitter and severe experiences in the
ofsone people.
Il - this only argues the necessity Of
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