Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-20

and a Saviour TO deliver
Many Christians think it BAD sign
to be iubiIant, and their work OF sell eA-
animation il a hewing down OF lhelr
brighter experiences. Like boy WIN
new iack-knifc, hacking everything ne
comes across, so their self examination
is a religious cutting to pieces OF tne
rreenest things they can lay thelr hahuS
on. They imagine they are DONG uod
service when they go about borrowing
trouble, and borrowing 1t at 80 per cent, /.
which is always sure precursor ol
bankruptcy.
Again, the habit OF borrowing
tro,lble is wrong. because the present is
sufficiently taxed with trial. God sees
that we all need certain amount or
trouble. and SO He apportions it for all
the DAYS and years OF our life. Alas Tor
the policy of gathering it all up for one
day or year Cruel thing to put upon
the back of one camel all the cargo in
tended for the entire caravan. i never
look at my memorandum book 10 see
what engagements and duties are far
ahead Let every week bear its own
burdens.
The shadows of to-day are thick
enough. Why impore the presence or
other shadows? The cup is already dis
tasteful. Why haIloo to disasters far
distant to come and wiring out moro gall
into the bitterness? Are we such cham
pjons that having won the belt in former
encountprs, we can go forth to challenge
all the future?
Here are business men just able to
manage affairs us they now are. They
can pay their rent, and meet their notes,
and manage affairs, as they now are,
but what if there should come panic?
Go tomorrow and write in your day
book. on your ledger, on your money
safe, Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof" DO not worry about notes that
are far from due. DO not pile up on
your counting desk the financial anXieties
of the next twenty years. The God who
has taken care Of your worldly occupa-
ton, guarding your store from the torch
of the incendiary and the key of the
burglar, will be as faithful in 1801 as in
1881. Gods hand is mighticr than the
Vaccinations of stock gamblers, or the
plots Of political demagogucs, or the red
right arm of revolution, and the dark
ness will fly and the storm fall dead at
His feet.
So there are persons in feeble health,
and they are worried about the future.
They make out very we'll now, but they
are bothering themselves about future
plcurisies, and rhcumatiSlns, and ncu-
ralgias and fevcrs. Their eycsight is
feeble, and they are worried lest they en-
tirely lose it. Their hearing Is indiS-
tinct and they are alarmed lest they be-
come entirely deaf. They felt chilly to-
day, and are expecting an attack OF ty-
phoid. They have been troubled for
weeks with some perplcXing malady, and
dread becoming lifelong invalids.
Take care Of your health now, and
trust God for the future. BE not guilty
of tho blasphcmy Of asking Him to take
care of you while you sleep with your
windows tight down, or eat chicken salad
at II o'clock at night, or sit down on
cake Of ice to cool off. BE prudent and
then be confident Some of the slckest
people have been the most useful. 1t
was so with Passion, who died deaths
daily, and Robert Hall, who used to stop
in the midst of his sermon and lie down
on the pulpit sofa to rest, and then go
on again. Theodore lrelinghuysen had
d great horror Of dying till the time
came, and then went peacefully Take
care of the present, and let the future
look out for itself Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof"
Again, the habit of borrowing mis-
fortune is wrong because it units us for
it when it actually does come. We cam
not always have smooth sailing. LIES
path will sometimes tumble among de-
elivities, and mount u steep. and be
thorn pierced. Judas will kiss our cheek
and then sell us for thirty pieces of sill
yer. Human scorn will try to cruelty
srs between two thieves. We will hear
the iron gate of the sepulcher creak and
grind as it shuts in our kindred. But
we cannot get ready for these things by
farebodings.
They who fight imaginary woes will
eome~ out Of breath, into conflict with
the armed disasters of the future. Their
ammunition will have been wasted long
before they come under the guns Of real
misfortune. Boys in attempting to jump
wall sometimes go so far back In order
to- get impetus that when they come up
they are exhausted; and these long races
In order to get spring enough to vault
trouble bring us up at last to the dread
full reality with our strength gone.
Finally, the habit of borrowing trouble
is wrong because it is unbelief. God has
promised to take care of us. The Bible
will be fed; your sickness alleviated; your
sorrows will be healed. God will sandal
your feet and smooth your path, and
along by frowning erag and opening
grave sound the voices of victory and
good cheer.
The summer clouds that seem thunder
charged really carry in their bosom
haryests of wheat, and shocks Of corn,
and vineyards purpling for the wine
press. The wrathful wave will kiss the
feet of the great storm walker. Our
great Joshua will command, and above
your soul the sun of prosperity will stand
still. Bleak and wave struck Patmos
shall have apocalyptic vision, and you
shall hear the cry of the elders, and the
sweep of wings, and trumpets of saliva
ton, and the voice of Hallelujah unto
God forever.
Your way may wind along dangerous
bride paths, and amid VOLTS howl and
the scream of the vulture, but the way
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