The Red Cloud chief., 1891-08-28
BORROWING
Dr.. Talmage Gives Advice to the
Despondent
A Sermon For Pessimists-The Folly Of
Looking on the Dark Side Of Life-"suf-
ficient Unto the Day IL the Evil
Thereorr-Trust the Lord.

preached in his tabernacle TO a large
congregation upon the foolish habit of
borrowing Trouble" His tex. 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
accidents As there is a law Of storms
in the natural world, so there is a law
Of trouble, a law of disaster, a law of
misfortune: but the majority of the
troubles of life Ire imaginary and the
most of those anticipated never come.
~ any rate there is no cause of COM
plant against God See how much He
hath done TO make thee happy: His
sunshine filling the earth with glory.
making rainbow for the storm and halo
for the mountain, greenness for the
moss, saffron for the cloud, and crystal
for the billow, and procession Of BAN
nerei flame through the opening gates
81 the morning, chafinches to sing,
rivers 10 glitter, seas TO chant, and
springs to blossom. and overpowering
all other sounds with its n and
overarchinr all other splendor with its
triumph, covering up all other beauty
with its gIr!ands. and o~utfiashiny all
other thrones with its dominion-de-
liverance for a lost world through the
Great I;eteemer.
/ discourse of the sin OF borrowing
trouble.
First-Such a habit of mind and heart
i wrong, because it puts one into a
dependency that Ill BELTS him for du-
ty- | planted two rose bushes in my
garden; the one thriVed beautifully,
The other persisted | found the dead
u 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 a fine business and sent the
man dodgIng anong the note shavers.
Fear Of SANDER and abuse has often in
vitcd all the long-bcaked vultureS If
scorn and backbiting. Many OF the
~nisfortrne> Of life, like hyenas, flee if
Won courageouSly meet them.
How poorly prepared for religious
duty is a man who sits down under the
gloom Of expected misfortune. IL he
pray, he SAYS: Il do not think I shall
h. answered" II he give, he says: Il
expect they will steal the money"
Helen Chalmers told me that her
father. Thoma. Chalmers, in the dark
est hour # the hPSorv of the Free
church OF Scotland, and wsIcn the woes
Of the land seemed 10 weigh upon his
heart said 10 the children: Come,
let us 20 ont 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 McCheynes and
the Summerfields 81 the church who
did the most good cultivated sunlight.
Away with the horrors, They distill
poison: they dig graves, and If they
could climb C high, they would drown
the reioicings Of heaven with sobs and
waiting. You viii nave nothing but
misfortune in the future If you sed-
~ulouslv watch for IL How shall a man
catch the right kind OF fish If he ar
ranges his line aud hook aud bate %
GdAEAA A4LAlNS III Nd'A SCI t-AANSs
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 battle; 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 il rose
the eagle; and the owls, and the night
hawks, and the bats came 4 second
time u the combat; 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
spIashed with blood. tumbled into the
thickets We are the children of light
In the night of dependency YOU Will
have no chance against your enemies
that flock 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 habito { borrowing trouble
II wrong. because il has 4 tendency 10
make IA overlook present blessing. To
sake mans thirst the rock l. c,eft and
cool waters leap int his brimrning cup
To feed his hunger the fields bow down
with bending wheat and the cattle
come down with full ladders from the
rlover pastures tn give him milk, and
the orchards yellow aud ripen, casting
their juicy fruits into his lap Alas.
that amid such e~xuberaucc Of blessing
- .-h,,-h - xar n
soldier on half ~rations. or 4 sailor on
short allowance: that n man should
stand neck deep in harvests looking for
ward 20 famine; that one should feel
the strong pulses of health marching
with regular tread through ali the ave
uueS of life. and vet trcmhle at the eN-
pected assault of sickness; that a man
should sit in his pleasant home. fearful
that Ruthless want will some dav rattle
the broken window sash with tempest
and sweep the Goals from the hearth,
and pour hunger into the bread tray;
that a man fed by Him who owns all
the harv~sis should expect TO starve:
that one whom God loves and surrounds
with bcnediction. and attends with
angelic escort. and Movers over with
more thar motherly fondnesS should
be looking for 4 heritage of tears,
Has God been hard with thee. that
thou shouldst be foreboding? Has He
s;inted thy hoard? Has He covered
thee with rags? Has He spread traps
for thy feet aud CALLED thy cup. and
rasped thy soul, and wrecked thee with
storm. and Numbered upon thee with a
life full Of calamity II your father
or brother como into your bank where
gold and silver are lying about. You do
not watch them, for you know they are
honest: but IL an entire stranger come
bv the safe. you keep your eye on him,
for YOU DO not know his designs SO
some men treat tod not ~ a Father,
but a and act s~ispicioGsly
toward him. Is though they were afraid
he would steal something
IL Is high time you began 10 thank
God for present blessings Thank Him
for your children. happy. huoyant and
bounding. Praise Him for your home,
with its fountain of song and laughter.
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