Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-08-17
BORROWERS OF TROUBLE
Or. TALmAcE breaches FOR THEIR
ESPECIAL BENEFIT


BROOKLYN, Aug. l6.--Dr Talmage
has returned from his western tour re-
inviqorated IN health and cheered by
the hearty and enthusiastic greetings
he has received in the numerous cities
he has visited Thousands Of persons
who have read his sermons in their To-
cal newspapers have struggled to get
within sound of his voice wherever he
has spoken His sermon this week is
on the very common and foolish habit
OF borrowing money, and his text is
Matthew vi, "a, Sufficient unto the
day IL the evil thereof >"
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 law Of storms
in the natural world, so there is law
Of trouble, law of disaster, a law Of
misfortune; but the majority OF the
troubles of life are imaginary and the
most Of those anticipated never come
At 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 hammered flame through
the opening gates of the morning, chat
fnchee to sing, rivers to glitter, seas TO
chant. and springs to blossom, and over
powering ali other sounds with its song,
and overarching all other splendor with
its triumph. covering up all other beauty
with ts garlands, and outflashing all
other thrones with its dominion-de-
liverance for lost world through the
Great RedeeIner.
discourse of the sin of borrowing
trouble.
MEET TROUBLE BRAvELY.
First, such a habit OF mind and
heart Is wrong, because It puts one into
dependency that i'll fits him for duty.
planted two rose bushes in my gar
den: the one thrived beautifully, the
other perished. found the dead one
on the shady side of the house. Our
dispositions, like our plants, need sun
slime. Expectancy Of repulse is the
cause OF many secular and religious
failures. Fear OF bankruptcy has up
torn many fine business, and sent the
man lodging among the note shavers.
Fear OF SANDER and abuse has often in
vited all the long beaked vultures OF
scorn and backbiting. Many of the
misfortunes OF life, like hyenas, flee II
you courageously meet them.
How poorly prepared for religious
duty Is a man who sits down under the
gloom of expected misfortunel II he
pray, he says, II do not think shall
be answered." II he give, he says, 81
expect they will steal the money"
Helen Chalmers told me that heI
father, Thomas Chalmers, in the dark
est 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, y
and the only difficulty In the play was
that the children could not keep up
with their father The McCheynes and
the Summerflelds OF the church who
did the most good. cultivated sunlight.
Away with the horrorsl they distlll poi
son, they dig graves, and II they could
climb so high they would drown the
rejoicings OF heaven with sobs and wall
Ing.
You will have nothing but misfortune
in the future II you sedulously watch
for Il. How shall man catch the
right kind OF fish II he arranges hii
line aud hook and bait 10 catch lizards
and water serpentsl Hunt for bats and
hawks. and bats and hawks you viii
find. Hunt for robin redbreasts, and
you will find robin redbreasts. One
night an eagle and an owl got int
fierce battle The eagle, unused to Che
night, was no match for an owl, whicl
Is most al home la the darkness
and the king OF the air fell help
less; but the morning rose, an'
with Il rose the eagle, and th'
owls, and the nlghthawks, and the bat!
came second time 10 the combat
now the eagle, In the sunlight, with
stroke OF hls talons and a great cry
cleared the air, and his enemies, will
torn feathers and splashed with blood
tumbled into the thickots. Ye are the
children OF light In the night of do
spondency you viii have no ohanc'
against your enemies that flock al
from beneath, but, trusting in God, anS
standing In the sunshine OF the prom
ises, you shall "renew your youth lik'
the eagle.
APPRECIATE PRRsRST GOOD.
Again, the habit Of borrowing trou
BILE Is wrong. because il has a tendenc.
90 make us overlook present blessing
To slake mans thirst the rock Is elef
and cool waters leap into his brimminl
cup, To feed his hunger the fields bov
down with bonding wheat, and the cat
ne come down with full udder fron
the clover pastures 20 give him milk
and the orchards yellow and ripen
casting their Juicy fruits into his lap
Alasl that amid such eNnberanee Q
blessing man should growl as thong
ie were a soldier on half rations or
sailor on short allowance, that a nlaI
should stand neck deep Ia harvest
looking forward Ia ianilne that on
should feel the strong pnlses OF healt
marching with regular tread throng
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