The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-08-19
BORROWING TROUBLE.
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage breaches
on This Sinful Habit.
Some OF the Reasons Why tho Habit ci
Lops1ng for Evil to Como Is Wrong
We Should Take Life as It
Comes and be Satisfied.

Rev. DR.. Talmage has returned from
his western trip reinvigorated in health.
His sermon at the Brooklyn tabernacle
last Sunday was on the very common
and foolish habit of borrowing trouble,
his text being Matthew vi. "a: "SufR-
cient unto the day is the evil thereof"
Following is the sermon:
The life of every man, woman and
child isas closely under the divine care
as though such person were the only
man, woman or child. There are no ac-
cidents. AS there is law Of storms in
the natural world, so there is law Of
trouble, law of disaster, law of mis-
Y fortune; 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 sun
shine filing the earth with glory, max
ing 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, chaffinches to sing, rivers
10 glitter, seas TO chant, and springs to
blossom, and overpowering all other
sounds with its song, and overarching
all other splendor with its triumph,
covering up all other beauty with its
garlands, and outfashing all other
thrones with its Observation-Disclosures.
for lost world through the Great Re
deemer
discourse Of the sin Of borrowing
trouble.
First-Such habit of mind and heart
Is wrong, because IT puts one into de-
spondency that Ill fits him for duty.
planted two rose bushes in my garden;
the one thrived beautifully, the other
persisted. found the dead one on the
shady side OF the house. Our disposi-
tions, like our plants, need sunshine.
Expectancy of repulsc Is the cause Of
mfny secular and religious failures.
Fear Of bankruptcy has mp torn many a
fine business, and sent the man lodging
among the note-shavers Fear Of SLAM
der and abuse has often invited all the
1ong-beaked vultures OF scorn and
bacl,biting. Many Of the misfortunes
~ nio, ihe nyenas' nee you courage
ots'y inees 'ne'n'
now poorly prepared for reIigious
duty Is man who sits down under the
gloom Of expected misfortunel II he
prays he says, II do not think shall
be answered. % II he Riyes, he saws fsI
expect they VIII steai tne money
neien Cnaiiners toia me tnat ner ia.ner'
hpop'hs cnhimerss IN tne uarkest nour
q .ne nlstory 81 tne free Cnurcn oi
oco'rna Ppa Hhen tne iyVoesoi tne lana
'f'pto 70 o'>eisn uppn Ms hear', snio 70
tno-chudfen, Tome, iet " go out ana
pay Oan or ny kite'l ana tns only ain'
eul,y an tne pay was tn4t sne cniiofen
eoMa not keep up WIN tneir laener'
Inc Nccneynes ana tne summerneins
OF the enurcn VINO ana tne mos. gooa'
cui1iysted sun,,Rnt Away WIN 'nepor-
TOTS .ney uis'iii po,scn' .ney uig graves
anu u uney couiu c'iino 10 SO nign' they
Wouin drown the reJoicinys Oh heaven
Win soos ana waning
You will have nothing but misfortune
In the future II you sedulously watch
ior IL HOW snail man catch the right
kina Oh nsh IL ne arranRes ms hne' ana
nook ana osit 70 eaten lizards ana
water serpentsT hunt ior oats ana
hawks, ana oats ana hawks You wiii
ma nnnt ior rooin redoreasts' ana
you "ih nnd rooin redoreasts one
mgnt an eagle ana an OWL got INTO
nerce battle; the eagle unused 10 we
nighI was no matsh ior tne OWL which
Is most at nome IN the darkness ana
the KING OF the air iell helpless; but
the morning rose ana with ~ rose the
eagle; and the Owls, aud the night
hawks ana the bats came second time
70 combat; now the eagle IN the sun
nght with stroke OF his talons and a
great cry. cleared the air, and MS enc
mics with torn feathers and splashed
with blood. tumoied into the thickets'
re are the children OF light In the
night OF despondency you viii have no
chance against your enemies that
hock no from beneath, but, trusting In
God and standing In the Sunshine OF the
promises you shall renew your youth
IKE the eagle.
Again; The habit Of borrowing
trouble Is wrong. because II has tend
ency to make us overlook present bless
ing. To slalfe mans thirst, the rock Is
cleft, and cool waicrsleap into his brim-
ming otfn To feed his hunger the folds