The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-08-25

the cascade, soaring In the mist, falling
in the shower, dashlDg agalns; the
rock aud clapping its hands In the
tempest. Love him for the grass
that cushions the earth, and the clouds
that curtain the sky, and the foliage
that waves in the forest. Thank him
for Bible 10 read, and cross TO gaze
upon. and Saviour to delye,.
Again. the habit of borrowing trouble
Is wrong because the present Is sutii-
GENTLY taxed with trial. God sees that
we all need a certain amount of trouble,
and 30 he apporlions 1T Tor all the days
and years of our life. Alas for tie pol
icy of gathering it all up for one day or
year! Cruel thing to put upon the back
of one camel all the cargo intended for
the entire caravan. i never look at my
memorandum book to see what engage
ments aud duties are far ahead. Let
every week bear Its own burdens.
WHY BRING NEW SORROWS?
The shadows of today are thick
enough, why imp!ore the .pres sepce of
other shadows? The cup Is aly hdy dis
tastef II, why halloo TO disasters far dis
into the bitterness? Are we such cham
pioho Choos iioNhS "'i IilC UCIO IN lpItu-
er epcou tiers, we can go forth 10 chal-
lenge all the future?
Here are business men just able to
managH affairs as 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 q panic? Go
tomorrow, and write on your daybook,
on your ledger. on your money safe.
ttSntfiniant hn J,,v 10
thereof" Do not worry about notes
that are far from due. DO not pile up
on your counting desk the financial auX-
letles of the next twenty years. The
God who has taken care of your worldly
occupation, guarding your store from
the torch Of the incendiary and the key
of the Burglar, will be as faithful in 1851
as in 1881. Gods hand Is mightier than
the Vaccinations of stock gamblers, or
the plots of political demagogues, or the
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
pleurisies aud rheumatisms and neural
gias and fevers. Their eyesight is fee
BILE, and they are worried lest they en-
tirely lose it. Their hearing is indls-
tinct, aud they are alarmed lest they be-
come entirely deaf. They ielt chilly to-
day, and are expecting an attack of ty-
phoid. They have been troubled for
weeks with some perplexlng malady,
and dread becoming lifelong invalids.
Take care Of your health now and trust
God for the future.
BE not guilty of the blasphemy Of ask
ing 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 aud then be confident. Some
Of the sckest people have been the most
useful. 1t was so with Payson, 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 FIRE.
linghuysen had great horror of dying
Till the time came, and then went peace
fully. Take care of the present and let
the future look out for itself. Sufficient
unto the day is the evil thereof"
ROBs US OF WHAT STRENGTH WE
HAVE.
Again, the habit of borrowing mislor-
tune is wrong because it units US for it
when it actually does come. We can
not always have smooth sailing. Llfe's
path will sometimes tumble among de-
cllvities and mount steep and be thorn
pierced. Judas will kiss our cheek and
then sell us for thirty pieces Of silver.
Human scorn will try to cruelty us be-
tween 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
forebodngs. They who fight imaginary
woes will come, out of breath, into con-
| tlict with the armed disasters OF the iu.
ture. Their ammunition will have been
wasted long before they come under the
guns OF real misfortune. Boys In at
tempting to jump wall sometimes go
so Tar 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 ut last 10 the dreadful reality with
our strength goae.
Finally. the habit of borrowing trou-
Lle is wrong because it is unbelief. God
has promised to take care of US. The
| Bible blooms with assurances. Your
hunger will be fed; your sickness will he
allevlated; your sorrows will be healed.
God will sandal your feet and smooth
your path, and along by frowning crag
and opening grave sound the voices OF
victory and good cheer. The summer
clouds that seem thunder charged really
carry IN their bosom harvests of wheat,
and shocks of corn. and vineyards pur.
pling for the wine press. The wrathiul
wave will kiss the ieet of the great storm
walker. Our great Joshua will COM
mand, and above your soul the sun of
prosperity will stand still. Bleak and
wave struck Patmos shall have apo
calyptic vision, and you shall hear the
cry of the elders, and the sweep OF
wings, aud trumpets Of salvation, and
the voice of Hallelujah unto God for
ever.
PLACE YOUR TRUST IN GOD.
Your way may wind along dangerous
bride paths and amid VOLTS howl and
the scream of The vulture, but the way
sill winds upward ii angels guard il,
and trees of life eyerarch it, and thrones
line it, and cry stalline fountains leap OH
it, and the pathway ends at gates that
are pearl, and streets that are gold, and
temples that are always open, and hills