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become entirely deaf. They felt chilly to-
day, and are expecting an attack of typhoid.
They have been troubled for weeks with
some perpleIing malady, and dread becom.
ing lifelong invalids. Take care Of your
health now and trust God for the future.
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 q
cake of ice to cool off. Be prudent and then
be confident. Some Of the sickeSt 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
rest and then 20 on again. Theodore Ere.
linghuysen hal, a. great horror of dying TIL
the time came, and then went peacefully.
Take care of the present An ! let the future
look out tor Itself. sufficient unto tne Gay
is tho evil thereof"
Again. the habit Of borrowing misfortune
ia wrong because it units US for it when It
actually does come: we cannon always nave
smooth sailing. Life's path will sometimes
tumble among declivities 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
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 forebodings They
who fight imaginary woes will come, out OF
breath. into conflict with the armed disas.
ters 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 Sc
far back in order to get impetus that wheD
they come up they arc exhausted; and these
long races in order to get spring enough to
vault trouble bring US up at last to the
dreadful reality with our strength gone.
Finally, the habit of borrowing trouble ls
wrong because it is unbelief. God has prom.
ised to take care of us. The Bible blooms
with assurances. Your hunger will be fed;
your sickness will be alleviated; 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 or
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 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
tion, and the voice OF Hallelujah unto Go1
for ever.
Your way Inay Wluu dloll9 uuuSotous VI
die paths and amid VOLTS howl and the
scream of the vulture. but the way still
winds upward till angels guard it, and trees
of life overarch it, and thrones line it and
crystalline fountains leap on it, and the
pathway ends at gates that are pearl, and
streets that are gold, and temples that are
always open, and hills that quake with per-
petual song, and a city mingling forever
Sabbath and jubilee and triumph and coro-
nation.
Let pleasure chant her siren cong,
IT'S not the song for me;
To weeping 1t viii turn e'er long,
For this is heavens decree.
But there's s song the rausomet sing,
To Jesus, their exalted king,
With joyful heart and tongue,
Oh, that the song for me!
Courage, my brother! The father does
not give to his son at school enough money
to last him several years, but, as the bills for
tuition and board and clothing and books
come in, pays them. So God will not give
you grace all at once for the future, but will
meet all your exigencies as they come.
Through earnest prayer, trust Him. Put
everything in Gods hand, and leave it there.
Large interest money to pay will soon eat up
farm, store, an estate, and the interest
on borrowed troubles will swamp anybody.
HSuficient unto the day is tho evil ther cot"