Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-17
TALMAGE RETURNS
TO TEH BROOKLYN TABERNACLE AFTER BIS
WESTERN TRIP.
Be breaches to Large Congregation on the Folly Of
"BOrrowiHg Trouble Sufficient Unto tbs
Day IS the Evil lhsreOf-A
6reai Discourse
Splcial 800 b Ia Rsolstsr.

Talmage has returned from his Western
tour reinvigorated in health and cheered
by the hearty and enthusiastic greet
ings he has received in the numerous
cities ne has visited. Thousands Of
persons who have read his sermons in
their local newspapers have struggled
TO get within sound of his voice wher-
ever he has spoken. His sermon this
week is on the very common and foolish
habit of borrowing trouble, and his text
is Mathew 6:34: Sufficient unto the
day is 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, sIaw OF disaster. law OF
misfortune, but the majority OF trOu-
bles OF life are imaginary and the most
OF those anticipated never come. At
any rate there is no cause of complaint
against God. See how much He hath
done 10 make thee happy. His sun
shine filing 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
nered flame through the opening gates
of the morning, chafincheS to sing,
rivers to glitter, seas TO chant and
springs TO blossom and OverpOwering
an other sounds with its song and
Overreaching all other SplendOr with its
triumph, covering up all other beauty
with its garlands and publishing all
other thrones with its dOminiOn-de-
liverance for lost world through the
Great Redeemer.
1 discourse Of the sin Of borrowing
trouble.
First: Such a habit Of mind and heart
is wrong, because il puts one into deS-
pondeney that in fits him for duty. l
planted two rose-bushes In my garden;
the one thrived beautifully, the other
perished. / found the dead one on the
shady side of the house. Our dispoSi-
tiOns, Ike our plants, need sunshine.
Expectancy of repulse is the cause OF
many secular and religious failures.
Fear Of bankruptcy has uptOrn many a
fine business, and sent the man lodging
among the nOte-shaverS. Fear OF SLAM
der and abuse has often invited all the
long-beaked vultures OF scOrn and back
biting. Many of the misfortuneS of
life, like hyenas, flee if you courageous
~ meet them.
How poorly prepared for religious
duty IS man who sits down under the
gloom of expected misfortune! II he
pray, he says: Il do not think 1 shall
be answered" II he give, he says; Il
expect they will steal the money"
Helen Chalmers told me that her father, |
Thomas Chalmers, in the darkest 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" and the |
only difficulty in the play was that the !
children could not keep up with their |
father The MCheynes and the Sum |
merfeldS OF the Church who did the |
most good, cultivated sunlight. Away |
with the horrorsl they diStil poison; |
they dig graves; and II they could |
climb so high, they would drown the !
-2ioicngs of heaven with so0S ana |
wailing.
You will have nothing but misfortune
I'm the future if you sedulOuSly watch |
for 10. How shall a man catch the
right kind Of fish if he arranges his
line. and hook. and bait to catch lizards
and water-serpeuts? Hunt for bats aud
hawks, and bats and hawks you will
find. Hunt for rObin-redbreaSts, and
YOU will find rObin-redbreasts. One
night an eagle and an owl got into
fierce battle; the eagle, unused to the
night, was no match for an owl, which
is most at home in the darkness, and
the king of the air fell helpless; but the
morning rose, and with it rose the
eagle; and the owls, and the night
hawks, and the bats came second time
TO the combat; now the eagle, In the
sunlight, with q stroke OF his talOnS
and a great cry, cleared the air, and his
enemies. with torn feathers and Splashed
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, trusting In God
and standing in the sunshine OF the
promises, you shall ''renew your youth
like the eagle"
Again: The habit Of borrowing trouble
is wrong, because it has tendency TO
make US overlook present blessing. To
Stake mans thirst, the rock is cleft,
and cool waters leap into his trimming
cup. To feed his hunger, the fields bow
down with bending wheat, and the cat
lie come down with full udderS from
the clover pastures 10 give him milk,
and the orchards yellow and ripen,
casting their juicy fruits into his lap.
Alasl that amid such exuberance OF
blessing, man should grOwl as though
he were a soldier on half rationS, or
sailor on short allowance; that man
should stand neck-deep in haryeSts
looking forward to famine; that one
should feel the strong pulses of
health marching with regular tread
through all the avenues of life, and
vet tremble al the expected assault
of sickness; that man should sit
I'M his pleasant home, fearful that
ruthless want will some day rattle
the broken windOw-Sash with tempest,
and sweep the Goals from the hearth,
nn5 pour hunger into the bread-tray:
that man fed by him who owns all the
harvests should expect 10 starve; that
one whom God loves and surrounds with
benedictiOn, and attends with angelic
escort, and hoverS over with more than
motherly fOndness, should be looking
for heritage Of tears! Has God been
hard with thee, that thou shouldst be
forebOding? Has he stinted thy board?
Has he covered thee with rags? Has
he spread traps for thy feet, and CALLED
thv cup, and rasped thy soul, and
wrecked thee with storm, and thun-
dered upon thee with life full Of ca