Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-20
SIN OF BORROWING TROUBLE.
The Habit is Wrong, Because il Puts One Into
Dependency That III Fits Him for Duty.
God viii Not Give You Grace all at Once
for the Future, Bot VIII Meet All
Your Erigencies as They Come.
Only Trust Him.
Special 10 the Gazette.

hearty and enthusiastic greetings he taS
received in the numerous cities he has Wis
tied. Thousands OF persons who nave read
his sermons in their local 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 trOble. and his text IS
Mathew vi. ~: 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 ale 10 accidents. As there IS
a law Of storms ia the natural world. so
here is a law of trouble, u 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
arN rate, there is no cause of complaint
against God. See how much he hath done
10 make thee happy his sunshine filling the
earth with glory making rainbow for the
storm and halo for the mountain. greenness
for 'he moss. saffron for the cloud. and cryS-
IT, tor the bill0w. and procession of ban
nrred flame through the opening gates Of
the morning. chafiinches TO sing, rivers 10
glitter. seas 20 chant and springs to bios
som, ami ovcrpoW"ring all other sounds
with its song. and overarching al other
spleudur with its triumph, covering up all
other beauty with its %arlandS and Outtiash-
ing all other thrones with its GOminiOu-de-
iivcrancc Tor Il lost world through
THE GREAT EEDEEMER.
I discourse on the sin Of borrowing trOu-
BILE
l. Such a habit Of mind and heart Is
wrong. because it pats one INTO dcspOn-
deucy that III fits him for duty. / planted
two rosc-bushcs IN my garden; the one
thriyed beautifully. the other persisted. |
found the dead one uu She shady side 0f the
house Our dispositions. like our plants,
need sunshine. Expectancy or rcpulse IS
the cause of many secular and religious
failures. Fear Of bankruptcy has torn up
many fine business aud sent the man
lodging among the note -~havers. Fear of
Islander and abuse has often invited ali the
long beakcd VllturcS ~ scurn and back
biting. Many of the mislurtunes Of life,
like hyeEaS. fee If you cOurdgeOuSlY meet
them
How poorly prepared Tor religious duty
is 4 man who sits down under the glocm of
expected misfortune. II he pray, hc says:
Il do not think | shall be answered" If
he give. he Savs: i expect they viii steal
the money. Helen Chalmers told me that
her 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 tho
children: Come, let us 70 out and play
ball or tly kite" and the only difficulty in
the play was that the children could not
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