St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-10-10
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
TIE BROOKLYN DIVINEs SUN
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "The Sin of Borrowing
Trouble"
TEXT: " Sufficient rnto the duy IS the
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The life OF every man, woman and child j:
as closely under tie divine care as thouoi
such person We're the only man, woman OF
CHILD. There are 10 accidents. As there i
: a law of storms in the natural world G
there IS a law OF trouble, a Jaw of disaster,
q law OF misfortune; but the ma iolity Of the
troubles OF life are Imaginary, and tie most
! OF these anticipated never come At ruy
rate there Is no cause OF complaint against
God. See how much He hath done to make
ti:ee happy; His sunshine filling the earth
WITT TioIF; milking rainbow for the Storm
and halo Ior The mountain, greatness FOR The
moss saffron for the cloud aud crystal for
the hllio", and procession Of hammered fame
through the opening gates OF the morning,
chafnnches to Sng, rivers to glitter, seas to
| chant, and springs to blossom and over
po"ering all other sounts with its song. and
Tssrarcnng all other sitteHt.or with its tri-
"l2't covering up all other beauty with is
| SariahGs, and outflashlng all other thrones
with its Administrative rance for Il lost
world through The Great Eedeen1er.
discourse OF the SIN OF borrowing trouble.
| First, such q habit of mind ana heart is
| wrong, because it puts one into desDo!?-
dency that i'll fits him Tor duty. planted
/ two rose bushes IN my garden. The one
thriVed beautifully, tie other persisted. L
found the dead one on the shady side of the
! house. Cur dispositions, like our plants, need
| sunshine. Expectancy OF repul>e is the cause
| OF many secular and REG Ous failures. Fear
OF bankruptcy has uptoIu many fine LIlS-
! ness and seat the man lodging among the
! note shaVers. Fear OF SANDER and abuse has
| often invited ali the long heaked vuItures OF
| scorn and baclbiting. Many OF the mistOr-
| tunes OF life like hyenas, flee if you courage
ousiy meet them.
how poorly prepared Tor religious duty is
a man who SITS down under the gloom of ex-
| pected misfortune! If he pray, he says Il
90 not think | shall be answered." II he
give, he says, Il expect they will steal the
money! Helen Chalmers told ne 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 Eeart said to the
children, Come, let us go ont AMI play ball
or lily kite" and tie only difficulty in tho
play was that the children could nos keep up
with their father. The McCneynes AMI tns
Summeriields of the church who did the
most good, cultivated sunlight. Away with
the horrors! they distiil poison; they dig
graves, and if they could climb 50 high, they
would drown the re joicings Of haaven with
sOns and walinC.
You will have nothing but misfortune in
the future if you seGulously watch for it,
How shall Il man catch the right kind of fish
II he arrangeS his line and hook and bait to
bats and hawks and bats and hawks you Will
find. Hunt for robin redbraasts and you will
mi robin reGbreasts. One night an eagle
ana az owl got into q fierce battle; the eagle
unused 10 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 gle; and
tie owls and the night hawks and the bats
came second time to the combat; now. the
eagle, IN the sunlight, with stroke of his
taionAand great cry cleared the air, and
lbs enemies, with torn feathers and spl2shel
with blood, tunbled into the thicllets. Ye are
the children Of light. In the ngnt of de-
spondency you will have no chance against
your enemies that flock Up from beneath
but, trusting in Col and stan ing in the sun
same 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. 70 s!ake mans
thirst the rock is cleft, and cool waters leap
into bis brimming cup. To feed his hunger
the fields bow down with bending wheat,
and the cattle come down with full riders
from the clover pastures to give him milk
and the orchards yellow and ripen, castin,
thelr juicy fruits into his lap. Alas! that
amid such eXuOerance OF blessing man
should growl as THOUGH he were 4 soldier on
half rations, OF a sailor on short allowances;
lLoL d HIGH SlOuiI Stdlu neck CSoD III mar
vests looking forward to famine: that one
should feel the strong pulses of health march
ing with regular tread through al the ave-
nues OF life ani yet trenbie at the expected
assault OF sickness; that man should sit in
his pleasant home, fearful That ruta Iess want
Will some day rattle the broken window sash
with tempest, and sweep the Goals from
the hearth. and pour hunger into
the bread tray; that man fed by
Him who GYMS all tue harvesvS should eI-
pect TO starve: that one whom Col loves
and surrounds with bcnedicton all attends
with angelic escort, and hover5 over with
more than 1aotherl y tonlness, should be
looking for a heritage OF Jears
Has God been hard with thee that thou
shCu!tst Le toTcuoilii2? Has Ee Stintat tly |
hoard? Has lie covered t;iee with rags? Has
He spreau traps toy tny feet ana CALLED thy |
cup. sntl raSpeI thy soul, ami W'ecEel thea |
With storm, and thunIerel upon thee with a |
life full Of calamity? Il your father or
81 otHer come into your bank wl.ere gold and |
silv-r are lying about you do no5 watch |
the, for you know they are honest: bl5 il
TIL entire stranger COM by the safe you
keep your eye Oh him. for You 10 not know
lis designs. So some mel treat Col; not as
q Father, but a stran ger, aad &C. susDic
lousy toward Him, rs though they were
afraid He would stea' something.
II is high time you began to thank God
for your present blessing. Thank Hin for
vour children. happy, buoyant AMI bound
fountain Of song am laughter. Alor4 Him
Tor morning light and evening shadow.
Praise Kim 70" fresh cO3I water bi55ilny
from Tie rock, laaD!ng i'll the cascade, soar"
ing II the mist falling in the slowe:. dash
Ing against the rock and clapDiTS its nau IS
in the tempest. Love Him for the grass
that cushions the earth, AM the clouds that
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N the forest. Thank Him tor Bible to
read, and & cross to gaze UPON, anda Saviour
to deliver.
Many Christians think 1t a ba ii n to ba
lub!lant, and their WORK o. selt-aTa,niu ation
IS q hewiug down Of their brighter eS,eri-
ences. Like boy with a new jaciaDife
hacking everything he comes across. 50 their
is a religion; cutting to
pieces OF the greenes5 things they CHI lay
heir hands on. They imagine they are do
lg Gods service when tlay are goinS about
borrowing trouble, AMI borrowing it az
thirty per cent, whicl is always q sure pre-
cursor OF bankruptcy.
Again. the habit of borrowing trouble is
wrong because the present is sufficiently
axcd with trial. God sees that We al need
certain amount Of trouble, and So Eo ap-
portions it foT all the days and years Of our
ife. alas for the policy OF gathering it AL
lp Tor one day or year! Cruel thing to PUT
lpon the back OF one camel ell the cargo i'll
ended tor the entire caravan. never look
It my memorandum book to sea what en-
"a gements and duties are far ahead. Let
very week bear its WI burdens
The shadows of to-day are thick enough. |
Why implore the presence of other sha lows:
The cup is already distastefui, way halIoo to
disasters far distant to come and wiring out |
more gall into bittarnesse Are We sach
champions that, having won the bet in
orner encounters, we can go forth to chal.
ange all the future9
Here are business men just able to manage