Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-11

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learn that Cod co1Erois ne shadows. We
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glow "a a brtxhs norsfas ana We say in
Cur sssisass II so1 VITA - ul2Ey WORDS
HIS life - from God tbs xzfmta u frofa
Ged" Oh. we have ru=A Of prosperity
and we say. These successes are from God
What Psesifisatsal thing IL wss Dooxas
that lot just before the rise OF real estatei
How graceful 10 God | am that made
that Investment Why. they hare declared
10 per cent diyissedf What mercy IL WAS
thai sold oas my SHARES before that col
lpssP' Oh. yes we acknowledge God in
the sunshine OF bright day or the sun
shine Of q great prosperity. Bus suppose
tie dag b darks You have 10 light the
gas a. neon The sun does not show him
self all day long. There is nothing bat
shadow How slow we are 10 realize that
the storm - from Gcd and the darkness
from God and the chill from God. Or we
bay the day before the markets retreat, or
We make al investment that never pays or
we purchase goods that We cannot dispose
OF. or crop Of grain We sowed Is ruined
BY drought or freshet, or when we took ac-
count Of stock ca the LIST OF January we
found ourselves thousands of dollars worse
o1 than we expected Who under such
circumstances says, This loss is from God
mass have been allowed To 20 into that
Unfortunate enterprise for soGe good rss-
sou; God controls the east wind ~ well ~
the west wind,"
GOD CONTROLS THE snApowA
Ny friends. cannot look for one rnoment
On that retrograde shadow on Ahxx's dial
without learning that God controls the
shadows and that lesson we need all to
learn. That he controls the sunshine Is not
30 necessary lesson, for anybody can be
happy when things 20 right. When you
sleep eight hours night and rise with an
appetite that cannot easily wait for break.
fast and you 20 over to the store and open
your mail to read more orders than you can
ali. and in the next letter you find diyi-
dead far larger than you have been prom
ised. and your neighbor comes in TO tell
you some dattering thing he has just heard
said about you. and ysu ind that AL the
styles Of goods in which you deal have adj
vanced Is per cent. In value. and ON your
way home yen meet your children in full
romp and there are roses on tho center of
the tea table and roses of health in cheeks
al q - ~ II. l..
OF consolation! don't pity you bit. You
feel As il you could boss the world. But
for those ia just opposite circumstances my
text cOsncs In with an omnipotcnce of mean
Ing. The shadow! Oh. the shadow! Shad-
ow Of Bereavement Shadow Of sickness!
Shadow Of bankruptcyi Shadow of mental
depression! Shadow Of persccutionl Shad-
ow Of death. Speak out, oh, sun dial Of
Ahaz, and tel all tho peepis that God
manages the shadowl As Hesckiah sat in
his palace window wrapped In inveIidism
and surrounded BY anodynes and cata-
plasms and looked out upon the black hand
OF the only clock known ut that time and
saw 1t move back ten degrees, he learned
lesson that majority OF the human race
need this boar TO learn-that the best friend
u man ever had controls the shadow. The
setbacks are sometimes tho best things
that can happen. The great German au-
thor, Schiller could not work unless he had
In his roam the scent Of rotten apples. and
the decay Of the fruits ef earthly prosperity
may become an Inspiration instead Of do
preston. Robert Chamber lame feet
shut him up from other work. and he be-
came the world renowned publisher, and
helped fashion the best literature of the
ages. The painful disorder like that OF
Hezekiah called a carbuncle il spelled ex-
act!y the same rs the precious stone called
the carbuncle, and the pang Of suffering
may become tho jewel Of immortal value.
Your setback, like that Of Ahaz's sundial
may be recovery and triumph. Inever had
setback but it turned out to be q set for
ward. You never would have become a
Christian II you had not had setback.
Tho highest thrones in heaven are for the
setbacks. In 1881 tho shadow Of the sun
dial OF this nation was set back, and all
things seemed going to ruin. and 1t was set
back further ia 1859, sad further in 1913,
aud still further Ia iSs5, but there Is not
an intelligent and well balanced man
north or south, east or west--but feels 1t
was set hack toward the sunrise.
ROW THEY MAY Rx TURNED BACK.
But promise TO shsw you how the shad-
ows might be turned back. First. By going
much among the young people. la most
family circles there are grandchildren. By
this divine arrangement most OF the people
who have posed the meridian Of lie can
compass themselves by juvenility II 10 n
bad thing for al oil man or old woman to
sit looking at the vivacity OF their grand
children shouting. Stop that racket
Better join In the fun. Let the eighty
year-old grandfather join the eight-year,
young grandson or granddaughter. My
father and mother lived TO see over eighty
children and grandchildren and great
grandchildren. and y moro boisterous crew
were never turned out on this sublunary
sphere, and they all seemed to CRY 20 the
old folks Keep yeung." and they did keep
young. Don't walk with q cane unless you
have tooe only a. defense in city afflicted
with too many csnines Dent wear glasses
stronger than necessary. putting on num-
Der tens when eighteens will do ~ we'll
Don't 80 into the company OF those who
are always talking about rheumatism and
IuRbago and shortneas Of breath and the
hrevity OF human life IL In too much for
mr. gravity TO hear an octogsnarian talking
about the shorsness III human life. From
all | can End ost he has always been here
and from present prospects he II always
going To stay Remain young. Hang up
your stocking IN Christmas time. Help
the boys Ey the kite. Teach the girls how
TO drsuu their dolls Better than arnics
for your seih joints and catnip tea for your
sleepiess SiTsss will be large dose Of
youthful conf Partnership
s.er RACK TIE CLOCK.
Set hack the clock Of human lie. Make