Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-08


and loss ssd gain Ia quick succession hear
eat Ct il taeir dirSs. - draw from IL shalx
snth<m Al nornsng and at night. when
IN yosr prayer ysu rehearss the eb)esA of
yoar thAaksxivins. next 70 yoar salvakioa
b. Jesus cA<ia. praise the Lard ter the
preservation Of your reason
DEGRADATION 81 pkceA
How many 6ns inss<lccss are being do
stroyed by anody nes AID anostAskjcs, which
were gfyen by Providence tor occasional
ass in alienation Of pain or ipsonnia. has
By beizs emptoyet continuously after
awhile capture Asd destroy. Chioral, 90
caine. b~onsds Of potassium, eptnn aud
whoie sheives Of seductive etcesesas that
help turn Sebuehaduexxars inss imhscihty
or uadnssa DO not tribe with opiasss thas
heaumb the brain II you cannot live
without the perpstual and snsisviag uss
Of them, you had better die. Better die .
sane man than live fool. What right
have yoa to kill your brain aaA put in wild
jangie your nervous system! Bat rum Is
the csuse Of more insanity than anything
elsa There Is nothing like rum to put :
man like Nebuchxdnexzxr dewn on al
foarx
Again. learn how quickly turns the
wheel OF fortune, from how high mp to
how far down went Nebuchadnexxar
Those now in places Of position and power.
even though thsy should live. will In =
few Years be disrsgarded. while some who
this day are obscure and poverty stricken
will ride up on the shoulders Of the people
to take their turn at admiratioa and the
spoiis OF oaice. Oh. how quickly the wheel
turns Ballot boxes are the steps on which
men come down ~ often - they 90 mp
OF those who were . few pears ego suc-
cexsfui in the accumulation OF property,
how few have not met with rsverses Of
fortune. while many Of those who then
were strxitened in circumstances now hold
the bonds and the bank keys Of the nation
and win the most bows on the exchange.
OF all ackle people In the world Fortune
il the most nckla Every day she changes
her mind and woe to that man who puts
any confidence In what she promises or
proposes. She cheers when you 60 up and
she laughs when you come down. Oh,
trust act = moment your hearts affections
70 this changcabls world. Anchor your
soul In God. From Christ's love gather
your JOY. Then come sorrow or gladness,
success or defeat, riches or poverty, honor
or disgrace, health or sickness, life or
death. time or eternity. all are yours, and
ySttS NaxtSS , ekfSI NoitSt - 0O4 -
Learn also from my subject the comfsrt-
Ing truth that Affections are arrested -
soon ~ they have accomplished their mis-
sion. For seven years did Nebuchadnexxar
dwell among the beasts of the Geld, but It
the expiration OF that time his reason TO
turned. and ~ soon - with proper humility
he acknowledged the God Of hsavea he was
brought back to his palace and reinsta1sd
in HE 80 ax>A
it does seem that when heavy trials come
upon US it il rs though they had no limit.
We exclaim, All thy waves and thy bill
lows have gone over me-" but forget that
the depth Of that 80 and the power At that
billow are definitely determined.
God sees how inuch our pride - end he
sends Just enough Adversity to humble t.
He sees just how worldly minded We are
and pulls as just hard eneugh to dstach
rs from our folliea. He sees hew hard our
heart Is and smites just hard eaough 70
brcsk IL. He sses how our eyes have beer
blinded and he cuts ooly just enough to
remove the scales from our spiritual Vision.
Al soon ~ Abraham's faith n sufnoisntly
tried the lamb il provided. As soea as
Pharaoh consents to let the children Of
Israel depart, the plaxnes pause. AZ soon
a. the Israslites have buen Sufficiently dis
ciplined BY their wandes1axA they find
their way into Canaan. But TO some thu
limit is not set in this life Their whole
pilgrimage Is throagh the wilderness and
the world il 70 them . valley Of tears.
But perhaps God has Z special throne IN
heaven that no ordinary saint can occupy.
and By extraordinary trials he hA pre-
pared that ChFi&tian s0ul for extraordinary
glory. God will net keep you In the fur
mace one moment too long. Just as soon
- Paul had met with enough impr1son.
ment and soourgings he reached up and
plucked hin eternal crown. God will keep
IN no longer under The hammer and on the
stocks than Is necessary to 6t a. fer en-
trance into the harea ct eternal rest.
Glory be to the divine grace that, - soon
~ our a6iietions have accomplished their
uaiasiou. they ere asrsstsd.
suFvHRksG RxcITEs WROUGHT.
The defeats and serrows of LIE have
sometimes been the greatest advantage.
Il wes because Dante failed - ssates-
man that hs gave up politics and wrote
his immortal "Diviaa 0oumedia." 1t was
q violent Thunderstorm that first ct Mar
tin Luther Seriously thinking, and the
thundsr~of this WORLDS disaster has start
ed many . reformation James 7. Simp-
son went from . surgeon's operating table
TO experiment and see h be could not and
something that woald alleviate human
pain, aad he kept e uasil he had disesv-
cred chloroform a. n ahesthstjc, I'D The
story Of distres has almost alwAys beea
followed By the story Ct rescue.
For many years aStes Shakespeare's death
his work was 90 little appreciated that in
i0e6 there was only one edition Of his works.
and that Of only three hundred copies in ex-
isseuce, and that edition WAS nearly al
burned in the great LONDON IRA But forty
eight espies had been sold cut OF the city.
and those forty eight copies saved Shake
spesre for Ill nations and al time Your
suppression On smaller scale may last .
good while, but for All you are worth you
will yet shine out on earth Or in heaven
Again. learn from my subject thae CO.
aeoted with the most distressing judxmeats
Of God there are displays of divine mercy.
God u7ieht juntly have left Neeuchadnex-
Gar in the 6ehl, bat innate oomPansisn
brought him hsck to The palace. No sssaer
WINS Eden blasted than blessing followed
| en- the heels Of the curse prOmieing the
coming Of one who would destroy sin and
make the whole world = paradise. Ths
delugr eeseends. bat net until Nsah had
Invited The psopas ins~ he srk. The de-
stroying angel comes upon Egypt for ne
sniting u the nrst born, but left unmo-
lested every honsc whose deor was
sprinkleti with the blood Of sacrifice.
Fiery tcmpesss lear down upon Soasm.
but not until two angels hare warned Lot
and his family to Zee from the destruction.
Jerusalem was utterly destroyed. bat not
/ NATL fc->w,;sh had "A IN alarm b&6