Democratic messenger., 1893-06-17


tended tn overrule for your immortal help
"Oh." you say. "there is no need talking
that way To me. don't like to be cheated
and outraged" Neither does the corn lik,
the corn thrashcr. but after it has been
thrashed and winnowcd it has great deal
better opinion Of winnowing mills and corn
thrashers.
We'll. you say. If could choose my
troubles, would bc willing to be troubled "
All, my brother, then it would not be trou
BILE. You would choose something that
would not hurt, and unless it hurts it doe,
not get sanctified. Yourtrial perhaps may
be childlessness. You are fond Of children
You say. why does God send children tc
that other household where they are nm
welcome and are beaten and banged about
when | would have taken them in the arms
of my affeciions;" You say, ANY other
trial but this" Your trial perhaps may
he a disfigured countenance or face
that is easily caricatured. and you say
"Oh. could endure anything il only ! wa.
good looking" And your trial perhaps j.
violent temper, and You have To drive il
Ike six unbroken horses amid the gun
powder explosions of "A great holiday. and
ever and anon it runs away with you. Youi
trial i the asthma. You say, Oh If II
were rheumatism or neuralgia or erysip
elias. but il is this asthma, and it is sucl
an eShausting thing to breathe" Your
trouble is a husband. short, sharp. snappy
and cross about the house and raising u
small riot because n button is off. How
could you knew the button is OFF,
Your trial is Il wife ever in contest with
the servants. and she is slovcn Though
she was very careful about her appearance
in your presence once, now she is careless
because she said her fortune is made. Youi
trial is n hard school lesson YOU cannot
learn. and you have bitten your finger nails
until they were a sight to behold Every.
body has some vexation or annoyance OF
trial. and he or she thinks it is the one least
adapted. Anything but this" all say
Anything but this
FAULT FINDERS REBukED
oh, my hearer, are You not ashamed to
he complaining all this time against God:
Who manages the affairs Of this world any.
how: l. il an infinite Modoc, or n Sittn.
Bull savage. or an omnipotcnt Mana Sahih:
No; il is the most mcrciful and glorious aud
wise Being in all the universe You can.
not teach Omnipotcncc anything. You
have frcited and worried almost enough
DO you not think so: Some Of you are max
ing yourselves ridiculous in the sight of tn,
angels.
Here is Il naval architect, and he draw,
out the plan of ship of many thousand
tons. Many workmen are engaged on it
for a long while. The ship is done, nd
some day with the flags up and the air ..or
gcous with bunting that vessel j. launc ,e
for southampton. At that time a lad
years of age comes running down the dock
with Il toy boat which he had made with
his own jac.knifc. aud he says: Here. my
boat is better han yours. Just look nj this
jibboom and these weather cross jacl
braces" And he drops his little boat ~.
side the great ship. and there is a roar oi
laughter ON the docks.
All. my friends, that great ship is ,nni
life as God planned i,-vasi million ton
ned. ocean destined. eternity bound That
little boat is your life rs YOU are trying IL
hew il out and fashion it and launch il
All. do not try To be n rival of the great
Jehovah. God is always right and in nine
cases out Of ten you are wrong He send,
just the harlships just the bankruptcies.
just the cross. that it is best for you To have.
He knows what kind of grain you are. and
he sends the right kind of thrashing ma
chine. IL will be n rod or II staff or iron
cummin or corn.
Again. my subject teaches US that tod
keeps trial ON us until we let go Tn,
farmer shouts w hoa," to his horses as soon
as the grain has dropped from the stalk.
The farmer comes with his fork and io>sc-
mp the straw, and he Sees that the straw
has let go the grain and the grain is thor.
oughly thrashel. So God Shifting ro,l
and turning wheel both ccas. as soon H.
we let 20. We hold on to this world with
its pleasures and riches and cmulumrnts.
and our knuckles are 80 firmly sct that il
seems as il we could hold on forever God
comes along with some thrashing trouble
and beats us loose. We started under tn.
delusion that this was Il great world
We learned out of our geography that it
was so many thousand miles in diameter
and 80 many Thousand miles in circumfcr
cncc. and we said, oh. my, what II worl,!."
Troubles came in after life aud his trouble
sliced of one part Of the world and that
trouble sliced of another part of the world.
and il has got to hc a smaller world and in
some of your e>iimations II very insiguif
cant world, and it j. dcpreciating all the
time as II spiritual property. Ten per cent
off. 80 per cent oil. and there are thoS,. her,
who would not give 10 cent, for this world
for the entire world -as n soul possession
FRIENDSHIP.
We thought that that friendship was
grand thing. In school we used to write
compositions about friendship. and pc crhaps
we made our graduating speech on com
mencement day on friendship. Oh, il was
a charmed thing, but does il mean as much
to you as il used tos Iou have gone on in
life. and one friend has BETRAYED Won. and
another friend has misinterpretcd YOU, and
another friend has neglected you and friend
ship comes now sometimes to mean Ia Won
merely another aN to grind
80 with money. We thought il a man
had u competency lie WAS safe for all the
future, hut we have learned that mort
gage may be defeated 10y an unknown pre-
vious incumbrIncc: that signing your name
on the back of "a note may be your misines,
death warrant; that II new tariff may
change the cl.rrcnt Of trade: that II man
may be rich today and poor tomorrow. And
God, 10y all these mi>fortuncs is trvin.: to
loosen our grip. hut still we hold on God
smites us with a staff. but we hold on And
he strikes Ms with rod, but we hold on
And he sends over us he iron wheel Of mis-
fortune. but we hold on
There are men who keep their grin on
IUiS MOINl lllAli tIt it~t nlOititut W no SttE
gcst to me the condition and conduct Of the
poor Indian in the boat in the Niagara rap
ids coming ON toward the fall Seeing tina,
he could not escape a moment or two before
he got To the verge of the plunge. he lifted Il
wine bottle and drank il off and hen to>>,t.
the bottle into the air. 80 there are men
who clutch the world, and they go down
through the rapids Of temptation and sin
and they hold on To the very last moment
Of life, drinking 10 their eternal damna;i ion
rs they 20 over and go down.
oh, let 20, Let go, The best fortunes
are in heaven. There are no abSconding
cashiers from that bank no failir.; in
promises To pay. Set your affections ON
things above, not on things ON the earth.
Let 90. Depend upon it that God will keel.
upon you the staff, or the rod. or the iron
wheel until you do let 60.
Another thing my text teaches us is that
Christian sorrow j. going To have sure
terminus My text says. Bread corn is
bruised because he will not he ever thrash |