The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-05-10
BORROWING TROUBLE.
Something About Trying to Cross Coming
Bridges.

something ABOUT frying TO CrOss coming
Bridges.
We can not always have smooth sail
ing. Life's path will sometimes tumble
along declivities, and mount steep
and be thorn-pierced. Judas will kiss
our cheek and then sell us for thirty
pieces of silver. Human scorn will try
to cruelty us between two thieves. We
will hear the ircn gate of the sepulchre
creak and grind as it shuts in our kim
dred. But we can not get ready for
these things by forebodings. They
who fight imaginary woes will come
out of breath into the conflict with the
armed disasters of the future. Their
ammunition will have been wasted long
before they come under the guns of real
misfortune.
The present is sufficiently taxed with
trial God sees that we all need GER
tain amount of trouble, and so He APP
portions it for all the days and years of
our life. Why try to gather it all up
for one day or one year? 1t is "A cruel
thing to put upon the back of one
camel all the cargo intended for the
entire caravan. Let every week bear
its own burdens; every day bring it's
own worries. If they are given to us it
shows that they are intended for us
and that we have the strength to bear
them and the ability to cope with them.
The shadows of to-day with thousands
are thick enough-why implore the
presence of other shadows? The cup
is already distasteful-why halloo to
disasters far distant to come, and wiring
out more gall into the bitterness?
| am not of that class of men who be-
lieve that to men have been given all
the drudgery and hard work of this
world. An astonishing amount has
been given to women. In the guidance
of your home you have need of every
particle of strength to meet present diff
ficulties. Do not, therefore, borrow
ahead. Meet the troubles of to-day,
but do not invite those of tomorrow.
The ffe of every man, woman and
child is rs closely under the Divine care
as though such person were the only
man. woman or child. There are no
accidents. AS there is law of storms
in the natural world, so there is a
law of trouble, a law of disaster,
a law of misfortune: but the
majority of the troubles of life are i'm
aginary and the most of those antici-
pated never come At any rate there
is no cause Of complaint against God.
We should rather look around us and
see how much He has done to make us
happy; His sunshine filing the earth
with glory, making rainbow for the
storm and halo for the mountain: green
ness for the moss; saffron for the cloud;
crystal for the billow: procession of
hammered flame through the opening
gates Of the morning; chaffinches to
sing: rivers to glitter; seas to chant,
and springs to blossom, and overpower-
ing all other splendor with its triumph,
covering up all other beauty with it's
garlands, and publishing all other
thrones with its Observation-Disclosures
for lost world through the Great Re-
deemer
God has promised to take care of us.
The Bible blooms with assurances.
Your hunger will be fed; your sickness
will be alleviated; your sorrow will be
healed. God will sandal your feet and
smoothly your path and along byfrowning
crag and opening grave sound the voices
of victory and good cheer. The sum-
mer clouds seem that thunder-charged
really carry in their bosoms harvests of
wheat. and shocks of corn, and vine
yards purpling for the wine-press. The
wrathful wave will kiss the feet of the
great storm-walker. Our great Joshua
will command, and above your soul the
sun of prosperity will stand still.
Bleak and wave-struck Patmos shall
have apocalyptic vision, and you shall
hear the cry of elders and the sweep of
wings. and the trumpets of salvation,
and the voice of Hallelujah unto God
forcycr.-T. Dewitt Talmage, in Ladies'
Homo journal.