The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-06-22


Them best. BY the carefulpess of the
you may always conclude The
value of the grain.
Next my text teaches us that God
proportions our trials TO what we can
bear. The staff for tNe litches. The
rod for the cummin. The iron wheel Tor
The corn. Sometimes pc )plc in great
trouble say. "Oh. | can't bear it!' But
you did bear it. God would not have
sent it upon you if he did not know that
ou could bear it. You tremhled, and
you swooned, but you got through. God
VIII not take from your eyes one tear
too many, nor from your lungs one sigh
LOO deep, nor from your temples one
throb too sharp. The pcrplcxities OF
your earthly business have not in them
one taDSlc too intricate.
You sometimes feel as If our world
were full of bludgeons flying haphaz ,rd,
Oh, no! They are thrash'ng instru
mcnts that God Just suits to your case.
There Is not Il dollar OF bad debts on
your ledger, or Il disappointment about
goods that you expected to 90 up. but
that have gone down, Or swlndlc OF
your business partner. or Il trick on the
part OF those who arc in the same kind
OF business that you are, but God IN,
tended to ovcrrulc for your immortal
help. son." you say, "thcrc is no need
talking that way to me. don't like to
be cheated and outl ,yed." Neither
does the corn like the corn thrashcr, but
after il has been thrashed aud winnowcd
1t has great deal better opinion of
winnowing mills and corn thrashcrs.
"Well," you say, "lf could choose
my troubles would be willing to be
troubled" All, my brother, then it
it would not be trouble. You would
choose something that would u Ut hurt,
and unless it hurts it does not get sane
tilted. Your trial perhaps may be child-
lcssness. You arc fond of children
You say, "Why does God send caildrcn
TO that Other household where tncy are
unwclcOme and are beaten aud banged
about, when | would have taken them
in the arms ofmy anccJions?" You say,
ANY other trial but this" Your trial
perhaps may he a disIiyurcd countcnancc
or Il face that is easily cnrlcaturcd, and
you say, "Oh, | could endure anything
trial perhaps is violent temper, and
horses amid the yunpOwdcr explosions
OF Il great holiday, and ever aud anon it
runs away with you. Your trial is the
asthma. Y on say, "Oh, il it wcr
or neuralgia or cryspclas.
but 1t is this asthma, and it is such an
cNhaust'ng thing to BREATHE" Your
trouble is a husband, short, sharp snap.
DY and cross about the house and raIS-
ny Il small riot because Il button is OF.
How could you know the button is OH?
Your trial is a wife ever in contest
with the servants, and she is Il Slovcn.
Though she was very careful about her
appearance in your presence once, npw
she is careless because she said her lor-
tune is made! Your trial is a hard
school lesson You cannot learn, aud yOu
have bitten your finger nails untli they
were 4 sight to behold. Everybody has
some VcNatlOn or annoyance or trial,
and he or she thinks it is the one least
adapted. "Auything buL this" I'LL say.
Anything but this"
Oh, my hcarcr, are you not ashamed
to be complaining all this time against
God? Who manages the affairs OF this
world anyhow? Is it an m'initG Moloc,
or Sitting Bull savage, or an omnipO-
tent Mana Sahib? No; it is the mo.
mcrcllul and glorious and wise Being in
all the universe. lou cannot tcarl
anything. You have lrct-
Lcd and worried almost crOu ,h. DO |
i0u not think 80? Some oi You arc
making yourselves ridiculous IN the
light OF the angels.
Here ls anaval architect, and he draws
'ut ;hc plan OF Il ship of many thou aud
ons. Many wOrkmGn are engaged ON
for long while. The ship is done,
nj some day with the rlys up and the
II gorgeous with bunting tha: vessel is
for southampton. At that
me lad years Of are comes running
own the dock with Il toy b ,at which he
al made with his own iackkniic, and he
ayS: "llcrc, my boat is better than
ours. Just look at this iibbDom and
leSe weather cross lack braces" And
C drops his little boat beside the Great
mp, and there is Il roar OF laughter on
lc docks.
All, my friends, that great ship is
our HE as God planned it--vast million |.
lnned, ocean destined, eternity bound. i
hat little boat is your life as You are I
'ylng u hcw tout and fashion il and ,
lunch 1t. All, do not try to be a rival {
the "rca, Jehovah. God is always :,
Ghl, and in nine cases out of ten Won :;
re wrong. He sends Just the hard
hlps, Just the bankruptcies, Just the ,
ross, That it Is best for you to have. lie /
nowS what kind OF grain you are, and |
nd nc sends the right kinu OF thrashiny I
achinc. 1t will be rod or a stan or {
ON wheel Just according rs you arc 7
ches or Cummin or corn. l.
Again, Ey subject teaches us that +
cd keeps trial on us until we let 90.
he larmcr shouts "whoa!" TO his {
orscs as soon as The grain has droppcd !.
ON the stalk. Tho farmer comes with !
8 iork and losses up the straw, and he :
'es that the straw has let 90 the grain
ld the grain is thoroughly thrashcd.
, God's smlting rod and turning wheel |
)th cease as soon rs we let 90. We a
old on to this world with its pleasures "
III riches and emOlumcnts, and our 4
luckles are so firmly set that i: seems '
ii we could hold on forever. God c
mes along with some thrashlng trou. i
c and beats us loose. We started un- II
r the 'elusion that this was a Yreat
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