Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-12

s-n,esznl<s people IN <rsnf troabis <sy
oh. I cant bar ifs- tsf yoa dri t-ssr
H. God voald nos have ssrs 70 ur-sl yea
Il m did sos tnow shas yo~ e~sabi b~~r
n. Yoa tr-snbi><i. and yea swosnsi. bal
yo1 ga shzoaxh- God Gill ACT take
frosa yous syes ooe srax TOO many. nor
frea your loass oos saSh too deep. MIR
from your tsuz<ies oDa tarob TO shArp.
The pefpl1xitass of your earthly business
have ma IN them uns tsfsxis tGo intricate.
yeo sosnsfisars fell - u our ~ord
wsrs fajl c< bindss~s1s dying haphAsxEd
O.. 10. tnry ara thr~shing Instruments
that God Just saits a. Jour case. There
h lses dollar II taJ debts on your let<,-
er. ar disappointment about goods
thai y0a sxpeesed ~ - ~. bat that
have gonc down. ~ sWindie % your
basin<>s I-srsn~r, ca Trick On the part
q thoss who are ia tbs same Kind "
bnssnass that yoa ARE. bat God intended
soovsrrals Tor yoar immortal help- Oh
yoa say. there h no ne~i talking that
way ~ me idon't like so DO eheatsd
and ourrage<i- Neither does the corn
bike she corn thrashrr. bat after Is has
bocn thrsshed and winnowei IL has a
great Deal better opinion u wtnnowing
miils nxsi corn thrxshces-
Well you say. II ! could choose
my troables would hs willing to be
troublai.- All. ray bsOthsr. thsn Il would
nos 30 troahle. You would choose some
thing that would not hurt. and unless Il
hurts II does not gee sancsi6sd. Your
trial perhaps may he chiidle~ness You
s-s fold IT children You say. why
does God setd children to that other
ho-seiioid. where they are unweicoms
and arc beaten and banged about. when
would have taken them In tho arms 1t
my Affections You say. ANY other
trial but this Your trial perhaps may
b. disfigurcd counsenAnce or q face
that Is easily caricaturcd. and you say.
.-Oh. could endure anything IL only
was good booking And your trial per-
haps Is . violent temper. and you have
10 drive 10 like six unbroken horses amid
the gunpowder explosions Ct . great hol-
idsy. and ever aud anon IL runs away
with you. Your trial Is the asthma.
You say. .-Oh. II IL were rheumatism o.
neuralgia or erysipelas. but IL 10 this
asthma. and IL Is such an exhausting
thing To breathe" Your trouble IL =
husband. short. sharp. enappy and cross
about the house. and raising . small riot
because button is of! How could you
know the button is or
Your trial Is . wife ever In contest
with tho servants. and she u sloven-
Though she was very careful about her
appearance in your presence once, now
che Ii careless, because she said her for
tune is made. Your trial Is hard school
lesson you cannot learn. and you have
bitten your finger nails until they are q
sight 10 behold Everybody has some
vexation or annoyance or trial. and he
Anything but this" all say. ANY
thing but this
On. my hearer. are you not ashamed
"a he complaining all this time against
Gods Who manages the affairs Of this
world anyhow Is il an infinite Modoc.
or Sitting Bull savage, or an omnipo-
tent Mana Sshibs No. il Is the most
merciful and glorious and wise Being in
al the universe. You cannot teach Om-
impotence anything. You have fretted
and worried almost enough Do you
not think sog Some Of You are making
yourselves ridiculous in the sight of the
angels
Here is a naval architect. and he draws
out the plan Of a ship of many thousand
tons. Many workmen are engaged init
for long while. The ship is done, and
some day. with the flags mp and the air
gorgeous with bunting. that vessel is
launched for Southampton AT that time
n lad years Of age comes running down
the dock with a toy boat which he has
made with his own jackknife. and he
says: Here, my boat Is better than
yours Just look at this jibboom and
these weather cross jack braces.s and he
droI.s his little boat beside the great ship.
and there is roar Of laughter on the
docks
Ala. my friends. that great ship is your
life ~ God planned it-vast. million
tonned. ocean destined. eternity bound
That little boat Is your life as you ara
trying 10 hew il out and fashion IL and
launch H. All. do not try to be rival
of the great Jehovah God is always
night. and In nine cases out Of ten you
sTc wrong He sends just the hardships,
just the bankruptcies. just the cross that
II Is best for you TO have. He knows
what kind 81 grain you are. and he sends
tho riyh. kind Of thrashing machine. IL
will be rod or staff or iron wheel just
according as you are ftches or cuInrnin
or corn.
THR WHEAT AND THE cHArY.
Again. my subject teaches US that
God keeps trial on US until we let 40.
The farmer shouts ''whoai" 20 his
horses A. soon rs the grain has dropped
from the stalk. The farmer comes with
bis fork and tosses mp the straw. and he
scss that the straw has let go the grain
and thu grain IL thoroughly thrashed.
b God- Smiling rod and turning wheel
both ccssss "a soon as we let go. We
hold on Ia this world with its pleasures
and riches and eaaoiuIncnts. and our
knackics ar. " firmly set that II seems
- " We could bold ON forever. God
comes along with some thrashing trouble
and beats us l0o~e.
We started under tho deiusi0n that
this ~as a great world. Welearned out
ef our geography that IL was - many
thousand miles In diameter and 90 many
Thousand miles IN circnmference. snd We
said. "Oh. my. what . woriif' Troubles
came IN after life. and this trouble sliced