Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-06-12

Next fsy test teaches iis tbat DO,
proportions our trials 10 what We ce,
bear, the stsn for the ftches. The rod IN
Tho cutnfnin, The iron wheel for tie corn
Sometimes people In great trouble say
"Oh, ! can't bear itf' But you dld bea,
w. God would not have sent n upop yot
" he did NOT know that you could fesi
IT, You tfeiublod, and you swooDed, bal
you got through. God will not TAX,
from your eyes ono tear too many, no,
from your lungs one sigh too deep, roi
from your temples one throb too sharp
The perplexities Of your earthly business
have not In them one tangls too intricate,
You sometimes feel as II our world
were full Of bludseons flying hspbazsrd.
oh. no; they are tbrashing instruments
that God just suits 10 your case. There
Is not dollar Of bad debts on your ledg
or. or disappointment about goods
that You expected 10 20 up, but that
have gone down, or n swindlo Of youi
business partner, or n trick on the par,
OF those who are in the same kind of
business that you are, but God Intended
tooverrule for your immortal help. "Ob, 3"
you say, there is no need talking that
way TO me. don't like 10 be cheated
and outraged" Neither does the corn
like the corn thrasher, but after II has
been thrashed and winnowed IL has q
great deal better opinion Of winnowing
mills and corn thrashers.
"Well," you say, "if I could choose
my troubles would be willing to be
troubled" All, my brother, then IL would
not be trouble. You would choose some
thing that would not hurt, and unless n
hurts 1t does not get sanctifed. Your
trial perhaps may be childlessness. You
are fond Of children. You say, "Why
does God send children to that other
household, where they are unwelcome
and are beaten and banged about, when
I would have taken them in the arms OF
my affectionsr' You say, ANY othet
trial but this" Your trial perhaps may
be disfgured countenance, or a face
that is easily caricatured, and you say,
"Oh, could endure anything IL only I
was good looking" And your trial per-
haps is violent temper, and you have
to drive it like six unbroken horses amid
the gunpowder explosions Of a great hol-
iday, and ever and anon 1t runs away
with you. Your trial is the asthma.
You say, "Oh, IL 1t were rheumatism or
neuralgia or erysipelas. but 1t is this
and IL is such an exhausting
hing to breathe" Your trouble is
short, sharp, snappy and cross
lbout the house and raising small riot
,ecause q button is off How could you
NOW the button Is off?
Your trial is wife ever in contest
With the servants, and sho Is sloven.
Though she was very careful about her
appearance in your presence once, now
he Is careless, because she said her for
une is made! Your trial is hard school
esson you cannot learn, and you have
,itten your finger nails until they are
light to behold. Everybody has some
or annoyance or trial. and he
,r she thinks 1t is the one least adapted.
Anything but this all cay ANY
hing but this"
Z Oh, my hearer, are you not ashamed
% be complaining all this time against
God? Who manages the affairs Of this
world anyhow Is It an infinite Modoc,
'r Sitting Bull savage. or an omnipo-
;ent Mana Sahibr No, it is the most
nerciful and glorious and wise Being in
Ill the universe. You cannot teach Om-
lipotence anything. You have fretted
md worried almost enough. Do You
lot think so? Some of you are making
yourselves ridiculous in the sight Of the
ingels. Gst taf ~
Here is naval architect, and he draws
,ut the plan Of ship of many thousand
;ons. Many workmen are engaged on II
'or long while. The ship is done, and
,ome day, with the flags up and the air
with bunting, that vessel Is
for Southampton. At that time
. lad years Of age comes running down
,he dock with q toy boat which he has
made with his own jackknife, and he
'ays: Here, my boat Is better than
,ours. just look at this jibboom and
.hese weather cross jack braces and he
lrops his little boat beside the great ship,
md there is a roar Of laughter on the
locks. u-tn 4n
All, my friends, that great ship is your
ife as God planned it--vast, million
,onned, ocean destined. eternity bound.
That little boat is your life as you are
.rying to hew 1t out and fashion it and
aunch it. All. do not try 70 be rival
If the great Jehovah God Is always
right, and in nine cases out Of ten you
are wrong. He sends just the hardships,
Just the bankruptcies. just the cross that
4 is best for you to have. He knows
what hind Of grain you are, and he sends
The right kind Of thrashing machine. II
will be rod or staff or iron wheel just
as you are fitches or cummin
DR. corn. tNET
THE WHEAT AND THE cHAFF.
Again, my subject teaches us that
God keeps trial on us until we let go.
The farmer shouts "whoaW TO his
,orses as soon as the grain has dropped
rom the stalk. The farmer comes with
his fork and tosses up the straw, and he
'ees that the straw has let go the grain
md ths grain Is thoroughly thrashed.
b God. Shifting rod and turning wheel
10Th cease as soon as we let go. We
iold on to this world with its pleasures
md riches and emoluments, and our