Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-01-21
SAM JONES TALE OF WOE.
Tss EVANGELIST TALKS OF REAL
TROUBLES
F,,'s and Foolishnss Very Gloss Kin-0ns
Wonans Marvellous Bardsn Of Suffering and
S5rrow-Sensibls Advies For Those
Whose Hearts Are Bowed Down With
Weight Of WOs-Troublss ss
n nrurih's
a Crucibl,.
Co. yriJt' 1898. By tAs Southern Pres, lSyadi
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CARrERsvILLE, GA, January 10
Ny last article was given TO imaginary
troubles, with the promise that this
should deal with the real troubles Of
life.
repeat that iti the part Of philoso-
pher TO classify his troubles, Fools
aud foolishness are close akin.
n man keeps borrowing trouble, he
viii become a chronic borrower on gen
eral principles, without ability or dis
position to return the same. But the
real troubles OF life are ttAse which
sensible people have to deal with
Whatever may be our ills, mentally
morally or physically, In each realm
remedies are offered and a wise use Of
remedies will frequently remove the
causes and, thereby, the effects.
Each man has within himself powers
of moral choice, with inducements
sublime 10 do right aud with tempta-
t.ons manifold to DO wrong.
The troubles that come 70 US natural
ly from wrong doing, from wrongi choIce
and perverted lying are great and
many. The curses that follow the
choice for drink, the curses that come
with dishonest deeds and fraudulent
transactions, are many and great
Good never can convert what ought
not 10 have been into what ought to
have been. There are some things
which, II we do them, preclude the
possibility OF our doing other things
There are some things which, il we do
not do them, the very neglect forces US
% DO some other things which we ought
not 10 do. That which / would do
do not, aud that l would not do that l
do"
la this realm OF life and conduct
have seen men loaded TO the guards,
chart and compass overheard, drifting
at the mercy OF wind and wave.
How many thousand aches Of con-
science and pangs OF mind could be
avoided II we, In the power Of our choice,
would choose the right and eschew the
wrong.
Again, the anxious care we feel for
our sick and suffering piles up noun
Gain high about US sometimes. To see
the battle wage hotter and thicker be-
tween disease and the constitution Of
our loved one, lying on a bed OF suffer
Ing, sometimes seems more than we can
bear. with reliance on the physicians
ski, va look 10 them: with faith and
prayer look 10 God and watch and
walt sometimes TO see disease triumph.
sometimes to see disease first from the
field OF action
Again, many Of our real troubles
come 20 us az consequence OF Kindness
we have doue for brethren. How many
men grappie with real poverty to-day
because Of their Enforcement OF a
friends paper? go no mans securitv."
Is The plaia command OF the word OF
rod. Poverty on she one hand and
the ingratItude OF him for whom he
man some real, genuine, fits class
trouble
Again, there are the real troubles
Which overshadow the good wife when
LeT husband, forgetful OF his VOWS to
ier' iorEetful Of his honor and his man
MOOD revels In debauchery, drunken
meas and Grim.
again, there are the troubles which
come 10 a father and mother when
cl"dren have gone astray. How tho
stars 90 out in the armament above
lAem and sometimes faith itself gives
WY 10 doubt, when though by good
example aud faithful training they
nave trled 10 rear their children right.
."' Migrate OF their home breaks away
nom lne Oands, overleaps every innu-
I.e mat would check him and rushes
Had'y on over hearts and home to dis
grace and to death.
some yeafSagO. company Of ladies'
were sitting in the parlOr Of oulet
.'"'. One after another they began
" relate their troubles. When all had
l-'' lhelr tales OF woe but one quiet.
o4-Iaced woman, who had not spoken.
-'ay turned % her and said: ''Have
you any troubles? Tell us OF them g.
rue replied: have heard you relating
o. your troubles, ladies, but Won have
no troubles. II you will be quiet and
paNsul ] Will toll you what trouble is.
ior have had Sc.
was raised 10 a6luence and wealth.
was my husband. We we're happily
married and united our fortune. We
beautiful home ON the banks OF
FaHuah river in Georgia. God
sea us 10 every way. Children
S"ie 10 our home and added TO our lows.
g,e were six little ones bright.
H"u happy, but none OF their hearts
were brighter and happier than thai
ny NOBLE husband and my own.
awakened one night and dropned
~ naud by the side Of the bed. I
oppsd 10 into water. ! reused nv
soand. There had been a sudden.
-eAiuI unneard-of rise in the Savanab
,Fer' Ny husband took in the situa-
s'on' lie carried me and the infant
osoe 20 Knoll nearby and then all the
.ueI children. Directly. we noticed
enot lhe waters were swelling, rising
more ana more. He remarked, We are
Then ne carried myself and the
oaoe TO the hillside near By. THE
"a'er came above our waists as we
TOSSED the slough Ny husband then
,Nl oacH Tor tho children. Under
sr pa'e Etare on the noon, saw the
sudden wave that swept him -.
snd OF before be reached tbor,
ave never seen him since. one Inv ono
saw the water sweep away nv child.
en ! never saw their faces again.
Lett alone with my infant b.ho
ana this dark shadow over me. 60
my IlIc TO my only child aud reared bi,,
Young manhood. Bad company drew
I,m OF from me and the lessons vbi.h