San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-02-03
SAM JONES' TALE OF WOE
Tho Evangelist Talks of Mankind's
Real Troubles.
Fools and Foolishness Very Close Kin-One
womans Marvellous Burden of sor-
row-Advice for Those Bowed
Down With Weight If Woe.
COPYRIGHT, 1921


life.
I repeat that it is the part of philos-
opher to classify his troubles. Fools
and foolishness are close akin.
If man keeps borrowing trouble, he
will become chronic borrower on gen.
eral principles, without ability or dis
position to return the same. But the
real troubles of life are those which
sensible people have to deal with.
Whatever may be our ills, mentally,
morally or physically, in each realm
remedies will frequently remove the
causes and, thereby, the effects.
Each man has within himself powers
of moral choice, with inducements sub
lime to do right and with temptations
manifold to do wrong.
The troubles that come to us natur-
ally from wrong doing, from wrong
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 to
have been into what ought to have
been. There are some things which, if
we do them, preclude the possibility of
our doing other things. There are
some things, which, If we do not do
them, the very neglect forces us to do
some other things which we ought not
to do. "That which I would do | do
not, and that would not do that l do"
To- g of nd |
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 if we, in the power of our
choice, would choose the right and es
chew the wrong.
Again, the anxious care we feel for
our sick and suffering piles up noun
tain high about us sometimes To see
the battle wage hotter and thicker be-
tween disease and the constitution of
our loved one, lying on bed of suffer
ing, sometimes seems more than we
can bear. With reliance on the phySi-
clans skill, we look to them: with faith
and prayer we look to God and watch
and wait-sometimes to see disease tri-
umph, sometimes to see disease fly
from the field of action.
Again, many of our real troubles
come to us as the result of kindness we
have done for brethren. How many
men gfapple with real poverty today
because of their endorsement of a
friends paper? $50 no mans surety"
is the plain command of the word of
God. Poverty on the one hand and the
ingratitude of him for whom he suffers
on the other hand, gives man some
real, genuine, frst-class trouble.
Again, there arc the real troubles
which overshadow the good wife when
her husband, forgetful of his vows to
her, forgetful of his honor and his man
hood revels in debauchcry, drunken
ness and crime.
Again, there are the troubles which
come to father and mother when chill
dren have gone astray. How the stars
go out in the armament above them,
and sometimes faith itself gives way to
doubt, when though by good example
and faithful training they have tried to
rear their children right the migrate of
their home breaks away from the bands,
overleaps every influence that would
check him, and rushes madly on over
hearts and home to disgrace and to
death.
Some years ago, q company of ladies
were sitting in the parlor of a quiet
home. One after another they began
to relate their troubles. When all had
told their tales of woe but one quiet,
sad-faced woman, who had not spoken,
they turned to her and said: Have
you any troubles? Tell us of them"
She replied: II have heard the relat-
ing of your troubles, ladies', but you
have no troubles. If you will be quiet
and patient 1 will tell you what trouble
Is, for have had it.
II was raised in affiuence and wealth,
so was my husband. We were happily
married and united our fortunes. We
built beautiful home on the banks of
she Savannah river in Georgia. God
blessed us in every way. Children
came to our home and added to our
joys. There were six little ones bright,
and happy, but none of their hearts
were brighter and happier than that of
my noble husband and my own.
~ awalzed one night and dropped nv
hand by the side of the bed. | dropped
it into water. | reused my husband.
There had been a sudden, fearful. I'M
heard-of rise in the Savannah river.
My husband took in the situation. He
carried me and the infant babe to a
knoll near by and then all the other
children. Directly, we noticed that
the waters were swelling. rising more
and more. He remarked, We are I'M
safe here