The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-05-10

W seS man contendlng for a livelihood
under disadvantages, but to see deli
cate womap, with helpless little ones nj
her back. lighting the giants of proverty
and so' row, is more affecting, 1t was a
humble home. and passersby knew not
tnat within those four walls were displays
OF courage more admirable than that of
Hannibal crossing tho Alps, or tho pass
OF ThermopYlH, or Balaklava, where.
INTO the jaws Of death rode the six
hundred"
These heroes had tho whole world to
cheer them On, but there were mono to
applaud the struggle in tho humble
nome. She tougnt Tor bread, Tor cloth.
ing, Tor fire, for shelter, with aching
head and weak side and exhausted
strength through the long night by tho
brock Jabbok. Could it be that none
| would give her help! Had God forgot.
ten TO be gracious? No, contending 8. ull
The midnight air is full of wings coming
to tho rescue. She hears It now, In the
sough OF the night wind, IN the ripple of
the brook Jabbok the promise made 80
long ago ringing down The sky, "Thy
tatherless children will preserve them
alive, and let thy widows trust in me!''
Some one said TO very poor woman,
"How is it that In such distress YOU keen
cheeriu!?" She said: 81 do it by what |
call cross prayers. When had my rent
to pay, and nothing to pay it with, and
bread to buy, and nothing to buy it with
used to sit down and cry. But now |
10 not got discouraged. If l 90 along
The street, when como to q corner of
the street, l say The Lord help me- |
then 90 on until | come to another
crossing of the street, and again L say.
Tho Lord help me- And so | utter a
prayer at every crossing and since have
got into that habit of saying :hese cross
prayers | have been able 10 keep up
courage"
Learn again from This subject that
people sometimes are surprised to find
out that what they have been STRUGGLING
with i'll the darkness ls really Gil '.apgol
OF blessing" Jacob found III The morn.
ing that this strange parsonage was not
an enemy. but God dispatched meg
senger to promise prosperity for him
and tor his children. Aud so many q
man at the close Of his trial has touud
out that ho has been trying to throw
down his own blessing. If ycu are
Christian man, will 80 back in Your
history and find that the grandcst thin gs
that have ever happened to you have
been your trials. Nothing short OF |
act urging, Imprisonment aud ohipwreck |
could have made Paul what ho was.
When David was fleeing through the
wilderness, pursued by bis own son, he
was being prepared TO become tho sweet
singer Of lsreal. Tho pit aud tho dun.
gecn were the best schools at which JOS
cph ever graduated. The hurricane that
upset the ten, aud killed Jobs childre n
preparcd the man Of Uz to write the
mngnl1cent poem that has astonlshsd |
the ages. There Is no way TO got the |
wheat out of the straw but to thrash it. |
There ie no way TO purify the golG but to |
huru II. Look at the people who have |
nIwa>s had it. their own way. They are
trout, GlsContented, uselcs and unhnppy
II 'ou want 10 find cheerful tolks so |
among those who have : cen purified by |
The tlre.
Ai,,l Rrssini had r. udorcd "Will,am
Trli' the five hundredLh time company
"i nus'cians came under his window ia
PARIS and serenaded him. They pu,
upon hla brow crown Of laurel leaves!
Bu' amid all the applause aud enthusi.
armlS>Rslni turned to lliend and said. "I
Il
lew days OF youth and love" Contract |
the melancholy feeling IF Rossini, who
had everything that this world could
ave bin, to tho joyful experience of
ls"rc Watts, whose misiortuues we're
nuumrrab'o when he euys:
The Hill Of Zion yields
a thousand sacred sweets
Before We reach tho heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets.
Thon lc! our songs abound
And every tear be dry.
Wo arc marching through Immanuers
ground
10 iairer worlds on high.
1t Is prosperity that kills and trouble
that saves. Whlc the Irealtes were on
the march amid great prlvatlons and
they behaved we'll. After
awhile they prayed for meat, and the
sky darkened with great flock of qualls
and these quails fell in largo multludes
nll about them, and the Isrealites ate
and ate and stuffed themselves until
they died. On, my friends, 1t is not
hardship or trial or starvation that in.
lures the soul, but abundant supply. 1t
is not The Vulture OF trouble that eats up
Tho Christians hte. 1t is the quails. 1t
is tho qualls. You will yet find out that
your midnight wrestle by the brook Jab.
box is with an angel Of God come down
TO bless and save.
Learn, again, that while our wres stling
with trouble may be triumphant we
must expect that it will leave it's mark
upon us. Jacob prevailed, but the angel
.oucned him, and his thigh bone sprang
rom its socket, and the good man went
imping on his way. We must carry
through this the mark Of the combat.
What plowed those premature wrinkles
in you face? What whitened your hair
before it was time for frost9 What sil-
enced forever 80 much of the mlar1ty Of
your household? All, it is because the
angel Of trouble hath touched you that
you 90 llmping on your way. You need
not be nurprised that those who have
passed through the fire do not ieel as
gay rs once they dd.
DO n&t be out Of patience with those
Who como not out of their despondency.
They may triumph over their loss, and
pet their gait shall tell you that tney