Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-05-17


advantages; but to see delicate wo-
man, with helpless little ones at her
back, fighting the giants of poverty
and sorrow, is more affecting. 1t was
a humble home, and passersby knew
not that within these four walls were
displays of courage more admirable
than that of Hannibal crossing the
Alps, or the Pass of Thermopyle, or
Balaklava, where, into the jaws of
death rode the six hundred" These
heroes had the whole world to cheer
them on, but there were none to applaud
the struggle in the humble home. She
fought for bread, for clothing, for fire,
for shelter, with aching head, and
weak side, and exhausted strength.
through the long night by the brook
Jabbok Could it be that none
would give her help? Had God
forgotten to be gracious? mol con-
tending soul The midnight air is full
of wings, coming to the rescue. She
hears it now, in the sough of the night
wind, in the ripple of the brook Jabbok
the promise made so long ago, ring
! ing down the sky: Thy fatherless
] CiAAAAAIEh Will JEGSCiNG Antii aAAf1t
and let thy widows trust in metz Some
one said to a very poor woman: How
! is it that in such distress you keep
/ cheerful?" She said: Il do il by what
/ call cross prayers When / had my
rent to pay, and nothing to pay il with
and bread to buy and nothing to buy
! it with, ] used to sit down and cry.
| But now do not get discouraged. II
go along the street when ] come to a
corner Of the street l say: The Lord
help me- | then go on until | come to
another crossing of the street and
again l say The Lord help me-" And
so | utter prayer at every crossing;
and since | have got into the habit Of
saying these cross prayers have
been able TO keep up my courage"
Learn again from this subject that
people sometimes are surprised to find
out that what they have been strug-
Cling with in the darkness is really an
angel of blessing" Jacob found in
the morning that this strange person
age was not an enemy, but a God-dis-
patched messenger to promise pros
perity for him and for his children.
And so many a man, at the close OF his
trial, has found out that he has been
trying to throw down his own bless
ing. If you are a Christian man, ] will
go back in your history and find that
the grandest things that have ever
happened TO you. have been your trials.
Nothing short of scourging, imprison-
ment and shipwreclS could have made
d., .I.4 H.. ANh.,. naxriH WINS
fleeing through the wilderness, pur-
sued by his own son. he was being pre-
pared to become the sweet singer of
Israel The pit and the dungeon
were the best schools at which
Joseph ever graduated. The hurri
cane that upset the tent, and
killed Jobs children, prepared the
man of u to write the magnificent |
poem that his astounded the ages.
There is no way to get the wheat out |
Of the straw but TO thresh il. There is |
no way to purify the gold but to burn |
it, Look at the people who have al |
ways had their own way. They are |
proud disconnected, useless and unhap- /
py If YOU want to find cheerful folks |
20 among those who have been purified |
bv the fire. After Rossini had rendered |
civilian Tell" the five hundredth |
time. a company of musicians came I'M
der his window in Paris and serenaded /
him. They put upon his brow gold
en- crown of laurel leaves! But. amid
III the applause and enthusiasm, Ros-
sini turned TO a friend and said, u
would give all this brilliant scene for a
few days of youth and love- Contrast
the melancholy feeling of Rossini. VIII
had everything that this world could
give him, to the joyful experience of
Isaac Watts, whose misfortunes We're
innumerable when he says:
lhs Hin Of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets,
Before We reach the heavenly fields,
or walk the golden streets
Then let our songs abound.
And every lear be dry,
We are marching through Immanuel's ground
To fairer worlds on high
1t is prosperity that kills, and trouble
that saves. While the Israelites were
on the march, amid great privations
and hardships, they behaved we'll
After awhile they prayed for meat.
and the sky darkened with a great
flock of quails; and these quails fell in
large multitudes all about them; and
the Israelites ate and ate. and stuffed
themselves until they died. o. my
friends, it is not hardship. or trial
or starvation that Injuries the soul. but
abundant supply. II is not the vulture
Of trouble, that eats up the Christians
life: it is the quails. it is the quails |
You will vet find out that your mid
night wrestle by the brook JabbolS is
with an angel Of God, come down to
bless and save.
Learn again that. while our wres
Ting with trouble may be triumphant
we must expect that it viii leave its
mark upon us Jacob prevailed. but !
the angel touched him and his thigh
bone sprang from its socket, and the
good man went limping on his way
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