The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-03-08

combat, tie snow that impeded hi
movement, the pit that environed hin
in small space, and the lion, will
open jaws and uplifted paws. AM
yet hear the shout of Benaiah',
victory. Oh, men and women Of three
troubles. You say; 81 could stand one
and think can stand two; but three
is at least one too many"
There is man in business perplex-
ity, and who has sickness in his fam.
lily, and old age coming on. Three
troubles hon, pit and snowy days.
There is good woman with failing
health, and dissipated husband, and
a hayward boy-three troubles! There
is young man, salary cut down. bad
cough, frowning future-three trou-
bles, There is a maiden with diff
cult school lesson she can not get, a
face that is not as attractive as some
of her schoolmates, prospect that
through hard times she must quit
school before she graduates-three
troubles! There is an author, his man
uscript rejected, his power of origina-
ton in decadence, a numbneSs
in forefnger and thumb which
threatens paralysis = three trou-
bles! There is a reporter OF
fine taste sent to report pugilism in
stead of an oratorio the copy he hands
in is rejected because the paper is full,
a mother to support on small income
three troubles! could march right off
these seats and across the platform, if
they would come at my call, five hun
| dred people with three troubles. This
is the opportunity to play the hero or
| the heroine, not on small stage with
| few hundred people to clap their APP
prevail but with all the galleries of
Heaven filled with sympathetic and APP
plauding spectators, for we are sur
rounded by great cloud of witnesses.
My brother, my sister, my father, my
mother, what a chance you have!
While you are in the struggle, if you
only have the grace of Christ to listen,
voice parts the heavens, saying: ''My
grace is sufficient for thee" Whom
the Lord loveth, he chasteneth. "You
shall be more than conquerors. And
that reminds me of letter on my
table written by some one whom l
suppose to be at this moment present,
saying: "My dear, dear doctor. You
will please pardon the writer for ask
ing that at some time when you feel |
like it you kindly preach from the
thirtieth psalm, fifth verse: Weeping |
may endure for night, but joy cometh
in the morning, and much oblige a
downtown business man" So, to all |
downtown business men, and to all up
town business men, say, if you have
on hand any goods that you can
not SELL and debtors who will not,
or can not, pay, and you are also suf-
fe1ing from uncertainty as to what
the imbecile American congress will
do about the tariff, you have three
troubles. and enough to bring you
within the range of the consolation of
my text, where you find the triumph
of Benaiah over lion, and pit, and
a snowy day. If you have only one
trouble, can not spend any time with
you to-day. You must have at least
three, aad then remember how many
have triumphed over such trial of
Paul had three troubles:
Sanbedria denouncing him-that was
one great trouble; physical infrmity,
which he called "a thorn in the
desh," and although we xnov rot
what the thorn was, we do inow
from the figure he used that 1t must
have been something that stuck him
that was the second trouble; approach
ng martyrdom-that made the three
troubles. Yet, hear what he says: eff
had only one misfortune, l could
stand that: but three are two many?"
No; l misinterpret. He says: ''Sor-
'owful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet
making many rich; having nothing,
yet possessing all things" Thanks be
into God, who giveth us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ"
David had three troubles. A bad
BOY, temptation to dissoluteness, and
What does he say?
God is our refuge and strength; a
7ery present help in time of trouble.
Therefore, will not we fear, though
he earth be removed, and though the
be cast into the midst of
The sea-"
John Wesley had three troubles:
Defamation by mobs; domestic in
felicity; fatigue from more sermons
preached and more miles travelled than
Utmost any man of his time. What does
he say? "The best of all is, God is
With u.s." And when his poet brother,
Charles Wesley, said to him: Brother
John. if the Lord were to give me
wings, I'd fly" Johns reply was:
Brother Charles, if the Lord told me
20 fly. I'd do it, and leave Him to find
he wings"
George Whitefeld had three trou-
Dles: Rejection from the pulpits of
England because he was too dramatic
that was one trouble; strabismus, or