Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-25

vyritfo, - " letter on my table
nj tbts :, y. sumo one whom suppose to lis
desr d a,sl,,ent present saying; My dear,
writer gt y. you wiz please pardon tho
1917 ,o or, asking that at some time when
$500, ~ nay u you kindly preach from tho
".t'ieen psalm, fifth verse, .WeouIng
th ay endure for night, but Joy cometh in
wy mofhlng' and much oblleo a down
town business man. N'""
80 20 All down town business men nnd
70 an up town business men say n yon
nave on hand goods that you cannot seil
an9 uebtors who will not or cannot nav
anu you are also suffering from uncertain.
" as 10 what the imbecile American con.
gross VIII do about the tariff. Won bhve
tnIoo troubles and enough TO bring ynr,
Within tho range Of tho consolation ~ M,
.e4e Where you find the triumph OF Re.
hnlah over Hon and pit and SNOWY
day II you have only one trouble. / am.
NOT spend any time with you TODAY. Ynr
must have at least three and then romo,n'
Der how many have trlumphed oyor sncb
q trial Of misfortune. Paul had tbroo
trouhles--sanhedrln donouncinp bI,n-
mat was one great trouble; physical infl-.
NIFTY which no called "a thorn in tbo
nesh,' and although we know not whit
the thorn was We do know from tbe fignre
no used that 1t must havo been sometbIno
that stuck him-that WINS tho second trnu'
blei approaching martyrdum-that ,nndo
the three troubles Yet, benr wbnt bn
snys; III had only one misfortune /
oonld stand that, but three are two too
manyY No, l mlsnterpret. He snys.
"Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing. Poor.
yet making many rich; having nothing,
yet possessing all things 'Irhapks bo
unto God, who pivoth us tho victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ
David had three truubles-n bad hoy. n
temptation to dissolntoness and dothrone,
ment. What does no say' God is our
refuge and strength, a very present help
in timo OF trouble Therefore will not
VIC fear, though the earth ba removed md
though the mountains bo cast into tho
midst Of the sea-"
John Wesley had three troublcs-defa.
mutton by mobs, domestic infclicity, ia.
hgue from more sermons preached and
more miles Travelled than almost any man
Of his time. What does he say' 1.-The host
of all is, God is with us" And when his
poet brother, Charles Wesley, said to him,
Brother John, II the Lord were TO give
mo wings, Ia fly" Johns reply was,
Brother Charles II tho Lord told me to
fly I'd do it and leave him to find the
wings"
George Whiteleld had three troubles
rejection from the pulpits of England DO,
cause ho was too dramatlc-that was one
trouble; strahismus, or the crossing Of his
eycs-that subjected him TO tho carleaturo
of all tho small wits of the day; ycrmln
and dead animals thrown at him while he
preached on tho commons-that made
three troubles. Nevertheless his sermons
were so buoyant that q little child dying
soon after hearing him preach said in tho
Intervals Of pain, Let mo 20 TO Mr..
Whitc1cld's Godl" oh, l am SO glad that
Benaiah Of my text was not the only one
who triumphod over lion in pit on u
snowy day,
Eject OF Temperature.
Notice In my toxt victory over bad
weather, 1t was snowy day, when onus
vitality is at low ebb, and tho spirits arc
naturally depressed, and one does not flol
like undertaking great enterprise, when
Benalah rubs his hands together to warm
thom by extra friction or thrashos his
arms around him to royiye circulation Of
the blood, and then goes nt the lion, which
was all the moro tlorce and ravenous be-
cause Of tho sharp weather. Inspiration
here admits atmospheric hindranoe. The
snowy day ut Valley Forge we'll nigh put
an end to the struggle for American indie
pendence, Tho snowy day demolished Ma
poleon's army ON tho way from Moscow.
The inolomency Of January and Febru-
nry weather has some years bankrupted
thousands OF merchants. Long succession
Of stormy Sabbaths has crippled innumer-
able churches. Lighthouses yelled by tho
snow on many q coust have failed to warn
OF from tho rocks tho doomed frlpato,
Tens OF thousands Of Christians Of merry
Gus temperament by the depression Of u
snowy day almost despair OF reaching
heaven Yet In that style of weather Be-
nnlah of tho toxt achieved bis most cello.
brated victory, and let us hy the grace Of
God become victor oyur influences ntmos-
pheric. II we arc happy only when tho
wind blowa from the clear northwest, and
the thermometer H. above freezing point,
and the sky is an inverted blue cup Of sun
shine poured all over us, 1t Ia religion %
per cent off. Thank God thoro are Chris
tians, who, though their whole life through
sickness has been snowy day, have Killed.
every lion of dependency that dared to
put its cruel paw against their suffering
pillow. 1t was a snowy day when tho Pill
grim fathers set foot, not on bank OF
flowers, but on the cold Now England
rock, and from ship that might have
been moro appropriately called after De-
cember hurricane than aftor May
flower" they took possession OF ibis great
continent And umid moro chilly world
ly circumstances many good man or
good woman has takon possession OF
whole continent Of spiritual satisfaction,
valleys Of peace, and rivers Of glndness,
and mountains of joy. Christ landed In
our world not in tho month OF May, but
IN the stormy month OF December, to show
us that we might have Christ in winter
weather and on a snowy day
ny the Strength of God.
Notice everything down in the pit that
pnowy day depended upon Benaiah's
yyennon. Thoro was as much strength in
ono muscle Of that lion ms in all the mus
Giles of both arms Of Benaiah. IL is tho
strongest Of beasts and Inns been known 70
carry of an OK. Its tongue is so rough
that it nets ms a rnsp tearing oil the flesh
n ticks The two great CANNES at each
side az tho mouth make escape impossible
far ANYTHING It has once seized, set 30
nninh nuts lis heel on the neck OF TINS
"lIna of beasts. Was 10 da2gerf was
q n iaveling Was It knifei cannot
tell, but everything depended on II. But
for tbat Bennlah's body under one crunch
Of tho monster would have been limp ana