The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-06-19
stackhouse, Che learned Christian


Stackhouse, the learned Christian
commentator. says he does not think
Saul was insane when David played
the harp before him, but 1t was hypo-
chopdria coming from Inflammation OF
the liver. Oh, how many good people
have been mistaken in regard to their
religious hope, not taking these things
into consideration The dean OF Car
Isle, one Of the best men that ever
lived, and one OF the most useful, SAT
down and wrote: Though | have
endeayored to discharge my duty as
well as could, yet sadness and mel
ancholy of heart stick close by ana
increase upon me- tell nobody, but l
am very much sunk indeed, ana !!
wish | could have the relief
of weeping as used to. My days are
exceedingly dark and distressing. In
a word, Almighty God seems to hide
His face, and l intrust the secret
hardly to any earthly being. l know
not what will become of me. There
is doubtless good deal OF affection
mingled with this, but it is not all so.
bless God, however, that never lose
sight of the cross, and though should
die without seeing any personal in
terest in the Redeemer's merits, hope
that shall be found at His feet. l
will thank you for word at your
leisure. My door is bolted at the time
am writing this, for l am full OF
tears"
What was the matter with the dean
of Carlisle? Had he got to be worse
man? No. The physician said that
the state of his pulse would not war
rant his living minute. Oh, 1t the
east wind affects the spleen, and at
fects the lungs, and affects the liver,
it will affect your immortal soul. APP
pealing to God for help, brace your
self against these whitening blasts and
destroying influences, lest that which
the psalmist said broke the ships OF
Tarshish, shipwreck you.
But notice in my text that the Lord
controls the east wind: ''The Lord
brought the east wind" He brings it
for especial purpose; the east wind is
Just as important as the north wind,
or the south wind, or the west wind,
but not so pleasant. Trial must come.
The text does not say you will escape
the cutting blast. Whoever did es-
cape it? Especially who that accom-
plished anything for church or state
ever escaped it? was in the pulpit
of John Wesley, in London, pulpit
where he stood one day and said: II
have been charged with all the crimes
in the catalogue except one-that
of drunkenness" and a woman arose
in the audience and said: John, you
were drunk last night" So John Wes-
ley passed under the fail. saw in
foreign journal report OF one OF
George Whitefield's sermons-a sermon
preached hundred and twenty or
thirty years ago. 1t seemed that the
reporter stood to take the sermon, and
his chief idea was to caricature it; and
these are some of the reportorial in
terlinings of the sermon of George
Whitefield. After calling him by a
nickname indicative of physical de-
feet in the eye, it goes on to say:
"Here the preacher clasps his chin on
the pulpit cushion. Here he elevates his
voice. Here he lowers his voice. Holds
his arms extended. Bawls aloud.
Stands trembling. Makes frightful
face. Turns up the whites OF his eyes.
Clasps his hands behind him. Clasps
his arms around him and hugs him
self. Roars aloud. Hollas. Jumps.
Cries. Changes from crying. Hollas
and jumps again" Well, my brother,
if that good man went through all that
process, in your occupation, in your
profession, in your store, in your shop.
at the bar, in the sick room, in the edi-
torial chair, somewhere, you will have
to go through a similar process; you
can not escape it.
Keats wrote his famous p oem. and
the hard criticism of the poem killed
him-literally killed him. Tasso wrote
his poem entitled Jerusalem Deliv-
cred" and it had such cold reception
it turned him into raving maniac.
Stillingfleet was slain by his literary
enemies. The frown of Henry VIII.
slew Cardinal Wolsey. The duke of
Wellington refused to have the fence
around his house, which had been de-
stroyed by mob, rebuilt, because he
wanted the fence to remain as it was,
q reminder of the mutability and I'M
certainty of the popular favor.
And you will have trial of some sort.
You have had it already. Why need
prophesyP 1 might better mention an
his torical fact in your history. You
are a merchant What time you had
| with that old business partner! How
hard it was to get rid of himl Before
you bought him out, or he ruined both
of you, what magnitude of annoyance