St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-08-01
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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, II the
east wind affects the spleen, and af.
sects the lungs, and affects the liver,
II will affect your immortal soul Ap.
pcaling 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 IL
just rs important as the north wind.
or the south wind, or the west wind.
but not 30 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 tho pulpit
Of John Wesley, in London, . pulpit
where he stood one day and said: Il
have been charged with all the crimes
in the catalogue except one-that
Of drunkenness" and . 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 ono OF
George Whiteiield's sermons sermon
preached . hundred and twenty or
thirty years ago. It 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
WhiteAeld. After calling him by =
nickname indicative Of physical de-
feet In the eye. It goes ON to say:
"Here the preacher clasps his chin ON
the pulpit cushion. Hero he elevates his
voice. Here he lowers his voice. Holds
his arms extended. Bswls aloud
Stands trembling. Makes fright1al
face. Turns mp the whites of his eyes.
Clasps his hands behind him. Clasps
his arms around him and hugs him
self. Roars aloud. HollaA Jumps.
Cries. Changes from crying. Hollas
and jumps again" Well. my brother.
II that good man went through all that
process, in your occupeti tion, 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 20 through . similar process; you
can not escape it.
Keats wrote his famous poem. and
the hard criticism of the poem killed
him-literally killed him Tasso wrote
his poem entitled "Jerusalem Deliv-
cred, I" and 1t had such . cold reception
it turned him into . raving maniac.
Stillingheet 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 ~ It was,
. reminder Of tho mutability and un-
certainty Of tho popular favor.
And you will have trial of some sort.
You have had It already. Why need I
prophesy7 might better mention IN
his torical fact in your history. You
are . merchant What time you had
with that old business partner! How
hard it was to get rid Of him! Before
you bought him out. or he ruined both
Of you, what magnitude of annoyancc!
Then, after you had paid him down q
certain sum Of money to have him 60
out, and to promise he would not open
. store Of the Same kind Of business in
your street, did he not open the very
same kind Of business - near to you
- possible, and take all your customers
q far q he could take them? And
then, knowing all your frailties and
weaknesses. after being in your busi-
ness firm for 80 many years. IL he not
now spending his time In making .
commentary on what You furnished -
. text? You are physician, and In
your sickness, or in your absence, you
get . neighboring doctor to take your
place In the sick room. and he ingrati-
ates himself into the favor of that
family. 20 that you forever lose their
patronage. Or, you take . patient
through the serious stages OF . fever,
and some day the impatient Ia
ther or husband OF the sick ono
rushes out and gets another medical
practitioner, who comes In just In
time to get the credit of the cure. Or,
you are . lawyer, and you come in
contact with triclster in your pro-
fession, and in your absence, and con-
trary to agreement, he moves . nom
suit or the dismissal of the case; or
the Judge ON the bench, remembering
an old political grudge, rules against
you every time he gets . chance. and
says. with . snarl: IF you don't like
my decision, take IN exception" Or,
you are . farmer, and tho curculio
stings the fruit, or the weevil
gets into the wheat, or the
drought stunts tho corn, or the
long continued rains give you NO
opportunity for gathering the har-
vest Your best COW gets the hollow
horn, your best horse gets foundered.
A French proverb said that trouble
comes In on horseback and goes away
ON foot. So trouble dashed In ON you
suddenly, but oh, how long It was in
getting away! Came on horseback.
goes away on foot. Rapid in coming,
slow in going. That Il the history Of
nearly all your troublcA Again and
again and again. you have experienced
tho power Of the east wind It may
be blowing from that direction now.
Ny friends, God intended these trou-
bles and trials for sone particular pur-
pose. They do mot come ut random.
Here IL the promise: HE stayeth His
rough wind In the day Of the east
wind" In the tower Of London the
swords and the gums Of other ages are
Furnished and arranged into huge
passion-Aowers. and sunAowers. and
bridal oaks, and yoa wonder
how anything % hard - steel
can Be put into such floral shapes.
have to tell you that tho hard
est, sharpest. most cutting. most pierre
ing sosrows Of this life may b nade
to bloom and blossom and pat On bridal
festivity. Tho Bible ssys they ahall
b mitigated, they shall Be assnaged.
they shall b graduated God II not
going to allow you to b overthrown.
A Christian woman, very much
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