The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-06-13
TA1MA SERMON.
"CONSOLATION IN TROUBLE
LAST SUNDAYS SUBJECT


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E~lKL'' M but TO the long
G\h 'ma45 continued blowing
". W. .: 3. ii; :. :::' , ': ::;
{ =. ., quarter The north
IN y]-yt,JcOtP wind IS bracing.
NHN,N II \ y the south wind is
[DNa2R relaxing, but tn"
~ east Wind is irri- |
iatIng and full OF !
threat. Eighteen times does the bio''
s,ool5 against the East wind. Moses |
describes the thin cars blasted by inc
p9st wind. The Psalmi5t describes 'N'
breaking of the ships OF larSh'Sn ~
The east wind, The locu5t5 that plagued
Egvpt were borne in on The east "'ho'
The gourd that sheltered Jonah was
shattered by the east wind, ana III an
the six thousand summers, aHtNi'A7'
winters, springs of the world 5 eN'7-
tence. the worst wind that ever Dle"
is the east wind. Now, if God Wout1
only give us climate OF perpelo''
nor westrr how genial aud kind ana
/ placid and industrious Christians We
! would all BET But it takes aiih'SH'F
! grace TO be what we ought to be uhae'
| the east wind Under the chilling anu
wet wing of the east wind the most %
the carth's viliainieS, frauds. onl'aS'9'
suicides, and murders have Deeh
Matched out. | think If you Shou'n
keep meteorological history OF the
days of the year, and put right OeS'oe
It the criminal record Of the country
Won would find that those were ths
best days for public morals when "e'e
under the north or west WIND, ana Ih''
those were the worst days Tor pup'l'
morals which were under the east WIN"
, The points of the compass have more
I to do with the worlds morals ana 'h'
, churchs piety than you have yet sus
, pected. Rev. Or. Archibald Alexander
| eminent for learning and for consecra
Z ton. when asked by one or his STU
. dents at Princeton whether ne Away
= had full assurance Of faith, replied
= Eyes. except when the wind blows fror
a the east" Or. FranCia, Dictator Q
r Paraguay, when the wind was from III
{. east, made oppressive enactments 10
= the people; but when the weathe
g changed, repented him Of the cruel'ie
o repealed the enactments, and was
4. good humor with all the world
" Before oyertake the main Though
% Of my subject, I want to tell Christia
"a neope they ought to be observant
ID c)jmatjcal changes Be on your guar
Ia when the wind blows from the cas-
Of There are certain styles OF tempt
ri tiors that Won cannot endure und
n. certain styles Of weather. Whon u
M wind blows from the east, II you q
II. Of nervous temperament, go n
n among exasperating people. try not
r. settle bad debts, do rot try to set
IL o,d disputes, do not talk with a big
IA on religion, do not go among inc
,le people who delight in saying irritat'
cy things. do not try to collect funds iol
a charitable institution, do not try
Of answer an Insulting letter. If the
is things must be done, do them when
he wind is from the north, or the south.
DID the west, but not ! hen the wind
old from the east.
ed You say that men and women ou'
Ter not to be SO sensitive and nervous.
Ok admit it, but am not talking alb
;. what the world ought to be; am ia
ing about what the world Is. WI
there are persons whose dlsposlt
nod does not seem to be affected
Int. changes in the atmosphere, nine ou
her every ten are nightly played upon
ION such influences. o Christian m
Ink under such circumstances do not "
hat hard things against yourself do
,ut pet worried about your tluctuating
wa perieuce. You are to remember
9TH the barometer In your soul ~
NJ. answering the barometer OF the WEI
or Instead of sitting down and be
discouraged and saying: i am NJ
Christian because | don't feel ext
rant" get up and look out OF the
-. dow and see the weather vane pc
an. ing in the wrong quarter, and then
Get thee behind me, Satan,
>, prince of the power of the air; get
'Ne' of my house! get out OF my heart,
p'i demon of darkness hors2d ON the
1'n- wind. Away" However good
great you may be in the Christian
rap your soul will never be independeI
sher physical condition. | feel | am u
icial ing a most practical, useful truth
Y. one that may give relief to a
,ard. many Christians who are worried
p to respondent at times,
niger DR.. Rush, a monarch in medi
,nnd after curing hundreds Of cases OF
tai depression, himself fell sick
..o lost his religious hope, and he "
Wv not believe his pastor when the p
au told him that his spiritual depre
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