The Penn's Grove record., 1896-06-12
NUMBER Al.


had criticism Of the poam killed him-lit-
erl'ly Killed him. TH-sp wrote his nopIp,
entitled, 'iJerusa'rm Delivered" and IL hal
sn"h II cold r"cep ion II turned him into n
rHv!ng maniac. S~iillin"fprt was stain hy
his literary eneTins. T9e irovu Of Henry
VIII slew Cardinal Wui7cv. The Duke OF
Wellington Refused 10 have the fence nround
his house. which hal been DESTROYED nv the
excited mob. rebuilt. because he wantcA tho
fence to remain as it was. a reminder Of the
mutabiliiy and uncertainty Of the popular
favor.
md you will have trial Of some sort. You
have hal 1t already. Whv noel 7 nrophesv?
| might better mention m historical f1ct in
vour history. You are q merchant. What q
time Won had with TINT nId huaiurss nnrtnprl
How hard II was TO get rid Of him! Before
gou bought him ont, or he ruined both Of
you, what magnitude of nnnoyance! Then
after You bad rald hilp down a certain sum
nf money to have him 20 ont and 10 promise
he would not open n store nf the same kind
OF business in Your street, did he not
open tho very same kind nf husi.
mess ms near to Won ms POSSIBLE and take
all your customers "a far IS he could take
themi And then. knowing all your ~frniltiee
and weaknesses. after being in your business
firm for 80 many years, is he not now spend
ing his time I'm making n commentary on
what Won furnished as n text2 You are a
physician. and in your sickness, or in yOur
absence. you get a n~eighboring doctor to
take your place in the sick room, md he in.
eratiates himself into the favor of that fam.
fly, so that you forever lose their patronage.
Or, you take n patient through the serious
stages Of n fever, and some day the impatient
father o. husband Of the siOk one PUSHES
nut and gets another medical practi.
tioner, VIII comes In just in time to get the
rredit Of the cure. Or. yru are n lawyer,
and you come in contact with a trIrkster in
your profession. md in yOnr absence, and
contrary to agreement. he moves n nonsuit
or the dismissal of the case. Or the Judge
on the bench, remembering an old political
Grudge, rules against you every time no gets
n chance, and says with n snarl. az you
don't like nv decision. take an exception"
Or, YOU are a farmer and the ~curcullo stiDgs
the fruit, or the weevil gets into the wheat
pr the drought stunts the corn, or the long
continued raius give you no opportunity for
gathering the harvest. Your best COW gets
The no How horn: your best horse gets foun-
dered. A French nroverb said that trouble
comes on horseback and goes away on foot.
20 trouble dashed in on you suddenly; but,
oh. how long II was In getting awavl Came
bn horseback, goes away on foot. Rapid in
coming, slow in going. That is the history
Of nearly all your troubles. Again and
ngain and again you have experienced the
power OF the e st wind. 1t may be blowing
from that direction now.
My friends, God intended these troubles
and trials for some particular purpose. They
do not come at random. Here Is the promise:
HI stayeth Hts rough wind In the day of
the east wind" In the tower OF Londonthe
swords and the guns Of other ages are burn
ished and arranged into huge passion fiow-
ers and ~sunflowers and bridal cakes, and you
wonder how anything so hard rs sleel co1ld
be put into such floral shapes. have 10 tell
you that the hardest, sharpest, most cutting
most piercing sorrows Of this life may be
made to bloom and blossom md put on
bridal festivity. The Bible saws they shall
be mitfgated, they shall be %assuaged. tho
snail be graduated. God is not going to
you to be overthrow. A Christian
man, very much respondent, was hoIS
her child In her arms, AMI the pastor, tryt
to console the woman In her spiritual depra,
sion, said. "There, you will let your child
drop" "Oh, no." she said, 81 couldn't let \
the child drop" He said, ''YOu will let tho
child drop" "Why," she said, "if I should
drop the child here, 1t would dash his. life
ont; ont sWsll, n now sa, az the :; Christian min
you are? Won't God, your Father. take rs
good care of you. His child, rs you take care
OF your child2 God won't let you drop"
l suppose God lets the east wind blow just
enough to drive us into the hGrbor of
Gods protection. We all feel we can man.
age our own affairs. We have helm and
compass and chart and quadrant. Give US
plenty Of SEQ room and We sail on and sail
but after q while there comes n Caribbean
up the coast, and We are helpless
In the gale, and we cry out for harbor. All
our calculations upset, VT sny with the poet;
Change and decay on all around I soc.
Oh, Thou who c%hangest not, abide with mo!
Bless God for your trials. On. my Chris
han friend, keep your spirits up by the
power OF Christ's gospel. Do NOT surrend-
Or. Do you not know that when you give
up, others will give upp You have courage,
others will have courage. The Romans
went into the battles and by some accident
here was an inclination Of the standard.
The standard upright meant forward march;
the inclination OF the standard meant sur
render. Through the negligence Of the man
who carried the standard, and the inelina-
lion of 1t. the Amy surrendered. Oh, let US
keep the standard up. whether it be blown
down by the east wind or the north Wind or
he south wind. No inclination to sur
render. Forward into the conflict.
There ia near Bombay n tree that they call
he Borrowing tree" the pecniiarity of
which is 1t never puts forth any bloom in the
but In the night puts out all its
aud all its redotenoe. And | nave 10
you that through Christian character. d.
outs forth its sweetest blossoms in the dark
ness of sickness, tho arkness Of financial
tho darkness of bereavement, the
darkness of death, "weeping may endure for
! night, but joy cometh In the morning."
Across the harsh discordS Of this world rolls
he music Of the skicg-muslc that breaks
rom the lips, music that hrral;s from the
larps and rustles from the palms, music like
alling water over rocks, music Tx" wander
ng winds among leaves, music lt.' c~aroling
birds among forests, music like utean bill
storming the Atlantic hon n. "Thry
hall hunger no more. Ne tttr thirst any
more, neither shall the sun light on
hem nor my heat, for the Lamb which
8 In the midst of the throne shall lead them
o living fountains Of water, and God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes" l sre
! great Christian fleet approaching that har-
Some Of the ships come in with sails
and bulwarks Knocked away, but still
float. Nearer and nearer the shining shore.
Nearer and nearer the eternal anchorage.
away, my lads; haul away Some of
he ships had mighty tonnage, and Others
we're shallops easily listed of the wind and
wave. Some were men-of-war and armeh
II the thunders of Christian batt!e,~ and
were unpretending tugs taking others
through the Narrows, ana soma Wore coasters
hat never yenturcd out into tho deep seag
Il Christian experiences; but they are nil
oming nearer the whnrf-HriGantine, Val-
con, line of battle ship, %loucboHt, pinuGce,
var frigate-and as they come Into the har-
tor l find that they are driven by the long,
oud. terrific blast OF the east wind. Il in
much tribulatiOn that You are to
1ter into the kingdom Of God.
You have blessed Col for tho north wind,
nd blessed Him for the south wind, 6nd
lessed Him for the west wind; eau you not
n the light of this subject bless Him for tho
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