The Progress., 1896-11-28

children, l Will pleooi w -, co,,,o I
and let thy widows trust IN me- , nJno
one said to a very poor woman nv"
ia if that in such distress you Keep
cheerful?" She said, Il do 1t by "n't
7 call cross-prayers. When nau 10y
rent to pay, and nothing to pay IL WILL WILL,
and bread to buy and nothing 10 pus
It with, I used to sit down anu 'iIs
put now 7 do not get discouraged IL
90 along the street, when come ~
corner of the street, | say, Inc LUZ
help mep I then go on until cons s
TO another crossing Of the street, anu
again I say, The Lord help me! Anu
so I utter a prayer at every crossins
and since l have got into the haoi' -
saying these crOss-prayers, nave 'O
able to keep up my courage.
Learn again from this subject Una,
people sometimes are surprised 70 INV
ont that what they have been stlus
Cling with in the darkness IS reaiiy a.
"aneel Of blessing Jacob founu Al
the morning that this strange peison
age was not an enemy but a Goo-ues
Matched messenger to promise prosper
~ for him and for his children. Anu
so many man, at the CLOSE VI ITO
trial has found out that he has oeeh
irving to throw down his own Dless,
ing. If you are a Christian man "1'i
90 back in your history and ma 'la'
the srandest things that ever nap
nened to you have been your ttlalS'
Nothing short of scourging, imprisol-
ment. and shipwreck, could have maue
Paul what he was When David WAS
aceing through the wilderness, pur-
sued by his own son, he was being pre-
pared to become the sweet singer VI
Israel. The pit and the dungeon were
tho hest schools at which Joseph ever
graduated. The hurricane that upset
: the tent, and killed Jobs chiIdreh'
: nrepared the man of Uz to be the SUD-
a iect of the magnificent poem that mas
: astounded She ages. There is no way
70 oct the wheat out of the straw bu
s IN thresh it. There is no way to purli!
|. the gold but to burn it. Look at th'
!; neople who have always had it thel1
e own way. They are proud, discomfort
e ed. useless, and unhappy. II you wan
d to find cheerful folks, go among thos
e who have been purified by the fire. Al
e ter Rossini had rendered "WilliamTell
le the five hundredth time, a company G
musicians came under his window l
~ Paris and serenaded him. They pu
h upor his brow a golden crown OF laur'
70 leaves! But amid all the applause an
=, enthusiasm Rossini turned to frlen
70 and said. 81 would give all this brl
~ liant scene for few days OF yout
Il and love-" Contrast the melancho
I'd feeling of Rossini, who had everythlr
49, that this world could give him, vii
Id the Joyful experience Of Isaac Watt
oh whose sorrows were great, when
is says:
III,
er The Hill of Zion yields
,e- A thousand sacred sweets,
II Before we reach the heavenly fields
ho Or walk the golden streets.
Of
en-, Then let our songs abound,
nd And every tear be dry;
the We're marching through Immanue
int. ground
i'm, To fairer worlds on high.
or
BAD It is prosperity that kills, and trt
roy BILE that saves. While the Israeli
lat, were on the march, amid great pri'
VIII lions and hardships, they behaved w
out After awhile they prayed for meat; q
'om the sky darkened with great flock
in quails; and these quails fell in or
rom multitudes all about them; and
en- Israelites ate and ate, and stuffed the
ave selves until they died. Oh, my frier
fist, it is not hardship, or trial, or star
less, ton that Injuries the SOUL but abund
help supply. 1t is not the vulture OF tt
BILE that eats up the Christians life
lave is the quails! it is the quails!
ling will yet find out that your midnl
own wrestle by the brook Jabbok is witt
the angel of God, come down to bless
d as to save.
ID OF Learn again that, while our wrest
gain with trouble might be triumphant,
soul must expect that it will leave it's N
Dor upon us. Jacob prevailed, but the
outer gel touched him and his thigh-f
sprang from it's socket, and the {
ZEN a man went limping on his way.
have must carry through this world
such mark of the combat. What plous
Gods these premature wrinkles in your
The What whitened your hair before it
many time for frost? What silenced for
d de- SO much of the hilarity of your he
e the hold? All! it is because the ang,
,arful trouble hath touched you that 20
an to limping on your way. You need
night be surprised that those who have
tness, ed through the fire do not feel as
fell; as once they did. Do not be ou
e the patience with those who come mo-
re I'M Of their dependency. They may
Glory, umph over their loss, and yet