Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-06-06

prophe>y: might better mention his
turica fact IN your history. You are
merchant What "A time you had with that
ola business partner How hard Il was 10
grt rid uf him Before you bought him
out. or he ruined both 81 you, what mag
nitudc Of annoyance! Then after you had
paid him DOWN u certain sum Of money 10
have him 20 Oh; and 10 promise he would
not upcn a store of the same kind Of bust
rcss in your street did h. not open tho
very same kind al business rs near 10 you
ns possible and take all your customers rs
far rs he could take them; And then,
knowing all your frailtics and weaknesses,
after being in your business firm for 50
many years, Is ho not now spending his
time IN making u commentary ON what
your furnished rs "a text You are ply.
sician. and In your sickness, or In your nh'
senco you get ncighbcring doctnrto take
your place in the sickroum. and he in
grn,iateS himself into the favor of that
family, 50 that you forever lose their pat
ronagr Or you take patient through
the serious stages OF fcvsr. and some day
the impatient father or husband Of the
sick one PUSHES out and gets another med
ical practitioner. who comes In just in time
20 get the credit Of the cure. Or you arc
/ u lawyer, and You come in contact with u
trickstcr I'm your profession. and in your
absence. and contrary TO agreement, he
moves n nunsuit or the dismissal OF the
case. or the judge on the bench, rcmcm-
/ boring an old political Grudge, rules
against you every time he gets "A chance
and says with snarl, III you don't like
my decision, take an exception. OR You
are farmer and the curcuio stings the
| fruit, ur the wecvil gets into the wheat. or
thu drought stunts the corn. or the long
continued rains give you no opportunity
4 for gathering the harvest. Your best COW
gets the hollow horn, your best horse gets
| fuundercd French proverb said that
trouble comes in on horseback and goes
away on foot. 80 trouble dashed In on
you suddenly. but. oh, how long II was In
getting away Came on horseback, goes
away on foot. Rapid In coming, slow In
going. That Is the history Of nearly all
your troubles. Again and again and again
you have experienced the power Of the east
wind. II may be blowing from that d.
| rection now.
Ny friends. God intended these troubles
and trials for some particular purpose.
They do not come at random. Here Is the
PROMISE He staycth his rough wind in
the day ~ the east wind" In the Tower
Of London the swords and the guns Of 9TH
or ages are FURNISHED and arranged into
| huge passion flowers and suniiowers and
bridal cakes and you wonder how anything
SO hard as stcc! could be put into such
! floral shapes have To tell you that the
hardest, sharpest, most cutting. most pierre
Ing sorrows of this life may be made TO
bloom and blossom and put on bridal fcs-
tivity Tho Bible says they shall be miti-
gated, they shall be assuagcd, they shall
be graduated God Is not going TO allow
you TO be overthrown. \ Christian wom-
an, very much respondent, was holding
her child in her arms and the pastor, try
ing 10 console the woman In her spiritual
depression, said, There, you will let your
child drop" "Oh. no." she said, Il
couldn't lot the child drop" He said.
lyon will let the child drop" why"
she said II should drop tho child hero,
II would dash his life ont = "Wcll now"
said the Christian minister, don't you
think God Is aS good you ares Won't
| God, your Father, take good care Of
you, his child. rs you take care Of your
! child: God won't let you drop.
Why Bitter Winds Blow.
/ suppose God lets the east wind blow
/ just hard enough 10 drive us into the har-
1 hor Of Gods protection. We all feel we
can manage oar own affairs. We have
/ helm and compass and chart and quadrant.
Give Us plenty OF sen room and We sail on
4 and sail on, but after awhile there comes "a
/ Caribbean whirlwind up the coast and
we ARE helpless in the gale, and we cry out
| for harbor. All our calculations upset,
we say with the poet
Change and decay On all around SEE.
Oh. thou who chang, - not, abide with mo!
~
makes Us throw off the cloak of Christian
character and we catch cold but the sharp
east wind Of trouble makes Us wrap around
us the warm promises. The best thing
that ever happen. o. Us is trouble. That
Is a hard thing perhaps "a say, but re-
| peat IL, for God announces II again and
again, the best thing that happens to US Is
| trouble.
When the French army went down into
Egypt under Napoleon. an engineer in
| digging for a fortress, came across tab
! let which has been called the Rosetta stone
There were inscriptions In three or four
! languages on that Rosetta stone Scholars
studying out the alphabet OF hieroglyphics
! from that stone were enabled 10 rcad an
Client Inscriptions ON monuments and on
| tombstones. Well, many of the handwrit-
ings of God in our life are indcciphcrable
| hieroglyphics. We cannot understand
| them until we take up tho Rosetta stone
Of divine inspiration. and the explanation
! all comes out, and the mysteries all van
ish, and what was before beyond our un-
dersianding now is plain In its meaning
as we read, ''All things work together for
! good 10 those who love God" So we de
cipher the hicroglyphics. Oh, my friends,
| nave you ever calculated what trouble did
| for David: II made him the sacred min
strel for all ages. What did trouble do for
Joseph? Made him the keeper Of the corn
cribs of Egypt What did II do for Pauls
| Made him the great apostle u the gen
tiles. What did 1t do for Samuel Ruthcr
| fordl Made his invalidism more illusiriouS
than robust health. What did 1t do for
| Richard Baxter? Gave him capacity to
write Of the saints Everlasting Rest. -
| What did II do for John BunyanY Showed
him the shining gates of the city. What
has 1t done for you! Since the loss of that
child your spirit has been purcr. Since
the loss of that property you have found
out that earthly investments are insecure.
Since you lost your health You feel rs
never before "a rapt anticipation of eternal
release Trouble has humbled you, has en-
larged you, has multiplied your resources,
has equipped You. has lonsened your grasp
| from this world and frightened your grip
/ on the next. oh, bless God for the east
wind II has driven You into the harbor
OF Gods sympathy
This World Insufficient.
Nothing like trouble to show us that
this world is AN insufficient portion. IIo-
garth was about done with l:fe. and he
wanted TO paint the end OF all things. He
| put on canvas shattered bottle. cracked
! bell, AN ups,rung harp, "a signhuard Of
tavern called The Worlds End falling
down, a shipwrcck, the horses OF phUhus
! lying dead in the clouds. the moon in her
| last quarter and the world on fire zone
thing more - said lIogarth, and my pic
turc IS done" Then he added the broken
palette 81 painter Then he died. But
trouble with hand mightier and more
skillful than Hogarth's. pictures the fall
Ing, failing. molderiny, dying world.
And we want something permanent TO lay
| hold Of, and we grasp with both hands
after God and say, The Lord is my light;
the Lord j. my love- the Lord is my for
ircss; the Lord is my sacrifice; tho Lord,
the Lord Is my God"
Bless God for your trials Oh, my
Christian friend, keep your spirits up by
the power Of Christs gospel, DO not sur.
render. DO you not know that when you
| give up Others will give up; You have
courage. and others will have courage
! Tho I{nptutg nf 10 tho huf la ND H.