New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-06

he ala want IL he preferred discomfort ss Some
nsSes H fSey G' their
eats and pss They attract 70 s their
feed them They are the people who love to look 9S
the dark side OF things. They gaze at the
f the sns not not At up h s he Thy
the cutting wind, while they. refuse to listen 70
the music which It makes. OF course we can md
What shall / name these children?" asked a
rector OF coored woman who had brought her
Gherublm and seraphm replied the mother
Because" she answered, they always do cry; .
Some people are really cherubic ana sefhphic r ~
viii do With them when he gets them TO heaven
hardly know unless ne puts th issy c ni1
to be happy In their nnSery
WRONG VIEW OF GOD.
The second black feather is a distorted view Of
God II remembered God and was troubled" The
remembrance of God ought to give him pleasure.
The reason 1t did not was because he thought OF
God either as a vengeful tyrant or careless
father great and high to look after his Great
ures InfdeIity speaks Of the God whose every
thought Is a star and whose dreams are constella-
tons" He thinks not Of men. Such view OF
God is enough to give any the blues.
H. however, you will think Of God as ne really hc
eve. loving merciful, lender, kind, sympathetic.
your remembrance of Him will not trouble y you;
ii Complained and my spirit was overwhelmed"
Good for you. The more you complain, the more
blackens the water about 1t that 1t may hide itself
in the blackness It shuts out It's own vision IN N
thus a complaining spirit darkens everything about
The very wnaows let in the r ans '1e
thoughts. .ua 90
be cheerful when We cannot sleep The darkness
of the mind enters your soul and gasiight VIII no.
rustic in our rooms that does not sooth us. Our
nerves become tom-toms on which devils peat
I he psa ahan haly odest mine eyes
Ing" God had something to do with his seepless--
mind Will grow denser. but If he believes that God
keeps him awake for purpose ne may ,I Imu ~,
Ridley HaversaI tells US that the hours
Of life the nights Of sleeplessness In which
her thoughts lifted in praise and Thanksgiving.
Happy the WhG has thus bsa to can seep
while his body wakes. whose spirit reposes while
Still another feather is the memory Of good times Tss
gone. Il call to remembrance my song IN tns me
wh mus Hn'e Now ns T he OWL s with
The fact that he was once nnp aes nres
e el poverty more oppressve former health
present sickness hard to bear; Such spirit Is
good 5GGss e, place 5 for hs for It.
several years we had the comforts Of home; with
so. though now we are in struggling poverty; why
turn whlteness Of the past into blaekness Tor tne
present? grateful spirit thinks with pleasure OF
all the delights of the past and Is hopefui TOT the
future HAL. .o..,or 81
wes my oxn hssr wis.,
prOabs exercise but not pleasant Zone Is
agreeable When boy heard series les OF sermons th
% whgh maze sne w ef TO to- ea
ourselves yet TOO many " dis
ease and a thousand looks at tho physician VINO
questions. "will the Lord cast OF forever The
mercy and promises and care ad,i, will III the s PILLOW o
periods asserting something because 1t believes.
GODS CURE FOR THE BLUES"
So much for the analysis Of the blues" Let u.
look for a moment at Gods for them, at the
means by which these birds with black wings ant
blue breasts may be driven away. or taken and de
stroyed.
And first let there be a n-breasted confession
This" says the Psalmist. rs my infrmity." Goo
"a not 10 blame II I am blue" He would make M
bright and cheerful. take the fault as my,own IL
this he does not SAY 1t m heTs an reoees a
his nfirmy but never in his sin. lnfrmty is weak
of good thing as an nrm eye or hann or id b
there must be no apology If we WnteWash our sou.
shall 95 hSy Brings sTengh paul SAID
jolce n my inhrmIty that the power OF CHRIST ma!
Several years ago a prisoner in Cuba was marchet
ont to be shot The United States Consul believing
his anSng to- he soldiers nj" dare
upon the United States Government The prlsone
wisely rejoiced in his weakness, that the power o
the United States Government might rest upon MN
a polar bear needs protection in the Arctic re
gions He carries his house about with him an(
sleens in the best room every night. A man in tn
polar regions must acknowledge his infrmity tina
The shelter of a tent and thick clothing may res
upon him, and yet l would rather be man. re re
ioicing in weakness which 'needs such protection
Than a polar bear independent OF It,.
NY friends you had better acknowledge your weak
ness that God may protect you. than take N
beastly course of Boosting of your strength Will
Won trv to live without God Faith in God is a goo
cure for the blues" Find His way in the sanctuary
walk in 1t and it will grow brighter and brighte
till the perfect day 1910. j.. ,,,,
Rut there is one more in the psalm 70 whlcl
I call your attention. and If you can realize m
truth Of that verse you are not apt 10 nave IN
"blues" Thy way is in the sea- 1t is easy TO De
leve that Gods way Is in the sanctuary, wher
Christians worship and the beautiful architecture
pleases and sweet songs steal through our senses
l. is harder to believe that Gods way Is where tner
is no way. but that he makes pain wn Ter
We have in this psalm as fine description O. o
storm at sea was ever written. an
The lesson taught is that in the midst or all o
lies storms cyclonc though they be, Goa reign
and leads and keeps his people. Such faith drive
away the birds of black wings and blue breasts an
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