The Progress., 1897-05-15

trnthfully that Wh!.o
tnfous" That little one stood with Its two o
VIZ. IN the very sanctuary OF your anec
-. ND with its two hands 1t took holo q
s. ~ 20 altar of your soul. But one day !
.,,ere came one of the three scourges %
chiIdren-scarlet fever, or Group, or utpn
%,aria-and all that bright scene vanisheu.
s asa tter,no. the strange questions, the {
pulling at the dresses 0s ~"
fInor-an ceased.
The Black Providences.
A.tha GREAT friend of children stopped
.,-rr and leaned toward that cradle ana
took the little one In his arms anu "aiA
80 -. With it into the bower OF eternal
u,mmer. your eye began to follow hiIa'
.nil you followed the treasure ne carrieo,
~ Won have been following them ever
.s,,r., and instead of thinking of heaven
onlv once a week, as formerly, you are
th;nkino of it all the time, and you are
s.c-o nnre md tender hearted than you
need e, be, and you are patiently waltlns
for the daybreak. 1t is not sell r1ghteous-
mess in you to acknowledge that you are
better man than you used to be, you are q
better woman than you used 10 ce. nat
ras It that brought you the sanctl1ylhe
Mocsinos oh, it was the dark shadow on
tho nursery: it was the dark shadow on
the short grave; it was the dark snaoow
on your broken heart; 1t was the prooo-
ing of great black trouble; IL was 70,
van. II was a raven. Dear Loros teacn
this people that white providences DO not
always mean advancement, and that plach
proyidences do not always mean retrogres-
sion.
children of God, get up out of your de-
euondency The Lord never had go many
ravens as he has today. Fling your fres
and worry to the winds. Sometimes under
the yexations of life you feel like my little
airl of 4 years, who said under some child
ish yexation, ssOh, wish I could go 20
heaven and see God and pick flowers!
He will let you go when the r,gh' tihie
comes to pick flowers Until then, WnaS
nrayed pretty much all the time. Tremen'
dous work behind him. Tremendous wors
before him. God has no spare ravens 1ol
idlers or for people who are prayeriess.
put it in the boldest shape possible, ana :
am willing to risk my eternity on IL. Ash
God in the right way for what you wan
and you shall have it If it Is best for you.
Mrs Jane Pithey of Chicago, wei
known Christian woman, was lett py ne
husband widow with one half dollar ant
q cottage She was palsied and had
mother 80 years Of age to support In
widowed soul every day asked God 1or a.
that was needed In the household, and Tn
servant even was astonished at the preci
sion with which God answered the prayer
OF that woman, item by Item, item !,
item. Ono day, rising from the famil
altar, the servant said, "You have NJ
asked for coal, and the coal Is out.
Then they stood and prayed for the Goa
tine nour aIycr mat Jne servant threw oic.
the door and said, 1.-the coal has come.
generous man, whose name coulo eiv
You, had sent-as never before ana neNe
since-a supply of COAL You cannot un
derstand 1t. I do. Ravens! Ravensi
The Coming OF the Ravens.
NV friend. Won have a right to argt
from precedent that God Is going TO TAI
care Of you. Has he not done IL TWO
three times every day? That is most i I.''
velous. look back and wonder 'n'
God has given me food three times a az
regularly all my lifetime, never niss1l
but once, and then was lost In the mou !,
tains, but that very morning ana Oh
very night met the ravens
Oh, the Lord is SO good that wlsn
his people would trust him with tne =. y.
1axoo fr,< ne, xo1, oro now living ana III