Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-08-25
IALMAGE'S SERMON.
PEOPLE OF MANY TRo,le, &c ),
THE SUBJECT.
Nrom l samuel, l4;4, as Follows. .r,..
was a sharp Rock on One Side. and
a sharp Rock on she e.
Ing of the PhiIIstines.

- man, accompanied by his
o~ouy-guard, to do that thing. Iona
,nan is the hero Of the scene. I know
mat David cracked the skull OF the
giant with a few pebbles well slune
ana mat 900 Gideonites scattered ten
thousand A~malekites by the crash of
broken crockery; but here is a more
wonderful conflict. Yonder are the
Philistines on the rocks. Here is
jonathan with his bodyguard in the
valley. On the one side is a rock
calied Bozez; on the other side is a
rock called SReh. These two were as
famous in olden times as in modern
times are Plymouth Rock and Gibral-
TAR. They were precipitous, unscala-
Die and sharp. Between these two
rocks Jonathan must make his ascent
The day comes for the scaling of the
height. Jonathan, on his hands and
rect, begins the ascent. With strain,
INC slip and bruise, l suppose, but
still on and up, first goes Jonathan and
then goes his bodyguard. Bozez on
n eide, Seneh on the other. After a
sharp tug and push, and clinging, /
see the head OF Jonathan above the
hole in the mountain; and there is a
challenge, and a fight, and a supernat-
ural CONSERVATION. These two men.
Jonathan and his bodyguard, driv
back and drive down the Philistine.
over the rocks, and open a campaign
which demolishes the enemies of Is
rael. suppose that the o~yerhang-
Ing and overshadowing rocks on either
side, did not balk or dishearten Jona-
than or his bodyguard, but only reused
and filed them with enthusiasm as
they went up. There was a sharp
rock on the one side, and a sharp rock
on the other side
My friends, you have been, or are
now, some of you, in this crisis of the
text. II a man meets one trouble he
can go through with it. He gathers
all his energies, concentrates them on
n point, and in the strength of God
or by his W natural determination,
goes through 1t. But the man who has
trouble to the right Of him, and trou-
BILE TO the left Of him, is to be pitied.
Did either trouble come alone, he might
endure II, but two troubles, two dis
asters, two overshadowing misfortunes
are Bozez and Seneh. God pity him.
There is a sharp rock on the one side.
and q sharp rock on the other side"
In this crisis of the text is that man
whose fortune and health fail him at
the same time. Nine-tenths OF all
u merchants capsize in business be-
fore they come TO forty-tive years OF
age. There is some collision in com
mercial circles, and they stop payment.
1t seems as II every man must put his
name on the back Of a note before he
learns what a fool a mar is who risks
all his own property on the prospect
that some man will tell the truth.
1t seems as II a man must have a large
amount of unstable goods on his own
shelf before he learns how much easier
Il is to buy than to sell. II seems as
II every man must be completely
burned out before he learns the impor-
lance OF always keeping fully insured.
1t seems as IL every man must be
wrecked in a financial tempest before
he learns to keep things snug in case OF
q sudden euroclydon.
When the calamity does come it is
awful. The man goes home in despair,
and he tells his family, Wen have to
go TO the pcor-house." He takes a do
lorous view of everything. 1t seems as
II he never could rise. But a little time
passes, and he says, why. ! am not so
badly off after all; / have my family
left"
Before the Lord tarned Adam out
OF Paradise, he gave him Eve, so that
when he lost Paradise he could stand
II. Permit one NO has never read
but a few novels in his life. and who
has not a great deal Of romance in his
composition. to say, that II, when a
mans fortunes fail. he has a good wife
"a good Christian wife-he ought not
10 BE respondent. oh" you say,
that only increases the embarrass-
ment, since you have her also to take
care Of" You are an migrate, for the
woman as often supports the man as
the man Supports the oman The man
NAV bring all the dollars, but the wom-
an generally brings the courage and the
faith In God.
We'll, this man OF whom | am speak
,r0 looks around. and he finds his fam
,,v Is left, and he rallies, and the light
comes TO his eyes, and the smile to mis-
toce and the courage to his heart. In
Two wears he is quite over II. He makes
h,s financial calamity the first chapter
e. a new era of prosperity. He met
.Lot one trouble-conquered ii. lie
cot down for a little while under the
IN shadow of the rock Bozez; yet he
soon rose, and began, like Jonathan
80 climb. But how often is 1t that
nbvsical ailment comes with financial
embarrassment! When the fortune
sai,od II broke the mans spirit. HIS
nerves we're shattered. His brain was
stunned I can show you hundreds Oh
uon IN our cities whose fortune u
health failed at the same time. u
oomo prematurely to the stan. Iheif
hand trembles with incipient paralysis
Thev never saw a well day since the
bour when they called their creditors
.ogetber for a compromise. IL such