Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-08-26
ut STRENGTHENS"
WHAT TELNECE SAYS ~ SERMON
Of CALAMITY.

The cruel army ~ the Phllisfiues must
l D. taken aud scattered. There i lust one
I man. accompanied hv his hodvsuaril. q
I do that thing. Jonathan l. the hero 81 IN,
I scene. ! know that David cracked IN.
I skull Of the giant with a few upThlas wei
I sluur. avn that thrr" hundred Giieonite-
I scattered ten thousand AmaI.kitss hy the
crash ~ broken crorkery: hut here Is a
] mDra wonderful ronHirt Y0nlar are the
I philis ines on the rocks. Here l. Jonathan
with his hodvcuar,l Ia the valley. ON the
/ one side i "a rock called Bnzez: on the Other
/ side Is rock called Srneh These two
| were A. famous In olie0 times a. in modern
1 times ar" Plymouth Rock and Gibraltar
I They We're PRECAUTIONS. uu-ralahle ami
/ sharn. Between these two rocks Jonathan
must max" his as"out. THE dav comes Tor
the scaling Of the height. Jonathan. on
his hands and feet. begins the ascent
With strain and slip and hruiSe. | suppose
hut sltll on and un. first goes Jonathan
and then goes his hOlvguari. Bozez on
one side Seneh on the other. After a sharn
tug. aud push. and rliuging. 7 see the hea 4
b Of Jonathan above the hole in the noun.
l tain, and there j. q challenge and a light
/ and a supernatural constrrnution. These
/ two men. Jonathan and his hOdvguard
/ drive back and drive down the Philstines
over the rocks, and open "a campaign which
demolishes the enemies Of Israel sun
pose that the Overhanging and Overshal-
OWING r"'NT on r,tner slde ald not halE or
/ dishearten Jonathan or his bOdvguard hut
"hlN reused ana hlled them with enthusi-
assn as they went M. There was a sharp
rock on toe on. Sue ana sAarp rock on
me "'nrr sue.
wv Ir''h1H Won nave heen, or are now,
some "' YOU Ia iN's crisis OF the text. II
man meets one trouhl" he can 20 through
with IL. lie gathers all his energies con-
''Nirat"S mon on one noint, and in me
strength "i Go !, or hv his own natural de-
termination, GOES through 1t. l'ut the man
VINO ma 'tnu"," 10 tne tlght OF hlm, ah,'
trouhln To the Ieit oil him, IS to he nItied,
pa either lrou'.' come alone, he might
endure 1t, hut '' 'rouhleS, two disasters,
Two "N'rshaI"N 900 0isiortuneS, are BoHe2
ana N'h'h' "@' N'tv MN! mere Is
4 sharp rock on the one side, and SHARP
/ rock on tn" other side
In this crisis OF the text Is that man
who" fortune and health fail him at
the same time. Nine-tenths Of AL our mer-
chants cauSi2e in business before they come
( TO tortr-live wears Of age. There is some
. collision IN commercial circles. aud they
stop PAYMENT 1t seems rs If every man
( must put his name ON the back Of a note
/ before he learns what fool a man is who
/ risk, all his own property on the prospect
that some man will tell the truth. It seems
rs If man must have n large amount o.
unsuitable goods on his own shelf before Il,
learns how much epser it is to buy than t.
sell. It seems as il every man must he com
/ pirtelv burned out before he learns the i'm
uortanca of always keeping fully insured
1t seems as If every man must Ice wrecke,
In financial tempest before he learns t,
keep things snug in case of a sudden euro
clNdon.
When the calamity docs come, it Is
awful. The man goes home in despair
and he tells his family Gwen have TO g
to the poor-honse." He takes dolorou4
view Of everything. 1t seems rs If he never
could rise But a little time passes, and
he saws, ''Whv. am not so badly off after
all; have my family left"