Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-10-20


coming after them the lean hounds OF
poverty or the black hounds OF perse-
cution or the spotted hounds or vlclS-
situde or the pale hounds of death or
who are in any wise pursued run 10
the wide. deep. glorious lake OF divine
solace and rescue. The most or the
men and women whom | happen 10
know at different times. II not now,
have had trouble after them, sharp
mnzzled troubles. swift troubles, all
devouring troubles. Many Of you have
made the mistake of trying to fight
them. Somebody meanly attacked YOU
and YOU attacked them. They depre-
ciated YOU. and you deprecated them,
or they overreached you in bargain
and YOU tried, in Wall street parlance'
TO get a corner on them. Or you nave
had n bereavement. and instead OF be-
Ing submissive you are fighting that
bereavement. You charge on the doc
tors who have failed to effect n cure,
or YOU charge on the carelessness cf
the railroad company through when
the accident occurred. Or you are
chronic invalid. and you fret and wor-
ry and scold and wonder why you can
not be well like other people. ana you
anqrily charge on the neuralgia or the
lorvncitis or the ague or the SICK
headache. The fact is you are deer
at bay. Instead Of running to the wa
ters of divine consolation and SHAKING
vour thirst and cooling your body and
soul in the good cheer OF the gospei
and swimming away into the mighty
deems of Gods love. you are lighting a
whole kennel Of barriers.
Some time ago ! saw In the Adiron-
dacks n dog lying across the road, ana
he seemed unable to get up, and said
to some hunters, "What is the matter
with that dog?' They answered. ~
deer hurt him." and saw he had
great swollen paw and battered head'
showing where the ant.ers struck MN.
And the probability Is that some OF
Won might give Il mighty clip to your
nursuers. You might damage their
business. you might worry them into
III health, you might hurt them as
much as they hurt you: hnt. after al'
It is not worth while. You only nave
hurt q hound. Better be off for the
Timer Saranac. into which the noun
tains Of Gods eternal strength look
down and moor their shadows As Tor
your physical disorders the Wo's'
strvchnine you can take * frrtfulnrSs'
and the hest medicine is religion. !
know people who were OILY h'l'
disordered. yet have freitcd th'm
selves into complete valetudinar.anlSm.
while others put their trust I'D Goa
and came up from the very shadow Oi
death and have lived comfortably -
wears with only one lung. y man
with one lung. but God with him. Is
better off than a goddess man with TWO
lungs. Some Of you have been for a
long time sailing around Cape rear
when YOU ought to have been sailing
around Cape Good Hope. DO not turn
back. but go ahead The deer Will ac-
complish more with its swift feet than
with its horns.
There are whole chains Of lakes ID
the Adirondacks. and from one height
Won can see 30 lakes, and there are
said to be over 500 in the great wilder
ness. SO near are they to each other
that your mountain guide picks mp
and carries the boat from lake TO lake.
the small distance between them for
that reason called a carry" And the
realm of Gods word is one long chain
of bright. refreshing lakes, each prom
ise a lake. a very short carry between
them. and. though for ages the pursued
have been drinking out of them they
are full up to the top Of the green
banks. and the same David describes
them. and they seem so near together
that in three different places he speaks
Of them as continuous river saying
There is a river the streams whereol
shall make glad the city OF God'
"Thou shalt make them drink OF the
rivers Of thy pleasures" Thou greatly
enrichest it with the river of God
which is full of water"