The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-02-15


Essgay ss .nanasa ana GatYiy Spfous Gs-
SoFN God, NaiDg their beauty Ter thoF /
8b0tt torment OF the world and not for
sslfsh purpoass9 = on " tako tho risk
Of asking the question and leayo to
! you the risk OF answering It. Thsne
things say to ahow you that In order
60 have tho promise OF tho text full
SAlled IN your case It 10 not necessary
you have phenomenal worldly success.
Notioo also that God gives the
righteous the power to extract good
out OF OWL and by divine chemistry
TO change tho bitter into tho sweet
and tho harmful into tho beneficial
The promise that II shall be we'll with
you does not imply that you are to DO
free from trouble. Thcre js no escape
from that. We all have family rcla-
tions, and some Of them will be maxi
rcavement 10 tho universal inherit
anoc. So also is financial loss. The
difference between tho prospered and
those not prospered is tho difference
In the amount they can afford to lose.
The more wealth man has the more
he can lose, but ono man can afford
90 lose O million dollars whore anoth-
er man cannot afford to lose ono dol
lar. On larger or smaller scalo all
suRer financial loss. Amid tho rapid
ity Of tho revolutions Of tho wheel OF
aational and international finance
monetary perplexity 10 as common as
day or night.
90 also misintcrprctation and SLAM
Der came to all who 1.-Two eotiyc lives,
Our actions, thoroughly honest and
above board, may como under sus-
picion. Every courtroom at every term
Of court hears illustrations Of the de-
luston OF what is called ciroumstan-
tial evidence. Innocent men arc fined
or Imprisoned or clectrocuted because
OF an unfortunate conjunction of
events. What is truo in courtrooms
10 true In all circles of domestic or
social or political or official lifo. You
have been misunderstood and misrep-
reaonted or will be misunderstood and
misrepresentcd. Thcn how can my
text be true? My explanation is this:
The man without any divine grace in
his heart finds in these troubles irri-
tation and unbelief and melanoholia
and despair. A Christian man iinds In
oAA0bh oubhllSSlOh hH0 GHlRTKcQ fl0Wo
and divine support and reconsccra-
ton. Bereavement to the worldling
brings hard thoughts Of God and re-
aistance 30 violent 1t dares not fully
express itsoh. Bereavement brings to
the Christian the thought Of heavenly
reunion and q more enmplatc laying
hold OF God, and more tender nppre-
citation Of tho divine presence, and
deeper gratitude that we we're per-
mitted to have tho departed one 80
long, and moro lively sympathy for
tho SORROWS Of others and another owl
denoe Of Gods love, for whom tho
Lord lovoth he ohastenath."
61nanoial loss. which just now said
- sure to come, never breaks up a
man who has strong faith In God. In
most csses It is a loss OF surplus or It
10 tho banishment Of luxurIos. Most
OF sho wants OF tho prosperoue classea
aro artificial wants. The lato Mr.. Ar
mour OF tho $6o,ooo,0oO estate pointed
60 one Of his clerks on ordinary salary
and said, THAT man haa better ap-
petite than I, sleeps better nighta and
enjoys ltfo more than I do" Oh, the
gigantic miseries of those who have
too muchl A man in Solomon's time
Expressed az philosophio and reason
ablo wish as any man Of those timea
or OF our times His namo was .Agur,
and he offered prayer that he might
mover huve superabundance or a
poverty nor riches" On the one side
he had soon the awful struggle OF the.
poor to get food aud clothes and oh hel-i
$a., 49, 80 4 .
on tho othor aide ha had seen the
gouty foot and the indigestion, and
Ohio insomnia, and the anxiety about
largo investments, and the threatened
paresis often characteristic of those
who arc loaded up and loaded down
with too many Successes. Those peo.
plo who arc generally called tho masa-
as-that IL, tho most Of follsp-have
the things absolutely necessary for
their we'll boing. They have no Mu-
rilloSon their wall, nor "Belshazzar's
Feast" in tho dining room, nor a pair
Of $4,000 sorrels at their doorway.
But they have something which those
euperabundantly supplied seldom have.
they have better health because, be-
ing compelled to walk. they net the
necessary exercise, and, their diet be-
ing limited to plan food, they do not
suffer from midnight salads and are
not victimized hy rare caterers. They
retire for wholesome sleep at the very
hour In which others are leaving their
homes for tho dance or the card party.
They will sleep tho last sleep just az
well in tho plain graveyard 40 thoao
who have over them an arch Of soulp-
tured granite in costliest metropolis
or most historical abbey.
The reason so many people arc mis-.
erable ie because they do not lot we'll
enough alone. They are in ono ooou-
patton and ace its annoyanoes and 80
change TO another occupation md and
30 many annoyances, II not moro.
They live In ono place and know ito
uncomfortable environments and move
into another place which has lust as
many limitations. Their investments
yield them four per cont. and they aoll
out 70 make investments that will
yield ten per cent. and lose all. Bet
tersottle down and stop fretting about
yourself and tho world.
Do any Of us fully realize the faat
that God gives us three things In ua-
limited supply, although no formula
Of prayer that ! ever heard recognizes
them-water, air and sunlight? Water
by tho rivorfull. Water by the lakeful.
Water by the ooeanful. Some for ablu-
tion, some for shaking of thirst, some