Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-09-14

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WAsurGToN, Sept. SIN this dis
rourse Or. Talmage shows the folly OF
allowing forebodlngs to influence US
ct.d how expectation Of evil weakens
and destroys; text, Matthew vi, a.
sufficient unto the day Is the evii
thereof"
The life OF every man, woman ana
child is as closely under the divine
care as though such person were the
only man. woman or child. There are
no accidents. AS there Is law OF
storms In the natural world. SO there
"a n Inv Of trouble, law OF disaster
n law of misfortune, but the majority
Of the troubles of life are imaginary
aud the most of those anticipated new
e,. come. At any rate, there Is no cause
of complaint against God. see no"
mueh he has done to make you happy
his sunshine filling the earth with gio-
nv. making rainbow for the storm ana
halo for the mountain, greenness ior
tho moss. saffron for the cloud ana
crystal for the billow and procession OIL
hammered flame through the opening
Gates of the morning, chaffinches 10
sing. rivers to glitter, seas to chant
and springs to blossom ana oVerpo"-
erinr all other sounds with its song
and overarchlng all other splendor WIN
its triumph. covering up all other peau,
ty with its garlands and outfiashing all
other thrones with Its dominion-dellV-
oronce for n lost world through the
Great Redeemer.
I discourse of the sin OF borrowing
trouble.
First such habit of mind and neart
is wrong because 1t puts one mo
despondency that Ill fits him Tor duty'
nlanted two rosebushes in my gar
den The one thrived beautifully; the
other perlshed. found the dead one
on the shady side Of the house. our
disposItions. like our plants, need sun
shine. Expectancy of repulse IS the
cause of many secular and rehglouS
failures. Fear Of bankruptcy has up
torn many n fine business and sent tne
man dodging among the note shaVers'
Fear of slander and abuse has olten
invited all the long beaked vultures Oh
scorn and backbltlng. Many or tue
m,sfortunes of life, like hyenas, hee IL
Won. .courageously meet them.
Evils OF Brooding.
How poorly prepared for religious
dutv Is man who sits down under Tue
gloom of expected misfortune! III ne
nravs he says, IL do not think | shal'
he answered" If he gives, he says !,
axnect they will steal the money.
Helen Chalmers told me that her fa.
tber Thomas Chalmers, In the darkes'
80, Of the history Of the Free Churen
lof Scotland and when the woes OF tne
land seemed to weigh upon his hear'
said to his children. Come, let US g
ont and play ball or fy kite" and tine
only difficulty In the play was that tn'
children could not keep up with thell
father. The McCheynes ana the ouin
!, merfelds of the church who did tn'
most good toiled in the sunlight AVE-
with the horrors They distil poison
Thov dig graves. and If they coui'
climb so high they would drown the re
tojcings of heaven with sobs ana wall
ing. ,,,,or
You will have nothing but misfor
time in the future If you sedulousi!
q watch for It. How shall q man cater
], the right kind Of fish II he arrange
= line and hook and bait to catch hzard
e and water serpents? Hunt FOR pa'
y and hawks. and bats and hawks yo'
II will find. Hunt for robin redDreasts
and you will find robin redbreasts
One night an eagle and an owl 60
into fierce battle. The eagle unuse'
10 the night was no match for the ow
which ia most at home In the darkness
and the king of the air fell helpless
s. but the morning rose, and with IL ros
Is the eagle. and the owls and the nlgn'
~ hawks and the bats came secon
W time 10 the combat. Now. the eagle
the sunlight. with a stroke OF MS III
ons and a great cry. cleared the Ill
and his enemies, with torn feather
and splashed with blood tumbled in'
the thickets. Ye are the children
light. In the night Of despondenc
you will have no chance against yot
enemies that flock up from beneau
but trusting in God and standing
the sunshine of the promises you sha
"renew your youth like the eagle.
Do Not Borrow Trouble.
Again. the habit of borrowing trouD
ia wrong. because 1t has tendency
no make US overlook present blessln
20 To slake mans thirst the rock Is clef
and cool waters leap into bis brimmir
cup. To feed his hunger the feids DO
down with bending wheat, and the ca
III tie come. down from the clover pasture
to give him milk. and the orchards "
an low and ripen, casting their juicy frul
as into his lap. Alas. that amid such c
OF uberancp Of blessing man should gro'
OF MS though he were soldier on nalr
ne tions or q sailor on short allowanc
that n man should stand neck deep
-. haryests locking forward to famln
n. that one should feel the strong pulls
- Of health marching with regular tre'
IN through ell the avenues of life ana y
tremble at the expected assault OF sic
ness: that a man should sit In his plea
ant home, fearful that ruthless wa
will some day rattle the broken WI
dow sash with tempest and sweep I
Goals from the hearth and pour hung
into the bread tray; that man FED
him who owns all the harvests shot
=z expect to starve; that one whom u
loves and surrounds with benedict'
and attends with angelic escort a
hoyers over with more than mother
fondness should be looking for Ii
Itage OF tears! Has God been ma
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