The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-03-22
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no 81 oryl OF OF her worlds could enchant
us. We would say 8 . Let we'll enou "a
alone. II you want oSdie- and have
your bodydisinte grated In the dustand
your soul 20 out on q celestial {adven-i
ture, then yous can go, but this world
Is good enough for me. y on might 40
well no to a man ho has just en- tered
the Louvre. at Paris and tell him to,
hasten son to the picture galleries Of
yyenice or Florence. why" he would
esay, n,what Is the use Of my going
there? There arc Rembrandts and Rus
benses and Titians here that I have net
looked et yet" No man wants to go
tut Of this world or out Of any house
until he has better house.
To cure this wish to stay here God
must somehow create a disgust for our
surroundings. How shall He do It?
Ho cannot afford to e1Raco His horizon
or to tear of q fiery panel from tho
sunset or to subtract an anther from
the water lily or to Danish tho pungent
aroma from the mignonete or to drag
tho robes Of the morning in mire. You
cannot expect Christopher Wren to
mar his own St. Paul's cathedral or o
Michael Angelo to dash out his own
"Last Judgment" or Handel to dis
cord his Israel in Egypt" and you can
lot expect God to spoil the architecture
and music Of His own world. How,
then, are we to be made willing to
leave? Here is where trouble comes in.
After q man has had good deal of
trouble he says: "Well, I am ready to
ko. If there Is house omewhere
whose roof does not leak, would like
to live there. If there is an atmosphere
somewhere that does not distress tho
lungs, would like to breathe It. If
there is o society somewhere where
live there. Ifthere Is home circle some
where where can find my lost friends,
I would like to go there" He used to
read the first part of the Bible chieflyi
now he reads the last part Of tho Bible
chiefly. Why has he changed Genesis
for Revelation? All, he used to be apx-
ious chiefly to know how this world was
made and all about its geological con-
struction. Now he is chiefly anxious to
know how the next world was made
and how II looks and W 10 live there and
how they dross. Ho roadG Revelation
ten times now where no reads Genesis
onco. The old story, I'm the beginning
God created tho heavens and the
EARTH" does not thrill him half &s much
as the other story, II saw q new Heaven
and new earth" The old mans hand
trembles as he turns over this .apoo-
alyptioal leaf. and he has 70 take out
his handkerchief to wlpo his spcotaclcs
That book Of Revelation is d prospectus
now Of tho country into which he is
toon to inlmigrate; the country In
which he has lots already laid out and
avenues opened and mansions built,
1t Is trouble, mr. friends, that makes
us feel our dependence upon God. We
do not know our own weakness or Gods
strength until the last plank breaks. It
Is con temptible in us that only when
there is nothing else to take hold of we
tch hold Of God. Why, do you know
who tho Lord is? He is not n autoorat,
seated far up in a palace, from which
H-e emerges once year, preceded by
heralds swinging swords to clear the
way. No. He is @ father, willing at
our call to stand by us in every crisis
and predicament Of life. Itell you what
some Of you business men mako me
think Of. A man Is unfortunate in his
busin ess. He has to raise q good deal
of p9oney, and raise it quickly. Ha bor-
rows on w6rd and note all he can bor-
row. After awhile he puts mortgage
on his house. After awhile he puts a
second mortgage on his house. Then
he makes over his life Insurance. Then
lie assigns all his property. Then he
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oonn., 49,. 49, .a,'s "sas taneu evefy ~nere' r..
ta @ . ue uo se,s uo",t on MS
ir,od onan,hJ 4o, haso
-, soa9 A"u e'ery enins; now
neip ~ ous ., thiS nnanclal 'fi trou Die,
. ~, nanes n uou .ho laSt resort instead
- = ''te i'fs' resort. ~
Again, IT 1s-fhe use of trouble to
capacltate' us for the Office Of sym
pathy. The priests, under the old
dlspensation, were set apart by hav-
Ing water sprinkled upon thoir hands,
feet and head, and by tho sprinleling
OF tears people are now set apart to
tho o1tico OF sympathy. When we
are IN prosperity, we like to have q
gre"t many young peoplo around us,
ana we laugh "ncn thcy laugh, and
ny .fonp "ncn .nos romp' ana we
sins Wien ohey s,ng' Dut when wo
iuyo .louoie we ~ iine ~ Pienty OF old
oiiAs .oi. a. a. IN m, WY I NY Anow now
~ ''iN. - aBeu inotner' tne' %
yc"rs or ago' ana she ls almost om-'
n1Potent IN comfort. why? She has
peen 'hrough IL a. ~ seven o'clock