Connecticut western news., 1901-03-14

to leave? Here is where trouble comes
In.
After a man has had good deal Of
trouble he says: well, 1 am ready to
go. If there is house somewhere
whose roof does not leak, l would like
to live there. If there is an atmosphere
that does not distress the
lungs, l would like to breathe 1t. If
there Is n society somewhere where
there is no title tattle, l would like to
live there. If there Is home circle
where 1 can find my lost
l would like to go there" He
used to read the first part of the Bible
now he reads the last part of
the Bible chiefly. Why has he changed
Genesis for Revelation? All, he used
to be anxious chiefly to know how this
world was made and all about Its geo.
logical construction. Now he Is chiefly
anxious to know how the next world
was made, and how 1t looks, and who
live there, and how they dress. He
reads Revelation ten times now where
he reads Genesis once. The old story,
I'm the beginning God created the heav-
ems and the EARTH" does not thrill him
half as much as the other story, Il
saw a new heaven and new earth"
The old mans hand trembles as he
turns over this apocalyptical leaf, and
he has to take out his handkerchief to
wipe his spectacles. The book of Rev
elation is prospectus now of the coun-
try into which he is soon to immigrate,
the country in which he has lots al
ready laid out and avenues opened and
mansions built.
A willing Friend.
1t is trouble, my friends, that makes
us feel our dependence upon God. We
do not know our own weakness or
Gods strength until the last plank
breaks. 1t is contemplate In us that
only when there Is nothing else to take
hold of we catch hold of God. Why,
do you know who the Lord Is? He Is
not an autocrat seated far up In pal
ace, from which he energies once a
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. / tell you what some of you bust
ness men make me think of. A man Is
in his business. He has to
raise a good deal of money and raise it
He borrows ON word and note
all he can borrow. After awhile he
puts mortgage on his house; after
awhile he puts second mortgage on
his house. Then he puts a lien on his
furniture; then he makes over his life
insurance; then he assigns all his prop
erty; then he goes to his father-in-law
and asks for help. Well, having failed
everywhere, completely failed, he gets
down on his knees and says, 30 Lord,
1 have tried everybody and everything;
now help me out of this financial trou-
ble!" He makes God the last resort in
stead of the first resort.
A young man goes off from home to
earn his fortune. He goes with his
mothers consent and benediction. She
has large wealth, but he wants to make
his own fortune. He goes far away,
falls sick and gets out Of money. He
sends for the hotel keeper where he is
staying, asking for lenience, and the
answer he gets is, eff you do not pay
up Saturday night, you'll be removed
to the hospital" The young man sends
to a comrade in the same building; no
help. He writes to a banker who was a
friend of his deceased father; no relief.
Saturday night comes, and he is moved
to the hospital. Getting here, he is fren-
zied with grief, and he borrows sheet
of paper and postage stamp, and he
sits down, and he writes home: Dear
mother, am sick unto death. Come"
1t Is 20 minutes of 10 o'clock when she
gets the letter. At 10 o'clock the train
starts. She is five minutes from the
depot. She gets there in time to have
five minutes to spare. She wonders
why the train that can go 40 miles I'm
hour cannot go 80 miles an hour. She
rushes into the hospital. She says:
my son, what does all this mean?
Why did you not send for me? You
sent to everybody but me. You knew l
would and could help you. Is this the
reward get for my kindness to you al
ways" She bundles him up, takes him
home and gets him well very soon.
Now, some of you treat God just as
that young man treated his mother.
When you get into financial perplex-
ity, you call on the banker, you call on
the broker, you call on your creditors,
you call on your lawyer for legal coun-
sci, you call upon everybody, and when
you cannot get any help then you &c
to God. You say: 80 Lord, come to
thee! Help me now out of my perplex-
ity" And the Lord comes, though II
is in the eleventh hour. He says
"Why did you not send for me before!
AS one whom his mother comforteth &C
will 1 comfort you" 1t is to throw us
back upon God that we have this min
istry of tears.
l like what Martin Luther said tc
Philip Melanchthon when Melanch
thon has gone to bed discouraged anC
saying to Luther: "Our cause is lost
We have had all our work for nothing
l am In a state of despairv' TheT
Luther said: "Come, Philip, we have
had enough of such talk. Let us sing
the Forty-sixth Psalm of David: God II
our refuge and strength, a very pres
ent help in trouble; therefore will no
we fear though the earth be removed
and the mountains cast into the mids
of the sea, though the waters thereof
roar and be troubled, though the noun
tains shake with the swelling thereof
Selahp"
Sympathy of Tears.
Again, 1t is the use of trouble to ca
pacitate us for the Office of sympathy
The priests under the old dispensatioI
were set apart by having water sprin
killed. upon their hands, feet and head
and by the sprinkling of tears peopl
are now set apart to the Office of sym
pathy. When we are in prosperity, w,
like to have great many young PEG
pie around us, and we laugh when the,
laugh, and we romp when they romp
and we sing when they sing but wheI
we have trouble we like plenty of OLE
folks around. Why? They know how
to talk. Take an aged mother, 70 year.
of age, and she Is almost omnipoten
In comfort Wbvo Cha hos haar