The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-08
BORROWING TROUBLE.
Or. Talmage Says II Is Bad Habit That
Units Many TO Properly Discharge
Their Duties.
God Will Meet Our E1lreueies as They Arise
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day is the evil thereof"
The lite OF every man, woman and 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 is a law of trouble. law
of disaster, law of misfortune. but the
majority of the troubles of life are imap-
mary. and the most of those anticipated
nevel come. At any rate. there is no
cause of complaint against God. See how
much lie has done TO make you happy
His sunshine filling the earth with glory.
making rainbow for the storm and halo
t'r the mountain, greenness for the moss,
rssfron for the cloud and crystal for the
blow and procession of hammered flame
Though the opening gates of the morning
ehgthnches to sing, rivers to glitter. seas
20 chant and springs to blossom and over
powenng all other sounds with it's song
and over reaching all other splendor with
ats triumph, covering up all other beauty
with its garlands and publishing all other
thrones with its Observation-Disclosures
for lost world through the Great Re-
deemer.
discourse of the sin OF borrowing
trouble
First, such habit of mind and heart
IS wong because 1T puts one into de-
Spondency that i'll fits him for duty
planted two rose bushes In my garden.
The one thrived beautifully; the other
persisted. ] found the dead ono on the
shady side OF the house. Our dispositions.
like our plants, need sunshine. Expec-
fancy of repulse is the cause of many Sec
ular and religious failures. Fear of bank.
ruptcy has uptorn many n fine business
and sent the man lodging among the note
shavers. Fear of Islander and abuse has
often invited the long-bealed vultures of
scorn and backbiting Many of the mis-
fortunes of life, like hyenas. flee if you
courageously meet them.
How poorly prepared for religious duty
is man who sits down under the gloom
of expected misfortunel If he prays, he
says, IL do not think shall be an
swered:n If he gives, he says, II expect
they will steal the money" Helen Chalm-
ers told me that her father, Thomas
chalmers, in the darkest hour of the
Free Church of Scotland and when the
woes of the land seemed to weigh upon
his heart, said to his children, Come, let
us go out and play ball or fly kite" and
the only difficulty in the play was that
the children could not keep up with their
father. The McCheynes and the Summer
helds OF the church who did the most
good toiled in the sunlight Away with
the horrorsl They distil poison They
dig graves. and if they could climb 30 high
they would drown the rejoicings of heaven
with sobs and wailng.
You viii have nothing but misfortune
in the future If you sedulously watch for
1T. How shall man catch the right kind
of fish if he arranges line and hook and
bait to catch lizards and water serpents
Hunt for bats and hawks. and bats and
hawks you will find Hunt for robin red
breasts, and you will find robin rcd
breasts. One night an eagle and an owl
got into fierce battle. The eagle, unused
TO the night, was no match for the owl,
which Is most at home in the darkness,
and the king of the air fell helpless, but
the morning rose, and with IL rose the
eagle, and the owls and the nighthawks
and the bats came a second time to the
combat. Now, the eagle in the sunlight
with stroke OF his talons and q great cry
cleared the air, and his enemies, with
torn feathers and splashed with blood,
tumbled into the thickets. Ye are the
children of light. In the night of despoud-
ency you will have no chance against
your enemies that flock up from beneath,
but trusting in God and standing in the
sunshine of the promises YOU shall renew
your youth like the eagle"
Again, the habit of borrowing trouble
Is wrong, because it has tendency TO
!. AXE us overlook present blessing To
flgke mans thirst the rock is cleft, and
cool water leap into his trimming cup.
To feed his hunger the fields bow down
with bending wheat, and the cattle come
down from the clover pastures to give
him milk, and the orchards yellow and
ripcn, casting their juicy fruits into his
lap Alas that amid such eNuberance of
were n soldier on half rations or a sailor
on short allowance that a man should
stand neck deep in hArvests looking for
ward to famine; that one should feel the
strong pulses Of health marching with reg
ular tread all the avenues of life and yet
tremble at the expected assault OF sick
ness; that man should sit in his pleasant
home, fearful that ruthless want will some
day rattle the broken window sash with
tempest and sweep the Goals from the
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tray; that a man fed by Him who owns
all the harvests should expect 10 starve
that one whom God loves and surrounds
with benediction and attends with angelic
escort and hovers over with more than
motherly fondness should be looking for
a heritage of tears! Has God been hard
with thee that thou shouldst be forcbod-
ing? Has He stinted thy board Has lie
covered thee with rags? Has He spread
traps for thy feet and CALLED thy cup and
rasped thy soul and wrecked thee with
storm and Numbered upon thee with a
life full OF calamity?
II your father or brother come into your
bank, where gold and silver are lying
about, YOU do not watch them, for you
know they are honest, but if an entire
stranger com - the safe YOU keep your
eve on him, tor you do not know his de
signs. So some men treat God not az n
father, but a stranger and act suspi-
ciously toward Him 10 is high time YOU
began to thank God for preseut blessing;
thank Hum for your children. happy buoy
ant and bounding: praise Him for your
home. with its fountain OF song and
laughter; adore Him for morning light
and evening shadow; praise Him for fresh
cool water bubbling from the rock leap
ing IN the cascade, soaring in the mist
falling IN the shower. dashng against the
rocks and capplng It's hands in the tenn
pest; love Him for the grass that cushions
the earth and the clouds that curtain tho
sky and the foliage that waves in the for
est; thank Him for a Bible Go read and a
Saviour 10 deliver
Many Christians think IL A bad sign 20
be Jubllant, and their work Of selfexam-
ination 10 n hewing down Of their brighter
experiences. Like boy with q new jack
knife hacking everything he comes across
90 their determination Isl n religious
cutting TO- pieces of the recnest things
they can lay their hands on They i'm.
agne they arc doing Gods service when
they are gong about borrowing trouble
aud borrowing 10 at thirty per cent
which is always sure precursor of bank
ruptcy.
Again, The habit Of borrowing irouble
b wrong because The present ie sufHcientlv
taxed with trial God sees that we All
need O certain amount of trouble and so
BE apportions 10 for an the days and VEINS
Of our life Alas for the policy of gather
ing 10 All up for one day or yeari Cruel
thing 20 put upon the back of one camel
ell the cargo intended for the entire cara
van. never look ct my memorandum
book TO eco what engagements and duties
are far ahead. Let every week benr its
own burdens. The shadows OF to-day are
thick enough. Why implore the presenc3
q other shadows The cup Be- already dis
tasteful. Why hailo0 20 disasters far dis
tant 20 come and wiring out more gall iu
the bitterness? Are we such champions
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