Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-03-13
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| How, then, are we TO be made willing TO
leave? Here is where trouble comes in.
New Heaven and New Earth
After a man has had good deal Of
trouble he says: We'll, | am ready to go.
| Ii there is Il house somewhere whose
roof does not leak. would like to live
| there. If there is an atmosphere some
where that does not distress the lungs, |
would like TO breathe il. If there is
society somewhere here there is no tit
tie tatte, | woult like TO live there. If
there is a home circle somewhere where
can find my lost friends, / would like
TO so there" He used 10 read the first
pacl OF the Bible chiefly; now he reads
i 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 geographical construction. Now he is
! chiefly anxious TO know how the next
world was made and how it 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 heavens
| and the EARTH" does not thrill him half
| as much as the other story, Il saw new
| tANhNSH anu II new earth. L he Otu
mans hand trembles as he turns over
this apocalyptical leaf, and he has TO
| take out his handkerchief to wipe his
| spectacles. That book OF Revelation is
| prospectus now of the country into which
| he is soon to emigrate; the country in
Which he has lots already laid out and
avenues opened and mansions built.
| 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 a palace, from which he
| energies once year, preceded by her
| aids swinging swords to clear the way.
| No. He is a father, willing at our cali
| to stand by us in every crisis and predic-
ament of life. / tell you what seme of
| you business men make me think Of. A
man is unfortunate in his business. He
/ has to raise a good deal of money, and
raise it quickly. He borrows on word
and note all / can borrow. Afxer awhile
! he puts a mortgage on his house. After
/ awhile he puts Il second mortgage ON his
| house. Then he pu;s a lien on his fur
niture. Then he makes over his life in
| surance. Then he assigns ell his prop
| erty. Then he goes TO his father-in-law
| and asks help. Well, having fail
ed everywhere, completely failed, he
gets down on his knees anG says, "Oh.
Lord, have tried everybody and every
thing; now help me out of this financial
trouble" He makes God the last resort
instead of the first resort.
\ young man goes off from home to
earn his fortune. He go,S with his
mothers consent and benediction. She
has large wealth, bvt he wants to make
his own fortune. lie goes far away,
falls sick, gets out Of Money. EIc sends
for the hotelkeeper where he is staying.
asking for lenience. and the answer he
gets is, IF you do not pay no Saturday
night, you'll be removed TO the hospital
The young man sends to Il eomrade in
the same building. No help. He writes
to a banker who was friend5of his de-
ceased father. No relief. Saturday
night comes, and he is moved 20 the hos
pita. Getting there, he is frenzied with
grief, and he borrows sheet of paper
and postage stamp, and he sits down,
and he writes home. saving Dear moth
err, am sick unto death Come" 1t is
twenty minutes Of 10 o'clock when she
gets the letter. At IL O'clock the train
starts. She is five minutes from the de-
pot. She gets there in time to have five
minutes to spare. She wonders why the
train that can 90 forty miles an hour can
not go eighty miles an hour. Size 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 | would ard could
help you. Is this the. reward | get for
my kindness TO you alw ays!" She bun
dies him up, takes him home a1d gets
him well very soon.
The Last Rasort.
Now, some of you treat God lust as
that young man treated his mother.
When you get into fnancial perllexity.
you call on the banker. you call on the
broker, you call on your creditors. you
call on your lawyer for legal counsel, YOU
call upon everybody. Esd when yoI can
not get any help then YOU go te God.
You say: "Oh, Lord. | come to thee.
Help me now out of my pc plexity." And
the Lord comes, though it is in tha elev-
enth hour He says: WY did yen not
send for me before? As one WHOM his
mother comforteth, so WIN / comfort
you" 1t is to throw us bacll upon God
that we have this ministry of tears
| like what Martin Luther said TO
Philip Melanchthon when Melanch thon
has gone to bed discouraged and saying
to Luther: Our cause is lost. We have
had all our work for nothing. ! am IN a
state of despair" Then Luther said:
Come. Philip; we have ha enough of
such talk Let us sing the Forty-si 9Th
Psalm of David: God is ogi refuge end
strength, a very present help in trouble,
therefore will not we fear though she
earth be removed and the mountains east
into the midst of the sea. Though the |
waters thereof roar and be troubled, |
though the mountains shake with the |
swelling thereof. Selah""
Where did Paul get the ink with which
to write his comforting epistles? Where |
did David get the INK TO write his con
forting psalms? Where did John get
the ink to write his comforting Revela-
ton? They got it out of their avn tears. |
When a man has gone through the cur |
riculum and has taken q course of dun |
Geons and ;mprisonments, he ia qualified |
for the work Of sympathy.
Your troubles are educational | go /
into the office Of a lapidary, an artifcer /
in precious stones. and see him at work |
Oh one precious stone for a few minutes, !
and he puts it aside finished. / see him /
take up another precious store, and he !
works on that al the afternoon. and / /
come in the next day and still find him |