Connecticut western news., 1901-10-24
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 I also apply the word of my text to those who would like practical com fort. If any ever escape the struggle of life. l have not found them. They are not certainly among the prosperous classes. In most cases 1t was n strug gle all the way up till they reached the prosperity, and since they have reached these heights there have been perplexi- ties. anNieties and crises which were almost enough to shatter the nerves and turn the brain. It would be hard to tell which have the biggest fight In this world. the prosperities or the ad- versailles. the eonspicuities or the ob- scurities. Just as soon as you have enough success to attract the attention of others the envies and jealousies are let loose from their kennel. The great est crime that you can commit in the estimation of others is to get on better than they do. They think your addition Is their subtraction. Five hundred per. sons start for q certain goal of success. Que reaches it, and the other four hun- dred and ninety-nine are mad. It would take volumes to hold the story of the wrongs, outrages and defamations that have come upon you as result of your success. The warm sun of prosperity brings into life swamp full of annoy ing insects. On the other hand, the un- fortunate classes have their struggles for maintenance. To achieve a liveli- hood by one who had nothing to start with and after awhile for family as we'll and carry this on until children are reared and educated and fairly started in the world and to do this amid all the rivalries of business and the uncertainty of crops and the fickle ness of tariff legislation, with an occa- sional labor strike and here and there a financial panic thrown in, is mighty thing to do and there are hundreds and thousands of such heroes and heroines who live unSung and die unhonored.
 What We Most Need.
 What we all need. whether up or down in life or half way between. is the infinite Solace of the Christian reli- zion. And so we employ the word come" It will take all eternity to find out the number of business men who have been strengthened by the prom ises of God and the people who have been fed by the ravens when other re- sources gave out and the men and wo- men who. going into this battle armed only with needle or saw or ax or yard stick or pen or type or shovel or shoe last. have gained victory that made the heavens resouud. With all the re- sources of God promised for every ex- igency no one need be left in the lurch.
 I like the faith displayed years ago in Drury lane. London. in an humble home where every particle of food had given out and kinSly soul entered with tea and other table supplies and found kettle on the fire ready for the tea. The benevolent lady said, How is it that you have the kettle ready for the tea when you had no tea in the house" And the daughter in the home said: Mother would have me put the kettle on the fire. and when I said, What Is the use of doing so when we have nothing ill the houseY she said: My child, God will provide. Thirty years he has already provided for me through all pain and helplessness. and he will not leave me to starve at last He will send us help though we do not yet see how We have been waiting all day for something to come, but until we saw you we knew not how 1t was to come" Such things the world may call coincidences, but I call them Almighty deliverances, and. though you do not hear of them, they are occurring every hour of every day and in all parts of Christendom.
 But the word "come" applied to those who need solace will amount to nothing unless it be uttered by some one who has experienced that solace. That spreads the responsibility of giving this gospel call among great many. Those who have lost property and been con soled by religion in that trial are the ones to invite those who have failed in business. Those who have lost their health and been consoled by religion are the ones to invite those who are in poor health. Those who have had be reavements and been consoled in those bereavements are the ones to sympa- thiZe with those who have lost father or mother or companion or child or friend. What multitudes of us are alive today and in good health and buoyant in this journey of life who would have been broken down or dead long ago but for the sustaining and cheering help of our holy religioni So we say. Come" The we'll Is not dry. The buckets are not empty. The supply Is not exhaust ed. There Is just as much mercy and condolence and soothing power in God as before the first grave was dug, or the first tear started. or the first heart broken, or the first accident happened, or the first fortune vanished. Those of us who have felt the consolatory power of religion have right to speak out Of our own experiences and say, "Come!'
 The Star of Faith.
 What dismal work of condolence the world makes when it attempts to con- dole! The plaster they spread does not stick. The broken bones under their bandage do not knit. A farmer was lost in a snowstorm on a prairie of the far west. Night coming on and after he was almost frantic from not knowing which way to go. his sleigh struck the rut of another sleigh, and he said, "I will follow this rut. and 1t will take me out to safety" He hastened on until he heard the bells of the preceding horses; but. coming up. he found that that man was also lost, and, as is the tendency of those who are thus con- fused in the forest or on the moors. they were both moving in a circle, and the runner of the one lost sleigh was following the runner of the other lost sleigh round and round. At last 1t oc- cured to them to look at the north star, which was peering through the night. and by the direction of that star they got home again. Those who fol low the advice of this world in time of perplexity are in a fearful round. for 1t Is one bewildered soul following anoth- CT bewildered soul. and only those who have in such time got their eye on the ssfn af Cot