Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-09-11

the folly of allowing fofehodlngs 70
q influence us md how expectation OF
evil weakcas aud destroys; text. Matthew
vi. 81. "Safi lent uato the day is me
evil thereof"
The life Of exc 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 nat
Gial world. 50 there is a Law of troaos,
s. law OF disaster, law OF misfoFtuhN'
but the majority Of the troubles of life
are imaginary. and the most OF those /
anticipated never come. At any rate,
there i; no cause Of complaint against
God. See how much he has done I o make
you happy, his sunshine filling the earth
with glory. making rai bow for tine storm
and halo for the mountain. greenness Tor
lhe moss affron for the cloud and crys-
tai Ter me blow ana procession Of BAN
nered fame through the opening gates oI
the morning. chatlinChes IL sing rivers TO
glitter, seas to chant and springs To Dies
SOM and oVerpowering all other s0unGs
with its song and oyerarching all other
spleador with its triumph, covering mp
all other beauty with its garlands and
outfashing all thrones with its DOMINION
-deliverance for a lost world through the
Great Redeemer.
/ discourse of the sin of borrowing
trouble.
First. snch a habit of mind aud heart
is wrong, because it puts one into de-
spondency that i'll fits him for duty /
planted two rosebushes in my garden
the one thryed beautifully, the other per-
ished found the dead one on the shady
side of the house. Our dispositions. like
our plants, need sunshine. Expectancy
of repulse is the cause of many secular
and religions failures. Fear OF bank
ruptcy has uptorn many fine business
and sent me man lodging among the
note shavers. Fear of SANDER and abuse
has often invited all the long beaked
vultures of scorn and ba ckbiting. Many
of the misfortunes of life. lie hyenls
iee if you courageGusly meet them.
How poorly prepared for religious duty
is Il man who sits down under the gloom
of expected misfortune! If he prays, he
SAYS II do not think | shall be answer
ed" II he gives, he says. Il expect they
will steal the money" Helen Chalmers
tnld me that her father. Thomas Chalm-
ers, in the darkest hour OF the history 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 50 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 Summerfelds of the church who did
the most good toiled i'll the sunlight.
Away with the horrors, They distill poi
son; they dig graves, ana II they could
climb so high they would drown the re-
joicings of heaven with sobs and waiting.
Watching for .'issortune.
You will have nothing but misfortune
in the future il you sedulously watch for
it, How shall man catch the right
kind of fish if he arranges his line and
hook and bait TO catch lizards and water
serpcnts? Hunt for bats and hawks, and
bats and hawks you will tind. Hunt for
robin rudhreasts, and you will find robin
redbreasts One night an eagle and an
owl got into fierce battle. The eagle, un-
used to the night. was no match for the
owl. which is most Of home in the dark
ness. and the king of the air fell helpless
But the morning rose. and with it rose
the eagle, and the owls and the night
hawks and the bats came a second time
to the combat Now. the eagle in the
sunlight, ". h Il stroke of his talons and
a great cry. cl4ared the air, and his enc
mics, with torn feathers and Eplashed
with Hood. tUmbled into the thickets. le
are tha children of light. In the night of
despohdency you viii have no chance
againBt your enemies that flock up from
beneth: but trusting in God and stand
ing il the sunshine of the promise, you
shall'''renew your youth like the eagle"
A1in. the habit of borrowing trouble
is wong because it has a tendency to
maxi Ms overlook present blessing. To
slal mans thirst the rock is cleft, ana
cool waters leap into his Drumming cup.
To iced his hunger the fields bow down
witt bending wheat, and the cattle ccmc
down from the clover pastures TO give
him milk. and the orchards yellow and
rpm. casting their juicy fruits into his
Ian Alas. that amid such exuberance
of blessing man should growl as though
heIwere d soldier on half rations or
sailor OH short allowance: that man
sh5lld stand neck deep inShdTvests look
ind forward to famine; that one should
fee the strong pulses of health marching
will regular tread through all the ave
nus OF life ana yet trembie al the ex-
peted assault OF sickness; that man
slbuld sit in his pleasant home. fearful
tlbt ruthless want will some day rattle
ii, broken window sash with tempest
aid sweep the Goals from the hearth
ad pour hunger into the bread tray
tat a man fed by him who owas all the
jatvests should expect to starYe; that
ole ,hom God loves and surrounds with
hnediction aud attends with angelic es
Dirt and lovers over with more than