The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
DIR. TALMAGE'S ' SERMON.

rofeDOdlngS t0 1nuuence us ana now ex- pectation of evil weakens and destroys: day is the evil thereof
 The life 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 disaster S iaw of iIM msfortune; S but the majority of the troubles of life are im aginary, and the most of those anticipat- ed never come. At any rate. there S IS sao nc 1 how much he has done to make you hap | py, his sunshine filling the earth with | glory, making rainbow for the storm ana | halo for the mountain, greenness Tor tne l moss, saffron for the cloud and crystal l for the pillow and procession of bannered | flame through the opening gates Of the glitter. a | seas to chant and springs to blos- | som. and overpowering all other sounds l with It's song and overarching all other t other beauty with it's garlands and out | flashing all thrones with Its dominion- l deliverance for lost world through the
 eai discourse ff of the sin of borrowing l trouble.
 First, such a habit of mind and heart wrong because m puts h,, one fe into H,.1 oe | planted two rosebuds in my garden; the l one thrived beautifully, the other per | ished. I found the dead one on the I \ tions, like our plants, need sunshine. Ex- l pectancy of replflse is the cause Of many | secular and religious failures. Fear Of l bankruptcy has uptorn many fine busf- | ness and sent the man lodging among | the note shayers. Fear of islander and | abuse has often invited all the long Many of the misfortunes of life. like hy- enas. flee if you courageously meet them. | How poorly prepared for religious duty is a man who sits down under the gloom | of expected misfortune! If he prays, he says, CT do not think shall be answer ed" If he gives he says; T expect they VIII steal the money" Helen Chalmers CTS, in the darkest hour of the history of the Free Church of Scotland and when | the woes of the land seemed to weigh 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 Summerfields of the church who did the most good toifed in the sunlight. Away with the horrors! They distill poll climb so high they would drown tse re- joicings of heaven with sobs and wailing.
 Watching for Misfortune.
 You will have nothing but misfortune in the future if you sedulously watch for 1t; Hoy shall a man catch the right | kind of fish if he arranges his line and l hook and bait to catch lizards and water serpents" Hunt for bats and hawks. and bats and hawks ycu will find. Hunt for robin redbreasts, 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 ness, and the king of the air fell helpless. r But the morning rose, and with 1t rose the ,agle, and the owls and the night to the combat. Now, the eagle in the sunlight with a stroke of his talons and great cry, cleared the air, and his enc: %th torn nte fne a1d 3hcpats Ye are the children of light. In the night of despondency you will have no chance against your enemies that flock up from beneath; but, trusting in God and stand ing 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 make us overlook present blessing. To slake a mans thirst the rock Is cleft, and cool waters leap into his brimming cup. To feed his hunger the fields bow down with the bending wheat, and the cattle come down from the clover pastures to give him milk, and the orchards yellow iaP Alas that amS e such l exuber ance of blessing man should growl as though he were a soldier on half rations or a sailor on short allowance; that a man should stand neck deep in harvests looking forward to famine; that one should feel the strong pulses of health marching with regular tread through all | 0@ the expected assault of sickness; that a man should sit in his pleasant home. fear full that ruthless want will some day rat tie the broken window sash with temp est and sweep the coals from the hearth and pour hunger into the bread tray; that man fed by him who owns all the har- l Vesto should expect to starve; that one whom God loves and surrounds with benediction and attends with angelic es- cort. and hovers over with more than motherly fondness should be looking for I hprifaRA of tPaFgl Has God been hard with thee that thou shouldst be forebod- ing? Has he stinted thy board? Has spread traps for thy feet, and gailed thy E'clp. and rasped thy soul, and wrecked thee with storm. and thundered upon thee with 3 life of full calamity? ,n.o 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 come by the safe you keep your eye on him, for you do not know his de- signs. So some men treat God not as a. father, but a stranger and act sus- you began to thank God for present bless ing, Thank him for your children. happy. buoyant and bounding Praise him for laughter Adore him for morning light and evening shadow. Praise him for fresh cool water bubbling from the rock, ieaPtins in the cascade, soaring in 1,il the against the rock and claping it's hands In the tempest. Love him for the grass that cushions the earth and the clouds that curtain the sky and the foliage that waves in the forest. Thank him for a Bible to read and a Savior to deliver.
 Work of Self Examination.
 Many Christians think 1t bad sign to be 1ubilant, and their work of self ex- brighter experiences. Like a boy with a new jackknife, hacking everything he comes across, so their Self-eXaminatton is a religious cutting to pieces of the greenest things they can lay their hands on They imagine they are doing Gods rowing trouble. and borrowing it at 8 per cent, which is always a sure precur' sor of bankruptcy
 Again. the habit of borrowing trouble H wrong because the present is sufh clentiy taxed with trial. God sees tha we all need certain amount of trouble ana so he apportlons 1t for all the day. ana years of our life Alas for the policy or gathering 1t all up for one day or year Cruel tning to put upon the back of on
 c' caInei an the cargo intended for the en tlre caravan; I never look at my memo randum qpok to see what engagement
 and duties'are far ahead. Let every weel bear its own burdens. The shadows O
 today are thick enough. Why implor
 the presence or other shadows? The cul . asters far distant to come and wiring on more gall In the bitterness? Are we sIIcI companions that, having won the belt il former encounters, we can go forth t . i challenge all the future?
 Here are business men iust abIe f, manage affairs as they now are The, ] can pay their rent and meet their note | and manage affairs as they now are hu
 how if panic should come and my in ! vestments should fail? Go tomorrow ant