The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-09-20
flffURfS CHARACTEK.
Folly Of Allowing Forebodings Of
/ Evil to Influence Action.
DE-. Tnlmnge In Jis Sermon Declares
tho LILO OF livery Man, Woman
I ana Child to DO Closely
! Under Divine Caro-.
copyright, 1901. by Louis l<lopsch, N. ~
Washington, Sept. 8.

copyright, 1901. by Louis l<iopsch, N. Y.
Washington. Sept. s.
In this discourse Dir. Talmagt
shows tho folly Of allowing forebod
Z ings TO influence us and how cXpcc
tation Of evil weatens and destroys
Text, Matthew 6:3l: "Sunicicnt unto
the day is tho evil thereof"
The life Of every man, woman and
child Is MS closely under Divine care
MS though such person were tho only
man, woman or child. There are nc
accidents. AS there is law Of storms
IN tho natural werld, SO thoro is @
law Of trouble, law Of disaster, &
law Of misfortune; but tho majority
OF the troubles Of life are imaginary
and tho most Of those anticipated
never come. At any rate, thcro is ne
cause of complaint against God. See
how much He has done to make yor
happy, His sunshine filling tho cartl
with glory, making rainbow for tho
Btorrh and halo for tho mountain
gresnncss for tho moss, saffron 70,
tho cloud and crystal for tho billow
and procession OF hammered flame
through tho opening gntos Of tho
morning, chaftinches to sing, rivers
to glitter, seas to chant and springs
to blossom, and oycrpowcring nj
other sounds with It's song and over
arching all other splcndor with its
triumph, covering up all other beauty
with It's garlands and out1iashing all
thrones with its dominion-dclivcr-
anco for lost world through the
Great Rcdccmcr.
2 I discourse Of the sin OF borrow
ing trouble.
First, such habit of mind and
hcart is wrong, because it puts one
into dependency that Ill fits hin,
for duty. planted two rosebushcs
In my garden; the one thrivcd beau
tifully. the other perlshed. I found
tho dead ono OH the shady side Of the
house. Our dispositions, like our
plants, need sunshine. Expectancy
of repulsc is tho cause Of many SEQ
ular md religious failures. Fear of
all tho long-bealIed vulturcs Of scorp
and baeRbiting. Many Of the misfor-
tunes of Life, like hyenas, 1lco if you
couragcously meet thom.
How poorly prepared for religious
duty fs q man who sits down under
the gloom of expected misfcrtuncl II
he prhya. he says: II do not think ]
shall be answered" If ho gives, he
says: II expect they will steal the
money" Helen Chalmers told me
that her father, Thomas Chalmers, in
tho darkest hour Of the history of
the Free church or Scotland and when
the woes Of the land seemed to weigh
upon his heart, said to his children:
"Come. let US 60 out and play ball or
ay kite" and the only difficulty in
the play was that tho children could
not keep up with their father. The
I MoCheynes and the Summerfelds OF
the. church who did the most good
toned In thessunlight. Away with tho
horrorsl They distill poison; they
igfgrayes, and If they could climb
so high they would drown the re-
joicings of Heaven with sobs and
-wsfling. q Il .r----- -,-----.,s
III You will have nothing but misfor-
time in tho future II you sedulously
watch for 1t. How shall a man catch
the right kind Of fish If he arrangea
h his 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 red.
breasts. Ono night an eagle and on
owl got into fierce battle. The eagle
unused to the night, was no match
FOR tho owl, which is most at home
In tho darkness, and the king Of the
mir fell helpless. But tho morning
rose, and with 1t rose the eagle, and
tho owls and the nighthawls and the
bats came g second time to the com
bat. Now, the eagle in the sunlight,
with stroke Of his talons and a
great cry, cleared the air, and his en-
emtes, with torn feathers and
Hplashcd with blood, tumbled into
the thiolsets. Ye are the children OF
light. In tho night Of despondency
you will have no chance against your
encmies that flock up from beneath;
but, trusting in God and stlnding in
tho nunshine Of tho promises, you
shall "renew your youth like. the
eagle"
Again, the habit of borrowing
trouble 10 wrong because it has a
tendenoy to mako us overlook pres-
Snt blessing. TO slake mans thirst
tho rock is cleft and cool waters leap
into his brimming cup. TO feed lis
hunger the fields bow down with
bending wheat, and tho cattle come
from the clover pastures to give him
milk, and tho orchards yellow and
sdpen, oasting their juicy fruits into
his lap. Alas, that amid such exuber.
anoo of blessing man should grow
ns though he were o soldier on hall
rations or sailor on short allow.
ance; that 81 man should stand necl.
deep in haryests looking forward to
famine; that ono should feel the
strong pulses Of health marching
with regular tread through MI the
avenus Of lifo and yet trcmble at tho
expected assault OF sickness; that q
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 tho hearth and pour hunger
into the bread tray; that man fed
by Him who owns all the harvestf
should expect to starve; that one
whom God loves and surrounds will
6enediction and attends with angelic
People Who Make Sunshine.