Milford chronicle., 1902-08-29

the elections. lou nave worried ABOUT
the rival concern which settled on the
next block You never thought that a
worse trouble could come to you than
the loss Of your store. You never
thought tlat your own health could
break down and that you would have
to resign from the firm and sell out.
Troubles came into your life, but they
invariably came in the way and at
the time you did not expect.
If this premise is true, is it not time
for you tc stop your useless fretting?
Is it not Il senseless occupation to be
worrying about certain troubles which
in all probability-judgcd by the past
will never. aGlict your life? DO you
not feel tlat the old English proverb
is right which declares, you must not
cross the bridge until you come to itY'
In the journey Of life you will find
many bridges down. You will discover
that the spring freshets have swept
away the entertainments upon which
countless abutInents were placed. But
in all probability the bridge you worry
most about will be firm enough and
strong enough to bear you over its
stream, although you may have to
wade into other angry waters u little
farther on.
Anticipating troubles is a sin, be-
cause the present duties of life tax al
most every mans physical and mental
resources 20 the utmost limit. We read
with sorrow and admiration about the
pathetic struggle Sir Walter Scott
made in his old age to pay off his
debts. BY a foolish investment he be-
came responsible for something like
100000. With his magic pen he went
to work He worked during the day.
lie worked during the night He
worked while he lay in bed. He
worked when walking upon the street.
He lived and worked for the one pur-
pose that Of being able to say he
owed no nlau a penny. But while he
worked he so worried ever this debt
that one day his physician came to
him and said, "Sir Walter, If you do
not cease worrying you will die"
With that the magician Of AbbOtsford
looked up and gave a wan smile as he
said: "Wlly, doctor, as long as that
debt is hanging over my head l cannot
help worrying. l know the worrying
is killing me. But you might as well
20 and tel my cook to order the water
in the kettle not to boil as to COM
mand my brain not to worry"
But Sir Walter Scott, toiling to pay
Off his debts by the use of his pen, did
not have to work any harder than
thousands and hundreds of thousands
of men and women have to work to
meet the responsibilities of the present
time. Take, for illustration, the min
listers of our generation. Last week l
received "A message from so called
gentleman which politely informed me
that ''the preachers of our time as a
rule, lead an idle and an unoccupied
existence and that there is nothing for
them to do" Nothing for the average
preacher to do? Why, the average
preacher -Oday is working as hard as
ever beast of burden worked under
drivers lash. lie is working so hare
that from Monday morning to Sunday
night he is mentally and physically OF
the strain all the time. l tell you thai
the preparation of two sermons aEt
the meeting of the many duties Of tn,
pastorate combine to make herculear
task, task which gives but little time
for the sleep and recreation that are
! necessary for physical we'll being. bu
the average preacher has no more de
mands made upon his time than thu
average doctor, lawyer. editor, mer
I chant, clerk, wife or mother. Amos
without exception all people are work
ing up to their physical and menta
limit, yet, strange to say, though mos
| people are working very hard. com
| paratively few break down from over
! work. God gives to all of us strength
enough to meet the duties of the pres
ent day but God does not give to an,
one strength enough to meet the du
ties of the present day and those of to
morrow at the same time. So mos
people when they break down do no
break down from overwOrk, but, Xix
Sir Walter Scott, from worry, and froI
worry alone.
| Carrying the Cares of Tomorrow.
People who are uniting themselve
for the duties of everyday life by VOL
ny remind me of an old story that
told about a traveller In the far eas
who was trudging along a highwa
under what he regarded as a grievou
~ heavy load. Along that highwa
came a king driving in his chariot. II
refined in his horses and asked til
tired pedestrian if he would not like I
ride The weary traveller gladly a
sented an6 climbed into the rear of til
chariot After awhile the king locke
back and, to his surprise, saw the ira
eler sitting erouched in the rear of Il
chariot, with his heavy pack still stra
ped to his back. Stranger" said Il
king, 'wly art thou still holding Il
pack| because" answered the ma
Il did mo-. feel that thou wouldst Ii
1t if l placed it in thy chariot.
thought Il, thou vert willing to car
me I ought at least to be willing
hold my pack" "Oh, foolish man." a
: swered tie king. IF l am willing
carry thee am l not willing to car
thy pack also" So God promises til
: he will help us carry the duties of /
: present day. But instead. of trustii
him as to The future most people so a
! pile upon their own backs ali the car
and the alXieties Of the morrow. TIL
. sit in the Divine Kings chariot, Ii
;. the tired traveller of old, weighed do,
= with pack of tomorrow's cares, VIII.
: they ought to be willing to lay at til
Masters FEET.
g As worry racks the physical fral
= so that the tired mind IS unable
, think Gle; rly; as it overtaxes the me-
:. Gus system until the ganglia or ner
: centers have imperfect connection,
: complete discOnnection, like the &c
phone when the wires have beco
" broken OF crossed; as worry paralyi
the digestive organs until they ref
~ properly 10 assimilate the food VI
~ which the human body is depend,
III for the sustenance of life; as it is 1
sc forerunnGr Of all the fatal disea
G. by which the human race is invalid
DE and destroyed, so it is an awful
ur for you to fret and worry about
ne future and destroy your life's uset
ID. ness and influence. Can you not
at true Christian men and women
as forth to meet the duties of the pres
III day and leave the visionary future
ee Gods hands? Worry is not n hal
he less gad.ty. an insectile ANNOYANCE
y buzzing irritant, a haphazard play
d! habit. Il is n sin which has destro
on more victims than have ever b
on Ii. -. - "a -,