Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-29

OF merchandise that you are. bat God in
tended 10 override for your immortal
help. oh you say. there is no need
talking that way 10 me. | don't like
to be cheated and outraged Neither
does the corn like the corn thrasher, but
after it has been thrashed and winnowed
it has a great deal better opinion of win
moving mills and corn thrashers.
We'll" you say. IF could choose
my troubles. | would be willing to be
troubled" All, my brother. then it would
not be trouble. You would choose some
thing that would not hurt. and unless II
hurt il does not get sanctihed. Your
trial perhaps may be childleSsness. You
are fond Of children. You say, why
does God send children TO thet other
household where they are upwelcome
and are beaten and banged about when
would have taken them in the arms Of
my Affection You say, ANY other trial
hut this Your trial perhaps may be
a dishgured countcnance or q face that
is easily caricatured, and you say. II
could endure anything il only | was good
looking And your trial perhaps is Il
violent temper, and you have TO drive
1t like six unbroken horses amid the gun
powder explosions OF u great holiday. and
ever and anon it runs away with you.
Your trial is the asthma. You say. IF
il were rheumatism or neuralgia or cry
Sipelas hut it is this asthma. and Il is
such an CNhads,ng thing To breathe"
Your trouble is a husband, sharp. snap
py and cross about the house and -aising
a small riot because button is off. How
could YOU know the button is off? Your
trial is II wife ever In contest with The
servants. and she is sloVcu. Though
she was very careful about her appear
! ance in your presence once now she is
careless, because. she says, her fortune
J is made. Your trial is n hard school les
son You cannot learn. and you have hit
| ten your finger nails until they are a
! sight to behold.
| Complaining Against God.
| Everybody has some vexation or annoy
ance or trial. and he or she thinks it is
the one least adapted. "Anythiug nut
this all say; anything but this My
nearer, are you Ept ashamed TO he com
planning all this time against God? Who
manages the affairs OF this world any
| how is it an infinite Modoc or a Sit
ting Bull savage or an omnpotcnt Mana
| Sahib: No; it is the most mcrciful and
glorious aud wise being in all the uni
verse. You cannot teach omnipotencc
anything. You have fretted and worried
! almost enough. DO you not think so ?
Some OF You are making yourselves ride
! utous in the sight Of the angels. Here
| is naval architect. and he draws out
the plan of ship of many thousand tons.
! Many workmcn are engaged on il for Il
long while. The ship is done, aud some
! day, with the flags up and the air gor-
gcous with bunting that vessel is launch
ed for Southampton. At that time n lad
! six years of age comes running down
the dock with a toy boat which he has
mode with his own iackknife and he
| says: Here, my boat is better than
! yours. just look mt this ibboom and
| these weather CROSSE jack braces And
| he drops his little boat beside the great
ship, and there is n roar Of laughter on
| tho decks! All. nay friends, that great
ship is your life as God planned it--vast,
million tonned, ocean destined. eternity
| bound. That little boat is yonr life ms
you were trying to hcw it out aud fashion
it and launch it, DO not try to he a rival
Of the great jehovah. God Is always
are wrong. He sends just the hardships,
Just the bankruptcies, just the cross that
1t is best for you TO have.
Again. my subject teaches that God
keeps trial on us until we let 20. The
farmer shouts Whoa" 10 his horses rs
soon as the grain Is dropped from the
stalk. The farmer comes with his fork
and losses up the straw, and he sees that
the straw has let go the grain and the
grain is thoroughly tbrashcd So God
Smiling rod and turning " heel both cease
as soon as we let 60. We mold on to this
world. with It's pleasures aud riches and
cmoluments. aud our knuckles are 50
firmly set that il seems as il we could
hold on forever, God comes along with
some thrasbng trouble and beats us
loose We started under the dclusi2n
that this was 4 great World W. Iearf-
ed ont Of our geography that it was so
many thousand miles in diameter and 80
many miles in circumference. and we
said, "ph, my. what world" Trouble
came in after life, aud this trouble sliced
off one part of the world, and it has
got to he smaller world and in some
destinations very Insignificant world, and
~ ~ uNBA f'lNtth- AlA iltf tttl4t ~ u NIIiir
itual property. Ten per cent of. 30 per
cent off. aud there are those who would
not give 10 cents FOR this world the en-
tire world as q soul possession.
The Friendship that Endures.
We Thought that friendship was
grand thing. in school We used 10 write
compositions about friendship. and per
haps we made our graduating speech on
commencement day on friendship. Oh. it
was a charming thing! Bat does it mean
as much TO you as II used tof You have
gone on in life, and one friend has be
trayed you, aud another friend has mis-
interpreted you. and another friend has
neglected you, and friendship comes now
sometimes 10 mean 20 you merely another
AK 10 grind So with money We thought
II man had q competency he was safe
for all the future, but we have learned
that mortgage may be defeated bY an
unknown previous incunbrance; that
signing your name on the back Of a note
may be your business death warrant;
that a new tariff may change the current !
Of trade. that a man may be rich today |