Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-01-26

means by that? Is he one of those lib
erals who only believe the Bible in
spots. who only believe what they want
to believer
When the Morning Came.
But one day the newspapers all over
the country had the startling telegraph
ic announcement, "Dr. So-and-so is
sick" Then came the reports that DR..
So-and-so might die. For weeks and
months that famous minister lowered
oet Teea l;fe and death. Then he came
back to his pulpit and to his work. But
now what a change! If any stranger
goes to hear him preach, the first and
the last thought he has is: "Dr. So-and-
SO is nothing more or less than mighty
gospel evangelist He has Christ in
the beginning of his sermon, Christ in
the middle of his sermon, Christ all the
way through" Do you know the cause
of this marvellous change? 1t was the
Galilean tempest of physical pain that
/ did it. Dr. So-and-so told me that new
! er before did he truly know what the
! purpose of preaching was until he lay
! upon that bed of suffering. For months
| the barking of a dog would cut him like
knife For months he lay in his room,
an exile in agony; for months he had
but one wish, and that was to die. But
when God led him forth out of that
Galilean tempest to preach Jesus
Christ he came forth a new man. He
was a Saul, the member of the He
s,,+o +In
mighty Paul who had fought with the
| beasts at Ephesus. He became the dis
ciple of the Lord, looking and pleading
for a spiritual Christ alone.
1t was physical pain that helped
make Frederick W. Robertson one of
the greatest soul winners of his day.
1t was physical pain that helped draw
the multitudes to the cross when Rob-
ert Hall preached in London and John
Symmetrical preached in America. And
1t is physical pain which nearly all of
us have suffered in the past and phys
ical weakness which many of US are
suffering now which ought to make US
turn our faces toward the Good Ply
stefan who can heal the body and heal
the soul.
Two Kinds of Trouble.
Now. trouble comes to us in one of
two ways, and it rests with every one
to decide in which Of the two ways it
shall come to him. 1t may come as a
sanctified trouble or as an unsanctified
trouble. 1t came in both forms to the
thieves who were crucifed with Jesus
To the one thief the physical agony
was unsanctified trouble, causing hin
to curse and deride Christ; to the Other
| it came as sanctified trouble, causing
him to plead for mercy and love. Tn
sanctified trouble comes to a man wht
stands by his child's open casket, and i
} imbitters him and causes him to set his
jaw in rebellion and say, mo good Coo
would have taken that child out Of N!
arms" Sanctified trouble came to :
young officer of my church and caused
: him to say to the visiting minister: :"
do not want pastor to come into m!
| | sickrOOm to make merely a social call
I want him to come in to pray; yes,
l want him to come in to pray" In tn
! midst of your sorrows and trials ar
you ready to let your troubles becom
l sanctified troubles? Are you ready t
2 sing about the tempestuous nights O
] trouble as the Christian poet once san
l about beautiful Lake Galilee?
1t is not that the wild gazelle
Comes down TO lap thy tide,
? But he that was pierced to save from he
: Oft wandered by thy side.
, Graceful around thee the mountains NEE
e Thou calm, reposing sea,
| But, ah, far more, the beautiful feet
Of Jesus walked DER thee.
Are you ready to feel that in til
. darkest hours of your night Christ
waiting to speak to you, that Christ
:. ready to help you, that he is ready
9 appear unto you?
= There is an old and familiar story {
a Christian lady in the far east VIII
= had two beautiful boys. Both her Sol
= died in the same night while her hu
band was away on a journey. Whe
the father returned, the mother NJ
:. him with a smile and said: ''Husban
= while you were gone a stranger can
- and left two beautiful jewels in n
- charge. Then he returned the ne.
=. day and wanted them back again.
gave them to him. Should 1 have dol
:. SOP" EYES," answered the father. g
- the two jewels belonged to the stra
~ ger, you should have done as you did
- "Oh, husband" answered the wife
~ she led him into the death chamber,
- was not talking about stranger, b
~ about our Father, God. There are O
e two boys, dead. Can we not say: IT
IA Lord gave, and the Lord hath TAX
- away. Blessed be the name of t
~ Lord?'''
q Friend, today in your troubles c.
=. you not hear the voice of Jesus Chr
~ speaking to you? Can you not, will y