The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-16

Men are willing TO trust everybody and
everything but God. They will trust the
mlInan, and the butcher. and the drug.
glst with his deadly drugs. the doctor and
thc ,pIumhcr; they trust. the man who
builds their houses that they will not fail
IN. high wind and they trust the man
VINO puts up the chimney that it will not
set the house on fire. They trust the banks
though they often break. and they hoard
lheir treasures in vau,ts that are some.
times broken open. The savings of a life.
tlme are put into property that they have
not seen. whose title they are not sure of
being clear They trust their little. helm
less children in the hands of ignorant and
crue. servants. and they trust their reputa.
ilons IN the hands OF unscrupulous. unlov.
ing friends But God they are afraid to
trust. And yet God made them. put them
on tins earth. where was all they needed
to maintain life He had created. and still
gives them all they have.
II Is SAD that even the near and dear
dIsclpics had to he reminded by this lilv
lesson. That God who had cared to
paint Che ephemeral blossom in oolors so
rare, and array it in texture so exquisite.
should forget to give His own loved ones
the clothing they need. How strange that
they or we should think it! And vet it
seems as il we did
Take, for instance, the man who is con.
s,derlng the adoption Of the tenth plan of
giving. He says: But | must first support
my iamily that Is my first duty. What if
should give tenth of my income to the
LORD and then not be able to pay my bills
at the close of the year?" He leaves alto.
gether out OF his calculations the fact that
God promised IN many places in the Bible
that man shall lose nothing by giving. but
only sam the more. Also he leaves out of
ms calculation the fact that God cares
abont what he eats or drinks or wears.
Furthermore. he is putting down his will as
10 what style OF food and clothing shall be
ms. whereas the lily takes what comes.
whether OF white petals. or pink. or yellow
or crimson. as ordered by the Father. and
counts none less worthy to be worn be.
cause all are DESIGNED bv Him who knows
what color best fits in the little corner of
the world, where He means His flower TO
grow.
1t is time we Christians began to prac.
tice letter what we profess to believe. If
IS time we stopped fretting lest we cannot
buy the new piano that Kitty really
needs, or lest the summer outing which
wiil make father so happT and so much bet.
ter able TO go through his next years work.
cannot be accomplished. 1t is time we
smoothed the fret-lines from our brows
and gave onr lives the light of trust. not
darkening that lIght by vain fears and fu.
we pIannlngS moi trying to serve both
God and gold. not feeling uncomfortable
and refusing, to go out because we are not
dressed IN the latest style. Be sure if we
have the lily nature in our hearts our God
will see that we are fifty clothed when His
time comes TO glorify lis before Others.
And the despised garments we sometimes
have to wear may be in His eyes rs fair of
tashioning as the veined petals of His flow.
crs.
Then. IT we are TO be Christians at all.
we should he trustful Christians. for how
is our lot better than others if we may not
cast down our care at the feet of Him who
has borne it for US. and what is our ioy
that we have a Father if we may not come
to Him Cor everything?
meant that we should neglect any of our
duties. only that we should "frst be eager
about His kingdom and about what He
thinks is right" and after that we have a
right to go singing and trusting on our
way.-New York Mail and Express.