Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-07-11

menace to all with whom they come
in touch. But IL comes TO the young
man who gets up promptly at o'clock
and goes to the store punctually on
time. 1t comes TO the conscientious
lawyer and doctor and mechanic who
are striving with all their power to do
right. 1t comes to men and women
who in every sense are noble, who
always seem to be on the verge of
making a great success and yet never
seem to be quite able to reach the goal.
Many Are True, but Unfortunate.
These men are true and good men,
but unfortunate men. They are what
worldly people call "unlucky." We
know there is no such thing as luck.
Men are not lucky or unlucky, but there
are some who seem to have more mis-
fortunes than others; who, through no
fault of their own, miss the good things
of life The strong man triumphs over
them, but as the world witnesses his
struggles under successive strokes of
adverse fortune it calls him "unlucky."
When old Mayer Anselm Rothschild,
the founder of the famous banking
house of Frankfurt -the-Rhine, was
dying. he called his children about him
and gave to them this parting advice:
First, my sons. never plan any great
movement without first consulting your
mother; second, never have anything
to do with an unlucky man." Mark
this! Anselm Mayer Rothschild did
not say, do not have any business
dealings with a dishonest man." He
took that for granted. But he did say
IAN unlucky man." You know who is
that unlucky man. He is yourself.
You are unlucky in the fact that just
as you were about to go to college your
father died and you were taken out of
school and had to go to work. You are
unlucky in the fact that just after you
had saved up little money and put it
in the bank the cashier became de-
faulter and you lost all. You are I'M
lucky in the fact that just after you
had learned to be a good craftsman
and had a fine position about to be of
fered you fell and broke your arm or
had your fingers cut off by having
them caught in the cogs of factory
wheel and you had to start life all
over again. You are unlucky because
just as you were about to be appointed
to a certain position an enemy lied
about your character as an enemy lied
about young friend of mine who was
about to become pastor of a prominent
church in the east. Though your char
acter in one sense was indicated, yet
the damage was done. Another step
ped in. and got the place, even as the
poor invalid at the pool of Bethesda
was pushed aside by others again and
again when the angel of health went
down at a certain season into the pool
and troubled the waters" After hav-
ing been repeatedly struck down by
misfortune after misfortune you are
today on the verge of complete despair.
You are saying to yourself: "Oh, am
always unlucky! What is the use of
my trying any longer?"
Be Patient, Not Discouraged.
Discouraged, are you? Yes you
mutter, "fearfully discouragedr' You
have conscientiously done your level
best? "Yes, l have done my level best
| can do nothing more" Oh yes, you
can, my brother. You can let God now
come and do the rest. You are simply
"encamped before Pi-hahiroth, between
| Migdol and the sea, over against Baal
zephon." God is going to open way
for you through the Red sea to escape
| |
| not know. This, however, l do know
God will rescue you if you are patient
| only patient He will, if like Job amid
the tragedy of a wrecked home and
amid a ruined fortune and in the
agonies of physical as we'll as mental
pain, you can say, and still continue IS
Say, aThough he sfay me, yet will
| trust him." God will show TO you 6
direct means of escape if you will only
stand still just where you are and con
tinue to look for the salvation of the
Lord You may not now think it, bu
all things, even amid the greatest dis
couragements, all things are working
together for good to them that love the
Lord. After the darkest of nights there
always comes the brightness of a ligh
giving dawn Amid the blacklist O
troubles there will always come a pill
lar of fire to lead Gods children to
promised land Trust him, brother
Continue to trust God. Be patient
: Just go on and continue to do you
level best. All things will ultimatel
, come out right if you do. That is tn
teaching of this grand old text, 'Stan
still and see the salvation of the Lord.
But there is another class of nearer
l find today encamped among the Is
raelitish hosts near Pi-hahiroth. The
are the men and the women who ar
not necessarily struggling for a finar
cial existence. but who are unhappy
and dissatisfied with the fields in whic
God has compelled them to labor. The
! know they could do better work ami
other surroundings. Or they are say
ing to themselves: Il do not know VIII
it is that all my labors should be mis-
: construed and unappreciated. If Go