The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-07-03
THE BULLETINS SUNDAY SERMON
BY REV. FRANK DE WITT TALMAeE, o. o.

Many Are True, but Unfortunate.
These men are true and good meI
but unfortunate men. They are wha
worldly people call "unlucky." w
know there is no such thing as luck
Men are not lucky or unlucky, but her
are some who seem to have more mis-
fortunes than others; who, through n
fault Of their own, miss tho good thing
of life. The strong man rriunphs owe
them, but as the world witnesses hi
struggles under successive strokes o
adverse fortune 1t calls him "unucky.'
4 When old Mayer Ansclm Rothschild
the founder Of the famous banking
house of Frankfnrt-on thc-Rhine, wai
dying, he called his children about hin
and gave to them this parting advice
FIRST, my sons, never plan any grea
movement without first consulting YOU
mother;. second, never have anything
to do with an unlucky man" Marx
this! Ansrlm Mayer Rothschild did
not say, DO not have any business
dealings with dishonest man" HI
/
ian unlucky man. You know who Is
| that nnlucky 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 We're taken out of
school and had to 60 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 a de-
fnulter and you lost AL You are UNI
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 n factory
wheel and You had TO start life all
over again. You are unlucky because
just as you were about to be appointed
TO 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 ut the pool Of Bethesda
was pushed aside by others again and
again when the angel of health went
down ut certain season into the pool
and troubled the waters" After hay
ing been repeatedly struck down by
misfortune after misfortune you are
today on the verge of complete despair
You are saying TO yourself; ooh, | am
always unlucky. What is the use of
my trying any longer"
DC Patient, Not Discouraged.
Discouraged, are you? Yes" you
mutter. 'fearfully discouraged" You
have conscientously done your level
best? yes, 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
the pursuing Philistines. How? do
not know. This, however, | do know.
sod will rescue you If you are patient,
,nly patient. lie will. If like job amid
he tragedy of wrecked home and
amid ruined fortune and in the |
lgonies OF physical MS well rs mental |
,ain, you can say, and still continue to |
,ay, Though he STAY me, yet will ! |
rust him" God will show 10 you |
lirect means of escape if you will only |
tand still Just where you are and con |
inue TO look for the salvation of the |
ord. You may not now think it, but |
II things, even amid the greatest dis |
all things are working |
ogcther for good TO them that love the
ord. After the darkest of nights there
ways comes the brightness Ct light
living dawn. Amid the BLACKLIST Of
roubles there will always come a pill
ar Of fire to lead Gods children 10
land. Trust him. brother.
'ontlnue TO trust God. BE patient.
ust go on and continue 10 do Your
vel best All things will ultimately
ONE ont right il you do That is the
aaching of this grand old text. "Stan1
till and see the salvation Of the Lord.
But there is another class of hearers
find today encampcd among the Is
lelitish hosts near Pi-haiiroth. They
re the men and the women who are
OF necessarily struggling for inan-
al existence but who are unhappy
nj dissatisfied with the fields in which
od has compelled them 10 labor. They
now they could do better woxll amid
ther surroundings. OR they are say
lg to themselves: Il do not know why
is that all my labors should be mis-
onstrued and unappreciated. If God
Dos not open 10 me another field of
ork soon ] shall drop this position
nyhow''
Do Your work the BEST You Can.
Going to give up your present posi-
On? You say you are not happy in itI
ont you do It. my brother. What you
ed in life in this waiting crisis Of
,urs is great big invigorating dose
patience. Stand still just where you {
e. and do your work the best WAY
N can and see the salvation Of the
ord. God does not. as a rule. call his :
orkfnen from nothing 10 something
eat. but from a small position Of
nuence 10 a higher position Of in /