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Subject 'fTh- Trial. aad III prgsI Of LtrfI
The oa;Jdt and - el E.sihs sSur ESQ J
strength-The Weakness of This Pres
en-, Day-Life a scene Of Compensations

strength-The wesShess of This Pres
ent Dsy-Lifea scene of Compensaiions
BROOKLYN. y. Y.-Dr Rober; Mac
keuzie, pastor Of the Rutgers PRESBYTERIAN
Church. Manhattan, prsaghed Sqyday on
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! 1ow behold | 90 b-und IN the splrit inio
Jerusalem. not SnowlnC the things tnat
hshaii befall me there Save that the Holy
Ghost Wltnesseth N every city. saHlug
that bonds and afiiietions abide me. Bat
count ~ lii4 dear tttS rlYelf sc tlal
might hhish my course WITH 10Y ard { As
ministry which l have received Of the
Lord Jesus 20 testify the -gospet OF the
grace OF God DR. Mackenzie said:
Paul feels himself set 70 a definite rur.
pose in life, something appointed Of God
and worthy OF himself. He j. determined
} TO finish his course SUCCESSFULLY, E2ch oi
us is called et tSoc toAive rscre' defibitss
/ purpose TO add 'by.o hves "a tht..uri ei
the good in this world 70 do something and
10 be something for God To accomplish
tins purpose Paul saw that be had 20 pass
through many trials. temptations, cIihcul-
: ties He X looSinC~ tIct rrof rfrcsr'
through which he has already come and
forward 10 those he saw lie must yet meet.
He knew that bonds and Affections await
ed y m If he prrsu rs prss rit pal fross
furthe- IL saw, n SSnfe Q M q ~. q oIty
one His friends soushaste rerspsde him
10 change hiscourse los sc'urI s'nlset LITTLE
with M purpose. to' ddept HIMSELF more
pudentiv 10 the wavs OF the world IN
which he found himself. 20 be less straight
forward. and 80 escape those bonds and
atfiigtions that threatened He was net
indifferent either To the dangers Of the way
OF 10 the kindly intsress OF his friends ,
but he answers what mean We 10 weep
and TO break mine heart? For ! am ready
no, - he bound only hut also - dc for
the name OF the Lord Jesas.}, /, .Iben ths
calm es3,Rclusion OF ON tsM < SNgne oi
| get M 10 the Level OF Paul. be ls the most
determined, uncompromslnr straight t-on
man IN this book OF great characters. Vet
there are ordinary human steps leading
to this ieye, .-all who viii can rise
These things OF our text have not
passed away with Paul, Trials are behind,
. bonds and Affections are beiope every man
| that Will make 4 woFJhy course tofoss this
lie. When you bU.d up fW.the North
Atlantic you must take storms and ice
berCs INTO account and build accordingly.
/ When You would build boy Tor business,
for honor, Tor goodness, lCV Christian ser
vice IN tins community, you must take
these things INTO account Last year :
lCCbergs have melted IN summer seas, but
new ones have formed and will meet the
sailor OF this year Ihe North Atlantic i
ever the same--d scene OF storm and ice.
The particular trials that overlook Paul
may not iall on any of rs, but otheIy VIII
come, bCaung other names. equally uIs,trb
ing 20 our sous. This world - ever the
same-a scene oi many trials oniy.a Jew
are exempt, only few are permitted 10
stand with their hands al their back and
their backs 10 the hre looking out upon the
storm. There are SUCH peci'ie. We are
glad when cid people can do this, but the
young people who can DO IT, OF DO DO 1t,
are not TO be euvled but piuCd. Most men
must 20 out and meet the storm oI these
things opposition, competitions, dlsap-
pohtmtnts, temptations inject them and
make Their way through them, .ss htst,the,
can, aud become men, and ali the better
men ICI meeting tAom.
These things move some men nightly;
they seek TO edge their way OH oil the
stoim, they change their course, Compro-
mise Nth their original '~dTposc, lhoosc
some less strenuous way tnIOUgh lie.
Some young men form puri ioset to 20 70
college. when the bonds OF mathematics
and Affections OF Cicero oTatioEs come be
tween them and their puTLosc these
lungs move them out OF -thclv course.
They compromise with their puipose and
look toI IN easier way. SOme-meH-g0 .iHr-
Their they finish their preparation, face
DENT to any such beginning, complain,
finch, ial out discouraged, despaUug,
scarcely living, dTiI,WCud on the streets.
Some men, nike I'dug, aTe mnuiy moved
by these things. These, are mot spared
the storm nor docs the storm beat Tess
hard upon them; yet they keep their faces
20 II, keep 10 Their purpose nrmly. often
bent like trees, but like trees well rooted,
recover Themselves: oItCn like William Tell
gong through. Il pas5-oL-his natiye Aips on
d narrow path CIJ.lD the face ef tne pfcci.
pee, the mountain wind bORIfg u gale
against him; unable 10 mal9r, pIolless
against IT, unable to stand against II, be
lay down IN the path, but he lay wIth lIs
itce to hIs goal and cTawlcd to II. Men
Knowing their full share OF the trials OF
lie are yet able 10 say, each IN his own
measure, None Of these things moved
me. Most OF you here belong TO that
number. Your me IN youth was not cast
IN easy Places; your present hie as not
spent IN sheltered places. Most OF you
were cast as young men into this. or some
similar stormy community 10 make your
own way. You nave been met repeatedly
by the storm OF these things IN business,
III home and IN your Christian lite; yet You
are here today with yoar ACE 20 your
purpose, your purpose well IN hand, able 10
say after as well as before The Eorm,
y one oil these things move me-
ii'W ~ bulS fNb.d4ltAs lake the ne Ol
such men as JoD, and Joseph and Daniel
and Paul-men who have set beiorc ne ex-
amp.ss OF how much the human heart can
bear and not break wnat bonds and AZ.
iIctOns IT can endure and not DC unduly
moved. lake the men and women of your
oNn acquaintance and observation on
whom these things have broken with full
force aud yet they are Cheeriul sunny,
sympathetic people, reaching middle HE
OF high honor and an old age of charity
ana id!th and hCpe-ueOp.e whom u Is
good to know, people who show into what
rich coinage the rough ore OF human nature
can be miutCd. How J. their tfiamph ac-
counted ioTt by the fact that II life has
IL scenes of trIal. life. mas hkolt sOurtes
81 strength n winch TO endure and t.igmph
aver the trails. y i.FA. VA
After all, If you will think about il. this
lic rs a scene Of compeusatious On the
Nhoie, these things are balanced by
other things. On the whole life is not so
bad as We were t6ugh, 10 expect il: tho
Tears OF pessImism are not realized ty
Than the experienced facts "Oh, Yes.
faid a colored woman. Il have had a great
many troubles IN my life. most oi which
never happened When they do hauuen
we ind that there have been Commanding
preparations IN which 20 meet them. II
nature smItes the Norway and the Oregon
pine trees with it, north winds u Avs
the protecting moss on that ade of, the
tree. il nature allufes the hninlaI tos,he
ArttN 1t wraps and haps TIN furs.- Man
is not neglected IN this distribution OF
compensation, no trial has overtaken you
more than - common 10 man, no trial ls
put upon YOU more than you are able 10
bear, with the trial there u some way Of
t,cipe' OF ,conp'nsatioT Boib God and