Milford chronicle., 1904-07-01

man who gets up promptly at 6 O'clOc
and goes TO the store punctually Of
time. 1t comes to the conscientiou
lawyer and doctor and mechanic VIII
fare striving with all their power to d,
fright. 1t comes to men and womel
EwhO in every sense are noble, VIII,
always seem TO be on the verge O
making a great success and yet nevei
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 whai
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
1 of life. The strong man triumphs over
them, but as the world witnesses his
I struggles under successive strokes of
l adverse fortune it calls him "unlucky."
| When old Mayer Anselm Rothschild.
the founder of the famous banking
house of Frankfurt-on-the-R 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 We're about to 90 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 a little money and put it
in the bank the cashier became a de-
faulter and you lost ALL You are un-
lucky in the fact that just after you
had learned TO be a good craftsman
and had 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 a 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 1
about your character az an enemy lied /.
about a young friend Of mine who was /
about to become pastor Of a prominent .
church in the east. Though your char I
acter in one sense was vindicated, 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 ana
again when the angel of health went !
down at certain season into the pool
and troubled the waters" After hav-
Ing been repeatedly struck down by
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
nutter. "fearfully discouragedw You ]
AVE conscientiously done your level !
'est? Yes, have done my level best. /
can do nothing more" Oh yes, you q
an. my brother. You can let God now I
ONE and do the rest. You are simply L
before Pi-hahlroth. between 4
ligdOl and the sea, over against Baal- G
ephon." God is going TO open way a
or you through the Red sea to escape b
he pursuing Philistines. How? | do I
OF know. This, however, do know. v
iOd will rescue you if you are patient, v
My patient. He will. If like Job amid v
le tragedy of wrecked home and a
mid a ruined fortune and in the a
comics of physical as we'll as mental II
ain, you can say, and still continue to +
~ Though he slay me. yet will l h
ust him" God will show to you a "
rect means of escape if you will only W
and still just where you are and CON re
nue. TO look for the salvation Of the
ord. You may not now think it, but III
! things, even amid the greatest dis nj
all things are working Il,
gether for good to them that love the fa
ord. After the darkest of nights there r
ways comes the brightness of a light IN
wing dawn. Amid the bIackest of n,
Oubles there viii always come pill in
r Of fire to lead Gods children to a h,
omised land. Trust him. brother. ",
'ntinue TO trust God. Be patient do
st 20 on and continue to do your %
rel best All things will ultimately NJ
me out right if you do. That is the st,
aching of this grand old text, stand "
Il and see the salvation Of the Lord" bo
But there is another class of hearers or
find today encamped among the Is ar
alitish hosts near Pi-hahirOth. They
2 the men and the women who are ,
necessarily struggling for a finan- 20
j existence but who are unhappy ~
4 dissatisfied with the fields in which ~
Il has compelled them to labor. They ~
ow they could do better work amid =,
Ter surroundings. Or they are say ~
, to themselves: Il do not know why ~
IS that all my labors should be mis- -,
lstrued and unappreciated. If God -
IS not open to me another field Of -.
TX soon l shall drop this position ~ -.
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