The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-07-03

yet | certainly do not want to keep
on supporting both Of them In their
foolish extrayagances. 'What shnll
do about my hayward boyY says
another, "Shall ! let him go 10 the
dogs and not support him any longerT'
"What shall do in reference to that
lazy partner says another. "iie
won't work and yet he expects half
Of the profits" what shall | do in
reference to my husbandY says a
troubled wife, HE is always loaflng
around or entering into wildcat spec
ulationa which bring us in nothing to
support the family" what shall l
do in reference to my wife," says n
troubled husband. "She spends my
money right and left she IL more in
tercstcd in cuchre parties than in the
economy Of the home. Shall leave
her? what shall you DO, my friends2
Well, | am not here to tell you in de-
tail, but this do assert in general:
! DO not let the injustices of the past
blind your eyes to the pressing duties
of the present. Because your kith and
1 Kin and business partners have been
and are now doing wrong TO you. do
not you do wrong TO them. BE pa
tient. BE careful, and If you must err
| let 1t be upon the side of mercy. God
does not tell you TO weigh the past so
much as to conscicntiously solve the
pressing responsibilities directly at
| hand. stand stiIl'' before YOU snap
! the golden cords Of affection which
bind you to that hayward sister, that
maynard brother, that maynard child,
that hayward husband stand stir
! il you do not know what to do. Stand
still and see the salvation of the Lord"
BE very patient when sickness comes
and old age comes and the wearing
faculties of mind and body seem to I'M
fit you for the active duties of life BE
very patient when yom seem to be like
an old, wornout horse turned out upon
the commons to eat a little ana sleep
a little and live a little longer and then
die Some Of us with great gusto in the
days of our youth used TO sing In Sun
day school that old hymn:
Oh to be nothing, nothing.
Only to lie at his feet
A broken and empty vessel
For the Masters use made meet
The Right Time TO Die.
But when the advancing years pass
on, and by sickness or old age we seem
to be laid away upon the shelf rs use
less by busy world, then most of MS
do not appreciate the petition of that
song prayer We do not want to be
nothing, nothing" We want to be
something, something and have that
something very active something"
Sometimes at the funeral of strong
man we see II suggestive floral tribute
In broken column. That means the
man died in his prime. That means,
most of us say, rs ii not too bad that
he had to 20 when he had so much TO
live forY' But ! do not think il takes
nearly as much divine grace 70 die in
your physical and mental prime as II
takes to live on In physical invalidsm
or In dccrcpit old age In the first in
stance Christian man like a warrior :
ond instance man is like an aged
veteran In q soldiers home, like Jobs
war charger smelling the battle from
afar and yet not able TO answer the
bugle call for the grand charge The :
saddest scene during all my stay in the
west was when in the Methodist Epis {
copal conference five noble men who
had served their church as bishops long
ind faithfully were retired and placed !
upon the superannuated list. But. as r
sod has placed some of you upon the
great waiting list" rs physical or
mental ineffectivcs be patient. Trust
him. Even in your retired field Of wait
ng you have work TO do. 1t viii
Ill come out right. Yes, sick one and
lged one it will all come ont right.
You may not be able to understand
Gods ways now, but it will all come r
nut right
Thus today. as the waiting lesson
5 the hardest Of all gospel lessons TO
earn, ! am going TO close In the beau
iful words OF one whose poem has -
,een very near and dear to me. / am 4
against my own impotence
ust as / am against yours. know
hat parent can never bring his child
ID right unless he teaches that child q
o learn to trust him and wait; there y
ore no child of God can ever trust =
iOd unless he is at times ready to +
stand still and see the salvation OF
he Lord" These verses embody tie
Whole thought Of my text. 7
when my boy with slgcr questions.
Asking how and wllTre and when.
Taxes all my store Of wisdom.
Asking DER and DER again
Questions Oft TO which the answers
Give a. others stiH the key. a,
have said. 10 teach him patience.
Wait my little one. and see.
And the words ] taught my darling
Taught 20 me n Lesson sweet
Once when all thcworld seemed darkness
And the storm about me beat
In the chlldrcn's room heard him l.
With childs sweet mlmicry r.
To the baby brothers questions
Saying. wisely. WYATT and rec" 20
Like an angels tender chiding 4,
Came the darlngs words TO mo- ~
Though my Fathers WAYS were hidden. IN
Bidding me stiil. WYATT and sec
What are we but restless children, o.
Ever asking what shall boz
And the Father IN HIS wisdom. -