The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-05-19
SERMON FOR sunday
LIES TEMPESTS AND TRIALS.
Snow and vapors; wind and storm fui-
filling his ~word.-Psalm ~cxlviii.,S

filling his ~word.-Psalm ~cxlviii.,S
One of the most interesting monum MT
in Westminster Abbey is that to Sir j I'm
Franklin the discoverer of the North
west passage who died amid the terruors
of the Attic regions in 1S47. Through
the effort of Lady Franklin the last Of
many expeditions sent out was success
bands progress in the polar reg ons.
ending with the tragic record Of his
death. She erected the monument in the
Abbey. whach despicts a yes e crushed
amid icebergs, and underneath are the
words: 20 We frost and cold; o We ice
and snow, bles We the Lord; praise Him
and magnify Him forever Out of the
depth of her bereavment .loneline s ana
poverty there still remained boundiess
and implicit faith in God.
The first aspect of the wind and en-
awe, anxiety and dread. We naturally
ask, How can we praise God for those
elements in whose train come disaster
desc alton and death? Amid all this dIs-
aster and ruin thePsalmist tells us that
some law is working and Gods word IS
being fulfilled even the powers which
seem to have escaped His contro! have
their uses and further His designs. e
may trust him to bring order out Of
chaos. good out of evil.
AT least one reason for the dew astation
relatively small scale the storm is hos
tile to life, but on amuch larger one it is
the greater enricher and nourisher of the
soul, which without it would remain dry,
hard ard unproductive. Out of death
comes now life out of decay. the grim
whica sustain and the flowers which
beautify.
The storm and the tempest have their
uses also in ~deveoping the energies IT
nurtured in pleasant climates. where man
obtains his fod easily from the earth n
anu Ci htb ~ WiClE
one must struggle for very existence.
Need we wonder that Mexico. with all
its mineral wealth, is poor. and that AL
aska, with al it's forests. it's furs AMI
of man The strongest characters ar not
which develops tn strength of manhood
forces the pioneer to build him a homo
and at last makes the DESERT to re
joice and BOSOM as the rose,
Not only is such a person moved 70
battle against the destructive forces of
nature. but he is also aroused to c NJ
quer mans inhumanity to man.
A very large share of the worlds suf-
ferings comes not from Nature, but fo'-
lows directly or indirectlyfrom human
c~arlessness. seifshness and greed. Most
of the accidents on railways, on steam
boats. in TUNES and mines are of this
character God himself cannot prevent
such evils without interfering with
mans free vii. and hence with his edu-
cation, but every such accident arouses
mems Indignation awakens tn IL invei t
skill and leads to greater caution. watci-
fulness and security.
The storm and the tempest have yet
another mission-in calling forth a bless
sed tide of sympathy. Poor ng Lear
out on theheath with barred head and
quaking limbs. amid the thunder AMI
III lightning. t. wind and the rain.
is but a type of multitudes of others
who have learned sympathy through b t
ter experince. and thus, whether for -
dividual misfortune or public ca 'amits,
there are opened many fountains OF ter
derness and generosity in human soals.
Surely we may be thankful for whatever
turns our hearts in kindness toward our
fellowmcn.
My Trends when you stand amid til :
tempests of life. trust God. When you
look upon the marvels of nature. praise
Him. When you are stirred BY the
grandeur of His works. show forth II 5
sympathy and His love.-Rev. ON SEQ t
Roch In New York Herald.
WHITE MAY BECOME THE
AMBASSADOR TO r.