The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-14


though they are ~ white rs me driver
snow. No, my friends, that Il not
I snowstolul falling IA the wilderness
ii II n shower Of mamma which We se'
ANA feel. That IL tho provision Goo
made for You IA the years of your VII
derness wanderlngs. which has been
1 sufficient for you and yoar FAMILY Z
| Ills day. Has there boon day il
your past life when that mamma failed
| There lave been crises IN N0uf Lille, ~
| there were In the life OF Alosesper
hans financial crises hut. day by dag
and week bv week. year by year, Cos
| has fed you. Has he not, my brother,
| All. IL n Il mighty fact for you n youl
|. time Of life 10 be able to stand upon
/ Plsgah's heights ana say God has
( taken care az me all the WAY through
IRE, yea, all the way through,
Beautifui Legend.
Sometime We did moi understand
how God was going 10 feed us when
! The cupboard was empty But feed as
.and ours he always did There i q
fhsaldlfnl legend told about the convent
'foF M. Sahina OF Rome. Many Years
ago. when 81 Dominic was at the head
Of this convent the food gave out.
Whai were the inmates to do? Come, :
said the leader; lei us 80 into the re-
fectory and sit down ut the table II
we cannot provide food for ourselves
God will DO so for ms, With that 81.
Dominic and bis friars went 10 the re-
fectoiy anu sat down Then the leader
lifted his hands ana made a PRAYER like
this 20 God. we thank thee for the
food which thou hast given Us In the
past. and we thank thee for the food
which thou art going 10 give 10 MS
now" No sooner had tile blessing been
said than. behold, two beautiful an
gels appeared clothed ins white The
one bore Il basket OF bread the othee a
pitcher Of wine They silently placed
The basket and the pitcher uphn The Ia
bic and then disappeared Then St
Dominic turned to hts ffiar and said
SCAT. children, what God hath sent you
by his angels That Is only " legend,
but 1t il legend which. in a fgumtiyc
sense. has been seen IN oar lives as
well rs In that Of Moses Sometimes
we could not see where eur next meal
was 10 come from 'hui come II always
did Ged has fed us as truly us in the
Legend he was supposed 10 have fed the
inmates of ST. Sahiua convent Stand
We not upon Pisgah's heights today
Twenty. forty fifty years OF temporal
care are reaching out before you Thank
God today for the food he has given to
vouteeat. for the clothing he has given To
vou 10 wear and for the houses in which
ran and yours have lived. The superb
bundances have not always been YOURS,
hut the temuoral necessities have al
ways hcen supplied. Day nv dar. week
by week. month by month, year by
year, the mama has fallen at your feet
and at the feet of ysuf dear ones
But the Pisgah heights offer to Ms an
other retrospect Looking away back
into the DIM past we now can see how
our seeming troubles and misfortunes
have been the means of drawing us
closer and closer 60 God ana 10 his
headings They have been NOT STUN
bling blocks, hut stepping stones to
higher spiritual attainment. God has
always led us up 70 his mountain tops
Of inspiration By first leading us down
into the deep valleys of despair II is
7ply nv casting as GowH tharha rs able
TO lit us up Let me illustrate MY
lAeught 10y Moses life,
Standing upon the top u plzgah to-
day, see tile great lawgiver turning
his eyes toward Egypt lie is watch
ing groups Of nen going around
"What is the matter Moses" / ask,
DO you see anything stranger" Yes,
answers the mighty leader. Il see
men as officers Of the law hunting my
life. one hundred aud twenty years
ago The Hebrew slaves hogan 10 mui-
Iiply SO rapidly that Pharaoh declared
that every malc-child born to Hebrew
woman should be slain. Those officers
are after me. What else dost thou
soe, o leader Of leaders, IL see a
woman and her eldest daughter run
hlug away toward the river Nile with
. lttie babe IN her arms. They are
hiding thar child among the bulrushpe
n the river. That child was and Is L.
What else dost thou soc. O mighty
= \ soc ? princess Of Pha-
-aoh's court coming down 10 the river
n battle see her bending over that
hid and ihen adopting him rs her
)Un SON What else dost thou sce. I
, LEADER In thar adoption ] sec
low IL was made possible FOR me 10 be- |
see that through ihis edu- /
alton ! was fitted mentally 80 do tie |
work God has given to me to do. 1
Through that adoption I became The 1
awyer the statesman. the nieklcF Of /
people who are TO become pogecesors /
# yonder promised land God fitted /
ne for my work by frst making me q |
'oundling and . social outcast"
Why Trouble Comes
Trouble must have long perspec-
I've II We are 10 see them Alright as
II mercy. Thomas Fuller.
ne quaint English divine. once said
hat troubles appeared 10 hun an close
dew great deal lie = piece Of tapes
~ turned wrong side ont II seemed