The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-13

the story of ambition and intrigue. Praise your servants when faithful.
 Bless them in Gods name. What a
 name in wifich to invoke blessings on others.
 1 He had cattle for food He could look about him and see meat enough
 for time to come. For this provision. one's heart should be filled with thanksgiving to God. who returns l thanks for daily bread?
 "He had beasts of burden. Think of some other man cruel to his horse or mule. He Is provoked and curses God. 1 If he but regarded these as Gods gifts
 the name of the Lord. A wealthy lady
 stopped in her carriage to have a man | arrested for mistreating an animal. l She could protect the animal by law. and she praised the law as all our goods laws should be praised. But
 think of God who through love even protects brute animals.
 God had given him family of l loved ones. If we Christians love our
 families as we should. will we not have family altars in our homes and there in worship, praise Him for these l He has given us7 Job loved his chud- 1 ren, but he knew God gave them to him and he wanted to lead them in l praising God. His great fear was that l they kmiEht curse God.--Job 1:5
 His sincerity shows that he was 1 thankful upon the receipt of the gifts. I A man truly thankful to God will not put off praisinR Him till an appointed time for prayer. Don't forget to thank God, in everything.
 ''Job was greatly blessed and dur ing this time he could praise God for | af | these gifts Job had said in his heart
 Blessed be the name of the Lord" But | now he says, take away these things | and he will renounce Thee to Thy face.' Satan has been allowed to try many
 among us in the same way.
 1 When God takes away the text l proves him a man of praise.
 His profession is allowed to be test
 ed to show the strength of 1t. The 1 things you like most you dislike 1 through His Name, we can give up All things. Blessed name
 Let us see what things taken away 1 called for this text; His health has | not yet been touched. Did this help 1 him to praise Gods namef Think.
 however poor we are. something Is left But know this, health of the soul will
 comfort you through sorrow and every
 kind of trouble.
 l First His wealth is taken away. Is ! it not emphasized more than any thing l else now, that man nnuet leave behind, 1 or part with, all material wealth stor. | ed away on earth? Men will not pre- | pare for this, notwithstanding the daily | lessons in all things Job says he did | not have anything when he came Into the world. So he says, the Lord gave. and the Lord hath taken away. He
 has given that you might be better, and | if you have received and used His | gifts, you are better, and from broad | CT, even new life, you can say Bless | ed be His name
 l When he thinks of the old faithful l servants. the best recollection is that
 as a man of God he had been upright l and just before them.
 l Now the food is Eone. and what will become of him and his family? For 1 he has not heard of the death of his 1 children. But he looks to God who
 gave him sufficient supplies formerly and he will depend on that name for | the future. It is praise to say, His is
 name we can depend on.
 His beasts of burden are killed. How will he get aong without them? Some way, some how, he will not be 1 over anxious, in the name of the Lord.
 "Rut now his loved ones are taken, his children destroyed and his home practically broken up. Is it natural to say words of praise at time like this? Job couuld say them. for he had taught his children about God and he felt like saying these words when they were taken away. Will the mothers and | fathers here be able to say this text un- der similar circumstances7 One said. at the death of his little girl He gave us our little darling and now when she is so dear to us. He Is taking hor away. But He that taketh, gave us
 the joy ana sunshine of her life for awhile. Let us praise His name for that!
 After this the sympathy of friends is missed. How some have dropped out of line because the people did not seem to sympathize with theml In their cases. aften 1t is due to the fact
 that the friends did not know about their sorrows. But here. in a much worse case when the friends show no sympathy for the man who suffers and sorrows in their presence, Job says words of praise to God.
 ".Troubles seem never to come sing Iy,' See how rapidly they fall on Job. But he never gives up. He is a man of praise. How many of us are men of praise? Or have we given up to our conditions and said, we'll such is my case that can not raise my voice in praise even to God? Some seem to live with praise on their lips, through calamities they are the noblest char acters in all the world.
 Great opportunities are given today. In Gods name in behalf of children, servants, and the lost every where; but they will all be taken away. Will we be able to say through the giving and through the taking, Blessed be His nameT
 One God was first believed in. and that name of that one God is still be- fore the world Blessed be, that name.
 Tt is glorious to believes. But we praise God. in the name of Jesus Christ. That is being preached, that if any one will accept Him. he shall have everlasting life. Name in which. men, women, and children are being saved. God grant to give us one in Christs name even now. and we shall call the name in which are the great est accomplishments of the earth, Blessed.
 An old lady who had been a fol- lower of the Lord for many years was dying. She seemed to utter only one thought. but she was heard to say, Blessed be His name At intervals some one said. you know why she speaks thus. Yes. think I do. be- lieve she was refecting and saying the Lord Gave and then getting a glimpse into the glorious fulfillment of prom ises in His name and saying, The T N Er4.