Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-24

How hard it is for the minister's wife
TO 20 to her husband after the sermon
has been preached and say: John. you
ought not to have said that. When You
fell incidents like that In the pulpit
You are truly undermining Your own
influence, and you do but little good
How hard it is for a minister's wife
to do that Yet there is many a minis
ter today who is ready to say that he
would not be what he is unless his
wife had been a faithful critic of his
sermon. How hard it is to tell that old
boyhood friend that he is doing wrong
and that unless he stops his sins his
life will be ruined. How hard if is to
tell that young Girl aeiassmate tlaat she
has no business to be going out 1T
night with the men with whom she is
| gofngi Easy to praise our friends for
their virtues! Are you ready to be true
| and brave and to lift the danger signal
over your friends faults? You know
you can put your hand upon the life
| weaknesses of your friends as no one
else can. Are you ready to be a Gen
eral Joab to your King David?
| But we must not stop here. When
we find King David going forth to
work we also find General Joab, the
great emancipation of grief. When we
| find David being induced to go forth
to meet the responsibilities of his king
| dom we find him breaking the shackles
of sorrow which have bound him hand
| and foot, as the Roman captives used
to be bound to the chariots of their
conQuerors in the triumphal entries
into the capital of the Caesars. And
thus. my friends, if you and l want to
be truly heIpfGl to our friends in their
| tine of trouble, we should not try so
f2uch to pet them and sympathize with
.hvI1. bat re should 60 as General
5oa1 went 10 Eng David to compel
,le.l d : forth aru GO something.
srezI< as s. Faaocca.
W'o-I : lie bcs, pdllAcea Tor grief.
LAY .Ee,.!s ,.zsJ L great trouble came
% Ly f~ti.eTs home. The best COM
fcilcr LIZ father had was not to be
ftcl.....l among hose who came to weep
with "a All 10 sympathize with him.
bet lie best comforter was the old
c-,ss1nate who came and said: DE
Wit l am going farough trouble far
worse than yours. Ny wife for ten
years has been in the insane asylum.
I want to give you the only cure l
know to. help you at this time. Do
not stay at home and cry. Go forth
into Gods great harvest field and work.
-~S,aIr
; for God at noon, work for God at night,
work and keep Oh working for God all
the time, and the blessed comfort from
: God will be yours Thus, my brother,
: when you and | are going to carry true
! comfort to our friends. in their time of
J trouble do not go to them to pet them
? Go to them and rouse them out Of them
[ selves by urging them TODD something
7 for some one else. 1t was by work
f that David overcame his grief, not by
t selfish tears and sobs and weepingS il
( the silence Of his bedchamber. :
t And by the same reasoning, if there
- be any blessing above all others fol
y which you and l should be thankful il
t our days of adversely, it is for the
d blessing of work By imposing on Us
y the necessity 'of earning our daily breat
r! and caring for those who are depend
/! ent upon US God is able to throw OF
g the heavy burdens Of our grief. AnC
e how near those burdens were once t.
s destroying us! l today would have
r you treasure your necessity of work
ing for your daily existence. Sorrow
q and trouble raised their axes AM
# smote at you. At first you were stun
to ned by tAe~cruel blows But hardl,
ic had the. blows of trouble and sorrow
is descended when, like David, you haC
Re to be up and out and doing. And il
ID your necessity for daily toll you foun'
j. one of Gods great panaceas for grief
OF Oh, my friends, thank God today tina
to you have to work and continue to wor
ve and, like King David, that you have t
lis work all the time.
at But there is another fact l want yo
If to notice about Joab's upbraidment an
Dis denunciation. He did not waste an
w words about other peoples shortcon
&C. ings. He did not go to the king an
to say: "Now, David, Absalom was a
ly ungrateful dog. You ought to hav
IN hanged him long ago. And those pef
Ike pie who mrtinied against you an
a made you fee from your capital ough
he to be sought out and punished" Oh
ill no, Joab did not bother himself abou
f." crying over the departed past Fl
raj practically said to David: Here, til
cts instruction has taken place. An av
es- full lot of damage has been done Their
Ter is no use of talking about who cause
he the difficulty. The one great fact W
nst want to solve is how can we get til
IRE kingdom back upon its old, stable foul
,ur dation. 1t is not now a question WI
set fire to your palace, but how we ca
put the .confagration out. Now, 70
10Y, had better get out of this room as SOC
en as possible and get back to your capt.
,s+ and pick up the reins of governmel
nv without one moments delay" Ar
of David returned and came to the 10
70 dan and went back to Jerusalem A