Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-05-28
TROUBLES AND THE TROUBLER

i IhOUbLE6 AMI HE 1AsUU DIE n
Editor Democrat:
If we stand by a lake or body Of
water when it is still and serene there
j is an absence of trouble all around,
but let the wind and storm begin to.
irage and alas everything is put into
loonfused motion. The waves beat.
land run high you cannot stand against
the wind and must seek shelter; the
vessels are tossed and unless haven
j is reached they are dashed IN pieces
and all is lost These are part Of the.
emplements OF Nature and need not
l.enter into the serenity of our lives,
Efo rthey will all be taken care Of by
1.-The Almighty.
unfortunately for humanity never
theless, this world is full of disturb
Eers, distresses, trouble-makers and
Isgitators. They are to be found in all
walks of life, in all callings and pro-
ifessions, in the hoyel of the pauper,
the home of the well-to-de, as well al
in the mansion of the mighty rich;
they are in society, in the court house,
tine police station, in the country and
+ in the town and cityEthey are among
lawyers, doctors, farmers, merchant.
men, In legislative halls and con-
gresses,, on land and on sea and last
but not least they are in what we call
the pulpit of the most high God.
Mr.. Locke says never trouble your
self about these faults. which time
alone will cure, and for us not to al
How unnatural teachings to breed I'M
natural troubles within us. If you
sue a man for a debt, which he owes
you and does not pay, when he can,
you may trouble him. but it is kind
Iof trouble which time will cure and
lin the end, when he pays you, you
have really relieved him from his
trouble.
This world, as God made it, in its
relations to man, is a world of quiet
ude and repose, and yet SO many peo-
pie allow unnatural trouble to come
Ito them, by reason of unnatural teach.
Iings. A little boy in the State of Ohio
Twas recently taken to rousing evan
Igelical revival meeting, where the
preacher with mighty calculations
land powerful voice preached on the
lsl,biect of Heaven. The little fell
low gave as close and diligent atten-
iEtion to the discourse az possible and
OF course ideas were pictured in his
mind. On going home, he informed
his other little brothers and sisters he
desired to preach to them. He STOOL
Ion the steps and took for his text
l.Heaven'' and said: Brothers and
sisters, I am going to tell you about
Heaven. Oh the trouble, the trouble,
1.-The trouble there is in heaven That
Iwas the picture ranting preacher
had made on the mind of a sweet little
iheayen-born innocent child. The
heaven that disturbing speaker snort
ed about, pictured in the mind of that
little boy, much greater and more un-
! natural troubles, than the ones he
Twas experiencing on this calm serene
earth.
Mr.. Milton says that since the days
of Adam, the world has been full of
teachers of the unnatural kind, who
deem it their mission in life, to raise
new troubles for us. Troubles OF
s'the fall, original sin. predestination
J land foreordination, (none OF which
Iare really taught in the Bibie,l literal
fulfilling of prophecies as to natural
events the pretending that traditions
handed down through non-historicai
ages are real historical events, lead
: ling the unwary, sick and unsuspic1ous
Ito believe that dawns and future oc-
currences can be pointed out, with
. any reliability whatever. Read the
. cheering words of Christ on the Mount
and YOU hear no such stuff-nothing
|about a garden of Eden, or fall, but
eblessed are the pure in heart-come
and follow me-" etc.
u Mr.. Editor, your Hendersony1llS
and Henderson county readers; are
Ibid, by this writer, at the opening o.
lspring and another season Of the
! looming tourists, to be contented, pros.
Iperous and happy. and to play deal
ear to the disturber and trouble
maker. Let the bowler who sees the
world and all the people going to ths
lbow-wows, pay well for his rations-
lcharge him to the top-notch for al
The eats and let him sleep on your
hardest bed. Don't be foolish enough
to have any public book burnings
even if they are fanaticaHthis is 2
evsoo an,,ntry- hI7f exercise a wise dis