Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-16
Christ Hears Cry of Poor Man 0nd
Saves Him Out of His Troubles

HooF Mans 0Tyt IhN Wa nAa ueAAs
This poor man cried and the Dort
heard him and saved him out Of all hi
troubles Ps.. xxxiv. 6;
This text was put IN the Bible q
help every man who IL having a harc
time IN this world. for Il means thai
what the Lord did for THIS poor man IN
trouble He will do for every other poor
man In trouble. II he will only do a.
the poor man did There has never been
case known where a man In trouble
did as this man did without getting out
Of his trouble. when Jesus was here He
helped everybody who sought His help
he never sent anybody away from Hin
with a heavy heart. The disciples some
times wanted to send people away. but
Jesus always said. They need not de-
part" The only one who went away
from Him sorrowful was the rich young
ruler. who had 30 much wealth he
thought he could get along without
Christ, and one OF the interesting stories
we shall hear lie the world to come will
be the story Of the troubles he made for
himself by doing this
What a familiar sound this word trou-
BILE has TO all Of us How well we know
it, meaning. II h one Of the words we
never have TO 20 TO the dictionary to
find out about. II met us near the cradle
and has kept close TO Ne ever since. Job
tells us that Man that n born Of woman
n OF few days, and full Of trouble" and
he also says Man n born unto trouble.
a. the aparks ny upward" There 10 no
back that does not have it, burden. and
no heart that n not acquainted with sor-
row. We live IN q world where trouble
n the common lot OF all, q world where
trouhie Il Known everywhere. from the
palace Of the king to the peasant
hOvua.
This world and the one TO which the
wsckod are to be sent are no doubt the
only worlds In al the universe whore
trouble IL known. but there n abundance
Of Il IN both II we could take the
wings q the morning and ny to the ends
of the earth we should find trouble there.
shsasten IN Closet.
have besn entsrtaiged I'm many homes
IN many parts Of the country. and 30
have been able 10 learn sonothinR OF the
home life Of ali kinds OF people. from
the poor to the wealthy. have been In
some homes where everything appeared
20 beautiful and so pleasant that would
find myself saying. Surely there can be
no skeleton In the closet here. There b
no trouble In this beautiful place." and
get very often before I took my depart
ure would discover that II was homo
OF trouble IN spite OF it's beautiful ap-
pearancs. Sometimes I would learn that
q son had fallen among thieves on the
Jericho road or that daughter with =
hard and willful heart had brought great
-. Anp C4f0aa In mfnA
homes the husband IL not a Christian.
and much trouble falls upon his beliov-
ing wife In consequence.
There are ali kinds Of troubles, too.
In this world Of trouble. There are
troubles that we bring upon ourselves
snd troubles that others bring upon
rs Much Of our trouble IL due 20
otr own improvldence. imprudence or
eslsgcnce. Much Of Il has come
through grave mistakes that we have
made, and much more through indecis-
ION about matters OF vital Importance.
but the greater part OF all our troubles
has heen the result OF sin--our own or
reniebody olse's. for wherever there -
sin trouble Is the sure result. what
socvcr man soweth. that shall he also
reap There 10 no way OF avoiding II.
The man in the text IL called a poor
man and what IL said OF him II always
true Of the man IN trouble. Whoever r.
in trouble h a poor man. even though he
live in a palace. Jarius was q wealthy
ruler. and yet how poor and helpless he
was when the word came TO him that
his little daughter was dead. How gladly
he would have given all his wealth 20
have had her back again Trouble makes
us all very poor, beoause we are 20 help
less against H. When Marshall FIsld. the
great millionaire prince OF Chicago. was
flying with q special train. trying IN
vain 10 reach the bedside of his dying
boy, how poor he was Poor beoauae an
his wealth could not obtain for him TIE
boon he sought. The man who fall
among thisves who stY4ppod HIM Of his
raimont. and wounded him. and LEFT him
half dead oa the Jericho Rad was q
poor man beosess h was 90 helpless,
end yot he wns probably Fich man's pon.
Marked by san.
On. the poor people IN this world. How
my heart ashes an look upon than a.
4 80 % and FRO where my duties caii me-
1hcre erc 70 many faces into which I
cannot look without seeing the trasio
marks that have been made b. SIN ana
sorrow. People IN whose faces 7 can
So the very hoof mNrks % the dsvn
Foor. helpless groaninH. crying ones. who
% not want TO do wrvns. and yue may
serve master who drives them % n
There are times when find my heart
torn with sorrow for such AZ these. sosns-
Thing iiks thas believe Jesus had when
He stood on oliyet and stretched out His
hands toward the great sinful city az Hss
feet and said. 20. Jerusalsml Jerusalem.
How often would I have sathsrod you
ss = hen gathered her chickens ana ~
would noti'' A walk through ths hnsx
tAEoAss rushing peilmeil toward tie grave
ana the Judgment. and have the dread
fni thought come 20 me m ell its awful.
ness Of how great are the sorrowa ara
the troueles q the lives Of those int
whose faces look. there are times when
feel almost like Jonah Ia Hlneveh ana
want 70 cry out Repent Repeasi
REPENT"
Many men get into wore troubles b,
uylns TO set out OF their troubles An
Their own way. How true THE Il with
the man who commits one crime An try
ING q conceal another. We are there.
hard man say that he onoe told 4
eoNnrfght he b. say he was = soadisr
N the army. and ne said he had 10
rem a thousand ether lies IN trying "A
hide that one. We are 90 shortsighted
Ne cannot see thai ~ - 49,. -.