The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-09-14

The word trust" has several mean
ings. In Psalms PIP, BLESSED are all
they that put their trust in him." it
as the Ruler or King. Not long ago
a man held the h~igh-sounding title Of
his majesty, czar of all the Russias.
AS such many put their trust in him.
But he lost the high place and became
merely Nicholas Romanoff without
power to aid those who trusted him.
But the one who trusts the Lord as
Ruler and King has One whose title
and throne is established forever.
In Ruth PIP, Boaz speaking to
Ruth concerning the Lord, says: "Un-
der whose wings thou art come to
trust" Here the word means ito find
a refuge" 1t reminds one of the high
winds and mounting wave threaten
ing to engulf a laboring ship. But
battered and blown, she comes tum-
bling over the harbor bar out of the
stormy seal to the calm and safety of
her refuge.
Or 1t reminds Of the mother bird
calling her young at the approach of
an enemy and gathering them to
safety under her protecting wings.
So the saint upon life's stormy sea
may find a refuge under the wings of
the Almighty. Safety and rest from
all storms and all enemies are his by
simply trusting the Lord.
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word is found in Psalms Sc IS, "What
time I am afraid l will trust In thee"
Here it means "to lean on" The
psalmist found himself surrounded by
enemies. None came to his support.
There seemed no help for him. Tired
and weary in the unequal struggle his
soul cried out for some one to lean
on and to gather strength from.
Facing the surrounding enemies alone
the fear OF failure and defeat gripped
him until relief came by trusting in
the Lord or leaning on his God. Per-
haps, my reader, there is no way out
of your difficulties, but there is a way
over, and you may tread that way by
leaning on your Lord. Trust him,
lean upon him, and the harder you
lean the more you please him.
Another meaning of the word is in
Psalms % g. "He trusted on the
Lord that he would deliver him." 1t
means here, '"He rolled himself on the
Lord" This psalm foretells the ex-
perience of our Lord upon the cross.
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Even his God seemed to have left him
and his followers had fled. His ne-
mics rejoiced in his sorrow. The
blackness of midnight gloom settled
upon him. But then in spite of them
selves, his enemies gave voice in this
way to satisfaction. He could roll
himself on the Lord. This is his de-
sire for his people today. There may
not be strength to rise and walk to
him, but there is always power to roll
oneself upon the Lord, to trust him
and trusting, find that he not only car
ries the burden but the believer as
well.
Still another meaning of the word
is in Job 35 IA, where it e "to
stay upon" Job could not understand
why such grievous sorrow and loss
should be his. He desired to find the
Almighty and plead with him, but God
appeared to hide from him. How often
it is so with Christians. They walk
in sorrows path and troubles spring
out on every side. They pray, but the
heavens seem as brass. They cry to
God, but he appears to have forgotten
them. They search to find the cause
and can find none. Darkness sur
rounds them. What can they do? AS
Job did, and doing found complete
satisfaction, simply trust or Itay upon
his God.