The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-10

had heard the conversation between |
the Lord and the devil. Ht would |
have said, Come on, devil" But the |
faith which sustained Job in the dark |
ness is the same faith that will sus-
tain you in every hour of trial, and
was based upon mis- experimental
knowledge of God.
He said, Even l can trust God. He
will stand by me, sir. I know that
my Redeemer liveth and that He shall
stand on the earth in the latter day"
The man who knows that has some
thing that will give him peace and
rest and will uphold him when the
mountains are slipping into the sea.
The first result Of Jobs trial was
that he had a better experience. Job
understood God better. Thou cannst
do everything and nothing is with
held from them"
Strengthened
His Religion
AS the knowledge which comes to
you through the eye is superior to
that which comes to you through the
ear, so Jobs religious experience after
his trial surpassed all that he had
ever known before.
So it is with you. Whatever you
may 1--we gotten out of this worIL
before you were a Christian, it is not
to be compared with what you will
get when you are a Christian. And
the blessings that God gives you here
IS a Christian are nothing compared
to what he is going to give you in the
end because you were a Christian.
Nothing at all-Nol No! No! No!
The late Bob Burdett, of Los An
geles, said, 81 believe in sickness, not
because / want to- but because / have
to-"
l believe that quinine is better for
ague than sugar. / don't believe that
an athlete can train for marathon
on ice cream soda, Judges and pop
corn. l don't believe that pickles and
cake are good muscle builders. l do
not believe in the Strengthening and
discipline which sickness and trouble
\ bring; because / believe men don't go
4 to rose garden for ship timber nor
railroad ties; because l believe that
Napoleon was defeated by success.
sion of Victories, while Washington
was victorious by a succession of de
! feats. Because l believe that Amer
lea was discovered by the starving
ndN lSdlOI WHO WdS UCIAS
turned away from palace doors by the
ridicule of the scientific geographers
who said the world was not round anC
you couldn't sail west and get east
1 "Oh," he said; "is that so?" Who
was right, he or they?"
Believes in
Christian Reality
4 Because If allow a horse to feeo
himself at a corn crib he will never
win a derby. Because believe in the
old Asiatic proverb, "AII sunshine
makes it heaven" Because a snow
river will last through August while
one that is not will dry up. Becaus,
Job saw vision while his head wa.
on a rock. Because people who &c
everything die crying for money, thel
want something else. Because | d.
not believe one bit in the Fundamental
> doctrines of certain alleged religious
societies who say whatever Is not AMI
whatever is not, is.
Because l believe in the reality o
the world in which l was born AM
in which l live. And believe in tn
spiritual world as really and truly a
| believe in the material world
/ do not believe that God gave m
T eyes and horse sense to play jok
on me and then takes great pleasur
l in having me see things upside-down
!. do not believe that God painted al
/ and drew picture of a world on
j canvas of nothing, then watches m
j pint up non-existent mountains an
= non-existet crevices and fall in it.
e That we do have imaginary trou
e bles and sicknesses everybody knows
e but all of those imaginary sicknesse
t can be cured by imaginary medicine;
too.
Now, bless your old heart, listen
Your flesh still quivers when the pir
e GERS tear and the blood flows whe
e the knife cuts. Pain is as real a
|. pleasure Sorrow is as real as JOY
d Somebody asked me, ''Why are the a
n flictions sent upon the people?"
e Explains Hard
|, Problem
a Well, that is an easy question t
e answer. l don't know. And yet
Q reckon l know as much about it a
Z you do.
s l don't know why Affections ar
d sent on the rich or on the wicked.
e don't know why innocent childre
n have to suffer for the sins of the
parents, but l do know that God vi
b it's the iniquity of the parents to th
e third and fourth generations, an
], there is no sixth generation for tn
3 fifth generation is idiotic.
IS l do not know why. The only re
e son l know why Cody people sufft
d is that thty may be brought to sci
h knowledge and judgment. Such a
d Elections are not sent upon them as
It punishment of their sins, but becau:
e of purifying, that they might be be
1t ter. Job was better after that tro
e BILE than he was before. 1t was sci
e. as a purifier.
do not know why Lincoln was a
g. sassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
q. do not know why Socrates was pc
s, soned while his judges were not.
l do not know why Jesus Chri
~ was crucified and Plate was above
}; to stay on the throne. l do not kno
re about pain and sorrow and trouble.
know what everybody knows-th
n everybody has pain and trouble.
20 l know we have fool teachers tn
lie shut their eyes to everything that
ut disagreeable and say, IF you car
IN see it, it isn't there"
lie And so they advertise, "Try o.
trial remedy for all the ills to whit
flesh is heir"
Stick your head in the sand, al
II, if you can't see the lion, he is n
ut coming. Say, take a tip from M
a the lion is there, old top And if "
will just keep your head in the SAL
alta little Ionaar there will be less {