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Show A SHCLTER IN Ttlt TIMC OF STORM AITrllc lutness r IImI's Care f..r Ih Affllru.1. rosre aul tb stmkst its with us si then Willi btt!btrtbsghtubl!blihrd,bn,kru.liumdt Ifcmnltt Ihr iisrpns. lost si lusr trins Tkr isrfeel has is, 0 ear llul soil lonll It Is natural for ns to shrink from inf. frhntr, ami yet bote well wo know that lilmt tho sculpture of ili-clpltiio the Master's own holiil hewing ami polish-In polish-In with his skillful iMol. Tho hidden beauty intuit 1m brought out, tho swret iniulo In our aoulamust Isi awakened. Is tl.o Clip bitter! Yes, but Uol hoi Is It to oor llt, and It t no Hilscini!.l drauitht. Is our teiiiputloti a groat onor Jesus li oorrefuK the tuwtr wherein lies safety. Are we faint and weary? Tbcro Is the lirln j lirva 1 for "i. Is the itruCT'" a long one and the fight hoi? OnrBavlour Is onr shield. Ootlholl went to vUlt a person In iltep snUctlonoml eorrow, nud was told by the fauilly that lio would Cnl him In tits garden. Thither he foUowptl, and fonnd dim rinlJoreil In okvirinK a vine olltssurltuousleavw. After afrltnd-ly afrltnd-ly Mints ha Inquired what ho was doing. "I find," was. the reply, "tlutt owlnir to the abnmlaut rain Ihlavlnelsorerirrown wUhwumland leavm, whlilt prorents the sun from reaching and ripening tho Rraues. I am tlureforo prunluir axi of them away that It may brlmr Its fruit to maturity." Uollhol.l rejoined, "And do you Und thit In this nvratlon thf vine mists ami opinem yon? If not, why are yon dli.lf sv.l tlutt a gracious (lisl should do to you what yonr vino mutt not lie dlsjileasnl that you do to Itr llwher aayst "Men think Ood Is destroying de-stroying them IsT-anse helstunlngthera. The violinist screws np the key till tho tense cord sounds the concert pitch, but It Is not lo break It, but to rise It tune, fully, that be su-ctchta tho string Uwn tie musical rack.1 borne one tells tho story.of smother who liad learnM the scret of philosophy and true Christian faith, hho had endured en-dured a loiig ami stlnfnl lllnoas with great patience. Theevidenroof hersnf-ferlng hersnf-ferlng oflen canscl her attindsnts to weep vrllh sympathy. Tlio lierola suf. firerrcpllod lofier atltntlro ilauglter, whoso tears fsll tiun her muthor'a face, "l'atlet'oe, darlings It Is only tho chistl. lug" When fknresliy was aebictlng his men to acroinny him In his arctla eiplora-lions eiplora-lions ho needwl s nllors that coul 1 slnnd tho merest ctTKnurcs, and Mho hal nervo to Imr tho wont trials. Bu every man whoapidtod to ocrumpuny tlio tx. lllluu was made to stand Umfoulul on a gn at Mock of lea wldhi the surgeon examined bis buly ami Hioresby In-iiuln-l Into his past history, (score were rtjteil at once, as they ha.1 not the in no to endnre tho test, Thoinon who itnol the trial made up a lund of the tnot glorious hi. rues. A writer, in oiuiineiitliig on the nboie, saysi "Ho aometluies (11 tries us when ho has In storo for ua sotuo great nndvrtaldng. Many faint and oictuo IhcmH-lveafrom the start. Homo endure, and male tho herotsi and leaders of thochuixh. lZr-ucet lZr-ucet Ulluiore In Christian at Work. |
