Uko many a good mau, is mercurial lu
his temperament, lie is dep**eesed?bj
atmospheric changes. Ile ls always
victimized by the east wind. For this
or that reason you postpone the euar
ltahle solicitation. Meanwhile tho suf?
fering that you wisli to alleviate does
its awful work, nnd the opportunity for
relief ls past. If the wind had been from
tho west or northwest, you would,
entered the philanthropist's counting
room nnd sought the gift, but the wind !
was blowing from the east or northeast
aud you did not make the attempt, uni! j
you thoroughly illustrated my text,
"Ile that ohserveth tho wind shall not
sow."
I.i.xt tllMn.rt.ii.it.
There comos a dark Sabbath morn?
ing. The pastor looks out of thc win-!
dow nnd seel tho cloud.-- gather and
then discharge their burdens of rain.
Instead of a full church it will be n
baudful of people with wet foot mid
tho dripping umbrella at the doorway
or in tho end of the pow. The pastor
has prepared ono of his best sermons.
It has cost him great research, nnd he
has been much in prayer while prepar?
ing it. Ho puts the sermon nside for
a clear day nnd tnlks platitudes nnd
goos homo quite depressed, but nt the
same time fooling thnt he has dont- his
duty. Ho did not realize that lo that
small audience there were at lenst two
persons who ought to have hud better
treatment. One of those bearers was
a man In crisis of struggle with evl
appetite. A carefully prepared dis?
course under tho di vino blessing would
have been to him complete victory.
