Then bow pan my text be true? My
explanation ls this: The man without
auy divine grace In his heart finds lu
these troubles Irritation nnd unbelief
and melancholia ami despair. A Chris?
tian man Cuds in them submission and
enlarged views ami divine aupport and
reconsecration. Hereavctnent to the
worldling brings hard thoughts of Cod
and a resistance so violent lt dares not
fully express Itself. Hereavemeut
brings to the Christian the thought of
nly reunion aud a more complete
laying hold of Cod, and a more tender
appreciation of the divine presence,
and deeper gratitude that we were per?
mitted to have the departed one so
long, aud a more lively sympathy for
the sorrows of others and another evi?
dence of God's love, for "whom thc
Lord leveth he chasteiieth."
licit 11 li Helter Thnn Miches.
Financial loss, which 1 Just now said
ls sure to come, never breaks up a man
who has strong faith in God. In most
cases it ls a lota of surplus or it ls the
banishment of luxuries. Most of the
wants of the prosperous classes are ar
tilicial wants. The late Mr. Armour
of the $*i*O,O00,000 estate pointed to ono
of his clerks on ordinary salary and
said, "That man has better appetite
than 1, shelis hetter nights and enjoys
life more than I do." Oh, the gigantic
miseries of those who have too much!
A man in {Solomon's time expressed as
philosophic ami reasonable a wish as
nny man of those times or of our times.
