Illumined Clouds
T. DeWitt Talmage
Job, 37: 2I: "And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds."
Wind east. Barometer falling. Storm-signals out. Ship reefing maintopsail. Awnings taken in. Prophecies of foul weather everywhere. The clouds congregate around the sun, proposing to abolish him. But after a while he assails the flanks of the clouds with flying artillery of light, and here and there is a sign of clearing weather. Many do not observe it. Many do not realize it. " And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds." In other words, there are a hundred men looking for storm where there is one man looking for sunshine. My object is to get you and myself into the delightful habit of making the best of everything.
You may have wondered at the statistics showing that in India, in one year, there were over nineteen thousand people slain by wild beasts, and in another year there were in India over twenty thousand people destroyed by wild animals. But there is a monster in our own land which is year by year destroying more than that. It is the old bear of melancholy, and with Gospel weapons I propose to chase it back to its mid- night caverns. I mean to do two sums - a sum in subtraction and a sum in addition - a subtraction from your days of depression and an addition to your days of joy. If God will help me I will compel you to see the bright light that there is in the clouds, and compel you to make the best of everything.
In the first place, you ought to make the very best of all your financial misfortunes. During the panic a few years ago you all lost money. Some of you lost it in most unaccountable ways. For the ques- tion, " How many thousands of dollars shall I put aside this year? " you substituted the question, " How shall I pay my- butcher, and- baker, and clothier, and landlord?" You had the sensation of rowing hard with two oars, and yet all the time going down stream. You did not say much about it, because it was ...
T. DeWitt Talmage
Job, 37: 2I: "And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds."
Wind east. Barometer falling. Storm-signals out. Ship reefing maintopsail. Awnings taken in. Prophecies of foul weather everywhere. The clouds congregate around the sun, proposing to abolish him. But after a while he assails the flanks of the clouds with flying artillery of light, and here and there is a sign of clearing weather. Many do not observe it. Many do not realize it. " And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds." In other words, there are a hundred men looking for storm where there is one man looking for sunshine. My object is to get you and myself into the delightful habit of making the best of everything.
You may have wondered at the statistics showing that in India, in one year, there were over nineteen thousand people slain by wild beasts, and in another year there were in India over twenty thousand people destroyed by wild animals. But there is a monster in our own land which is year by year destroying more than that. It is the old bear of melancholy, and with Gospel weapons I propose to chase it back to its mid- night caverns. I mean to do two sums - a sum in subtraction and a sum in addition - a subtraction from your days of depression and an addition to your days of joy. If God will help me I will compel you to see the bright light that there is in the clouds, and compel you to make the best of everything.
In the first place, you ought to make the very best of all your financial misfortunes. During the panic a few years ago you all lost money. Some of you lost it in most unaccountable ways. For the ques- tion, " How many thousands of dollars shall I put aside this year? " you substituted the question, " How shall I pay my- butcher, and- baker, and clothier, and landlord?" You had the sensation of rowing hard with two oars, and yet all the time going down stream. You did not say much about it, because it was ...
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