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Borrowing Trouble

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Parent Issue
Day
21
Month
June
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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city were cbatting together at the close of a ministerial gathering a few days ag, when one of them remarked that one of the hardest things he had to contend with iu bis work as a pastor was the disposition of many members of his chttrch to borrow trouble. "I can nearly always flnd some way to comfort persons suffering from present troubles, " said the minister, "but I am always discouraged when I find a parishioner worrying over some anticipated trouble that will probably never materializo. ' ' ' ' That ia my experience, too, ' ' i emarked another of the gronp, "and I had an amusing example of it in my own house not long ago. I went into my study after breakfast one morning and was astonished to find one of the servants sitting on the floor in front of the grate fire, crying aud moaning as if her heart would break. " 'Why, Mary,' said I, 'what in the world is the matter with you?' " 'Oh, sir,' she aooswered, 'I got to thinking, sir - boohoo ! - that suppose I should get married, sir - boohoo ! - and should have a fine baby boy, sir - boohoo ! - and he should grow big enough to â– walk, sir - boohoo - and he should get in front of a fire like this, sir - boohoohoo! - and should fall into it and be burned to death, sir, whatever would I do, sir, and bow would I feel, sir, ' and theu vhe tears and wails carne so fast she couldu't speak at alL "Now, " continued the minister, "how could I oomfort a person who borrowed trouble like that? I certainly couldn'tdo it trying to convince the gh-1 she would never be married, and so I simply made no effort to console her, but told her to go to her room and stay there until she had recovered her lost wits. ' '-

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News