The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-08-10
OUR SUNDAY SERMON.

The words of power which determine
rre.t destinies may come forth from very
humble iipe, and they may be spoken on
very common occasions. Man IL 30 won.
derfuiiy made that slight thrill on the
arns;,iye chords Of the human heart may
Nitrate through eternity. A little giri,
pI.ving in = retired corner Of quiet Eng
ii-h home, overheard = careless and cruel
remark. dropping from the lips Of Casual
visitor. and th0se words cast shadow ON
the path Of that child. which never lighted
up. aud The melancholy refrain of that early
rorrow sounds like the moan of the sea
Through every line of one III Engiands
sweetest, saddess poets. A returning sol-
der ssoD. ct . retired farmhouse Tor
night. lie whites away the evening hours
by telling the story Of the great sanguinary
hattie and the long campaign. His words
kiudle FIRE Of martial ambition in the
heart Of bright-eyed hoy, who eagerly
listened in the corner. The q .me burns
on alter he who dropped the spark has gone
his way and - seen no more. Years alter
the clouds Of war darken once peaceful
and happy land the boy has become a
man the smouldering fire in his heart has
shot up into dazzling brillizncy behold,
he Is ut the head VI great armie- the sies-
tiny Of miIlions is made to hang upon his
word the condition of a mighty nation
and the history Of the world are overrnied
and determined nv Influences going forth
from the words spoken by the weary way
fsrer who begged lodging at country
farm house for night.
A returned missionary stands before .
strange congregation aud tells the story OF
hrs toll ia preaching the gospel in foreign
tongue IN distant land. With deep i'm
ploring .arnesiness he calls for others 10
enlist in the sacred cau-e ard carry the
banner Of the cross through every land. An
unknown youth listens from the gallery,
and the words OF the preacher klndled a
spxrk in hls throbbing heart. He goes to
MS hoale, resumes the courae0f his daily
life iuat ~ ne lived before. But those
burning word. are rtiil with him. They
are rememt ered IN his hours OF toll s'".
recreation; they Come 10 him in his dream.
like messengers from another world. Whei
years have passed On, and the missionary
has gone brck To his field of labor and fn.
ished his work, and his sshes are rpstini
beneath the shadow of the palm, or besid'
the moaning s-a, there IL another voice =
loud. clear, and strong, fired with the ar
dor of Young manhood mp an'
carving on the message which he began
and all its ui'srances and power have COM
forth from those few words dropped I'M,
the ear of ga unknown youth in a straDg
congregation, when the speaker knew ma
that any li-ie ned or regarded.
Man IL 20 fesrfully aud wonderful
made that tore, 9 look, a breath may de
termine tie course of conduct for a lifetim
and the destiny Of an immortal soul 10
eternity. /, takes only slight inaaeIc
20 make lasting impression upon 80 sens
tive an organ the human heart. The In
tie bird th., walked upon the plastic cls
Of the river hank, amounted ages ago, LEI
a track that ran Ike seen to-day in the soil
stone. The delicate fern leaf which fe
from the stalk before Adam walked
Eden, NAV I've traced to-day with all its III
WORE of views aud threads IN the Glove
slate and the qnarried coal of our mOur
tains. 10 il il with the tongue IL ma
ecatter words freely ~ leaves fall
autumn or birds sport on the river b.ni
hu, words once spoken are making im;.:e
sions upon sonls that shall onilive al tim
impressions that will remain Ia be rea
when the hills have melted like wax an
the earth u burned in the FINAL fame. III
good words of truth remsin, live and Civ
life TO the world. The, may be silen
shut up in prison, but no letters can hin
them. They may he cast into the fire, b'
the truth cannot he burned. They ms
I've per.ecuted snd driven into exile, r.,
even there they will acquire new life an
make deserts blossom like the rose.
would he easier to stop the current Of tf
mighty river, the tides Of the hesvir
ocean, or hush the furv OF the wilde
storm than tn stay the course orquench a
life of the good words which an aarnes
truth speaking man has sent forth into u
world If .one would throw his iniuen'
into the ssream which carries blcssin,
whenever it A.ws, would ally himself
tise dIvlUe poeef that il rsnewing and =
deeming nations, and would unbsr a
pris1ns Of despair and open the gate Of Ii
10 mortal souis he has only to speak GO
words.