The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-06-14

glory and the envy Of our neighbors.
In the meantime, as we can't get down
to the unseen pearls and they cant get
up to us, we must accept the stars we
have as the best of their several kinds.
Undoubtedly there may be preat hcrs
more eloquent than Mr.. Beeaher.
lecturers more popular and earnest
than Mr.. Cough, GUNNER. humor;sts
there may be than Mr.. Clemens. But
l do not know where they are. They
do not preach, neither do they lecture,
nor yet do they write books. Conse
quently, have no clue by which may
find them. And what shall it profit an
eloquent man If he have a lecture AS
long as a whistle and have no audience?
How shall the poet sing If he can find
no publisher to string his voiceful lyre
with golden oordsP Why do not these
blushing towers cease to waste their
sweetness on the desert and bring their
wares 10 a buoyant market? Is il not
because they lack The diligence"
which enableth men to stand before
Kings, and is not the diligence just as
essential as the talent?
THE BURIED TALENT.
Q, dearly beloved, the talent that il
hid in napkin, buried in the earth, is
ever curse to the man to whose stew
ardship it has been committed. II YOU
have nothing, nothing will be expected
of you; but II you dig in the ground and
bury the talent that is given you, that
you may not be bothered with the care
of it, Improbable and lazy servant that
you are, you shall be cast upon the curb
stone where there is weeping and wall
ing. And the lively fellows, who have
gone on the street jingling their talents
and taking flyers with the bows, will
laugh you to scorn and mock at your
shornness, while they divide your tai
ent among themselves. And.the fellow
who hid his talent, my son, did just
what all other lazy men do. He kicked.
He complained of his master, who gave
him a start and set him up on the st eet.
He said he was hard man, on the cent
per day lay, that never laid dollar
down unless he could pick up two,
while the lazy man was too honest to
touch any business OF that kind, and
doubtless he talked the same way about
his fellow servants who were making
things hum, and just doubling their
money on every deal. He probably
button holed every stranger who came
to their village and showed him the
goings on, and said that he coald do
lust as well as these other fellows, and
double his capital even more easily,
but he was too modest or 10 hon or
too proud, or something of that sort.
The fact is, he was too lazy. He had
the capital, he had the business Laid out
for him, but he wasn't "diligent" SO
when he essayed to stand before the
King, the King kicked him. II is one
thing to run in front of the King, my
son, it is another thing to stand be-
fore him.
KINGS AND KINGS.
.He shall stand before Kings NV
dear, young brother, that is all well
enough, if, when you shape your am
bilious plans to the attainment of that
honor, you are careful in the selection
of your Kings. Is there a young man
within the sound of my voice this
who would be proud to stand
before King Kalakauap There are AZ
rican monarchs, my hearers, Kings ..by
The grace of God" as much as any
King to-day, who wear no clothe, and
Eat their missionaries rare. Is it a
coveted honor to stand before the e
KingsP There are Kings OF Wall Street,
and if you stand before them long
enough they will skin you alive. There
Is King over in Russia, and il YOU
should offer to stand before him, he
would have you seized and searched for
= glass bomb. There is King in Bur-
nah who kills all his relations in order
% avoid family quarrels. There are
Kings that are higher than Agag and
here are Kings not fit for door mat, in
houses. Now, to some peo-
de a King is King. but you want to be
i little particular about your ROYALTY.
ny son, or the publisher will get away
With every dollar of it. In the light Of
his Christian day and generation Henry
VII. is to you u figure no grandcr than
Brigham Young; not SO grand, indeed,
or Brigham excellcd the English King |
n his own specially and left widow
hat occupied every room in the Old
ladies' Home. And the6 we were all |
'oung ourselves; some Of us more SO
han others.
So, beloved, if the Kings before whom
Their people delighted 70 stand please
GU not, you have no reason to be envi- |
us Of those misguided people. Be |
iligent that you may stand before mon
rchs mighticr and greater, Kings who
re only Kings because they were born
nto a throne they never won, and
ouldn't help it, and the Kings before
fhom you stand will be honored by
our service.
The collection this morning will be
evoted to the servants with five and
IN talents. They have all they want,
ut the trustees and deacons have de-
idcd that they ought to have more. II
ne improbable servant doesn't put
nything in the hat, take his watch.
'obeT y. Bnrdette, IN Brooklyn Eagle.
The Susquehanna River and Ches-
peake Bay are said to he literally
warming with small herring, and the
auling seincs are taking .hem in any
uantity desired. The supply is far in
xcess Of the demand for this kind Of
erring, and the fishermen are glad to
ispose of them at any price. Hun.
reds OF barrels Of fish have been al
wed to escape from the seines, and
ANY thousands of them have been
auled away by the farmers in Hartford
nd Cecil counties to be used as COM
ost. A great many have been sailed
nd smoked and the supply Of cured
erring will be large. But few shad,
owever, are being caught. The gi:
pats are doing SO little that only ie,
them fish at all, and they get eigh
{ ten shad or two hundred or three