Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-27


Richard Baxter-the tide of influence
rolling on through RlcbardBa xter, through
Philip DOddrdge, through the great VII
beriorce, through Leigh Richmond, on, on,
on forever, forever So the insignificant
events OF this world seem after all TO be
most mOmentOus. The fact that you
came up that street or this street seemed
TO be of no Importance to you, and the
fact that you went inside Of some church
may seem TO be matter Of very great in
significance TO you; but you Will mud 1t
the turning point in your history.
Again, I see in my subject an illustra-
ton of the beauty OF female industry.
Behold Ruth, tOiling in the harYest-teld
under the hot sun, or at noon taxing PLAIN
bread with the Teapers, or eating the
parched corn which BoaZ handed 10 her.
The customs Of society, Of course, have
changed, and without the bardships and
exposure TO which Ruth was subjected
every intelligent woman Will find some
thing 10 do. know there is a sickiy SEN
tmentaity on this subject. In some fami-
lies there are persons OF practical service
to the household or community and
though there are so many woes all
around about them in the world, they
spend their time anguishlng over new
pattern, .or bursting into tears at Md
night over the story Of some lover who
look at Ruth carrying back the barley on
her way home to her motheT-in-laW
Naomi All this iastidiOusness may seem
10 do very well while they are under the
shelter of their fathers house; but when
the sharp winter Of misfortune comes
what OF these butteriiiesl Persons under
indulgent parentage may get upon them
selves habits Of Incidence; but when they
come out into practical life their soul will
KHif
will feel in their hearts what the poet 80
severely satirized when he said:
Folks are so awkward. things so mpolite,
They re elegantly panied from morning until
night"
Through that gate coincidence how many
men and women have marched, useless
on EARTH to a destroyed eternity, SpinOla
said To Sir Horace We're: ''Ot what did
your brother die?' "Of having nothing to
do" was the answer. "AhV SAID SpinOla,
that's enough to XIII any General of u.s."
Oh, can it be possible in this world--where
there is so much suffering TO be alleviated,
50 much darkness to be enlightened, and
so many burdens TO be carTied-that there
is any person who cannot find anything
10 do? Madame de Stael did a world OF
work in her time; aud one day while she
was seated amid instruments Of music,
all of which she had mas
tered, and amid manuscript books, which
she had written, some one said to her:
GLOW do YOU find time TO attend 10 all
these thingsY ''Oh," she replied, 'these
are not the things ! am proud of. My
chief boast is in the fact that have sew
enteeen trades by any one OF which
could make a livelihood If necessary"
And il in secular spheres there is so much
to he done, In spiritual work how vast the
feld2 How many dying all around about
us without one word OF cOmfOrtl We
want more Abigails, more HannRhs, more
Rebeccas, more MaTys, more Deborahs,
consecrated-bO mind, sOul-to the
Lord who bought them.
Once more, | learn from my subject the
value Of gleanings. Ruth going into that
harvest-feld might have said: "There is a
straw and there is a straw, but what is a
straw? ] can't get any barley for myself
or my mother-in-law out Of these separate
straws." Not 80 said beautiful Ruth. She
gathered two straws and she put them TO.
gether, and more straws until she got
enough to make a sheaf. Putting that
down she went and gathered more straws
until she had another sheat, and another.
! and another, and another, and then She
/ brought them all together, and thresheC
| them out, and she had an ephah of barley
1 nigh bushel. Oh, that we might all bt
! cleaners 1t is all the straws that make
the harvest, 1t is the pence that make the
/ pound, and it is all the opportunities o
doing good that make a life of usefulness
/ if rightly employed. Elihu Burrit
/ learned many things while tOiling in
! blacksmith's shop. AbeTcrOmbie th'
/ world-renowned philosopher, was
/ philosopher In Scotland, and he go
/ his philosophy, or the chief part o
It, while as "A physician he was wait
ing for the door of the sick room
/,
this day who say they are so busy the!
have no time for mental or spiritua
Improvements; the great duties of lif
cross the field like strong reapers, ant
| carry of ali the hours. and there is Onl,
here and there Il fragment left that Is no
worth cleaning. An, my friends, yOl
could go into the busiest days and busies
week Of your life and find golden OppOT
| tunities, which, gathered, might at las
make whole sheaf for the Lords garner
1t il the stray opportunities and the stra
privileges, which, taken up ana bOunt
together and beaten out, will at last I'll
yOu with mUch jOy-yea, more Joy thai
Ruth felt when she took home to he
mother-in-law, Naomi, the ephah Of bar
lev.
There are few moments left worth tn
cleaning. Now, Ruth, to the field. Ma
each one have "a measure full and runnin
over. Oh, you cleaners, 10 the field An
If there be in your household an aged on
or a sick relative that's not strong enOul d
TO come forth and toll in this field. the
let Ruth take home 20 feeble Naomi thi
sheat Of gleanlngs: HE that goeth fort
and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shal
doubtless come again with rejoicing
bringing his sheaves with him." May til
Lord God of Ruth and Naomi be our POI
tion forever!
INVADED by GYPSIES.
A Lot OF Them, with Their Anims