Sharp County record., 1888-06-07

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wavOt very bad man by the name N
Richard Baxter He picked I'D the tract
and read it, aId it was tile means of Fts
salvation.
tn after-davs that man wrote p book
called "The Call to- the Uucouvertadp "
that was the means OF bringing a muIt.
tude to God. among others Philip Dodd.
ridge. Philip DOddridge wrote a booE
called .The Rise and Progress Of Re.
igIon." which has brought thousands and
TENS of thousands into the kingdom m
Sod and among others the great Wilber-
force. Wilberf0rce wrote q book called
"a Practical Viewof Christianity, vbich
was the means of bringing a great multi
nde TO Christ among others Leigh Rich
m0ud. Leigh Richmond wrote traet
called HTha DajTvmau's Daughters
which has been the means of the salvation
of mconvertad multitudes. And that
ide0t influence started from the fact that
one Christian woman dropped Christian
tracrfn the wavOf Richard BaZter-tbat
I tide EiuHuence rolling on through Rich
ard Baxter. through Philip Doddridge.
| through the great WilberrOrce. through
Leigh Richmond. on. on. on. forever for-
ever So the insignificant events of this
world seem. after all. to- be most moments
ous. The fact that You came mp that
street or this street seemed TO be of no
importance TO Won, and the fact that Won
went inside some church NAV seem 10 he
a matter of very great nsignldcauce to
Won. hur Won viii Hud IU the turning point
| iu v0ur history.
Again. 7 see in my subject an iLIustra-
/ -f1n of the beauty of female industry BE-
I hold Ruth roIiug1u the harvesr-fald M
der the hot -u4. or at noon taking plain
bread with The reapers, or eating tha
marched corn which BOaz handed 10 her
I THE customs of society of course, have
/ rnaurad. and without the uardshIDs and
. avD0sura TO which Ruth was subjected,
/ every intelligent woman will find some.
thing 20 do.
know there is q sicklv seurImentalit7
ON this subject. In some families there
I are persons of no practical service to the
/ household or community; and though
there are so many woes all around about
/ them fu -ne world. they spend their tim5
. rlururshing over n new pattern. or BURST
/ ing into tears Mt midnight over rhe story
/ at some lover VINO shot himself They
would not daicu TO look Gt Ruth CARRYING
/ hack the barley on her wav nome to ler
u0rher-iu-Iaw, Naomi. All this -astldl-
f business may seem to- do very we'll Wnlls
they arc under the shelter or -lelr IA.
/ +ba757 house. but when the sharp winter
. of misfortune comes. what OF these but.
-ar-fesg Persons under IuuuIEeut parsnt-
/ age may ger uu0u themselves habits Of
. fudoIancp. but when they come out INTO
practical life their soul will reco1l with
. disgust and ouagrIT. They VIII leeLm
Z their hearts what the poets severely 'a'
I rrr-zed when he said:
/ Folks arc so rwFard. things so impoilte.
/ they're elegantly panied from morning unti
night.
Through that gate of Incidence now
many men md women have marcned.
useless on earth. TO "a destroyed aternlIFl
SnInoIa SAID to- Sir Horace We're.
a0f what did ~0ur brother diet'
"0f having nothing 10 do was tne an
swer.
sAh." =aid Suinola. that's snougnO
/ kill any General Of us."
Oh. car it be- possible in this Woria
wnere there is so much suffering to be al
IevIared. so mucu darkness TO be en-
. Iirntened. and so many burdens % as
carried. that there is any person VINO can I
not hnd any thing TO do2
/ Nine. de Stael did q world OF workn
her time: and. one day, while she vas
seated amid instr Imeuts OF music, ald
winch sine haa mastered. and amid manu-
gcrlut books which she mad written soIs Z
one said to her:
/ aHow do v0u ind time 70 attend to all
I these rnIugs.' ~
"0h.v she replied. these are not tAs
things am proud of. llY chIer BOAST
in the fact that I have seventees Jraass +
by any one of wnicn I could make a dYeA' {
hood If necessary
And IL IN secular spheres tnern 8"
mucn ro be done, in spiritual WORK nov
/ vast the Heldi We want more A1ignh,
more Hannans. more Rebeccas, mo''
TIarvr. more Deborohs cousecraJsa-
H0dv. mind, s0uI-.0 the Lord VINO 1ougn
them. ..s.
Once more: Z learn from my subject lns
-aIue of -IaauIugs. Ruth going INTO 'n@
harvest dpid might have said:
There fsa straw. and there is a straw
but what is 3D. straw, can't get any 0a
lev for myself or my motner-ln-ia" ou'u
these separate straws."
Not 500 said beautiful Ruth. She gau'
cred two straws, and puu them Jogela
AID more straws. until she got enough ,
make sheaf. Putting that down. '~ I
went and gathered more straws. lntlI ~ ,
had another sneai. and another, ana ~ :
other. and another, and then sne OrouED
them all together. and she tnresned Dl1. 8
out. and sine had m ephan' OF 1aIT. ,5. G
uigh bushel Oh. that we might al I
cleaners G
FTfbu Burritt learned many things ~lI :
t0Ifiug in a UIacksmth's shop AgI
crombie. the eworid-reuowued phllosoYD" :
was 70 phi losopher in Scotland anu Ae Y ,
his philosophy or She chief part ol
while. as physician, he was walllnE1
the door af the sick room to Opeu' v
how many there are in this day VINO
they are SO busy they have no line 4. !
mental or spiritual improvements n,
r,raat duties of life cross the neld - =
strong reaDers and carry off all the lou. Il
and there is only here and there ~ is
neut left that is not worth cleaning Il
my friends YOU could go into me Du' a N
day and busiest week OF your ire ailu, l,,a-s i,