Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-21
Of this world have become the kingdoms
of our Lord God Jesus Christi"

Ere long shall swell from star to star;
That light, the breaking day which tips
The golden-spired Apocalypse"
w. Again: learn from my subject
that events which Seem to be most insig
fcant may be momentous. Can you
imsgine anything more unimportsnt than
the coming OF poor woman from MOAB
to Judah? Can you imagine anything
more trivial than the fact that this Ruth
Just happened to alieht-as they say
Just happened to alight on that field Of
Boar Yet all sges, all generations, have
an interest in the fact that she was to be-
come an ancestor of the Lord Jesus
Christ, and all nations and kingdoms must
look at that one little incident with
thrill of unspeakable and eternal satisfac-
ton. So it Is in your history and in
mine: events that you thought Of no i'm
poriapce at all have been Of very great
moment. That casual conversation, that
accidental meeting-you did not think Of
it again for q long while; but how 1t
charged I'll tie phase OF your life.
Il seemed to be Of no importance that
Jubal invented rude instruments of
music, calling them harp and organ; but
they were the Introduction Of all the
worlds minstrelsy; as you hear the vibra-
ton of q stringed Instrument, even after
the fingers have been taken away from 1t,
80 all music now of Lutte and drum and
cornet is only the long-contlnued strains
of Jubal's harp and Jubars organ. 1t
seemed to be q matter If very little i'm
portance tina. Tnbal Cain learned the
uses Ct copper and iron; but that rude
foundry Of ancient days has It's echo in
the rattle Of Birmingham mschinery, snd
the roar and bang OF factories on the
Merrimac.
It seemed to be matter of no i'm
pertsnoe that Luther found B BILE in q
monastery; buE as he opened that Bible,
and the brass bound lids fell back, they
Jared everything, from the Vatican to
the furthess convent in Germany, and
the rustling of the wormed leaves was the
sound Of the wings OF the angel Of Re-
formation. 1t seemed to be
AMATTER OF NO IMPORTANCE
that woman, whose name has been for.
gotten, dropped tract in the wav Of .
very bad man by the name Of Richard
Baxter. He picked up the tract and resd
it. and 1t was the means Of his salvation.
In after days that man wrote q book
called 1.-THE Call to the Unconverted,"
that was the means Of bringing q multi
tude to God, among others Phillip Dod-
bridge. Phillip Doddridge wrote q book
called "The Rise and Progress Of Re-
ligiop," which has brought thousands
and tens of thousands into the kingdom
of God, and smong others the great
Wilberforce. Wilberforce wrote book
called "a Practical View OF Christianity"
which was the means Of bringing great
multitude to Christ, among others Leigh
Richmond. Leigh Richmond wrote .
tract called "Fhe Dairyman's Daughter"
which has been the means
of the salvation of unconverted multi
tudes. And that tide of influence started
from the fact that one Christian woman
dropped Christian tract Is the way Of
Richard Baxter, the tide of in6uer CO
rolling on through Richard Baxter,
through Philip Doddridge, through the
great Wi!befforce, through Leigh Rich
mond, on, on, on, forever, forever!
So he Insignificant facts 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 lmpor-
lance to you, and the fact that you went
inside of some church may seem to be q
matter of very great insignifics zee to you
but you will find 1t the turning point In
your history.
v. Again, see in my subject An Illus
tration of the beauty of female industry
| Behold Ruth toilipg in the harvest field
under the hot sun, or at noon taking pl air
bread with the reapers, or eating the
psrched CO n which Bosz handed to her
The customs of society, Of course, have
changed, and without the hardships ant
exposure to which Ruth was subjected
every intelligent woman will ind some
thing to do.
know there is sicklY sentimentslity
on this subject. Ia some families there
are persons Of no practical service to tht
household or community; and though
there are so many woes sll around about
them in the world, they spend their time
languishing over new pattern or burst
ing into tears ut midnight over the story
of some lover who shot himself! They
would not deign to look at Ruth carrying
back the barley on her way home to hel
mother-in-law, Naomi. All this fsstid.
iousness may seem to do very well while
they are under the shelter of their fathers
house, but when the sharp winter Of mis-.
fortune comes what of these butterflies
Persons under indulgent parentsge may
get upon themselves habits Of incidence,
but when they come out into practices
life their soul will recoil with disgust ant
chsgrin. They will feel In their hearts
what the poet so severely. satiriz ed wheI
he said:
Folks are SO awkward, things so impolite,
THEY'RE elegantly panied from morning unit
Through that gate Of Incidence how
many men and woman have matched
useless on earth, to destroyed eternity
Spinola said to Sir Horace We're: 90
what did your brother die?" "Of having
nothing to do" was the answer. "Ah!
ssid Spinols, "thst's enough to kill any
general of u.s." o.! can 1t be possible In
this world, where there is SO much suf
fering to be slleviated, so much darkness
to be enlightened, and so msny burdens
to be carried, that there Is any person
who cannot find anything to do?
Madame de Stael did world OF work
in her time; and one day, while she was
seated amid instruments of mSsic, al oi
which she had mastered, and amid manu-.
script books which she had written,
some one said to her: Chow do you nd
time to attend to all these things7"