Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-05-04

exclamation, as In high weather the water
has trekled through slight opening In the
mil dam but afterWard makes wider and Wild
er breach until 10 carries all before &c with Ire
Fesistible freshet. Do not be too much offend
ed at the noise your children now make. Il
VIII De sLI enough when one OF them Is dead.
Then you would give your right hand 70 hear
one shout from their silent voices or one step
from the Still foot You VIII not any of you
have to wait very long long before your house
is stilleF than you want it Alas that there
are so many homes not known to the Society
for the Prevention OF Cruelty to Children,
WneFe cnuuren are PuE on the limits and
WhacEed and cuHed and ear-pulled and sense
lesslF called to order and answered sharp and
suppressed until it is wonder that under
such processes they do not ali turn out MOdOcs
and Mana SahIbs.
What is your influence upon the neiRhbor-
hood, the town or the city OF your residencea
viii suppose that you are star OF Wit
What kind of rays do you shoot fOrth9 Do
you use that splendid faculty to irFadRte the
world 10 raukle it'll / bless all the aDOstol-
ic college Of humorists- The man that makes
me laugh is my benefactoE. do not thank
anybody to make me cry. I can do that with
out any assistance. We ali cry enough and
have enough to cry about God bless all skill
full punsters. ali repaFteeists, all prOpOundeFs
of ingenious cOnundrums, all those who mirth-
FULLY surprise US with unusual 1uZtapOsttlOn
OF words. Thomas Hood and Charles Lamb
ana Sidney Smith had divine mission, and
l so have their successors In these times They
/ stir into the acid beverage Of life the saccha-
/ rine. They make the cup of earthly existence,
/ which is sometimes stale. efferVesce and bub-
/ BILE. They placate animOsIties. They foster
/ longevity They sIay fOllies and aDSurditles
\ which ali the sermons Of all the pulpits can
I not reach. They have for examples Elijah,
! who made fun Of the Raaltes When they called
| down fire aud it did not come suggesting that
/ their heather god had gone hunting or was
/ of on journey or was asleep and nothing
/ but moderation could wake him, saying;
/ 'Cry aloud for he is a god; either he Is talk
/ ing pursuing or peradventure he
/ sleepeth and must be aWaked" They
! have an example in Christ, who with healthful
| scarcasm showed up the lying, hYpOcritical
! Pharisees by suggesting that such perfect
/ people ike themselves needed no improve
/ meuts, saying: ''The whole need not ply
/ siCian but they that are sCk.''
! But what use are you making Of your Wit4
/ Is IL Desmrched with profanity and uuclean-
nessg DO YOU employ II in amusement at
physical defects for which the victims are not
respOnsI bie4 Are your powers Of mImicry
used to put religion in cOntempt3 Is it q
| bunch Of nettlesOme tnvectiVe? Is 1t bolt
of unjust scOrnf Is it tun at others mis-
/ fortunes Is It glee at their disappointment
| and defeat4 Is it bitterness put drop by drop
into q cup? Is it like the squeezing OF
! Artemisia Absinthium into a draught already
! distastefully pungentE Then you are the
star Norwood. Yours is the fun of a rat
tlesnake trying how we'll it can sting. 1t is
the fun of a hawk trying how quick 1t can
strike out the eye Of a dove.
But 1 viii change this and I will suppose
you are a star OF worldly prosperity Then
| on have large opportunity. You can en-
/ courage that artist by bu'ing his picture
You can improve the fields. the stables, the
| highway, by introducing higher style of fowl
and horse and COW and sheep You can bless
! the world with pOmOlOgical achievement in
| the Orchards- You can advance arbOricuiture
and arrest this deatbful icOnOclasm Of the
/ American forests. You can put q piece of
! sculpture into the niche of that public
academy. You can endOW college. You can
/ stocking a thousand bare feet from the vim
ter frost. You can build a church. You can
put q missionary of Christ on that foreign
shore. You can help ransom world. A rich
man with his heart right-can YOU tell me
: Frn oh Ian
noX or a George Peabody or = Peter
| Cooper or 8 William Z. Dodge did while
| living or is doing now that he is dead9 There
is not city, town or neighDOrhOOd that has
{ not glorious specimens OF cOnsecratec
wealth.
But suppose YOU grind the face Of the Door
/ Suppose when a mans wages are due you
make him wait for them because he cannot
| help himself Suppose that because hi
family is sick and be has had extra eI
| penses he should politely ask you TO raise hi
wages for this year and you roughly tell him
/ if he wants better place to 20 and get 1t
| Suppose BY your manner you act as though
1 / he were nothing and you were everything
g | Suppose YOU are selfish and OVerbearing auC
( | arrogant Your first name ought 70 be AttilS
, | and your last name Attila, because you are
e the star Norwood and you have emDittereC
q | One-third, if not three thirds, Of the Water
= / that roll past YOUR employees and operatives
j and dependents and associates, and the Ions
t line of carriages which the undertakes
L orders for your funeral in order to make the
s Occus on respects BILE, will be filed with twice
d [ g many dry, fearless ewes as Lu6re are per
sons occupying them The clumsy pail
s / bearers may make the gates of your sepulchr
+ quake by striking your silver handled cOfhl
against them, but the world viii IeeI no "a
b as you 20 out Of it.
e There is an erroneous idea abroad tina
r, there are only a few geniuses- There are
y millions Of them; that is, men and WOmel
e who have especial adaptation and quicknes
8, / for some one thing, Ii may be great 10 ma
e be small The circle may be like the cir
1t / conference of the earth or no larger than
T n frT1IlI
- / here this morning aud in some one thing
e you are q star. What kind OF 8 star ar
youi You will be In THIS world ou
:, | eternity the stay Of the longest life Of
g ] earth Is not more than minute What al
ne we doing with that minutel Are we embi
II tering tie domestic OF social or pOlitica
e fountains, or are We Ike Moses, who, whe
b / the Israelites in the Wilderness cOmplaine
e that the alter Of Lake Marah we're bitter al
t they could not drink them, their leader Gu
D, of the branch of a certain tree and thre
s, that branch into the water, and it becam
g sweet and slaked the thirst of the suferin
hOstl Are we with q branch OF the Tree
p Life sWeeteuing all the brackish fountain
2 that We can tOuch3 Dear Lord, send Us a
10 out on Thy mission. All around Us embitte
d. ed lives, embittered by persecution, embitte
az ed BY hypercriticism, embittered BY pOverC
Is embittered by pain, emDittered by inJustc'
r tsmbittered BY sin. Why not go forth an
a sweeten them BY smile BY inspiring word
a by benefactions, By hearty counsel. by pray e
e. BY gOspeliZed behavior. Let US rememb'
e, | that II We are worm" OOu 20 OlueIs We ~
he / NORWOOD to ourselves, and our life viii b
le ] bitter and our eternity bitter. The Gospel (
g. / Jesus Christ is the only sWee tening pow,
1t that Is sufficient. 1t sWeetens the disposition
at | 1t sweetens the manner. 1t sWeeteus lii
r. / 1t sWeet6ns mysterious PrOVidences- It sWee
an ! ems affections It gWeetens death 1t sWee
or ems everything. / have heard people ask
if / social company: ''if you could have thr'
wishes gratihed what would your thr'
e wishes bra" If I could have three wish
re | met this morning ! tell you Whist they Won
as be- FIRST: More Of the grace Of God. Sc
Mt Ond: More Of the grace OF God IblT'