The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-05-24

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on whose head nany crowns, and all
the celestial wor IS to come up at his
feet, like the hu ng of the forest, like
the rushing OF gaters, like the thun-
dering Of the seq nile all heaven, ris-
ing on their thro beat time with their
scepters: "Hallez "a, for the Lord God
on1nipotert reigz Hallelujah, the
kingdoms Ct tins ID have become the
kingdoms oa our Jesus Christi"
That sorg OF love low and far,
Ere long shall sv Eom star to star;
That light, the bf b day which tips
TIE golden spircd calypse.
W. Again: from my subject
that events whicis b to be most fnsig-
nificant may be oentous. Can you
imagine anything e unimportans than
the coming of pq woman from Moab
to Judah? Can imagine anything
more trivial than fact that this Ruth
just happened to ht-as they say
Just happened to a on that field of
Boaz? Yet all age " generations have
an interest in the "a that she was to be-
come an ancestor the Lord Jesus
Christ, and all a ms and kingdoms
must look at that o. little incident with
thrill of unspeaka and eternal salts
faction. So it Is our history and in
mine: events that "a Thought Of no i'm
portance at all have IN of very great
moment. That caal conversation, that
accidental meeting "a did not think of
it again for less EthiIe; but how it
changed all the phase Of your Hfei
It 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; and as you hear the
vibration Of stringed instrument, given
after the fingers have been taken away
from it, so all music now of lutte and
drum and cornet is only the long con-
tinued strains Of Jubals harp and Jubals
organ. 1t seemed to be matter of very
little importance that Tubal Cain learned
the uses of copper and iron; but that
rude foundry of ancient days has its
echo in the rattle Of Birmingham ma
chinery, and the roar and bang Of fac
tories on the Merrimac.
It seemed to be matter Of no import
ance that Luther found Bible in a
monastery; but as he opened that Bible,
and the brass bound lids fell back, they
Jared everything, from the Vatican to
the furthest convent in Germany, and
| the rustling of the wormed leaves was
the sound Of the wings of the angel Of
the Reformation. 1t seemed to be a mat
ter of no importance that a woman,
whose name has been forgotten, dropped
tract in the way of very bad man by
the name of Richard Baxter. He picked
up the tract and read it, and it was the
means of his salvation.
In after days that man wrote a book
called ''The CaA to the Unconverted."
| that was the means of bringing multi
tude to God, among others Philip Dod-
bridge Philip Doddridge wrote book
called 1.-THE Rise and Progress of Re-
ligion," which has brought thousands
and tens OF thousands into the kingdom
of God, and among others the great
Wilberforce. Wilberforce wrote a book
called "A Practical View Of Christian
ity," which was the means of bringing a
great multitude to Christ, among others
Leigh Richmond. Leigh Richmond wrote
q tract called 1.-THE Dairyman's Daugh-
ter which has been the means of the
salvation of unconverted multitudes. And
that tide of influence started from the
fact that one Christian woman dropped
a Christian tract in the way of
Richard Baxter-the tide of influence
rolling on through Richard Baxter,
through Philip Doddridge, through the
great Wilberforce, through Leigh Rich
mond. on. on on, forever. So the in
significant events of this world seem,
after all, to be most momentous. The
| or or this stl seemed to s' be s Of
no importance to you, and the fact
that you went inside of some church
may seem to be matter of very great
insigniEcance to- you, but you will find
it the turning point of your history.
| V. Again: see in my subject an il
lustration Of the beauty of female in
dustry.
Behold Ruth toiling in the harvest
field under the hot sun, or at noon tax
ing plain bread with the reapers. or eat
ing the parched corn which Boaz handed
70 her. The customs of society, of course
have changed, and without the hard
ships and exposure to which Ruth was
subjected every intelligent woman will
find something to do.
know there is a sckly sentimentality
on this subject. In some families there
are persons of no 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
languishing over new pattern, or burst
ing into tears at midnight over the story
of some lover who shot himself! They
would not deign to look at Ruth carrying
back tine barley on her way home to her
mother-in-law Naomi All this fastidi-
business may seem to do very well while
they are under the shelter of their father e
house; but when the sharp winter OF
misfortune comes, what of these butter
hies2 Persons under indulgent parentage
may get upon themselves habits OF ndo-
lence; but when they come out into prac-
tical life their soul will recoil with dis
gust and chagrin. They will feel IN
their hearts what the poet SO severely
. satirized when he said:
Folks are so awkward, things so lmpolite,
They're elegantly panied from morning unit
night
Through that gate Of Incidence how
uuduy ulcil dIlu WOucH fovS AAesA
useless on earth, to destroyed eternity
} Spinola said to Sir Horace We're: ''O1
what did your brother def" "Of hav
ing nothing to do" was the answer
/ "Ah," said Spinola, 'that's enough Il
kill any general of us" Obi can it b.
possible in this world. where there is &
much suffering to be alleviated, so muci
darkness to be enlightened, and so man,
} burdens to be carried, that there is an,
person who cannot find anything to do
Mime. de Stael did o world Of work i
, her time; and one day while she wa
i seated amid Instruments Of music, all q
which she had mastsrad, and amid man
uscript books which she had written
5 some one said to her: "How do you fin,
) time to attend to all these thingsa
; "Oh," she replied, ''these are not tn
) things am proud Of. My chief boast
. in the fact that have seventeen trades
> by any one of which ! could make
5 livelihood If necessary" And if in sec
{ ular spheres there is SO much to be done
in spiritual work how vast the feldl w
, want more Abigails, more Hannahs
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