The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-27

eral confdant OF all those who had trou-
BILE, and once in while | was strong
enough to make a garment for that poor
family in the back lane" Pass on 10 an
other throne. Who art thou, mighty one
OF heaven 81 was the mother who
raised whole family Of children for God
and they are out in the world Christian
merchants, Christian mechanics, Christian
wives, and ! have had full reward OF all
my toll" Let us pass on in the circle Of
thrones. 81 had a Sabbath school class,
and they were always on my heart, aud
they all entered the Kingdom OF God, and
! am waiting for their arrival"
But who art thou. the mighty one Of
heaven on this other throne2 "ln time Of
bitter persecution owned a house in Ia.
mOscus, house on the wall. A man who
preached Christ was bounded from street
TO street, and hid him from the assas.
sins, and when | found them breaking in
my house and / could no longer keep him
safely, ! advised him 10 flee for his life,
and basket was let down over the wall
with the maltreatcd man in II, and ! was
| one who helped hold the rope" And
| said SIS that all2' And while ! was
| lost in amazement, ! heard strong voice
that sounded ~ though IL might ut once
have been hoarso from many exposures,
and triumphant as though IL might have
| belonged 90 one of the martyrs, and II
said: "Not mnny mighty, not many noble
are called, but God hath chosen the weak
/ things OF the world TO confound the things
which are mighty, aud base things Of the
world aud things which are dcspsed hath
God chosen, yea, and things which are not
Ia hYinn a nuunltI tlttnf,l t.Hltt.l ltuN
no flesh should glory in His presence"
And / looked 10 see from whence the
voice came, and lol II was the very one
who hal said Through window, in
basket, was | lei down bv the wall"
llencciorth, think oinothing rs insignin-
cant. A little thing may decide your all.
| A Cunardcr put out from England to New
York II was well equipped, but in put
| tingu stove IN the pilot-box nail was
| driven too near the compass. You know
/ how that nail would affect the compass.
! The ships officer, deceived by that dis
iractcd compass, put the ship POO miles of
her right course aud suddenly the man in
the lookout shouted, Land, ho!" aud the
ship was halted within few yards of her
demolition on Nantucket shoals. A six
penny nail came near WfCcking Cunardcr.
'llilll l'lNH N'lA lillklAN NNnllUltNs
A minister seated IN Boston at his table,
lacking u word puts his hand behind his
head and tits back his chair 10 think, and
the ceiling falls aud brushes the table and
would have crushed him. A minister at
Jamaica at night by the light Of an insect,
called candlc-ily, is kept FROM stepping
over prccipicc a hundred feet. +. w.
Robertson, the celebrated English clergy
man, said that he entered the ministry
from train Of circumstances started by
the barking OF dog. Had the wind blown
one way on q certain day, tbc spanish In
QUESTION would been established in En-
gland, but the wind blew the other way,
and that dropped the accused institution
with 1900 tons Of shipping to the bottom
OF the SEA, or flung the splintcrcd logs on
the rocks.
Nothing unimportlnt In your life or
mind. Three noughH placed on the right
side OF the figure one makes thousand,
and six thoughts ON the right side Of fig
uro one million, aud our nothingincss
placed on the right side may bc augmcn-
tntion illimitahle. An the ages ul time
aud eternity affected by the basket let
down from u Damascus balcony.